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Chip Boaz Launches A New Era Of His Musical Journey With The Release Of New Chapter
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All About Jazz
Bassist and composer Chip Boaz has launched a new era of his musical journey with the release of his four song EP New Chapter. A trio recording with pianist Amanda Addleman and drummer Ben Lauffer, New Chapter highlights Boaz’s carefully crafted original music that combines jazz, latin music, and fusion while creating space for his distinct voice on acoustic bass, six string electric bass, and Kala U-Bass. “I’ve spent the better part of my life exploring my musical identity, but ...
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Multiple Grammy-Nominated Latin Jazz Group NEGRONI's TRiO Set To Release Ninth Album, "New Era," September 8th Via Sony Music Latin
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Muse Media
Genre-bending CD Explores A Multitude of Music which Group Founder Jose Negroni Grew Up With and Loves. New Era, the stunning new CD from multiple Grammy-nominated Jazz group NEGRONI's TRiO sets a new pace for the band in its exploration of multiple musical styles and sounds which have influenced Trio founder Jose Negroni throughout his life. Produced by Jose, New Era is a departure from their previous eight recordings stylistically and is set for release September 8th via Sony Music ...
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Can Tokens Usher In A New Era of Price Flexibility for Artists?
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HypeBot
Could bitcoin and tokens be way for artists to better control the sales of their work? In this piece, Adam Levine, Founder & CEO at Tokenly, explains that embracing new technology can help artists forge deeper connections with fans and make money based on what they think their work is worth. By Adam Levine, Founder & CEO of Tokenly Throughout the history of recorded music, the cost purchasing songs has remained remarkably inflexible. The cost of vinyl records, cassettes, and CDs ...
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Russell Simmons Discusses New Era of Music Industry
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HypeBot
In a recent interview with Grammy U and All Def Digital, Def Jams' Russell Simmons spoke about the recent shift in the music industry - a shift he believes has taken the industry away from a royalty based formula. Simmons discussed All Def Digital, his new project with Steve Rifkind in partnership with Universal Music Group and Samsung. He highlighted the platform's matchmaking capabilities for artists to match with users, helping them to foster meaningful connections and find new ways to earn money - a formula for success that ...
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Stop Complaining! Study Shows New Era of Abundance in Music, Entertainment [infographic]
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HypeBot
A new white paper presented today a Midem, Techdirt founder Mike Masnick heralds a very different present and future for the music and entrainment industries than the doom and gloom often presented in the mainstream media. Combining statistics from a number of sources, “The Sky Is Rising" shows that: Entertainment spending as a function of income went up by 15% from 2000 to 2008 Employment in the entertainment sector grew by 20%—with indie artists seeing 43% growth. The overall entertainment ...
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Techdirt's Masnick Sees New Era of Hope for Music Industry at SF MusicTech
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HypeBot
There was a major shift at this year's SF MusicTech from complaining to actions and looking back to pushing forward, according to Techdirt's Mike Masnick: “What struck me wasn't necessarily what was being discussed, but what was not being discussed. Unlike past such events, there was no major label presence (if they were there, they were hidden). There was also no talk about piracy. I honestly can't recall it coming up even once on a panel or in a discussion... ...
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Terry Adams Ushers in New Era of NRBQ with New CD, 'Keep This Love Goin''
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conqueroo
“NRBQ is a living, breathing, ongoing sound," says Adams as he begins historic band's next chapter. NEW YORK, N.Y.—Terry Adams, visionary, driving force, and “untamed genius of the keyboards" for the great American band NRBQ since its inception more than 40 years ago, resumes his life's work with the release of a new studio album, Keep This Love Goin' by NRBQ, due out July 19, 2011. Recorded with the band he formed in 2007—Scott Ligon on guitar and vocals, Pete ...
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China Begins New Era of Copyright Protection
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HypeBot
This guest post is by Mathew D, Vice-President of R2G/wa3.cn, one of China's leading digital music distributors. He blogs on the music industry and copyright reform in at The Global Outpost. New music copyright protection guidelines have been announced by the Beijing Copyright Bureau which aim to redress the burden of proof imbalance between copyright owners and those engaging in and in many cases, profiting from institutionalized piracy. The Beijing Municipal Bureau of Press and Publication (Copyright Bureau) brought together ...
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N.E.R.D Joins New Era Flagbearers. Are Musicians Losing Tastemaker Status?
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HypeBot
The news that alt pop group N.E.R.D., Pharrell Williams, Chad Hugo and Shae Haley, had joined the New Era Flagbearers lineup as part of the Fly Your Own Flag campaign took me back a few years to the days when Pharrell was taking on the role of high dollar tastemaker and New Era was pursuing limited edition local cap campaigns like they were a sneaker company. It's weird how quickly cutting edge marketing approaches become business as usual for reaching ...
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Walter Smith III: Redefining a New Era in Jazz
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Jazz In Perspective
The rich airy transparent sound is what identifies rising modern tenor saxophonist Walter Smith III. His music explores the many different avenues in jazz and introduces a new melodic perspective. When he plays, his creativity is made apparent through his ability to incorporate new musical ideas and undercover a unique relationship between harmonic and rhythmic composition. The development of his ideas can only be described as a journey that never ceases to lose momentum. Growing up, Walter Smith III started ...
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