The UK music industry’s revenues declined by less than 1% in the last year, a smaller drop than in previous years and a change that looks particular good given the economy overall was in sharp recession at the same time. These figures are likely to reinforce the views of critics of the Digital Economy Act

This musical dissection of Mandelson's Digital Economy Bill, by Dan Bull, is great stuff:     Yep, YouTube is going to really liven-up the next general election.   Hat-tip: Guido  

Modern classical music is so widely disliked by audiences because the human brain struggles to find patterns it needs to understand the compositions as music. So, let us start at the beginning. Music is what the human brain recognises as music: if it ain’t so recognised then it’s noise. Humans do not recognise “modern music” as

I draw to your attention an informative and powerful essay by Guido Fackler on music in the Nazi camp system. It deals both with music as an instrument of domination and torment and with music as 'a defense against the...

DOVES, Feargal Sharkey and Glastonbury founder Michael Eavis join politicians to discuss the impact of the election on music in a BBC 6 Music debate at 3pm tomorrow.

Speaking at the Liberal Democrat spring conference this morning, Danny Alexander MP (Vice Chair of the Federal Policy Committee and chair of the party’s General Election Manifesto Group) said the party will seek to make further changes to the Digital Economy Bill when it comes to the Commons. The Bill, currently passing through the Lords, has

The government's flagship digital economy bill faces further obstacles to pass through parliament before the election after one of the ministers responsible steps down

The Digital Economy Bill has become one of the most heavily debated topics on this site. Posts related to it often generate a large number of comments, but today’s have done far more than that. A bit of background first for anyone new to the story or catching up on it. The Digital Economy Bill has

Plans to allow ministers to modify copyright law and block websites that offer music and film content which infringe ownership rules have been reintroduced to the digital economy bill

Continuing my theme of carbon-free culture I have arrived at the importance of music in a bioregional economy. With this in mind, I recently dusted off my ancient violin and am taking lessons. The sounds is appalling but I feel thoroughly virtuous and well-prepared to entertain myself - if not others - once we run out of oil. Shared music-making will be a staple of the convivial community as it al...