G3 2004 Soundscapes Now Available
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Mon., Mar 11, 2013
There are six soundscape concerts from the first leg of the G3 tour of 2004 now available to download.

The Art Of Asking
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Mon., Mar 11, 2013
My thanks to Eric Best for sending in this TED talk given by Amanda Palmer. Eric writes "Given Robert’s posts on the greed within the prevailing culture of the music industry, I thought it apposite to share this piece of countercultural ’good news’"

Will Streaming Kill The Music Business?
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Sat., Mar 9, 2013
My thanks to Ornate Coalman for bringing the following to our attention. Ornate writes "A blog entry by Moses Avalon on streaming and major labels notes the following:

"Why Major Labels Love Getting Pennies for Dollars*--a look at streaming from the major labels perspective

*major labels make about the same revenue from albums while selling 30% less units then they did in the pre-Internet era. (1989-2000: $48.6B, 2001-2011: $53.3B)
*Now they are turning to streaming. "The industry jargon for this is called going from an “ownership model to an access model.”
*Net Profit per unit in terms of album sales: 1--1989-2000---$4.50; 2--2001-2011---$7.90

And now, the onset of streaming: quoting the author:
"It will bring back the label’s days of shrugging at the artist’s manager when he shows up with a $26 royalty statement for 501,324 streams. It will bring back the power they had over distribution, promotion and the edge they had over their free-wheelin’ indie competitors. In other words…"

"WHILE STREAMING/ACCESS MAY KILL PHYSICAL MUSIC SALES IT WILL PARADOXICALLY RESURRECT THE MODEL THAT MADE THE MAJOR LABELS POWERFUL."

Much more at Part 1 of this expose."

Prog Butts!
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Sat., Mar 9, 2013
My thanks to The Dork Report and Sean Hollenhors for bringing this fine site to our attention.  Via Facebook David Myers reminds us of a classic Bruford quote on the topic. "Life for me is a series of asses that I played behind. Adrian Belew has got a very nice ass, slim. John Wetton's is a little bigger. Jon Anderson's is very small. Nice legs, lousy ass. It's a series of asses." KC Butts can be found directly here 

Crimson ProjeKct Official Bootleg
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Fri., Mar 8, 2013
Crimson Project have an official bootleg available. Drawn from live dates in 2012 it features the team running through their versions of the Crimson repertoire. The band includes Adrian Belew, Tony Levin and Pat Mastelotto from KC, as well as Stick Men's Markus Reuter and Adrian Belew Power Trio members Julie Slick and Tobias Ralph. Nab it now! 

Red Available On Vinyl
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Fri., Mar 8, 2013
The heavy-duty vinyl edition of King Crimson’s final studio album of the 1970s Red is now for pre-order from Inner Knot Mail Order and Burning Shed.

More Pat & Ringo
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Thu., Mar 7, 2013
Remember we ran a pic of Pat sitting in with the Ringo Starr band, well here's a blogpost by Mr Mister's Richard Page that tells us how the date came to happen. 

Grooveshark: Where Are We Now?
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Thu., Mar 7, 2013
Isn't it odd that Grooveshark got the same 'exclusive' stream of David Bowie's forthcoming album, The Next Day, as iTunes. Read all about it here. 

Wetton Performs KC Numbers
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Thu., Mar 7, 2013
John Wetton will be appearing as a special guest on four European dates by American outfit District 97 to sing a few Crimson numbers. The dates are happening in May and you check them out by taking a peek at D97s website.  

Tony Talks Stick Men & Bowie
:: Posted by Sid Smith on Wed., Mar 6, 2013
There's a brand new interview with Tony Levin which you can read here.