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Nettwerk is a large Vancouver, British Columbia based record label and music management firm. The label was founded in 1984 by Terry McBride, Mark Jowett, and Brad Saltzberg in McBride's small Vancouver apartment, initially to release albums by Jowett's band Moev. Saltzberg eventually sold his share of Nettwerk to Ric Arboit. Additional branches of Nettwerk exist in New York City, Los Angeles, London UK, Boston, Nashville, and Hamburg, Germany. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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This article refers to the city in British Columbia, Canada. ...
This article refers to the city in British Columbia, Canada. ...
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Moev is an electronic music group specializing in synthpop that recorded on the Nettwerk Records label. ...
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Artists Notable artists who have recorded on the label include Skinny Puppy, Sarah McLachlan, HEM, Jenny Owen Youngs, Single Gun Theory, Econoline Crush, MC 900 Ft. Jesus, Consolidated, Ron Sexsmith, Delerium, Sixpence None the Richer, BT, The Grapes of Wrath, Guster, Josh Rouse, Autour de Lucie, Lava Hay, Boxcar, Nathan, Tara MacLean, The Hermit, Rose Chronicles, By Divine Right, Doubting Thomas, Great Lake Swimmers, Trespassers William, Severed Heads, and Jars Of Clay (as of 2007 under the Gray Matters imprint). Skinny Puppy is a prominent industrial band, formed in Vancouver, BC, Canada in 1982. ...
Sarah Ann McLachlan, OC,[2] OBC[2] (born January 28, 1968) is a Grammy-winning Canadian musician, singer and songwriter. ...
Hem is an indie folk-rock band, fusing together a mix of traditional American music with newer style. ...
Jenny Owen Youngs (born November 22, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter from Montclair, New Jersey. ...
Single Gun Theory is an Australian band made up of Jacqui Hunt (vocals), Pete Rivett-Carnac, and Kath Power. ...
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Consolidated was an American radical activist recording and performing group, formed in 1988 and best known in the early 1990s as an alternative dance/industrial music band. ...
Ron Sexsmith live in Bochum, July 10th, 2004 Ron Sexsmith (born 1964) is a Canadian singer-songwriter from St. ...
Delerium is a band from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, formed in 1987, originally as a side project of the influential industrial music act, Front Line Assembly. ...
Sixpence None the Richer was a Grammy-nominated pop/rock band with roots in New Braunfels, Texas, eventually settling in Nashville, Tennessee. ...
Brian Wayne Transeau (born October 4, 1971 in Rockville, Maryland) is a trance musician, better known by his stage name, BT. He has been called the Father of Trance for his pioneering in the trance genre [1],[2] and Prince of Dance Music for his multi-instrumentalist skills [3], and...
The Grapes of Wrath are a Canadian folk rock band, who were one of Canadas most successful pop bands in the late 1980s and early 1990s before disbanding in 1992. ...
Guster is an alternative rock band that is known for its live performances, unique sound, humor, and cult following. ...
Josh Rouse (born 1972) is an American folk / roots pop singer-songwriter. ...
Autour de Lucie is a French pop band, consisting of vocalist Valérie Leulliot, guitarist Olivier Durand and bassist Fabrice Dumont. ...
Lava Hay were a Canadian folk-pop duo in the early 1990s. ...
Boxcar is an Australian Sydney-based synth pop and techno band. ...
Nathan are an alt-country band from Winnipeg, Manitoba in Canada. ...
Tara MacLean (born October 25, 1973 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. ...
The Hermit is a Canadian electronic music project, centred around musician Hamish Thomson. ...
Rose Chronicles were a Canadian alternative rock band in the 1990s. ...
By Divine Right is a Canadian indie rock band. ...
1991 album The Infidel: composed 1987 - 1990. ...
Great Lake Swimmers are a Canadian indie rock band. ...
Trespassers William are an indie rock band known for their ethereal music. ...
A photo of The Severed Heads from the back of the album Since The Accident. ...
Jars of Clay is a rock band from Franklin, Tennessee. ...
Gray Matters is a record label/imprint structured underneath the Nettwerk Music Group. ...
The label specializes in alternative music acts, particularly in genres such as industrial music, electronica and folk-rock, releasing albums by both Canadian and international artists in those genres. The term alternative rock or alternative music1 was coined in the early 1980s to describe bands which didnt fit into the mainstream genres of the time. ...
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It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Electronic music. ...
Folk rock is a musical genre, combining elements of folk music and rock music. ...
Nettwerk managed artists Nettwerk also manages a number of artists, including the Barenaked Ladies and Avril Lavigne, who do not release their records on the label. Other artists under Nettwerk Management include Leigh Nash, Anathallo, Dido, MC Lars, Sixpence None the Richer, Treble Charger, All Saints, Brand New, State Radio, Robert Post, The Be Good Tanyas, The Old Crow Medicine Show, gob, and The Format. Barenaked Ladies (often abbreviated BNL or occasionally BnL) is a Canadian alternative rock band currently composed of Jim Creeggan, Kevin Hearn, Steven Page, Ed Robertson, Tyler Stewart, and formerly Andy Creeggan. ...
Avril Ramona Lavigne Whibley[1] (born September 27, 1984) is a Canadian rock singer and musician. ...
Leigh Bingham Nash Leigh Bingham Nash (born June 27, 1976) is a singer, and composer, best known as the lead vocalist for the rock band Sixpence None The Richer. ...
Anathallo is an indie band from Mt. ...
Dido (born Florian Cloud de Bounevialle Armstrong,[1] December 25, 1971) is a British BRIT Award-winning and Grammy Award-nominated singer and songwriter who performs under a nickname her mother gave her in childhood. ...
Andrew Robert Nielsen (born October 6, 1982) is an American rapper, known by his stage name MC Lars. ...
Sixpence None the Richer was a Grammy-nominated pop/rock band with roots in New Braunfels, Texas, eventually settling in Nashville, Tennessee. ...
Treble Charger was a rock group where all 4 members were of English-Canadian descent, consisting of vocalist Greig Nori, bassist Rosie Martin and drummer Trevor MacGregor. ...
All Saints are an English Pop girl band that released their debut self-titled album in 1997. ...
For other uses, see Brand New (disambiguation). ...
State Radio is a rock band formed by former Dispatch member Chad Urmston in 2002 after Dispatch announced their indefinite hiatus (after about two years on hiatus, the band announced a break-up and a final show). ...
Promotional photo of Robert Post Robert Post (born Robert Øien Fylling, March 20, 1979 in Langevåg, Norway) is a Norwegian singer-songwriter. ...
The Be Good Tanyas are a Canadian traditional music group, whose influences include folk, country, and bluegrass. ...
Old Crow Medicine Show is an old-time musical group based in Nashville, Tennessee. ...
Gob are a pop punk band from Burnaby, British Columbia formed in 1994. ...
The Format is a rock band formed by Arizona natives Nate Ruess and Sam Means. ...
Nettwerk and the RIAA Nettwerk has joined the fight against the RIAA by offering to pay the legal fees of a teenager in Texas who is being sued for downloading songs. They will also pay any fines if they lose the case. They came in contact with the teen when she wrote to MC Lars (who is managed by Nettwerk) about his song, "Download This Song". The RIAA Logo. ...
Andrew Robert Nielsen (born October 6, 1982) is an American rapper, known by his stage name MC Lars. ...
Download This Song is the second single from MC Lars fifth studio album, The Graduate, and features Jaret Reddick of Bowling for Soup. ...
Nettwerk further sells actual MP3 music files from its artists and artists it manages directly from its website. While these files are generally priced at 99 cents as most online music files are, they do not include any digital rights management. Hence, unlike files purchased from iTunes or Napster, these files allow consumers the freedom to copy the songs they purchase to other devices of theirs. For other uses, see MP3 (disambiguation). ...
Digital rights management (DRM) is an umbrella term that refers to access control technologies used by publishers and other copyright holders to limit usage of digital media or devices. ...
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Nettwerk states on its website:
- Litigation is destructive, it must stop .... as per Nettwerk copyrights, we have never sued anybody and all our music is open source to encourage fans to share it with others and help us promote our Artists. As per those Artists we manage on other labels (Majors), we take issue with those labels claiming that litigating our fans is in our interest, as it clearly is not.
Nettwerk and DRM Nettwerk is one of the first major music companies to abolish DRM releasing songs in the unrestricted MP3 format. Many songs are available on Nettwerk's own store as well as Puretracks, a Canadian music download site. Nettwerk is also the first major music company to have their music listed on Amie Street. Digital rights management (DRM) is an umbrella term that refers to access control technologies used by publishers and other copyright holders to limit usage of digital media or devices. ...
For other uses, see MP3 (disambiguation). ...
Puretracks is Canadas first online music store, which launched officially on October 14, 2003. ...
Amie Street is a music website created in 2006 by Brown seniors in Providence, Rhode Island. ...
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