Music: December 2007 Archives
Wired: David Byrne's Survival Strategies for Emerging Artists -- and Megastars
An insightful look at new models for music distribution in the digital age: "What is called the music business today, however, is not the business of producing music. At some point it became the business of selling CDs in plastic cases, and that business will soon be over. But that's not bad news for music, and it's certainly not bad news for musicians. Indeed, with all the ways to reach an audience, there have never been more opportunities for artists."
Townhall.com: Michael Medved: Giving the Gift of Music -- at Shockingly Low Cost
Medved finds a gem in a jewel case on the bargain shelf: "Gustav Holst: Orchestral Music", by the London Festival Orchestra, from Arte Nova recordings: "This new album provides some rarely heard arrangements of such earthy, ancient material 'Six Morris Dance Tunes,' 'Seven Scottish Airs' and, most unforgettably, the haunting and spiritual 'In the Bleak Midwinter' (appropriate for late December, indeed). There's also the spirited romp for strings 'St. Paul's Suite' (written for the girls school at which Holst taught), the 'Brook Green Suite,' and the precious, jewel-like, deeply affecting 'Lyric Movement for Viola and Small Orchestra' - 11 minutes of ethereal, yearning meditation I had never heard before."
WORLD Magazine: Oh, for a thousand tongues
Today was the 300th birthday of Charles Wesley, one of the greatest hymn writers in the English-speaking world. Considered a co-founder of Methodism alongside his older brother John, Wesley's hymns are known and loved across denominational boundaries. My favorite Wesley hymn is one I didn't learn until college: "And Can It Be That I Should Gain?"
Michelle Malkin: Music video of the day: Pull your pants up!
Rapper Six 8 says hitch up your drawers.
dustbury.com: Eine kleine Digitalmusik
Wonderful: Premier classical music label Deutsche Grammophon is selling 320 kbps, DRM-free MP3s of its music, including tracks from over 600 out-of-print albums. (Maybe Bear Family will follow suit?)
