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Runner Runner Heads to Japan

2009-04-01T12:55:00.000-07:00

The band Runner Runner formerly Over It of Huntington Beach Ca, heads to Japan today after playing an acoustic set with The Friday Night Boys and The Summer Set in Lakewood California yesterday. The band will be playing Punkfest 2009 in Tokyo and an in store set at shibuya Tower Records. The band will return in mid april to play Bamboozle right. You can hear the band and learn more about them at www.myspace.com/runnerrunnermusic. or vist theie page here at performancecast www.performancecast.tv/members/RunnerRunner
Branden
performancecast.tv

Metallica invades SXSW as 'young band from Norway'

2009-03-22T01:09:00.000-07:00

Metallica invades SXSW as 'young band from Norway'

By JAKE COYLE
AP ENTERTAINMENT WRITER
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Metallica's Kirk Hammell, Left, and James Hetfield perform at the SXSW Music Festival in Austin, Texas on Friday, March 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Jack Plunkett)

AUSTIN, Texas -- Invading South By Southwest, Metallica attempted to pose as one of the hundreds of smaller bands there just hoping to get a record deal.

"We're a young band from Norway and we want to get signed," Metallica frontman James Hetfield told the audience at the heavy metal band's SXSW performance Friday night.

It was a widely expected but not officially announced show at a venue (Stubb's) that for a band like Metallica is downright minuscule, holding about 2,100 people. The band played for slightly more than an hour, performing both classics and, as Hetfield called it, "new stuff" off their 2008 album "Death Magnetic" - a disc widely considered a return to form for the 28-year-old group.

But despite Hetfield's mock camouflage (and poor Norwegian accent), Metallica stood out on the SXSW landscape Friday. With more than 50 million albums sold, Metallica has probably outsold the other 1,900-plus bands at SXSW combined.

Droves of die-hard fans, catching wind of the rumors, lined up all day outside Stubb's, where Metallica 18-wheelers parked outside.

Metallica was in Austin for the day to promote their new "Guitar Hero" video game. To be released March 29, it's the latest rock star simulator dedicated to a single band following last year's "Guitar Hero: Aerosmith."

It may seem like a lot of fanfare for a videogame but "Guitar Hero" and its rival "Rock Band" have proven to be one of few growing revenue streams in a declining music industry.

In an interview before the show, Hetfield said the band wanted to play at SXSW - an old-school, small live show - to balance the promotion of the very contemporary, tech-savvy "Guitar Hero: Metallica."

"Here is the grass roots. Here is the basis of why we like music. Artists are getting up in front of 2,100 people and giving it what they got," Hetfield said of SXSW. "We've always wanted to support live music. We've been road dogs since the day after high school."

Now, Hetfield laughs at the idea that Metallica - who, in one of their most popular songs, sing: "Master of puppets, I'm pulling your strings" - have effectively been made digital puppets for kids to play with.

"When (drummer Lars Ulrich) and I were sitting in a garage in Norwalk, California, bashing out a horrible version of `Hit the Lights,' we were not thinking that this was going to be happening anytime soon," Hetfield said. "I've watched people play us. They're pretty good at us."

Hetfield has been more interested in observing his three children - ages 7,8 and 10 - play their father.

At the prospect of playing the game as Ulrich, Hetfield laughs and groans: "Good Lord. We've done some role-playing swapping in therapy already." (In the 2004 documentary "Some Kind of Monster," the band famously resorted to therapy sessions to heal rifts between each other.)

Instead, Hetfield will stick with real performance.

"Have you seen some good bands here?" Hetfield asked the crowd Friday before exiting the stage. "Hope we're one of them."

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On the Net:

http://www.metallica.com

http://www.sxsw.com

http://www.guitarhero.com

Record labels trying to thwart innovation with series of lawsuits

2009-03-16T19:23:00.000-07:00

Wow, the last few days have been full of turmoil in the music industry’s standpoint. EMI sued both Seeqpod and Favtape, and Warner sued Songbeat.

EMI has broken a new low, by suing founders of startups personally in an effort to thwart innovation so that they can hold on to their broken business model a few months longer. Warner music is also suing a developer that was using the API. It is amazing to me that the writing which is so clearly on the wall is just completely ignored by the music industry.

RollingStone magazine carried an article on the decline of the music industry back in 2007, and it seems like we have been stuck in a timewarp. The decline has been constant pretty much since 2000, when bandwidth became more freely available to start paving the way for a multimedia internet.

The problem with the music industry is that it has constantly tried to focus more on the industry part, and less on the music part. Despite revolutions in technology and tools that help more and more people make all kinds of different music (and actually spread it to people who would enjoy them), the labels have been living in denial, opting to find ways to keep making money the same old way instead of trying to keep up with the turning tide and find alternative business models.

Hey Music Lovers

2009-03-09T18:30:00.000-07:00

We just added a new edition to the site called snapshots, If you like or don't like it please let us know. Also the new forum is done so get out there and check it out!! Here is a better explanation of the snapshots feature.

Introducing Snap Shots from Snap.com

I just installed a nice little tool on this site called Snap Shots that enhances links with visual previews of the destination site, interactive excerpts of Wikipedia articles, MySpace profiles, IMDb profiles and Amazon products, display inline videos, RSS, MP3s, photos, stock charts and more.

Sometimes Snap Shots bring you the information you need, without your having to leave the site, while other times it lets you "look ahead," before deciding if you want to follow a link or not.

Should you decide this is not for you, just click the Options icon in the upper right corner of the Snap Shot and opt-out.

Keep Rockin!
Branden
PCTV

SWEEETTTT

2009-02-20T14:15:00.000-08:00

WEll thought we'd update you guys things are getting exciting around here!!! The new and way improved site has launched and the response is getting better everday! Thank you:) We are adding tons of shows to the schedule and bands are broadcasting without schedules so check in frequently!!! We will be live on the radio too Saturday Febuary 21st as well come support us! Keep Rockin!
Branden
PCTV

A New Year

2009-01-12T10:55:00.000-08:00

So its a New Year and We hope you all had a great New Years Eve. We are working continously to improve the site. We are now streaming LIVE Video Through Edgecast servers and that has Vastly improved the delivery of content, also we have made the Broadcaster interface MUCH simpler to use. We also have intergrated an entirely new chat system which we think everyone will enjoy much more. If you did anything fun for New Years let us know in a comment here.
Cheers!
Branden
PCTV Admin

Merry Christmas

2008-12-24T11:43:00.000-08:00

Just wanted to wish you all a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. I hope you all get to enjoy it with your family and friends.
Have a Rocking Holiday!!!
Branden
PCTV

Photo Album

2008-12-22T14:11:00.001-08:00

The photo Album is up and working we will continually update it with photos from shows so check it out!!!
Branden
PCTV

STUDIO SESSIONS

2008-12-11T00:32:00.000-08:00

PCTV is kicking off our new addition to the site studio sessions this Friday December 12th with Runner Runner in the studio from 2pm to 5pm pacfic time at www.performancecast.tv/members/RunnerRunner.html Be There!!!
Keep Rocking!
PCTV Admin

New HD CAM and Dec 6th show

2008-12-05T17:16:00.000-08:00

PCTV has purchased a new HD Cam allowing us to create the best LIVE streaming concerts on the net!!! Heres The new Cam Check it out!!
Also Tune To Runner Runners Live Broadcast Channel at 645 Pm PST on Dec 6th for a LIVE Concert. ROCK ON!!!!!!

PCTV Admin

CALLING ALL BANDS

2008-11-09T20:14:00.000-08:00

If you haven't already signed up as broadcasting band, why not do it now? It's free and allows your fans around the world to see your shows LIVE as they happen, and automatically archived for viewing later. You have nothing to lose and only more fans to gain! Hope to see all of your shows soon! Rock on
Branden
Performancecast.tv

Video Archive

2008-11-03T23:22:00.000-08:00

Hey we just finished the new video archive check it out and watch past broadcasts. We will be continuing to upload more videos over the next couple days. Enjoy!!
Branden
PCTV

Update

2008-11-01T22:35:00.000-07:00

We are just finishing up some new additions to the site that should be up by tomorrow. We also will be launching our studio sessions soon, won't get too much into that just yet, but it will be REALLY cool we will keep you posted. Hope your all having a great weekend! Keep Rockin!
Branden
PCTV

Hey Guys

2008-11-01T02:55:00.000-07:00

Since this is our first Blog entry we will have some catching up to do in the next few posts. First of all, I would like to personally Thank You all for being part of the site! Your guys response has been great and it motivates me that what we are doing, you are enjoying! We are working with some really incredible bands. Working with Runner Runner on a regular basis has been great and we know you guys are enjoying their shows as much as we are, and we plan to keep broadcasting them. I know there are some things on the site that still aren't fully functional we are working hard to fix that so bear with us!! We will be posting some show photos on here and to the photo album soon. I will write some more later, gotta back to work on the site. If any of you have ANY ideas for the site please let us know.BrandenPCTV