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Rochester International Jazz Festival Wraps Up 9 Days Of Harmony With Record-setting Attendance Of 210,000
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Dalmath Associates Inc.
Save the Date for the 20th Anniversary Edition June 23 to July 1, 2023 The 19th Edition CGI Rochester International Jazz Festival, one of the largest jazz festivals in the world, four times postponed because of the pandemic, wrapped up nine days of harmony and 325 shows June 25 with an all-time record-setting attendance of 210,000. With 11 free headliner shows on two outdoor stages, a record 130 free shows and packed Club Pass shows nightly in 11 venues, jazz ...
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The Sixth Sense By Roman Miroschnichenko—Setting The Standard For XXI Century Fusion Guitar
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All About Jazz
When one listens to the powerful guitar playing of Roman Miroschnichenko, it is easy to be reminded of Al Di Meola and John McLaughlin during his Mahavishnu days, but it soon becomes apparent that Miroschnichenko has his own sound within fusion. While he is never shy to cut loose, he also uses subtlety, mood variations and creativity throughout, mixing together tight arrangements with pure spontaneity. Born in the Ukraine, Roman Miroschnichenko (the son of a saxophonist) began playing guitar when ...
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Cynthia Basinet's 'The Standard' Setting A New Standard
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Cynthia "c." Basinet
Cynthia Basinet is a shared Nobel Peace Prize nominated and critically acclaimed singer, actress, activist and innovator. Musically she is best known for her iconic rendition of “Santa Baby”- often mis-credited to Marilyn Monroe- originally recorded by Eartha Kitt in 1953. The second track ‘The Christmas Song’ is another Christmas classic originally recorded by the Nat King Cole trio in 1946. Truthfully, we were browsing for X-mas tracks back in November when we came across The Standard. Initially we planned ...
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Setting Realistic Goals For Your Music Promotion: Musician's Guide
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HypeBot
While cultivating a huge audience is typically the end goal of your music promotion efforts, having that as your only milestone can be discouraging, and overall detrimental to the furthering of your music business career. Here we look at how to set more attainable goals for your music promotion. Guest post from LANDR On the surface, the goal of your music promotion seems pretty straightforward. You want to grow your following enough to bring your music to a huge audience. But treating ...
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Pianist/Composer Yelena Eckemoff To Release "Better Than Gold And Silver," Her Jazz Settings Of Biblical Psalms, Sept. 21
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Terri Hinte Publicity
The prolific Russian-born, North Carolina-based pianist/composer Yelena Eckemoff adds a sacred dimension to the ambitious series of concept albums in her extensive catalogue her new 2-CD set Better Than Gold and Silver. Due for September 21 release on her imprint L&H Production, it’s the first in a projected series of recordings featuring Eckemoff’s settings of Biblical psalms. The new album includes both vocal and instrumental versions of 10 songs she conceived as works of modern jazz rather than part of ...
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Musician's Guide To Setting Up A Pre-Order Campaign
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HypeBot
Buying in bulk and then hoping it sells to fans can be a disastrous way for artists to conduct their merch sales, something which can be avoided by setting up pre-orders. Here we look at some real world strategies for setting up a pre-order. Guest post from Fiona Z With the new year, I had a handful of clients do a bit of rebranding, and with that usually means new merch. Unlike before, and reasonably so, most people don’t want ...
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Review | Cynthia Basinet | "The Standard" | USA | Setting A New Standard...
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Cynthia "c." Basinet
Cynthia Basinet is a shared Nobel Peace Prize nominated and critically acclaimed singer, actress, activist and innovator. Musically she is best known for her iconic rendition of “Santa Baby”—often mis-credited to Marilyn Monroe—originally recorded by Eartha Kitt in 1953. The second track “The Christmas Song" is another Christmas classic originally recorded by the Nat King Cole trio in 1946. Truthfully, we were browsing for X-mas tracks back in November when we came across The Standard. Initially we planned to put ...
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Musician Tip: The benefits of uploading your thumbnail image and setting your instrument
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Michael Ricci
If you're a jazz musician, then you'll want to make sure you have a professional page at All About Jazz. As host to over 90,000, there's a chance your page already exists, and if it does, you can claim it. If it does not exist, you can create it from scratch here. We encourage all musicians to complete their pages by adding their biography, videos, discography, links, photos, audio players, events etc. At minimum, we ask you to add upload ...
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Fear and Loathing in Royalty Rate Setting
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HypeBot
By FMC's Casey Rae on FutureOfMusic.org Who gets paid, how much and under what terms when music is played on digital and AM/FM radio? Answering those questions isn’t easy, even for experts. But one thing is clear: 2014 has been a big year for the laws and policies that determine royalty rates for all forms of radio, and the intrigue will likely continue into 2015. There are a few proceedings and court cases currently underway that will impact radio and creators—from legal questions around ...
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6 Tips for Setting up Your Online Store
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HypeBot
It’s no secret that at Bandzoogle we believe that your website should be your main hub on the Internet. So if there’s any place online that fans should be able to buy your music and merch, it’s on your own website. Why sell direct to fans? By selling direct to your fans, you not only get most of the money (100% using the Bandzoogle Store Feature), you collect valuable data about those fans which can be used to help with ...
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