Volume 71 No. 18 September 4, 2000 Russell Malone at Jazz Festival Rick Dunlop (director, classics and jazz, Universal) with Verve recording artist Russell Malone at the Markham Jazz Festival. Malone was on-hand to present the Verve Jazz Stars of the Future Award to atrio of students. NEW HOME VIDEO SECTION $3.00 ($2.80 plus .20 GST) Publication Mail Re istration No. 08141 SC:3>A/G www.songcorp.com 2- RPM - Monday September 4, 2000 Animation developed original animated Spoof-o- Universal launches broadband internet programming mercials. Among the early broadband access Universal Music Group has announced the launch screen 'buy' buttons, a 'send-to-a-friend' function, participants, Sprint and Winfire will be deploying of its initial series of broadband programs featuring and asign-up form to obtain email updates on new UMG's premium programming to their DSL original music-oriented pilots, thus becoming the UMG broadband program releases. customers. Finally Excite@Home, the leader in first major record company to offer music listeners Lisa Farris, senior vice-president of marketing broadband, will link its @Home cable customers as aquantity of premium music programming designed for eLabs, added, "We've created interactive well as its Excite.com users to the pilots during the exclusively for high-speed connections. The debut programming that goes beyond just watching videos four month run. line-up of high-speed programming premiered on at high bit rates. We're excited to be working with The programming can be enjoyed in all the August 29, 2000. such adiverse group of partners to offer consumers leading media player formats, including "This is the first major broadband programming anew way of experiencing the artists and music they RealNetworks, Microsoft Windows Media Format initiative from any music company," noted Larry love while enabling them to customize their and Apple's Quicktime. Kenswil, president of Universal Music Group's broadband viewing environment." UMG introduced three pilots on August 291h: eLabs. "The demand for broadband continues to For their broadband initiatives, Universal's The Viewing Lounge is dubbed as the first internet grow quickly and music is the most compelling and eLabs have teamed with several companies, program that "really allows fans to choose their utilized form of entertainment on the internet. By including Akamai, one of the foremost providers of favorite kind of music". The lounge plays acustom offering original programming from top artists in a high-performance services for the delivery of block of videos, delivered in super high quality that format built exclusively for fat pipes, we have taken internet content and streaming media. Akamai will also features amultitude of related content to enjoy the first step towards a commitment to establish help deliver UMG's graphics and broadcast content on every artist; I-View are behind the scene segments Universal as the music industry leader for the next with enhanced quality and reliability. of rare content present exclusive 3-4 minute mini- wave of the technological revolution." UMG is also working with iKnowledge, who documentaries on individual artists, including The new initiative will allow UMG to explore will provide content management and deployment interviews.; and Music Spoof-o-mercials are fun multiple business models that include content for the Viewing Lounge. Shoiecast Interactive is the parodies that offer a peak into "the wacky and syndication, licensing and distribution relationships, program developer for I-View and Smashing Ideas fictitious world of late night informercials." and sponsorships, as well as peer-to-peer community building features. The debut 'pilots' will include on- Baha Men adecade-long overnight success story Who Let The Dogs Out is the lead single, and title to anew level. "My vision," notes founding member track, from the new album from the Baha Men. And Isiah Taylor, "was to take the instruments from our Kardinal Offishall signs while the song is quickly developing into one of street festival and put them together with the stage with MCA Records THE hits of the summer of 2000, the Baha Men are instruments like bass, drums and guitar. Iwanted to hardly an overnight sensation. blend them all together in order to get the junkanoo Universal Music Canada has announced the signing The Baha Men (they are natives of the music out to the world." of Toronto-based MC and producer Kardinal Bahamas, hence the name) are proponents of Currently, Who Let The Dogs Out is #22 (with Offishall to MCA Records, which is part of the junkanoo, the rhythmic music indigenous to their abullet) on the RPM 100 Hit Tracks chart, with the Universal Music Group. homeland. The African-inspired music is full album just recently released to retail. The song, Kardinal's debut independent album, Eye And traditionally performed on goatskin drums and which is two-parts Cancon will also be featured in I, was released in 1997, and received rave reviews cowbells, but the Baha Men have taken the music the upcoming new Rugrats family feature. from critics and rap/hip-hop fans. His latest single, Husslin', reached the #1 spot on the Gavin, HITS and Urban Network charts, and the video enjoyed CMW nod to Feldman as Hall of Fame inductee significant rotation on MuchMusic. Talent agent, manager and musical entrepreneur Sam founded A&F Music Ltd. (which controls anumber Kardinal has also developed areputation as one Feldman, one of the most influential backroom of subsidiaries with partner Bruce Allen) when he of the country's leading young rap and hip-hop figures in Canadian music, will be inducted into the was just 22. In addition to S.L. Feldman & producers, and also owns his own production Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame. The Associates (the largest booking agency in the company, S.H.A.G., along with fellow Canadians ceremony will take place at the annual Music country), A&F Music also has interests in The Solitaire and Tara Chase. He has handled mixing Industry Awards dinner, set for March 30'h, 2001, at Characters (Canada's leading theatrical agency), and/or producing duties for artists such as Rah the Westin Harbour Castle in Toronto, as part of Little Big Man (a New York booking agency), and Digga, Sean Paul, Saukrates, Rascalz, Maestro, and Canadian Music Week. is also involved in music supervision work for film Thrust, and also produced Choclair's gold debut, In announcing the induction, Canadian Music and television. Ice Cold. Week head Neill Dixon called Feldman's A&F's most recent project is as executive Randy Lennox, president of Universal Music contributions to the Canadian industry producer of a 22-episode television sitcom, Big Canada, noted, "We are thrilled to be working with 'immeasurable'. Sound, which will air on Global Television. such atalented and respected artist as Kardinal. His He added that "Sam has been apioneer in the Canadian Music Week is firmed for March 29 career thus far has been nothing short of impressive, agency field, astrong manager, and someone whose to April 1, 2001, involving three major components and we are committed to taking it to the next level." love of music he is involved with has led to his — the Executive Conference, the Molson Canadian Kardinal's first release with MCA/Universal is success. In addition, he and his partner Bruce Allen, Music Week Festival, and the CMW Music Show. planned for early 2001, to feature 12 tracks, have, between them, built a strong music industry Feldman was honoured with the Walt Grealis including six brand new songs. He will also tour in Vancouver, thus helping balance the predominance Special Achievement Award in 1998, an industry Canada this fall with the Baby Blue Soundcrew and of Toronto in the music field." builder award that is presented annually at the Juno Jully Black. Sam Feldman was born in China in 1949, and Awards. #1 ALBUM ALBUM PICK HIT PICK EMINEM ZUCKERBABY The Marshall Mathers LP Platinum Again Interscope -069490632-J Universal -314 542 763-2-J RPM - Monday September 4, 2000 -3 devote their full time to Government Mule. September 8. The first of the two sets begins at 12:15 What's According to Philip Walden Jr., vice-president of pm, with asecond performance taking place at 1:15 Capricorn Records, "Our prayers go out to Allen's pm. family, friends and fans. Allen was a very special Happenning Lucy Pearl are firmed for an all-ages show on person and a very talented musician. He will be September 22 at The Guvernment. Doors open at 6 missed." pm, with a10 pm curfew. The group's debut album MuchMusic has confirmed some of the presenters Multifaceted musician Aria will join Jann Arden just recently reached gold status in Canada. Lucy and performers for the Ile annual MuchMusic Video and other prominent musicians at the gala event for Pearl features integral members of three of the '90s Awards, which take place September 21 at 8pm ET the opening of the Trans Canada Trail Relay 2000. most influential groups — Tony!Toni!Tone!, En at the Much world headquarters. Confirmed The gala, which kicks off two days of celebrations Vogue and A Tribe Called Quest — namely Raphael performers thus far include the Barenaked Ladies, in conjunction with the trail relay, takes place Saadiq, Dawn Robinson and Ali Shaheed Blink 182, Choclair, Destiny's Child, Matthew Good September 8at the Congress Centre in Ottawa. Aria Muhummad. Dance Tonite, the lead single from the Band, Moby and soulDecision. Confirmed is scheduled to perform at 7 pm. Aria will be album, is also the lead single from the Spike Lee- presenters include Aqua, Ben Harper, b4-4, Love performing acomposition entitled Mists Of Time, a produced film, Love And Basketball.