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Music Biz 2017: Mood Swings, Merch, Hi Res Streaming & More
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HypeBot
The mood at Music Biz 2017 in Nashville this week was almost ebullient. After a multi-year downturn, things are finally looking up, really up. And the diverse attendees—ranging from labels large and small to artists and managers to streamers and tech, all sense that a new and perhaps bigger music business is emerging. Here are two of the many shifts on display this week: Hi Res Music Streaming Has Arrived During several panels and more informal discussions, Hi Res music streaming ...
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Are You Ready To Sell? Warner Music Group Is In The Mood To Buy
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HypeBot
As the income from music sales dwindle and the number reversion clauses increase, established music companies have turned to catalog acquisition as a way to boost the bottom line. With a new hire, Warner Music Group has signaled that its ramping up its own buying strategy. Heath Kudler has been appointed Executive Vice President, Global Repertoire Acquisition, for Warner Music Group (WMG). In this newly created position, Kudler will work to expand the company’s musical portfolio, including bringing new artists, ...
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In Praise of Mood Music
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
In yesterday's Wall Street Journal, I wrote an essay on the history of easy-listening music and its 70th anniversary, which as you'd expect was completely overlooked (go here). Easy listening was meant to be overlooked. It's whole reason for being was to be there but never get in your way, engaging your emotions but not your brain. The father of easy listening is arranger Paul Weston, who at the end of May 1945 released what's considered the first easy listening ...
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The Psychology of Music: Why Mood and Memory Matter
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HypeBot
By Abhilasha Shah, PR/Communications Intern, University of Michigan. This post originally appeared on Shutterstock Blog. Imagine you're listening to a new song and deciding whether you like it. That snap decision involves more than you might think. Because the likeability of music is so subjective, we all have our own personal preferences that go into our judgments. What you may not realize, though, is the depth of the physiological process that every individual's brain goes through in determining whether a ...
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WBGO Is In The Mood For Love: Send Your Love Today!
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Carolyn McClair Public Relations
WBGO is in the mood for love! CELEBRATE VALENTINE’S DAY WITH A LOVE LETTER TO WBGO JAZZ 88.3 NEWARK, NJ, February 4, 2013 – Valentine’s Day is coming, and WBGO Jazz 88.3 is in the mood for love. Listeners are invited to submit love letters via email to [email protected] (please write WBGO Love Letter in the subject line), online at wbgo.org/loveletter or by regular mail to: WBGO Love Letter 54 Park Place Newark, NJ 07102 WBGO ...
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Amazon Backed Songza Launches 'Music Concierge' Songs for Every Mood
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HypeBot
Amazon funded streaming music service Songza today launched Music Concierge. The free ad-supported service matches a user's day, time, device and context to create a-curated playlist designed to cure “stale iPod syndrome" After clicking through a few simple options that identify things like the time of day, context (at work?) and your musical preferences (jazz, indie, etc.), the music starts. Player controls include Pandora-like features (skip, thumbs up or down) that adjust the offering. Unlike Pandora, which can take some ...
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Mycah Chevalier Has Us "In A Sentimental Mood"!
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Mycah Chevalier
Dynamic and Sulty Vocalist Mycah Chevalier releases New single and video for her rendition of Duke Ellington's “In A Sentimental Mood." Old Man Winter has the East coast in his clutches right now with cold temps, dreary days, and the ever-present threat of nasty weather. Tis the season to stay in the house, and what better to keep you company than some relaxing new music whether you have a winter boo or not. Bounce-Worthy songstress Mycah Chevalier has just what ...
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Paul Weston: Mood for 12/Solo Mood
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Every so often I receive an email from a reader asking whether I really dig easy listening music. My answer is this: Yes, selectively. So do all writers, secretly. Easy listening is the equivalent of a mental rubdown. While I spend most of my days writing and listening to jazz, rock and r&b recordings, there are times when I need to write and decompress at the same time. Or the weather is so miserable that a tranquil recording is what's ...
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In the Mood Revue - Featuring Big Band Jazz of the 1940s - Coming to Lowell Auditorium on Friday, April 15
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MassJazz: Jazz in Massachusetts
In the Mood, a musical revue of the 1940s, is coming to the Lowell Memorial Auditorium this Friday, April 15, 2011, at 7:30 p.m., featuring the music of Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey and other big band leaders of that era. Tickets are $39.50 and can be ordered online or by calling 978 454-2299. In the Mood is touring nationally, and includes a 13 piece orchestra, six singers and a host of dancers to recapture the magic of the ...
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Announcing the Winners of the "Either/Orchestra - Mood Music for Time Travellers" Giveaway
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All About Jazz
