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Harold Land: Westward Bound!
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Over the years, tenor saxophonist Harold Land has been positioned as unheralded, underappreciated and not fully celebrated. He has also been referred to as John Coltrane's true heir and a genius. None of this is true, of course. Land recorded 15 leadership albums between 1958 and 2001 and four times that number as a sideman. Jazz fans have known about him for decades, since his early recordings with the Clifford Brown-Max Roach Quintet in 1954. A genius? My definition of ...
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Music Internships: How To Land Your Dream Job
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HypeBot
To get anywhere in the music industry, everyone needs a launching point, and internships can provide a great opportunity for industry hopefuls to get their toe in the door and begin a lengthy and promising career in the music business. Guest post by James Shotwell of Haulix Everyone has to start somewhere. Music internships can open doors and lay the foundation for a career in entertainment that last a lifetime. There are a million paths to success in the music ...
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How To Land A Record Deal
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HypeBot
While many emerging artists have chosen to eschew labels, there are still a number of advantages to having the backing of a traditional label. Here we delve into how artists can refine their approach when it comes to trying to land a record deal. Guest post by Simon Tam of Last Stop Booking Two of the best performing articles I’ve ever written were Unsolicited Music Demos: How to Get in the Door of a Record Label and Record Labels That Accept Unsolicited Demos. This ...
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Patti Page: Land of Hi-Fi
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
On Monday and Tuesday, May 7 and 8, 1956, singer Patti Page was in Holloywood recording a jazz-pop album arranged by Pete Rugolo with a crowd of the finest jazz studio musicians in town. Produced by Bob Shad for EmArcy, Mercury Records' jazz subsidiary, Patti Page in the Land of Hi-Fi was most likely recorded in the ground-floor studios at the newly opened cylindrical Capitol Tower. Signed by Mercury in 1947, Page had 42 hits between 1948 and '54. In ...
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Promised Land: Youth Culture, Disruptive Startups, and the Social Music Revolution
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HypeBot
If you read Hypebot, you know music technology writer and user experience researcher Kyle Bylin. Whether in his writings or on the Upward Spiral podcast, Kyle has always sought to understand not just how music consumption and the music industry are changing, but why. Now he's published a much anticipated collection of his best essays. I've read it, and it is unequivocally a 'must read' for anyone who cares about music and its future. - Bruce Houghton From the book: ...
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How to Land a Synch [A.K.A. Song Placement] in an Ad, T.V. Show or Film [Emily White]
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HypeBot
By Emily White of Whitesmith Entertainment, Readymade Records & Dreamfuel. Back in the day, associating one’s music with advertisements was basically the most sell-out move an artist could make. So much so that Neil Young parodied those who did so in his 1988 song and video, “This Note’s For You." A decade later, Moby shattered this notion after his album Play was rejected via traditional promotional outlets such as radio. The decision was made that every track on the album ...
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Frank Zappa is About to Land on Streaming Services...
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Digital Music News
This means nothing to Gaga and Perry fans, but everything to a sector struggling to win over the artist community. Now, the late Frank Zappa is preparing to land on streaming services like Spotify, Rdio, and Rhapsody, according to details shared with Digital Music News over the weekend. Zappa, who died in 1993, has a fairly massive catalog of about 60 albums (among other works), and it appears that a substantial chunk of that catalog will soon be available for ...
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The Love It Live Mantra Has Made Jazz Cruises into One of the Worlds Top Jazz Concert Promoters on Land and Sea
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Great Scott P.R.oductions
St. Louis, Missouri: Three weeks of sold-out Caribbean cruises showcasing dozens of the biggest stars in contemporary and straight-ahead jazz established Jazz Cruises as the preeminent jazz promoter on water, but a full slate of concert sponsorships on land in 2011 has made the St. Louis-based company one of the worlds top jazz promoters on land and sea. This year, Jazz Cruises, the largest private music ship charter company in the world, quietly adopted the Love It Live manta, a ...
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Club Land Climbs the Jazz Week Bandwagon with JazzBoston
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Chris Rich
A core ingredient in every Jazz Week is participation from the hospitality constituency and with each passing year this participation reaches ever further into the Boston Metro area from the New Hampshire border to Rhode Island and west to the edge of Route 495. Below you'll find just a small sample of many events to convey a sense of the array of places and styles. Scullers has its own centerpiece special event on May 2nd but there are all manner ...
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The Smooth Jazz Cruise Making Waves on Water and Land
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Great Scott P.R.oductions
Brian Culbertson, Kirk Whalum and Euge Groove join star-studded 2012 lineup; The Greatest Party at Sea is sponsoring major jazz festivals and concert tours St. Louis, MO: Last year, Entertainment Cruise Productions, LLC (Jazz Cruises) asked their passengers to select the musicians they want to see perform on The Smooth Jazz Cruise 2012. Thus it only made sense when an unfortunate logistical situation forced the cancellation of Smokey Robinsons performance that the St. Louis-based company went back to their guests ...
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