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Legendary Bassist Stanley Clarke Proudly Announces The Premiere Of His Web Series, Stanley Clarke’s Bass Nation, November 16 On YouTube
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Diane Hadley Public Relations
Grammy winning bassist Stanley Clarke has developed an 8-episode monthly web series entitled Stanley Clarke’s Bass Nation. The first episode of Stanley Clarke’s Bass Nation will debut November 16 on Stanley Clarke’s YouTube channel. It represents his effort to share the wealth experience he has garnered over his 50-year career as a musician, band member, soloist, arranger, composer, and band leader. The project is about the dynamics of the music industry, recording and performing, and includes Stanley’s conversations with noted ...
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Live Nation Partners With Adobe For The ‘Creative Tour’
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HypeBot
Adobe, the software company behind apps like Photoshop, and Spark, has announced the Adobe Creative Tour, a partnership with Live Nation aimed at music fans and creators. The Creative Tour is designed to inspire creators and music fans to participate in digital creative challenges using Adobe Products such as Lightroom, Premiere Rush and the Adobe Spark mobile app. The first creative challenge, which starts on Monday, involves editing official Lollapalooza photos using the tools available in Lightroom mobile. Creatives can ...
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SiriusXM Will Buy Live Nation, says Analyst
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HypeBot
Analyst Brandon Ross joined other analysts in recent months in suggesting that this week's SiriusXM purchase of Pandora is part of a bigger plan, with Live Nation the next company on the list. “This transaction is likely the first of multiple deals involving SiriusXM, particularly as the all-stock nature of the Pandora acquisition did nothing to address Sirius’ growing access to cash,” BTIG analyst Brandon Ross wrote, according to MarketWatch. “We continue to believe Sirius’ controlling shareholder, Liberty Media Corporation, ...
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Live Nation Reports Record Results For Q3, Revenue Up 12%
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HypeBot
Promoter Live Nation reported their best quarter for Q3 2017, with record results across revenue, operating income and adjusted operating income. The company reported that revenue was up 12%, operating income was up 5% and AOI was up 10% vs. the same period in 2016, with their concerts, advertising, and ticketing operations all reporting record AOI. Live Nation says their concert business had almost 30 million customers globally for the quarter and through October, they report the sale of more than ...
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Songkick Fights Costly Delays In Live Nation Trial
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HypeBot
As Live Nation's lawyers work to push back a trial with Songkick back two months, the latter company is doing its best to oppose the effort, claiming that it would be financially detrimental to Songkick's financial well-being. Guest post by Dave Brooks of Amplify Attorneys for Songkick are opposing an effort by Live Nation’s lawyers to push the trial date back two months in the companies’ longstanding legal battle, a move they say is partially designed to financially hurt the ...
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Jazz this week: TAUK, Jeff Hamilton, Etienne Charles, Big Sam's Funky Nation, and more
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week's jazz and creative music calendar in St. Louis is all about the one-nighters, with an eclectic handful of headlining acts in town for single-serve appearances. Let's go to the highlights... Wednesday, March 8 NYC-based funk/fusion band TAUK plays at the Old Rock House, and pianist Carolbeth True and Two Times True with saxophonist Larry Johnson will perform at Evangeline's. Also on Thursday, Jazz St. Louis in cooperation with COCA presents a “Rent Party Concert" at Jazz at the ...
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Jazz this week: Big Sam's Funky Nation, Louis Armstrong Festival, and more
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This weekend's calendar of jazz and creative music in St. Louis has a bit of a New Orleans flavor, with two of that city's favorite working bands playing gigs here, plus two nights of a locally produced tribute to one of the essential New Orleans musicians, Louis Armstrong. Let's go to the highlights... Thursday, August 11 Big Sam's Funky Nation (pictured) returns to St. Louis to perform at the Broadway Oyster Bar. Led by trombonist and singer “Big Sam" Williams, ...
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StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: In the groove with Big Sam's Funky Nation
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week, let's check out some videos of the New Orleans-based band Big Sam’s Funky Nation, who are coming back to St. Louis to perform on Thursday, August 11 at the Broadway Oyster Bar. Led by trombonist “Big Sam" Williams, the Funky Nation has been visiting St. Louis at fairly regular intervals for several years now, usually appearing at the Oyster Bar. With a danceable, crowd-pleasing style that draws on rock, funk, and more, as well as jazz, they recently ...
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Songkick Ratchets Up Live Nation, Ticketmaster Lawsuit
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HypeBot
On the same day that Bandcamp announced it's partnership with Ticketmaster, concert discovery rival Songkick was escalating its legal battle with the ticketing giant. In a new a filing, Songkick is seeking an immediate preliminary injunction against Ticketmaster. A legal dispute over fan club “presales" has taken a twist after ticketing platform Songkick filed a legal motion accusing Live Nation of retaliating against Songkick for their anti-trust lawsuit. Last year, Songkick filed a lawsuit against Live Nation and its subsidiary ...
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Songkick Sues Live Nation, Ticketmaster For Abusing Power To Stop Direct To Fan Ticket Sales
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HypeBot
2015 was the year that artists and their teams learned the advantages of and profits earned from selling directly to fans. It's a hugely disruptive shift that is threatening to those who profit from their position as an intermediary; and few in the old guard have been as protective of their gatekeeper status as Ticketmaster. Concert listings and direct to fan ticketing platform Songkick has taken Live Nation and its ticketing arm Ticketmaster to court. Their federal court filing alleges that ...
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