A bunch of different stuff is coming my way concerning the future of digital music. There is the ongoing internet radio/royalty situation. There is the iTunes royalty situation. And there is this new outfit, The Featured Artist’s Coalition, that has got a bunch of known acts to sign on to their charter; a nebulous document [...]

Jack White is mad. See, he wrote this tune for the new James Bond movie and now, somehow Coke has used it in an ad. From Undercover Music.
White Stripes` founder Jack White is furious that the song he wrote for the new James Bond movie has been used first in a Coca-Cola commercial.
White wrote the [...]

Mark Caro at the Trib has a piece entitled, “Yes, it’s a thin line between band and brand”. He takes note of the fact that Yes is following the classic rock band neo-strategy of employing a front man found on YouTube.
Yes’ lead singer Jon Anderson is suffering from respiratory illness and the band has plucked [...]