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All About Jazz Announces 2025 Jazz Forward Award Winners—Honoring Innovation, Discovery, And Impact In Jazz
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All About Jazz
All About Jazz is proud to announce the recipients of the 2025 Jazz Forward Awards, recognizing outstanding individuals, organizations, and projects that are advancing jazz awareness, discovery, and culture in meaningful and innovative ways. Selected by a committee of industry visionaries, these honorees epitomize the forward thinking of jazz in 2025. 2025 Jazz Forward Award Winners We are pleased to recognize the following for their outstanding contributions: JazzWeek (USA) A key data platform and publication tracking jazz radio airplay across ...
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Steve Holt To Release New Album - Impact - On April 25, 2025
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Orange Grove Publicity
Celebrated Canadian jazz pianist returns with a fresh collection of original compositions Pianist Steve Holt's latest album IMPACT is a celebration of fresh, original compositions crafted over more than a year, showcasing Holt’s dual passion for composing and playing. This release marks an exciting new chapter in his storied career, blending innovative ideas with a deep respect for the jazz tradition. Each track is a testament to his creative spirit and the joy he finds in exploring new musical landscapes. ...
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Bassist Nicholas Krolak Inspires Listeners To Find And Use One’s Voice To Impact The World Around Oneself With His Sophomore Album, 'Voice = Power.
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Outside in Music
Bassist, composer, and lyricist Nicholas Krolak is no stranger to the complexities of the modern world in which we live. As a musician, Krolak understands it is not enough for him to merely preserve tradition, but it is not possible to move forward without it. As a person, he understands the dual necessity of walking in modernity while maintaining healthy roots firmly in the natural world. Voice = Power, Krolak’s sophomore album, represents the path he has walked to reconcile ...
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How Keywords Impact Your Site Ranking
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HypeBot
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) was once critical to effectively growing one's presence on the internet, and while it is no longer the be all and end all thanks to the domination of social media, correct keyword choice still makes huge difference for artists and musicians when it comes to Google's algorithm and guiding traffic to their sites. Guest post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 Search Engine Optimization or SEO isn’t as big as it once was in terms of ...
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Study Reveals How Smart Speakers Impact Music Consumption
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HypeBot
A new study from AudienceNet has revealed that, surprise surprise, those over the age of 16 with smart speakers in their homes are listening to more music, for longer periods of time. Guest post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 To the surprise of no one, a new study finds that the smart speaker trend is impacting music consumption in a big way. A new study by AudienceNet of people over the age of 16 looked at exactly how each age group is consuming ...
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Don't Sleep: Subtle Impact of Turning Your Computer OFF [Hisham Dahud]
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HypeBot
This short piece comes from independent music professional and former Hypebot contributor Hisham Dahud. Here's an unexpected revelation: I used to put my laptop to 'sleep' upon ending a workday. No shutdown; just close the screen and pick up where I left off the next day. I used to view this as a nifty feature, but I've recently uncovered the subconscious impact this can have. I write this to you, my fellow music industry pros- whether you're a musician, artist, business ...
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How New Streaming Methodology Will Impact Billboard Charts
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HypeBot
Billboard recently greenlit some promised changes to how music streams would be weighted when assembling their Hot 100, with the new methodology lending more weight to hybrid paid/ad supported services than those supported by ads alone. Guest post by Sammy Pisano, Manager, National Accounts at The Orchard from The Daily Rind After announcing potential adjustments to their chart methodology in October 2017, Billboard finalized changes pertaining to how streams are weighted on the Billboard Hot 100 and the Billboard 200 charts, this week. The key takeaway ...
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A Pandora Listener, Facebook Like And Twitter Follower All Walk Into A Bar - The Impact Of Pandora Artist Stations
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HypeBot
Although some may be quick to dismiss Pandora as simply another streaming platform, some recent numbers show that many of Pandora's top artists have more station followers and better, more economical fan reach than many social media outlets. Guest Post by Glenn Peoples on Medium Key takeaways: A third of the top 1,000 Pandora artists have more artist stations than Facebook followers. It’s more than a third domestically since artist stations primarily exist in the U.S. while social followings are ...
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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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The Brexit's Impact On The Global Music Economy
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HypeBot
The surprise Brexit vote is guaranteed to have far-reaching economic effects in a variety of areas, and the music industry is by no means immune. Here we examine some of the ways those operating in the music business can expect to feel the Brexit's impact. Guest Post by Dre Dimura on Soundfly's Flypaper With the aftershocks of the United Kingdom’s vote to exit the European Union still being felt around the world, it is unclear how Britain’s historic “Leave” vote ...
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