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Corinne, The talk on Thursday at ARC will actually feature Tim Hawkins, not Tim Brooks; but we hope to get Mr. Brooks to speak at one of our meetings later in the year. Thanks! Marcos On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 3:29 PM, B. George <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > CF - You folks had asked for some news, so… > > > On Thursday evening, Feb 26, ARC will host a meeting of the NY Chapter of > ARSC, with a talk by Tim Brooks, ARSC pointman on copyright in DC. [address > below] > > The numbers are in for 2008, donations to the ARC include : 33,837 CDs, > 9,173 CD singles, 42,349 LPs, 14,417 twelve-inch singles, 4,218 seven-inch > singles, 1230 music books, 1,570 music DVDs, plus tons of magazines, press > kits, cassettes, etc... > > Of the many wonderful collections we received one of the most important was > from Music Publishers Shapiro, Bernstein & Co., who made a priceless > donation of 2,304 ten-inch acetates. These one-of-a-kind, one-sided discs > were created by songwriters, publishing companies and song pluggers to > entice potential users. One such rarity is Tony Bennett having a first > crack at the David/Bacharach title song from a young Brigitte Bardot's "The > Night Heaven Fell." Just for fun they threw in the sheet music. > > One of our more challenging jobs this year was supplying all the scans (over > 800) for the new Grammy Hall of Fame that opened Dec 6 in LA. ARC is one of > the few libraries or in America that could supply such a wide array of > popular music, in good condition, in a timely manner. Well, we had a little > help from the Institute of Jazz Studies out at Rutgers. Scanning artwork > and labels continues to be a major use of the collection, and this year we > did work for Universal, Verve, Cadence, Sony, Def Jam, Nonesuch, Dave Clark > (who stiffed us for the bill) and CBS among others. > > You can now visit the NYMIA - The New York Musicians Index and ARChive @ > www.nymia.org This is an online listing of all working musicians and music > related businesses in New York State. This project was funded by ARC, > Columbia University and a $250,000 grant from the New York State Music Fund. > The grant was awarded and administrated by the Rockefeller Philanthropy > Advisors. If you ARE a musician, or work in a music related field in New > York State, do go online and make sure you're listed. If you need to book a > tour through ancient New York – Phoenicia, Troy, Syracuse, Rome, Ithaca, > Utica, Athens – the NYMIA makes it easy to find venues and help to promote > your shows. > > > > ps - we can also supply a scan or illustration if needed > > Thanks > > B. George, > Director > > > > > > > > On Jan 28, 2009, at 5:24 PM, Corinne Forstot wrote: > >> > > > > >> The deadline for submissions for the Winter ARSC Newsletter is Feb 10. >> This >> will be the last newsletter before the DC conference. >> >> If you have news relevant to ARSC members, please send it to me or drop me >> an email (off list) if you'd like to discuss an idea. These could be >> upcoming events, news on recent projects, acquisitions, or grants >> received, >> requests for research assistance from other ARSC members, reports from >> ARSC >> committees and local chapters, or any other news that may be of interest >> to >> ARSC members. >> >> Sincerely, >> Corinne >> >> -- >> Corinne Forstot, Editor >> ARSC Newsletter >> > > ARChive of Contemporary Music > 54 White Street > New York City, 10013 > > 3 blocks South of Canal between Church + Broadway > Take the #1 train to Franklin St, or any train to Canal > > > > tel : 212-226-6967 > > e : [log in to unmask] > > http://arcmusic.org > > blog: http://arcmusic.wordpress.com > > The NYMIA (New York Musicians Index and Archive) > is in the beta testing stage and available for NY based musicians and > music related businesses to join and anyone to search. > We hope it will be useful. Tell your friends. > > http://www.nymia.org > > > The ARChive of Contemporary Music > is a not-for-profit archive, music library and research center > located in New York City. The ARChive collects preserves and > provides information on the popular music of all cultures throughout the > world. > Since 1986 our holdings have grown to three million sound recordings, > making the ARChive the largest popular music collection in the World. > > Members of the Board of Advisors are: David Bowie, Jellybean Benitez, > Jonathan Demme, Ellie Greenwich, Jerry Leiber, Youssou N'Dour, > Lou Reed, Keith Richards, Nile Rodgers, Todd Rundgren, > Fred Schneider, Martin Scorsese, Paul Simon, > Mike Stoller and Jerry Wexler > > Have you seen our site of French pulp paperbacks and PopPulp? > http://www.ouiouipulp.info > -- Marcos Sueiro Bal Audio Engineer 718.902.7441