Chris Rich explores the nooks and crannies of jazz's most data-rich website.
The Barley Pub: New Hampshire's Jazz Epicenter
The rock club era was some strange evolutionary fail done in by its bombast and bloat. Jazz still suffers from the fern bar model, a hangover from disco days and proto yuppies with combo's pumping standards to fuel brunch and drinks gluttony or provide that perfect ambiance for conspicuous consumption evenings on the town. Beyond such ...
Jacob William Quartet: Secondary Deviations
Jacob William made his way to the Boston area from Chennai, India. He made the music school rounds well after formative years in the homeland among his peers there. He cites reed multi- instrumentalist Anthony Braxton as an important mentor and makes a fabric of community in Boston over the course of his sojourns through Wesleyan, ...
Taylor Ho Bynum Sextet: Apparent Distance
Taylor Ho Bynum Sextet Apparent Distance Firehouse 12 2011
Taylor Ho Bynum cuts to a cornet's chase with his declaration of intent, in the liner notes to Apparent Distance, a 2010 New Jazz Works commission grant from Chamber Music America and the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation:
“My goal," he writes, “is not just ...
Website Design Tips From Max Micheliov
Max Micheliov sent this to me last week and it is so well done I had to share it.
Designing Websites for Musicians We are going to talk about some purely artistic aspects of building websites specifically for musicians. The article is intended for a wide audience interested in the subject. Hopefully this will help ...
What To Do About Music Piracy
My examination of music piracy has been quite an eye opener.
The online theft of what is generally called Intellectual Property has gotten to the point of triggering backlash which began in November, 2010, when the Department of Homeland Security began to implement significant legal actions against a motley of online sites and counterfeit goods vendors. ...
A Guide to Guides: A Look at Musical Instrument Stores
I like to research stuff and make useful things with All About Jazz's data. Since mid summer, I've been puttering around with the Musical Instrument Store guide. I have a fairly simple bush method. I type a search like “Musical Instrument Stores New York City" and then use the Google Map entry for the best array ...
