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Been snapped with the Bay City Rollers on your iPhone? Got photographic proof of your promotions chief slaying the karaoke machine? Swimming the Bristol Channel for charity and want the industry to rally round? Tell us all about it. And we’ll tell everyone else. Send your out-of-hours snaps and stories to runoffgroove@intentmedia.co.uk


LIVE WIRES UK Music and the Musicians’ Union held a special event at Parliament last week to celebrate the confirmation that the Live Music Bill will become law on October 1. Not only did we see a rock band made up of MPs – called MP4 (pictured inset furnishing our request for them to throw some devil horns) – but we managed to catch some of the important types responsible for supporting and lobbying for the Bill in one snap: [L-R] Bernard Butler, Lord Clement Jones, Andy Heath (UK Music Chairman), Martina Topley Bird, Jo Dipple (UK Music CEO) and John Smith (MU General Secretary).


KEY SONGS IN THE LIFE OF...


Carl Falk


Songwriter and producer (One Direction, Nicki Minaj)


First record you remember buying? The Final Countdown by Europe - my first music idols and the reason I first started to play the guitar.


Last track you downloaded? Paddling Out by Miike Snow. I went to their show last month and heard this song for the first time.


QUEEN OF THE CHARTS? Last week at Sony HQ, industry execs joined together for tea and cake to celebrate the announcement of the digital release of the national anthem for the first time. God Save the Queen, performed by soprano Lissa Hermans in aid of the Chickenshed Theatre Trust (of which she is a long-term member), and in honour of The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, will be released on May 27. [L-R]: Phil Savill (Sony), Sarita Borge (ROAR Global), Faye Donaldson (Sony), Lissa Hermans, Nicola Tuer (Sony), Jonathan Shalit (ROAR Global) and Simon Barnabas (Sony).


ARCHIVE MUSIC WEEK April 26, 2003


The BPI is in a bit of a tussle with the MCPS after it confirmed that it is to introduce a music DVD licensing scheme ahead of any agreed deal. The MCPS has accused its fellow trade body of not entering into “meaningful dialogue” after the parties failed to reach an agreement


on a DVD royalty rate… EMI is expected to unveil plans for the most comprehensive downloads programme the UK has ever seen. It’s understood that the system will offer tens of thousands of tracks through a series of online retail partners… Analysts aren’t convinced that Apple is set to snap up Universal for $6bn, despite Vivendi director Claude Bebear previously saying an offer was “probably” going to be made. Kylie Minogue (pictured) features prominently in the Ivor Novello nominations with In Your Eyes and Love At First Sight both up for the PRS Most Performed Work award.


NEW RELEASES RECOMMENDED 26.04.03


BHANGRA KNIGHTS VS HUSAN Husan BLUR Think Tank Husan from Bhangra Knights vs. Husan snaps up Single Of The Week, with Music Week saying that “this Radio One A-Listed grower” is certain to continue a high strike rate for label Positiva. Meanwhile, Album Of The Week goes to


Blur’s Think Tank, with the mag saying “the trio have concocted a genuinely exciting, innovative and addictive collection.


SINGLES TOP 5 26.04.03 POS ARTIST


SINGLE


1 ROOM 5 & OLIVER CHEATHAM


2 MADONNA


3 50 CENT 4 ROBBIE


5 BLUR Make Luv American Life In Da Club WILLIAMS Come Undone Out Of Time


What song was the first dance at your wedding? We didn’t have a first dance at our wedding, but if we had one it would have been Your Body Is A Wonderland by John Mayer - the song with which I proposed to my wife - or I Will Be Here by Steven Curtis Chapman.


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ALBUMS TOP 5 26.04.03 POS ARTIST


ALBUM


1 COLDPLAY 2 THE WHITE 3 JUSTIN


STRIPES TIMBERLAKE 4 NORAH JONES


A Rush Of Blood To The Head


Elephant Justified Come Away With Me 5 AVRIL LAVIGNE Let Go


Recommend a track Music Week readers might not have heard but should go and listen to right now. No One’s Gonna Love You by Band Of Horses.


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And finally, what’s your favourite single/track of all time? I have to say With Or Without You by U2. Bono’s vocals and the Infinite Guitar – similiar to an E-Bow - together with that simple beat and four chords are just pure perfection.


What track would you have played at your funeral? Peter Gabriel’s cover of The Magnetic Fields’s The Book Of Love. I love his stripped version with the string arrangement and his vocal performance and the lyrics.


What is your karaoke speciality? If I really have to pick one, it’s Hotel California by the Eagles. I am the worst karaoke singer.


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