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How Much Does Social Media Actually Impact A Band's Draw?
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HypeBot
When promoting a show via social media, it can be difficult to tell how much rampant posting across the various platforms actually translates into attendance at shows. Ultimately, it does make a difference, but using said platforms correctly affects dramatically affects the size of that difference. Guest Post by Jhoni Jackson on the Sonicbids Blog Plastic Pinks performing at Burger Records Hangover Fest in San Antonio, March 2016. (Photo by Greg Gabrisch Photography; used with permission) It's always discouraging when turnout at your ...
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ASCAP Honors for Film, TV- Broughton, McCarthy Draw Awards at Ceremony
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All About Jazz
Composers Bruce Broughton and Dennis McCarthy received special honors from ASCAP at the performance rights group's Film and Television Awards ceremony Thursday at the BevHilton.
The evening recognized composers for the top-grossing films and writers of the most-performed TV music of 2009.
Broughton, who scored such pics as “Tombstone" and “Silverado" and wrote for series like “Dallas" and “Hawaii Five-O," received the Henry Mancini Award in recognition of his career achievements.
Previous Mancini Award winners include Carter Burwell, Mark Isham, ...
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British Online Copyright Laws Draw Debates
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Michael Ricci
An article published on Thursday in, The Guardian, discusses a debate taking place in the British Parliament around a new digital economy bill.
One amendment in particular is stirring a lot of discussion about its impact on content online. The Guardian writes:
The new proposal which was passed in the House of Lords by 165 votes to 140 gives a high court judge the right to issue an injunction against a Web site accused of hosting a substantial amount of ...
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David Gray to Draw Another Line at the Skywards Dubai International Jazz Festival 2010!
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Chillout Productions
Award winning David Gray is back with an all-new Album and for another sell-out show at the 8th Skywards Dubai International Jazz Festival on Thursday February 18th, 2010 at Dubai Media City Outdoor Amphitheater! Due to the huge demand and the growing fan base of the UK's folk rock scene master, David Gray is hailed back for another performance expected to be a massive attraction to a huge crowd waiting for the return of this unique artist with his latest ...
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#Jazzlives Twitter Campaign to Draw Attention, Demonstrate Support for Live Jazz
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
The latest eruption of the recurring “is jazz dying? controversy, prompted in part by a recent article in the Wall Street Journal (see previous posts here and here for more) got veteran jazz journalist Howard Mandel thinking about ways to demonstrate the current vitality and diversity of jazz music.Last week, Mandel emailed an assortment jazz journalists and broadcasters, websites, bloggers, and presenters, including yr. humble StLJN editor, saying in part:“Is the audience for jazz aging and diminishing, ...
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Chicago Glen Ellyn Jazz Fest a Draw Despite Weather Threat
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All About Jazz
Chicago Jazz Scene The forecast in downtown Glen Ellyn Saturday wasn't hazy at all, despite the darkening skies and light, rainy mist that threatened an otherwise pleasant midafternoon.
By 2 p.m., a few hundred people had gathered on Main Street south of the train tracks, clearly expecting an afternoon and evening filled with cool, smooth, traditional and big-band style jazz, courtesy of the second annual Jazz Fest Glen Ellyn. “I myself like Henry Johnson," said fest-goer Terry Smith, ...
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