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Slacker Radio Favors Human DJs over Algorithms
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HypeBot
In the last few months, digital radio service Slacker has added a premium channel, partnered with AOL and helped launch the new Facebook. But they've also been a successful example of music programming by expert humans, aka djs, as opposed to more algorithmically inclined solutions. Music curation is taking on many forms and Slacker was recently profiled in the LA Times including some thoughts on the power of djs vs algorithms for programming choices. As Alex Pham notes: “As director ...
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Calling All DJs & Record Pools: Join Liberation Music - MGM's Preferred DJ List!
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Mwalim DaPhunkee Professor
CLUB, RADIO, MOBILE DEEJAYS & Record Pools Liberation Music—MGM is looking to make you part of our Taste-makers crew. Get pre-released, exclusive, and limited edition digital copies of our releases by joining our Preferred DJ List! Simply send an e-mail to: Info[at]LiberationMusic-MGM[dot]com with the following information: SUBJECT: “Make Me A Preferred DJ" BODY & Attachments:
Your NameCity & StatePreferred E-mail ContactVenue/ Station/ Record PoolStyle(s) of Music PlayedRecent Play-list If Applicable/ AvailableIf Record Pool, Number of SubscribersOnce We have This Info, ...
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Dorothy Masuka, Paulina Oduro, Wendell Richardson & Ray Carless + DJS
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Outerglobe
The legendary DOROTHY MASUKA is coming into her own.
She wrote the song that made Miriam Makeba, the no 1 hit 'Pata Pata' and Hugh Masekela's 'Khauleza' and she's Nelson Mandela's favourite musician. 'Auntie Dot' has a fabulous repertoire from township jazz to Afro classics with the occasional awesome acapella number thrown in.
PAULINA ODURO aka PRINCESS ADWOA is well known for her vocals with Alfred Bannerman and fronting many a fine African or Reggae Band. Paulina Oduro comes into ...
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Pianist Hal Galper on the DJS Jazz Spotlite Channel
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JazzStage Productions
JazzStage Productions is thrilled to present an original song, plus commentary, from piano great Hal Galper. With over 82 recordings to his credit, 20 as a leader in his own right, pianist, composer, publisher, educator, author and touring artist, Hal Galper is best known for his work with Chet Baker, Cannonball Adderley, John Scofield and the Phil Woods Quintet. His recordings as a leader with Mike and Randy Brecker are considered among the best.
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Saxophonist/Poet Faruq Z. Bey on the DJS Jazz Spotlite Channel
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JazzStage Productions
Saxophonist/Poet Faruq Z. Bey is the featured artist on the DJS Jazz Spotlite Channel. A founding member of Griot Galaxy, a band referred to as 'the best band that never left Detroit', Bey has been active on the Detroit music scene as a performer since the early 1970s. He started his career as a professional musician in 1960. Since then he has performed with Abdullah Ibrahim, Leroy Jenkins, Roscoe Mitchell, Anthony Braxton, Roy Brooks, and Archie Shepp. This Spotlite is ...
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Pianist Steve Richko on the DJS Jazz Spotlite Channel
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JazzStage Productions
Pianist Steve Richko is a 27-year-old prodigy who fell in love with the music of Oscar Peterson at the age of 12. Since then, Steve has made a thorough study of Oscar's piano artistry and career. Today, Steve Richko is regarded as one the finest young pianists on the Detroit jazz scene. You can learn more about Steve at the DJS Jazz Spotlite Channel and hear the title track from his CD “To Oscar, With Love: A Tribute To Oscar ...
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DJS Jazz Spotlite Featuring James Dapogny's Chicago Jazz Band
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JazzStage Productions
Pianist/Composer/Author James Dapogny is the current featured artist on the DJS Jazz Spotlite Channel. Jim needs little introduction in the jazz world. Professor of Music at the University of Michigan for over 40 years, he has led his Grammy-nominated Chicago Jazz Band for over 31 years, touring across North America and releasing numerous acclaimed records and C.D.s, including a project backing up the legendary Maria Muldaur in an album of early blues classics.
The show can be heard on the ...
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DJS Jazz Spotlite Featuring Trumpeter Sean Jones
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JazzStage Productions
Mack Avenue Records Recording artist Sean Jones has revealed himself as among the most immensely expressive, versatile and gifted players of his generation. With each new project, the Warren, Ohio native has peeled back another layer to show us a fresh peek at his soul. His 2004 solo debut, Eternal Journey (recorded when he was 25) introduced Sean as a deft expresser of modern bop for the 21st century via originals and standards in a quintet format.
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