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Danny Bennett on Managing Tony Bennett and the #1 Album Duets II [part 2]

Source: HypeBot
October 20, 2011

With the recent release of Duets II, Tony Bennett is not only making headlines but has also achieved his first no. 1 album on the Billboard 200. He has done so by staying true to himself and charting a path created with his son and manager Danny Bennett. Yesterday I wrote about Danny Bennett's approach to helping his father rebuild his career through the 90s at a time when the music industry was undergoing radical change. Today I skip to ...

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Danny Bennett on Managing Tony Bennett, Alternative Marketing and Digital Music [part 1]

Source: HypeBot
October 19, 2011

Danny Bennett has been instrumental in the career of his father, Tony Bennett, yet he's received relatively limited public attention over the years. I recently spoke with Danny about his career, his marketing approach for Mr. Bennett and his longtime desire to push the music industry towards digital music and the web. Though this is a two-part interview, I could easily see doing an extended series on Danny's perspectives and experiences. Danny Bennett (Photo: Kelsey Bennett) I'm taking the liberty ...

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How to Conquer Your Musical Niche

Source: HypeBot
October 19, 2011

The internet has done a lot of wonderful things for musicians. By somewhat leveling the playing field on a global scale, musicians can now market their music and expand their brands further than ever before, quicker than ever before. Day after day we are inspired by the success stories of others who came out of nowhere, only to be the next trending topic on Twitter or the most viewed and shared video on Youtube... but there is a big piece ...

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Danny Melnick Joins Team of Newport Festivals Foundation Producers

Source: Carolyn McClair Public Relations
September 20, 2011

NEWPORT, RI: George Wein, Chairman of the Newport Festivals Foundation, Inc. and Producer of the Newport Jazz Festival, today announced the addition of Danny Melnick to the Foundation's team of veteran concert and event producers. Melnick, who worked for Wein's Festival Productions, Inc. (FPI) from 1990 and again from 1998, returns to the Festival family as Associate Producer of the Newport Jazz Festival. Melnick will continue to produce concerts and events around the world for his own company, Absolutely Live ...

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How to Find Work as a Gigging Musician

Source: MusicianWages.com
September 19, 2011

There's a scene in the movie Inception where Cobb asks Ariadne how they came to be sitting outside a cafe in Paris. When she couldn't recall, Cobb pointed out that we can't remember how our dreams start; therefore she knows she's dreaming if she can't remember how she arrived someplace.

Sometimes I try to remember how I arrived at this point in my career as a musician and struggle to define when it even started. When did I become a ...

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James Taylor - Sweet Baby James (1970; 2011 Audio Fidelity Remaster)

Source: Something Else!
September 14, 2011

Recorded in the waning days of the 60's, James Taylor's second album became one of a handful of albums that defined the pop and rock landscape in the immediate wake of the Beatles' breakup. Sweet Baby James needs no introduction to just about anyone over the age of 45, but over four decades later, the album still holds up well, and it does by going against a lot of prevailing trends of the time. Rock by the end of the ...

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Simon Rowe Named Director of Brubeck Institute

Source: Patrick Giblin
September 7, 2011

Today, University of the Pacific President Pamela A. Eibeck announced the appointment of Simon B. Rowe, DMA, as the next director of the Brubeck Institute. An established jazz pianist, Rowe is currently associate professor of music at Minnesota State University Moorhead, where he leads the Music Industry Program, teaches on the jazz studies faculty, and leads the Simon Rowe Trio. He will begin at the Brubeck Institute on September 20. “Dr. Rowe is the ideal person to continue the Brubeck ...

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What Touring Musicians Really Care About...

Source: Digital Music News
January 7, 2011

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