Braveword.com is reporting that EMI may be facing legal action from one of their most profitable assets. Pink Floyd, I’m not sure which members are actually representing the band, are taking legal action claiming that EMI is “Miscalculating” their royalty payments.
The unprecedented legal claim is a glimpse at the fraught relationship between EMI, under the ownership of Guy Hands’s Terra Firma, and some of the label’s leading acts. The new owner’s arrival in 2007 was blamed for the departure of acts such as Radiohead and Paul McCartney.

The report also goes on to say that the legal action may have …read more

I wish I could just sum up a review by say “This is just plain out amazing!” but unfortunately I have to give a little more to go by for readers to at least try to respect a review from a person that hates doing reviews. Why do I hate doing reviews? Because sometimes it’s tough to come up with the words to describe just how good or bad a record or band is. I don’t have any formal education in writing, as most bloggers don’t, but I do know good music and I know trash when I hear …read more

Well maybe they’re way too old to be soldiers, but The Rolling Stones left EMI for Universal Music Group. My question is: How many more records does this band have left in them and I wonder if the new contract with Universal is for a specific amount of new records or if it’s indefinite?
New recordings will be released via UMG’s Polydor label worldwide, putting the distribution of the entire Stones catalog under one roof for the first time. The deal covers both digital and physical distribution, with UMG already working on a long-term strategy to digitize the catalog.
The Stones tested …read more