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Jazz Documentary: Killer B3 (2013)
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Today marks the start of the third annual JazzWax Film Festival. Each December, between the holidays, I switch from music to film and hopefully introduce you to films you haven's seen in some time or have never viewed before. For my opener, I'm screening Killer B3, a fabulous 2013 documentary on the Hammond B3 organ directed, produced and written by Murv Seymour. The documentary was filmed between 2005 and 2013 and received funding independent of Hammond Suzuki USA. Murv has ...
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Amazon, YouTube Just Launched Free Music Services But Neither Is A 'Spotify Killer'
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Amazon and YouTube each just launched free music streaming services. Like Spotify's free tier, both offer no-cost ad-supported access to music. But despite the media hype, their ability and even desire to compete with Spotify is limited. Spotify's free tier offers on demand access to 40 million tracks across almost every platform imaginable. Whereas YouTube and Amazon offer free access to aritst radio stations and playlist that are much more like Pandora's free tier. Then there's the company's themselves, their ...
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Tips For Building A Killer Musician Press Kit
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One of the fastest, easiest, and most effective ways to present yourself as an artist, and will quickly tell any organization or booking agency whether or not you're worth the investment, and not having one can cause you to miss out on great. Guest post by Emma Miller A press kit is the most effective way to present yourself, your work and your creativity to the potential employers, festivals, radio stations, news agencies and, of course, your future fans. Without ...
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As Snapchat Stock Continues To Soar Friday (↑12%), Will Music Be Its Killer App?
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Snapchat stock [NYSE: SNAP] opened Friday at $26.25, up 54% from its initial $17 IPO price on Thursday. By 10:30 AM ET Friday, the stock was up another 12% to $27.41. Now it is up to this soaring startup to prove it's not the next MySpace or Twitter. Could music be point differentiation that justifies Snapchat's valuation or sends its stock been higher? Many social networks and apps have tried and failed to use music as its secret sauce. MySpace was ...
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Drive Traffic With These 5 Killer Social Media Hacks
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The growing ubiquity of social media has made it challenging for artists to get their web presence tostand out amidst the clamor for users attention, but by following these five guidelines, bands and musicians can actively drive traffic towards their social media. Guest post by Payman Taei, founder of Visme We use social media all the time; on our way to work, in our downtime, even early mornings. Naturally, businesses can take advantage of this; having your own Facebook page ...
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Premiere Of "Killer Heels"
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Mark Dendy
Executive producers, W. Mark Dendy and Jimena Bautista, invite you to the World Premiere of Killer Heels, a film deemed sexy, jazzy, and provocative, February 24, 2016, at Beatnik Studios in Sacramento, California, as part of Fashion On Film, the Capital region's premiere showcase for fashion media. The event occurs during SACRAMENTO FASHION WEEK and is put on by the California Film Foundation- part Fashion Show, part party and ALL Fantastic! Selected films are paired with live design showcases at ...
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4 Simple Steps to Creating a Killer Press List
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By Janelle Rogers on Sonicbids Blog When I built my first press list, I put every small town paper on there, including journalists who covered genres we would never consider promoting. Since then, I've created press lists with 500 media contacts and ones with as few as 50. One thing I’ve learned is that your results with a small, highly targeted, and individualized list are just as great as one that has every media contact under the sun. I’ve never believed in the “throw it at the wall and ...
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Five New Killer Blues CDs
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
At the heart of all great jazz, R&B and rock is the blues. Unlike many other music forms, the blues is timeless—relying largely on the creativity and ingenuity of the artist rather than wholesale re-invention. [Illustration above by R. Crumb] Here are five terrific new blues CDs that crossed my desk in the past few weeks: Freddie King: The Complete King and Federal Singles (Real Gone). Recorded between 1960 and '67, the tracks on this remastered two-CD set provide a ...
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Killer Big Bands of The '50s
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Once the 12-inch jazz LP became feasible in the mid-1950s, record-company A&R executives began scouring the market for musicians who could assemble and arrange bands. Record companies had quotas to fill, especially as an album's vinyl circumference expanded. So while prestige bands led by Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Stan Kenton and Benny Goodman were given a new lease on life, other bands gathered for one-shots. Here are five swinging examples of what these one-shot bands were all about... Larry Sonn—The ...
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A Killer, Sustainable, Industry Saving Music Service is Possible
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Guest post by Joey Flores, co-founder of Earbits,com, an online radio platform that help labels, artists and promoters acquire fans and market music and live events. I was having a chat yesterday with Kyle Bylin of Live Nation Labs, talking about the various music services, what they lack, what they have, and what we'd both want out of a music service. Then at some point last night, I started dreaming up the perfect music service. Here's what I came up ...
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