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'Boom Bu-Cha' Launches The Groovalottos Into The World Of Afrobeats
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Mwalim DaPhunkee Professor
The GroovaLottos boldly thump into the global, Afrobeats arena with their new single, “Boom Bu-Cha” and forthcoming album (Polyphonic Studios Records). True to Groovalotto form, “Boom Bu-Cha” is a fun and funky adventure in romance, delving beyond the physical into the dreams, plans and goals of a potential lover. Known primarily as a retro soul-funk band, Afrobeats has been a part of The GroovaLottos live set since the beginning, with the influences of Fela Kuti and Hugh Masakala sneaking through. ...
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Heistheartist Is Back On The Scene With A Brand New Studio Release: “Boom (Love Version)”
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LeeMann Bassey
Artist and performer Heistheartist is back with a brand new studio release, Boom (Love Version). What’s special about this project is that it captures the artist’s incredibly diverse mindset, pushing him to stretch the boundaries of his creativity and explore styles as diverse as smooth jazz, fusion, and more. The release sports some incredible production aesthetics. The recording quality hits the mark, and each element in the mix is utterly balanced, going for a powerful and contemporary tone, that’s catchy ...
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Riding The Vinyl Boom, Technics Returns With New Turntable
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HypeBot
The vinyl record boom has been good for artists and great for independent records stores. But it has also spawned startups to serve vinyl lovers and a resurgence in turntable manufacturing. Technics, once one of the leading names in turntables, announced that they are re-entering the turntable market. Technics parent Panasonic showed off a prototype of the new deck (pictured above) at the IFA Trade Show in Berlin. The new analog direct drive turntable is made from aluminum and at ...
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The Outdoor Music Festival Boom
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HypeBot
Are music festivals too popular for their own good? While the recorded music industry remains tumultuous, the popularity of outdoor music festivals only continues to grow, to the point where finding enough big name artists to act as headliners has become a challenge. Guest Post by Zoe Mitchell on the Berklee College of Music - Music Business Journal Over 32 million people in the US attend at least one music festival a year and more often than not travel 600 miles on ...
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Live Streaming Boosts Music Festival Boom
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HypeBot
American music festivals are in a strong growth phase and that includes free live streaming broadcasts of festival performances. With festivals selling out there's a larger audience interested in checking in on favorite acts or special events. As these audiences grow the potential for advertising revenue from live streaming grows as well. 2012 has been a great year for American music festivals both large and small. In addition to growing numbers of attendees, luxury tiers have emerged. 2012 has also ...
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Guitarist Grant Geissman's "Bop! Bang! Boom!" - July 17 Release On Futurism Records
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Michael Bloom Media Relations
Eclectic new music from jazz guitarist/composer Grant Geissman, with special guests, including Albert Lee, Larry Carlton, Mike Finnigan, Russell Ferrante, Leland Sklar, and Van Dyke Parks. “From loping funk to boogaloo to earthy blues shuffles, with a haunting ballad, a beautiful samba and an urgently swinging post-bop romp thrown into the mix—along with touches of classical, flamenco and zydeco—he covers all the bases with authority on BOP! BANG! BOOM!” —from the liner notes by Bill Milkowski Non-musical highlights include original ...
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BJURecords To Release Boom-Bap!tism From Guitarist Isaac Darche
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Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
BOOM-BAP!TISM features: Isaac Darch (guitar, compositions) Sean Wayland (Hammond B3, compositions) Mark Ferber (drums) A great sense of excitement and joy permeates the music on Boom-Bap!tism (BJURecords, May 15), the sophomore CD release from guitarist/composer Isaac Darche, featuring Darche on guitar, Sean Wayland on Hammond B3, and the ubiquitous Mark Ferber on drums. “I think the mojo, or the special sauce, of this session was excitement. Sean, Mark and I were just really going ...
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"Boom Town" Takes Soul-Jazz Saxophonist Richard Elliot To #1
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Great Scott P.R.oductions
The first single from In The Zone explodes at radio as the album garners acclaim Escondido, CA: Soul-jazz saxman Richard Elliot has been blowing up radio with the funky single Boom Town, which has taken command of Billboards BDSradio.com smooth jazz national airplay chart for the past four weeks. The track, produced by Elliot and fusion pioneer Jeff Lorber, is the debut single from Elliot's October release, In The Zone, and the latest of more than a dozen #1 singles ...
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Boom.FM Social Radio: Indie Artists in Social Listening Rooms
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HypeBot
boom.fm offers yet another twist on social listening rooms by featuring music uploaded by artists. In addition to finding another way to avoid major label licensing, boom.fm is creating a social platform for music marketing. Starting from a base in South Africa, they intend to take their project international. boom.fm recently launched in beta but the basic concept is well sketched out. The key feature is “radio for the digital age" in the form of “Radio Rooms" in which listeners ...
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Another Study Predicts Cloud Music to Boom
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HypeBot
Earlier this month, ABI Research predicted that cloud music to boom in the next five years, reaching a subscriber of 161 million by 2016. They believed that smartphone penetration, a lowering in price, and an emerging Asia-Pacific market would give services like Spotify and Rhapsody a boost. Now, Juniper Research is saying similar things; they suspect that subscribers will reach 178 million by 2015, due to an increased 3G Access, i.e. smartphone penetration in China and India, also known as ...
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