More teenagers ignoring CDs, report says (LA Times)
MS: Going to a store and buying a CD is no longer a rite of passage for many teenagers. But illegally downloading a song might be. Last year, 48% of teenagers did not buy a single CD, compared with 38% in 2006. And illegally downloading music continued to grow among teenagers, the report said.
Dylan calls in Jack White to write music for lost Hank lyrics (Prefix Mag)
MS: “[Dylan] came upon, somehow, twenty to twenty-five unfinished songs by Hank Williams -- just the lyrics, no music -- and he started to ask people if they would finish these songs. He did one, asked Willie Nelson to do one, asked me to do one, and I think Lucinda Williams and Alan Jackson are on it, too. I think it might come out this year. It's a cool record.”
EMI's owner derided for company shake-up (Guardian)
MS: "The power and the decision has sat with the A&R man, who is someone who gets up late in the day, listens to lots of music, goes to clubs, spends his time with artists and has a knack of knowing what would sell," Hands said. "What we are doing is taking the power away from the A&R guys and putting it with the suits - the guys who have to work out how to sell music."
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