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The Process: The Process
by Chris M. Slawecki
The Process is like a radioactive atom that centers and orbits around the futuristic power trio of bassist Bill Laswell, Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith and Jon Batiste, the latest in his family's longstanding line of New Orleans keyboard visionaries. “The original idea was to film unfamiliar musicians playing together in a room with no preconceived direction. Over time it began to transform into making a record," Laswell explains. “Beginning by exploring each other's musicianship, laying ...
Continue ReadingFans Want To Understand An Artist's Creative Process
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What we consume as the final product of an artist's creative effort typically fails to communicate the process and often struggle that goes into it. Here we explore the value of sharing the creative process, and how it helps fans gain greater understanding of not just the music, but the artist behind it. Guest post from Haulix Daily Recently, I came above the image at the top of this post online. The description read, “No one ever sees the process.” ...
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How Music Journalists Deal With All Those Albums – One Writer’s Process
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Sending music has now become so easy that music writers are constantly inundated with a constant deluge of new albums to listen to. Here we go behind the scenes to look at one writers process for dealing with so much material. Guest post by music journalist Adam Bernard Back in the days of physical album mailings, opening your mailbox to see ten CDs meant you had a lot on your plate. Today, writers can easily receive ten links to albums in ...
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Great Tools That Make The Process Of Writing Music More Simple
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HypeBot
Any artist who has tried their hand at songwriting likely knows the struggle of composing a compelling melody, and may often give up in frustration before achieving success. Here we look at five valuable tools that can help artists in this creative endeavor. Guest post by Lucy Benton For a musician, a search for a melody that will conquer the hearts of millions of people is an everyday challenge. To find the desired sound, many musicians spend endless hours playing the ...
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Digital Resale And The Restoration Of Value To The Creative Process
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HypeBot
This article examines the detrimental fallout from the landmark case of Capitol Records, LLC v. ReDigi, Inc, how it created a music economy where the resale value of digital music is effectively zero, and how blockchain technology might be able to alter consumer behavior to better benefit artists. Guest Post by Bryce Weiner on Zapchain Imagine you spent hundreds of hours pouring all of your love, wealth, time, and effort into an artistic creation, and in the swipe of a pen ...
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Jon Batiste, Chad Smith, Bill Laswell - M.O.D. Technologies Releases Collaboration Of Three Outstanding Musical Voices, The Process.
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hubtone PR
Transformative pianist and uplifting young visionary from New York City via New Orleans – Jon Batiste, Red Hot Chili Peppers’ drummer – Chad Smith and legendary bassist / producer – Bill Laswell, detonate avant-funk, African styles, electric Miles Davis, Meters, Mutant Hip Hop, Ginger Baker…and more, on their album called The Process. A sonic / musical assault... featuring Tunde Adebimpe (TV on the Radio), Killah Priest (Wu-Tang Clan) and others. “I wanted to take a risk and be inspired by ...
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Muzeek Receives Seed Investment to Disrupt the Gig Booking Process [updated]
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HypeBot
Muzeek is a music tech startup headquartered in Australia that provides a platform for managing the gig booking process for all involved from artists to venues. Launched back in February, Muzeek recently completed an undisclosed seed investment round with The Sydney Angels and was also recognized for growth momentum by business data company SIGNL. I spoke yesterday with Founder and Creative Director Danny Fiorentini about their first year in business. I previously wrote about Muzeek back in May as a ...
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Will the Internet Radio Fairness Act Drive a Stake in the Creative Process?
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By Frank Liwall, President and Founder of independent publishing company Royalty Network, and its label Krian Music Group. I don't believe in devaluing music further. I do know that when an industry is thriving, there's opportunity to invest in and cultivate talent. So the question becomes, can we continue to invest in talent, when challenges like the Internet Radio Fairness Act are thrown in our face? Will there be enough industry leaders who have the creative know how and business ...
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Protect IP Act Seeks to Eliminate Due Process, Industry Organizations Applaud
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A draft version of the already controversial “Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act of 2011," aka the PROTECT IP Act, leaked was introduced on Thursday by bipartisan leaders of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, Senators Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa). This effort follows last year's unsuccessful attempt to pass COICA, the Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeit Acts, also introduced by Leahy. The PROTECT IP Act covers a broad ...
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U.S. Pledges to Speed up Visa Process for Artists
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AAJ Staff
U.S. Pledges To Speed Up Visa Process For Artists By Ben Sisario
Addressing years of complaints about slow and inconsistent processing of visa applications for foreign performing artists, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services told arts groups this week that it was making an effort to speed up and improve its visa operations.
In a meeting on Tuesday in Washington, at the headquarters of the agency--a division of the Department of Homeland Security--officials said that standard applications for ...
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