NEW YORK, January 11, 2011 - BMI has launched BMI Live, a program enabling songwriters to register their concerts and set lists online to be considered for payment in live music venues, regardless of size.

To qualify, BMI performing songwriters need to enter their live musical performances on BMI’s website, www.bmi.com . BMI will pay royalties to both writers and publishers via direct deposit in its June distribution for performances occurring from July 1 through December 31, 2010. Concert performances eligible for the June royalty distribution must be entered on www.bmi.com by March 31, 2011. The distribution from BMI Live will be made quarterly after this initial June 2011 launch.

Mike O’Neill, BMI Senior Vice President, Repertoire and Licensing, says the program is designed to ensure that performing songwriters in all stages of their careers receive payment for concerts in settings of all sizes, from coffee shops to football stadiums.

“Small venues and clubs are the lifeblood for songwriters and bands,” explains O’Neill. “These venues support live, local music, as well as touring artists and are the cradle of tomorrow’s stars. We’re committed to helping songwriters get paid for their music in these venues, which provide a vital stage for their music.”

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   JANE’S ADDICTION—singer Perry Farrell, guitarist Dave Navarro, and drummer Stephen Perkins—and producer Rich Costey (Muse, Franz Ferdinand, Interpol) recently added TV on the Radio’s Dave Sitek to the creative team. Sitek, best known for his production work on TV on the Radio, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and the Foals, will be writing and playing bass on the new album.


The band—who wrote the rule book for alternative music and culture through a combination of genre-defying classic songs and a cinematic live experience—is recording their fourth studio album in Los Angeles, tentatively scheduled for a summer of 2011 release on Capitol Records.


"Dave, Steve and I are fully immersed in the process of making modern music,” says Perry Farrell. “It has been a great experience thus far, and the results have so much potential.”

"This process has been both inspiring and incredibly freeing,” says Dave Navarro. “The events over the last year have proven themselves to be a necessary part of the journey as they ... << MORE >>

 

 

BEGINNING JANUARY 16 IN OMAHA, NE
AND WRAPPING FEBRUARY 22 IN JACKSONVILLE, FL 

SLASH CHATS ABOUT HEADING OUT ON THE ROAD WITH OZZY, AND COLLABORATING WITH FERGIE FOR HIS CURRENT SINGLE/VIDEO
“BEAUTIFUL DANGEROUS”

2010 was a landmark year for SLASH, and the iconic rock guitarist shows no signs of slowing down in 2011 including a return to the arena circuit this winter and a ceremony (date TBA) to receive his Star on Hollywood’s iconic Walk of Fame. *See Q&A below.

SLASH will join Ozzy Osbourne for a five-week U.S. arena tour beginning January 16 in Omaha, NE and wrapping February 22 in Jacksonville, Fl. For the trek with his bandmates Myles Kennedy (lead vocals), Bobby Schneck (rhythm guitar), Todd Kerns (bass) and Brent Fitz (drums), SLASH will pull songs from his first-ever true solo album (Dik Hayd Records via EMI Label Services), a certain selection of Guns N’ Roses tunes, a little Velvet Revolver and even some Snakepit gems. (dates listed below).

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The new remastered edition of Nine Inch Nail’s 1989 debut album Pretty Hate Machine is available today worldwide on CD, vinyl and digital. The landmark album, along with the bonus track cover of Queen’s “Get Down Make Love,” can be streamed below. Go to www.nin.com to get your copy today!


“It’s been an interesting trip watching the fate of this record float from one set of hands to another, a long and depressing story, but it’s finally wound up in friendly territory, allowing us to polish it up a bit and present it to you now,” frontman Trent Reznor says of the album. “We had fun revisiting this old friend, hope you enjoy.”






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Festival visionary PERRY FARRELL, in conjunction with Chile’s Lotus Producciones, and WME and C3 Presents—the promotional partners behind the North American LOLLAPALOOZA—will bring his carnival of all things alternative to an exciting new destination, South America. For the first time in its illustrious history, one of America’s most beloved music festivals lands overseas in Santiago, Chile on Saturday, April 2 and Sunday, April 3, 2011 at O'Higgins Park as the first LOLLAPALOOZA INTERNATIONAL. For close to 20 years as the premier alternative music festival, LOLLAPALOOZA is expanding with this unique and unforgettable event: LOLLAPALOOZA CHILE. Line-up details will be available at a later date and please check out the Q & A with PERRY FARRELL below.

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The Beatles. Live At The Washington Coliseum, 1964.
On February 11, 1964 the Beatles played their legendary first American concert at the Washington Coliseum. Watch the trailer of this legendary show here, you can watch the full length film on iTunes! (http://www.itunes.com/thebeatles)


"Live at the Washington Coliseum, 1964" concert film will stream on iTunes for free for the remainder of this calendar year.

A special digital "Beatles Stereo Box Set" on iTunes contains the 13 remastered studio albums with iTunes LPs and all mini-documentaries, "Past Masters," and the "Live at the Washington Coliseum, 1964" concert film in its entirety.


Starting today, the band's 13 legendary remastered studio albums with iTunes LPs, the two-volume "Past Masters" compilation and the classic "Red" and "Blue" collections are available for purchase and download on iTunes worldwide as either albums or individual songs. Fans can also get a special digital "Beatles Box Set" featuring the "Live at the Washington Coliseum, 1964" concert film, a ... << MORE >>

Los Angeles, CA - November 1, 2010  Best Music Live is currently in development for a new iPhone app. We are excited to bring or unique and exclusive content to the iPhone market. The new BestMusicLive app will deliver directly to your iPhone the latest music news, the latest blog entries, live updates on concert reviews, artist interviews, the latest video, and live updates on exclusive photos of your favorite bands.

Our development team is considering charging a nominal fee of $1.99 in order to bring you the content your looking for uninterrupted by advertisements and keep the development alive. Attached below are some of the screen shots of app as we wanted to provide you a little teaser of what is to come. Enjoy - and look for this app in your iTunes app store in the next couple of weeks (provided it all stands up under the rigorous quality assurance testing of course).

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