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BREXIT: How End of Free Movement Will Affect All Musicians
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HypeBot
As Brexit proceedings move ominously forward, independent self-employed musicians who tour internationally are starting to worry about what sort of an impact the separation could have on their way of life. Here we look at what the negative outcomes could be. Guest post by Joe Hoten of Bands for Hire With the stormy cloud of Brexit looming ever more convincingly on the horizon, self-employed musicians who tour internationally are starting to ask what this will mean for them. Major label artists ...
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New On Lenny White's Venture IYOUWE! Norbert And Karen Stachel & LehCats - Movement To Egalitaria
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Scott Thompson Public Relations
Funky, Soulful Sounds Featuring More Than 30 Players! “Movement to Egalitaria is a line in the sand. Any jazz fusion recordings that are released in the future will be compared to this album. Karen Stachel and Norbert Stachel have delivered an epic and energetic production for the ages. They have poured their hearts and souls into creating something that will stand the test of time- not just because of its brilliant virtuosity—but because this album has vision and ...
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ECM Records Releases Jack DeJohnette's "In Movement"
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Universal Music Enterprises
Jack DeJohnette (drums, piano, electronic percussion) Ravi Coltrane (tenor, soprano and sopranino saxophones ) Matthew Garrison (electric bass, electronics) “A trio of compatible ideals. Featuring Ravi Coltrane on saxophones and Matt Garrison on electric bass, it’s both earthy and elastic, capable of sneaking in and out of song form, disinclined to rush toward resolution.” –Nate Chinen, The New York Times There is a lot of history concentrated in Jack DeJohnette’s adventurous new trio. Fifty years ago, as a guest with ...
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Controlling Your Music Via WI-Fi and Movement Without a Motion Sensor
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HypeBot
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. We are fascinated with new ways to control our tunes, because smartphones get in the way of music apps. We've already been mightily impressed by the way Leap Motion's neat little cameras can let music fans control Spotify by waving their hands around in front of their computers, and also by apps that let you remix or otherwise affect music as it is playing, using gesture controls. But nothing prepared us for the knowledge ...
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Occupy Movement Inspires New Compilation Albums and Bruce Springsteen [video]
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HypeBot
A variety of record albums related to the Occupy Movement are set for release including “Occupy This Album" from Music For Occupy with a star-studded list of participants, “Folk the Banks" from the newly formed Occupation Records in London and media claims that Bruce Springsteen's newest work is the voice of the movement though the songs were mostly written before it existed. These releases could bring renewed attention to a movement which has lost much of its early hold on ...
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Occupy Music Movement Grows with Occupy Musicians Petition
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HypeBot
Musicians have gotten involved with the Occupy Movement in many locations both on and offline. A new initiative seeks to focus that energy starting with an Occupy Musicians petition in support of the movement. But Occupy Musicians hopes to become much more than just a petition and plans to provide additional resources. Musicians Occupy Wall Street Ginny Suss and Vanessa Wruble at Okayplayer helped Occupy Musicians get a petition online that has already been signed by a number of musicians ...
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James McMurtry: Free MP3 in Support of Occupy Movement
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JamBase
FANS ENCOURAGED TO MAKE OWN MUSIC VIDEOS; BEST TO BE FEATURED ON JAMESMCMURTRY.COM Singer-songwriter James McMurtry is giving away free mp3s of his iconic political song “We Can't Make It Here" from his award-winning Childish Things in support of the Occupy movement. Fans are encouraged to use the free mp3 of “We Can't Make It Here" to create their own unique videos supporting the movement. The best of the best will be featured on James McMurtry's website. Click here to ...
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Bobby Selvaggio - Grass Roots Movement (2011)
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Something Else!
By S. Victor Aaron For a serious post-bop performer to take a leap into Grooveland, it can often be a risky bet. Will they be able to keep their artistic integrity? Will they even care? A couple of years ago, alto saxophonist Bobby Selvaggio made his second album (his first for the Arabesque Recordings label), leading a standard quintet that featured Kenny Werner through sophisticated modern jazz compositions all written by Selvaggio himself. Modern Times (2009) as that album is ...
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Christian McBride on the Making of the Movement, Revisited
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AAJ Staff
Christian McBride had never even written a single set of lyrics when he was tasked to compose a suite for a gospel choir in 1998. So rather than entrust himself with the words, he turned to four of the most momentous speakers of the 20th century: Civil Rights icons Rosa Parks, Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. “Everything that those people said in the '60s had such weight and meaning to it," McBride says. “My job ...
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Marcus Shelby's "Soul of the Movement" - New Video Now Available
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Braithwaite & Katz Communications
Check out the new video of the Marcus Shelby Orchestra live in concert, presenting snippets of an electrifying performance at Yoshi's in San Francisco, CA. It features the music of Shelby's acclaimed project, “Soul of the Movement: Meditations on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr." For Marcus Shelby, history breathes music. Over the past decade, the San Francisco bassist/composer has created a series of captivating large-scale works that illuminate the accomplishments, spiritual fortitude and tribulations of African-Americans. In his debut recording ...
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