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  Music Corporation of America - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
MCA was founded as a music booking agency based in Chicago, Illinois in 1924 by Jules Stein.
Wasserman also expanded MCA by purchasing Universal Studios in 1962 (he owned the backlot toward the end of the 1950's; Universal was in dire straits at that point).
In the same year, the MCA Corporation holding company was purchased by the Matsushita group.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Music_Corporation_of_America   (484 words)

  
 Universal Music Group - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Universal Music Group (UMG), formerly MCA Music Entertainment (see Music Corporation of America), is the largest major label in the record industry.
"Universal Music" was originally the music company attached to film studio Universal Pictures; its history is long and complex [1], but the present organisation was formed when its parent company Seagram purchased PolyGram and merged it with UMG in 1998.
Music UK and Ireland), Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Spain, Switzerland and Turkey.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Universal_Music   (273 words)

  
 UMCA: Urban Marketing, Movies, Media & Music
UMCA allows its clients to provide an accurate reflection of the new "face" of America, which is diverse, multicultural and complex.
Our soundtrack services division provides urban cues for the entertainment industry that are authentic and relevant to the genre because our music producers live it and love urban culture.
Our "best beat compilations" will provide the music cues that will be on point, timely, all at a great investment for your programs that need "true" urban cues.
www.urbanmca.com   (202 words)

  
 MCA : MusicWeb Encyclopaedia of Popular Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Began as Music Corporation of America, a booking agency formed by Jules Stein before WWII; moved into management, films (Universal Studios), music publishing; entered the record business early '60s, buying Decca USA, which had begun as a subsidiary of Decca UK: Sir Edward Lewis had hired Jack Kapp away from Brunswick to run it.
Gangsters!' MCA was apparently unaware of the riches it owned; valuable historical tracks went in and out of print in various countries, often in awful phoney stereo, while the contemporary catalogue wasn't up to much and gossip was that the country music had carried the label for a long time.
MCA purchased Geffen Records '90 (EMI-Thorn had offered more money, but Geffen was gambling and won; see his entry).
www.musicweb-international.com /encyclopaedia/m/M160.HTM   (744 words)

  
 soundgenerator.com | MCA Records To Be Phased Out
MCA Records (Music Corporation of America) is set to shut shop as the winding down process started earlier this week.
After Seagram acquired MCA Inc. in 1995, MCA Inc. was renamed Universal Studios and the MCA Music Entertainment Group was renamed Universal Music Group.
Music Corporation of America (MCA) was founded in 1924 as a talent agency in Chicago by Dr. Jules Stein.
www.soundgenerator.com /news/index.cfm?articleid=2046   (347 words)

  
 Music Corporation of America at opensource encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
MCA publishes music, books music acts, and runs the MCA Record label.
MCA is part of the Universal Music Group.
MCA was founded as a music booking agency based in Chicago in 1924 by Jules Stein (1896-1981).Its MCA Corporation holding company later purchased Universal Pictures,and was in turn purchased by the Matsushita group,since which its assets have undergone other sales.
www.wiki.tatet.com /Music_Corporation_of_America.html   (150 words)

  
 Music Associates of America Roster ~ Baerenreiter Music Corporation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Bärenreiter is one of the largest publishers of classical music in the world.
Its publication program encompasses not only standard concert repertoire, but also contemporary music, educational music, music journals, encyclopedias, and books.
In North America, hire material, licensing, and administration are handled by Baerenreiter Music Corporation.
www.musicassociatesofamerica.com /roster/barenreiter/barenreiter.html   (205 words)

  
 MCA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
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Music Corporation of America - a music booking company and record label.
www.33beat.com /MCA.html   (125 words)

  
 SONY CORPORATION OF AMERICA WILL LAUNCH ONLINE MUSIC SERVICE IN SPRING 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
"Digital music distribution is still in the early stages of development," said Mr.
Sony Corporation of America, based in New York City, is the U.S. subsidiary of Sony Corporation, headquartered in Tokyo.
Its music, motion picture, television, computer entertainment, and online businesses make Sony one of the most comprehensive entertainment companies in the world.
news.sel.sony.com /pressrelease/print/4301   (646 words)

  
 SOAR - Sound of America Record Distributors - specializes in Native American music.
Best known as founder and featured artist with the popular 70's music group XIT, Bee's composition "(We've Got) Blue Skies" was recorded by Michael Jackson and The Jackson 5 on their worldwide hit album "Maybe Tomorrow." This led to an artist, writer, and producer contract with Motown Records.
In fact, one major newspaper once wrote, "These guys are to the Indians like the Beatles were to the White folks." Amid a legion of loyal fans throughout the world, their live stage presentations drew comparisons by the media to the raw energy of the Rolling Stones.
SOAR was also enlisted as the exclusive Native American distributor for the Robbie Robertson records "Music for the Native Americans" and "Contact From the Underworld of Redboy," on Capitol Records, and the multi-million seller "Sacred Spirit" on Virgin Records.
www.soundofamerica.com   (829 words)

  
 Music Corporation of America - TheBestLinks.com - MCA Records, Chicago, United States, 1924, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Music Corporation of America - TheBestLinks.com - MCA Records, Chicago, United States, 1924,...
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In 1973 it acquired ABC Dunhill Records along with its subsidiaries ABC Records, Paramount Records, Impulse Records, Dot Records and Dunhill Records.
www.thebestlinks.com /MCA_Records.html   (230 words)

  
 Sony Corporation of America :: SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT Announces Management Realignment   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT, which is headquartered in New York, will continue to be governed by a Board of Directors consisting of six representatives of Bertelsmann and Sony.
He led BMG into the merger of the recorded music business with Sony Music Entertainment International in August 2004 and, since, assumed the role of Chairman of the Board of the joint venture.
SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT is a global recorded music joint venture with a roster of current artists that includes a broad array of both local artists and international superstars, as well as a vast catalog that comprises some of the most important recordings in history.
sev.prnewswire.com /computer-electronics/20060210/NYF04910022006-1.html   (1715 words)

  
 Yamaha Contributes $150,000 in Instruments to Help VH1 and Today Show "Save The Music"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Appearing on behalf of Yamaha Corporation of America, Michael Bennett, vice president and general manager, Band and Orchestral Division, brought a single Yamaha flute to Today Show hosts Matt Lauer and Anne Curry on June 13 as a symbol of the company’s contribution.
The week of June 12-16 is designated as "Save the Music Today!" week on the popular morning show, and visitors to the outdoor broadcast area in New York’s Rockefeller Plaza are encouraged to bring instruments for donation.
For more information, write Yamaha Corporation of America, P.O. Box 6600, Buena Park, CA 90622, telephone (714) 522-9011, e-mail info@yamaha.com or visit www.yamaha.com on the Web.
www.giles.com /yamaha1/pressreleases/PAC/vh1_today.htm   (289 words)

  
 Handful of Blues   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
(Bennie Benjamin-Sal Marcus-Gloria Caldwell) Claude A. Music (ASCAP) administered by Chappell and
Co./Rose Marcus (N/A) administered by WB Music Corp./Chris-n-Jen Music (ASCAP)
America, Inc./Eye Que Music (ASCAP) administered by Almo Music Corp.
www.axon.net.au /RobbenFord/HandfulofBlues.html   (306 words)

  
 Pioneer Optical Videodisc Company Background   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Music Corporation of America (MCA) and Philips N.V. of Holland are the companies that have developed the basic technology of the laser optical videodisc player.
In September, 1979, MCA and IBM announced the formation of DiscoVision Associates, a partnership whose purpose was to master and replicate videodisc software and to assume the industrial marketing activities on behalf of the optical laser videodsc.
Subsequently, the 50% interest in Universal Pioneer Corporation that was held by MCA DiscoVision was assumed by DiscoVision Associates.
www.oz.net /blam/DiscoVision/Pioneer_background.htm   (206 words)

  
 Beverly Wright
Wright has held top administrative posts with commercial and financial corporations such as Arnav Industries and Arthur Wiesenberger and Co., as well as music related companies such as Leeds Music Corporation and Music Corporation of America (MCA), where her duties included decisions on artists and repertory, concert production and worldwide external relations.
Born in Illinois, Beverly Wright began dancing lessons at age 5, piano at 8, marimba at 13, and performed throughout the Midwest for civic organizations, on the radio and on any stage that her mother uncovered.
She attended the University of Illinois (Urbana), and Chicago Musical College and has given private and group instruction in piano and music appreciation in cities throughout Illinois, Missouri, Mississippi, South Dakota, Tennessee, New Jersey, Connecticut and New York.
www.beverlywright.com /bio.htm   (256 words)

  
 Solder and Solder Paste by Indium Corporation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Indium Corporation’s VP of Technology, Ning-Cheng Lee, Ph.D and Senior Technologist, Ronald C. Lasky, Ph.D., PE, will both be presenting courses on Pb-Free electronic assembly at APEX in Anaheim, CA in February.
The Indium Corporation is the world’s premiere supplier of indium metal.
Indium Corporation’s work was recently covered in two highly-read electronics assembly trade magazines — each as the cover story.
www.indium.com   (812 words)

  
 Sony Corporation of America Will Launch Online Music Service in Spring 2004
With more than two and a half million Walkman(R) branded devices compatible with the service already in use in the U.S. market, Sony is well-positioned to meet the needs of a broad range of consumers.
With ATRAC3 compression, music can be recorded and compressed to 132 kbps (kilobits per second), allowing consumers to store more high fidelity audio on CD recordable, MD, Hi-MD(TM) or Memory Stick(R) media.
About Sony Corporation of America Sony Corporation of America, based in New York City, is the U.S. subsidiary of Sony Corporation, headquartered in Tokyo.
www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/01-07-2004/0002085294&EDATE=   (667 words)

  
 TEAC Airborne Video Products, Hi-8mm, In-Flight Entertainment, CDRW's, Floppy Drives, Stereo Components, TASCAM, 911 ...
is the largest subsidiary of Tokyo-based TEAC Corporation, a billion-dollar global corporation and a world leader in recording technology for over four decades.
The new company is comprised of the U.S. and international aerospace operations which were formerly part of TEAC America.
As it has for the last 30 years, TEAC Aerospace Technologies will continue to develop and manufacture innovative, high quality products for mission data recording, debrief, and other applications in the defense and commercial aerospace markets.
www.teac.com   (415 words)

  
 UMCA - Music - Services
is a premium music licensing and supervision company, that meets the music needs of a myriad of Television, Film, Radio and Advertising Clients.
The use of Urban Licensed Music saves the cost incurred to produce original music, and thereby reduces production costs.
All Urban Licensed Music were recorded using DigiDesign ProTools HD Recording Equipment.
www.urbanmca.com /music/services.asp   (202 words)

  
 Radio Stations - North America - Mondo Music Corporation - The Nation's Best Grooves   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Your favourite Mondo Music choons are now being played on these radio stations in North America...
This program showcases various African music from Cape to Cairo and aims to raise awareness about Africa and its contemporary socio-economic issues among Canadians.
It features fl music specifically from the Americas - from Cuban jazz to Dancehall reggae.
www.mondomusic.co.zm /radio/namerica.htm   (77 words)

  
 Denis Di Blasio - Department of Music - Rowan University   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
He is the Executive Director of the Maynard Ferguson Institute of Jazz at Rowan University and is a saxophonist, composer, arranger and musical director for the Institute.
He is an internationally acclaimed performer, clinician and educator for the Yamaha Music Corporation of America.
He is a published author of five texts on jazz improvisation and a recording artist for Encounter Records with nine CD’s under his own name.
www.rowan.edu /fpa/music/our_assets/bio/diblasio.html   (122 words)

  
 Business Wire: Immediate Signs Agreement with Music Avenue of ... @ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
With headquarters in Brussels, Belgium and offices in England, France and Canada, MUSIC AVENUE releases product in a wide range of musical styles with particular emphasis on front line developments and mid price CD concepts.
MUSIC AVENUE will also be responsible for the marketing and distribution of IMMEDIATE's product in the Benelux and France.
MUSIC AVENUE recently acquired rights to the famous PRESTIGE jazz catalogue, together with rights to ICHIBAN RECORDS from Atlanta, USA which holds mainly Black Music and Hip-Hop masters.
www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?docid=1G1:53084530&refid=ink_tptd_np   (263 words)

  
 Handful of Blues
"'Well, you have regressed all the way now.' I have a tendency towards simple music, but it has to be a real, authentic, artistic statement, and its never done without complete sincerity.
There's something that heppens when you get the music down to such basics.
Rather than needing to make the music simpler so I could feel freer, I sort of rediscovered that kind of openness that exists in the blues.
www.robbenford.com /HandfulofBlues.html   (810 words)

  
 I Want - Info                  ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Corporation of America Inc., Bright Light Music, Baby Face Music,
America Inc., Baby Face Music, Bright Light Music and Nuttin' Butt
Cuttin' Music (BMI) administered by MCA Music Publishing -
home.conceptsfa.nl /~whessels/ck_album/womaniam/info7.html   (57 words)

  
 SONY CORPORATION OF AMERICA WILL LAUNCH ONLINE MUSIC SERVICE IN SPRING 2004
Las Vegas (CES, Booth #N109) - Jan. 7, 2004 -- Sony Corporation of America (SCA) today formally announced plans to launch its new Connect™ online music service in the United States.
The Connect service will offer consumers an easy-to-use, affordable and secure means of purchasing music online and downloading it to a wide variety of Sony® portable devices including Net MD™ Walkman® recorders, Hi-MD™ Walkman recorders, ATRAC® CD Walkman players, and Network Walkman™ players.
With ATRAC3 compression, music can be recorded and compressed to 132kbps (kilobits per second), allowing consumers to store more high fidelity audio on CD recordable, MD, Hi-MD™ or Memory Stick® media.
www.sony.com /SCA/press/040202a.shtml   (698 words)

  
 Welcome to the Kenwood USA Corporation web site
Kenwood is a corporate sponsor of the Georgia Aquarium.
Kenwood radios are being used throughout the 505,000 square foot facility, by more than 100 employees in security, customer service and maintenance.
Long Beach, CA, June 1, 2005 – Kenwood USA Corporation has added two new In-Dash Video Monitor / Receivers to their Car Electronics line-up with expanded performance and convenience features.
www.kenwoodusa.com   (390 words)

  
 Guitar Music Songs - Alanis Morissette - You Oughta Know
No longer do you have to spend hours and hours deciphering sheet music or tablature to practice guitar music.
It enables aspiring guitar players of all skill levels to learn guitar music & guitar songs with ease.
Your guitar music program is so easy to use it is definitely the easiest and quickest way to learn new guitar songs."
www.guitarvision.com /music/song_299.html   (266 words)

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