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KIFM promo radio While promo people give a lot of stuff out, we don’t often get items back from our business to business partners – the relationships are way too unequal for that. But occasionally, in a few instances, I have picked up t shirts, mousepads, antenna bobbles or other items meant for entities other [...]  Elton John and Leon Russell The Union is the new album by Elton John and Leon Russell, a collaboration inspired during a conversation Elton had with Elvis Costello on the tv program Spectacle where he detailed the profound influence the Oklahoman had on his music in the early 70s. Today, the pair are also announcing two concert dates, starting October 19 at the Beacon Theater in New York. The album comes out on October 25, and then there is another show at the Hollywood Palladium on November 3. They’re probably the smallest venues Elton John has played in a long time, and I think the album and shows will start a new career renaissance, or as the man once said, “another burst” (after “Tiny Dancer” appeared in Almost Famous). The album features 14 songs, and was produced by the red-hot T-Bone Burnett in collaboration with its principals. While this is the first recording they have made together, the relationship goes back to the early 70s, when they met during Elton John’s legendary Troubadour stint. Neil Young and Brian Wilson contribute background vocals, and musicians on the album include Booker T. Jones and Robert Randolph. Having heard the album, I can tell you it lives up to its heavy billing. Hear the first single after the jump!  Roger Dean's Earbender logo resurfaces! Earbender.com started as a way to promote my promotion business more effectively online. I also found myself spending more time keeping up with technology as it changes the music business (distribution, consumer electronics innovations, mobile, advertising/branding). Subsequently, the site and my social media profiles have enabled me to change my way of doing promotion. Earbender Digital Music News, includes stories about companies and technology that reflect a similar convergence mentality. MTV Serves as Model for AOL Site (NY Times) – AOL, branding consultant MGX and the Jonas brothers have teamed to create Cambio, their own web portal, sponsored by Bayer. Since the Jonas Brothers are also fans of Elvis Costello, and this is such a “can’t miss” idea, I wish them the best. If the site Cambio takes off, we have Cambio soda, sneakers and whatever else to look forward to. Could be the wave of the future. What other “branded” websites should be created, and with which sponsors? WMVY goes social with Facebook fan page – Our friends at WMVY, Martha’s Vineyard, aka www.mvyradio.com, have just announced a Facebook fan page where their listeners from around the world can interact and keep up to date with station activities. Barbara Dacey has been at the forefront of the radio/net convergence, and the little station on an island has a large footprint as a result of their great music choices and being ultra aggressive about their presence on the net. Although people jeer Yankee hats on the Vineyard, WMVY has been masterful at using the image of their unique locale to bring folks from all over the world into their realm. Join the WMVY Facebook page here. News about WUWM, WWOZ, Grateful Dead and Pitchfork after the jump. Lee puts it back together by the end of the cd! Has anybody heard 6 String Theory, the new Lee Ritenour album (at right)? One of my colleagues on the project, Dave Einstein of the Concord Music Group, is utterly convinced that the track here, “Give Me One Reason,” featuring Joe Bonamassa, is an outright smash, [...]  Bob Sheppard's booth in Yankee Stadium The great announcer Bob Sheppard has died, but I hope the “dignity of the Yankees” that Reggie Jackson refers to in the video (below) continues. He was a really great part of being a fan of the team, and as a New Yorker who lived in California for a while, I was able to tell a lot of people who’d never been to the Stadium about his legend. So many games. I really can’t help but think of the Giants football game, however, where he was admonishing the fans to stop throwing snowballs. It was one moment where you might have heard some emotion in his voice (he was very serious), but 175 fans were ejected that day too. At a Staten Island Yankee game on Saturday night, John Souchack and I recalled many moments over the years, and not knowing the news that would come Sunday morning, included Bob Sheppard moments our discussion (along with Thurman, Celerino Sanchez, Aaron Small, Andre Robertson, Chien-Ming Wang, Claudell Washington and even Robert Merrill!). He was as much a part of the team as any player and in the countless tributes (I especially liked George Vecsey’s personality profile and Bill Madden’s extensive obit), writers have mentioned just a handful of mistakes during his 50+ years, about the same number of games he missed too. |
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