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Interview with CEO of LyricFind: On "Lyrics for Free" and Fighting Lyric Pirates One Site at a Time
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HypeBot
Recently, I spoke with Darryl Ballantyne, who is CEO of LyricFind, a legal lyric solution provider. In part one of this interview with Ballantyne, he talks about recent developments at his company and the challenges of disrupting lyric pirates. Hypebot: How will your “Lyrics For Free" option be helpful in relation to curving lyric piracy? Darryl Ballantyne: Lyrics For Free gives web sites a no-brainer option to add licensed lyrics to their site or mobile app. Instead of using unlicensed ...
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Singer/Songwriter Doug Wamble Interviewed at All About Jazz
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John Kelman
It's never easy for an established artist to make a change in their musical output mid-career, especially if up until that point they have made a name for themselves in the realm of traditional jazz. While some of these artists make a switch because for monetary reasons or to reach a wider audience, others are drawn to a new and exciting sound that they feel the need to explore further and share with their fans, both old and new. Guitarist ...
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Paul Winter Cosort Celebrate the Winter Solstice Jazz Style in a Cathedral
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All About Jazz @ Spinner
There are a number of holiday traditions to celebrate this time of year, including such religious ones as Christmas, Hanukkah and Ramadan. And I've gotten albums celebrating all three. But for the last 30 years around this time, New York City's Cathedral of St. John the Divine celebrates the Winter Solstice with a performance by Paul Winter Consort as well as a cast of guest musicians and dancers. Winter has a long background in jazz, recording his first album back ...
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Keyboardist George Duke Interviewed at All About Jazz...And More!
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John Kelman
In jazz, there are two seminal figures called “Duke." For Edward Kennedy Ellington, “Duke" was a nickname. For George Duke, it is his surname, but the similarities with Duke Ellington don't end there. As a pianist, arranger, songwriter, bandleader and composer, George Duke has solidified his reputation as one of jazz's most important figures. Also a bold innovator who isn't afraid to confound admirers and critics alike, Duke dived headfirst into funk with his irresistible hit “Reach For It," an ...
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Interview: Indie Band Survival Guide Authors PT. 2
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HypeBot
This is part two of my interview with Randy Chertkow and Jason Feehan, who are authors of The Indie Band Survival Guide: The Complete Manual for the Do-It-Yourself Musician. As well, they're lead members of the Chicago band Beatnik Turtle. In part two of this interview, Chertkow and Feehan talk about the challenge that artists have in combating music piracy and whether or not they believe a musical middle class is emerging. Hypebot: What actions should artists take to combat ...
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Clark Terry is 90
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
Today is Clark Terry's 90th birthday. Admired for his trumpet, flugelhorn, singing and blues mumbling, Terry has been an idol of trumpet players since the teenaged Miles Davis took him for a role model in St. Louis in the 1940s. From his days with Charlie Barnet, Count Basie and Duke Ellington through his national prominence in the Tonight Show band and his long career as a leader and soloist, CT has been an inspiration to generations of musicians. It is ...
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From Timbuktu to the Mississippi Delta PT. 2
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The Independent Ear by Willard Jenkins
Guitarist-educator-author-jazz club impressario Pascal Bokar Thiam, who is of Senegalese descent, continues our conversation on the origins of blues & jazz and how that story has been distorted down through history. What was your ultimate mission in writing the book “From Timbuktu to the Mississippi Delta" To share with the African American community that we are all Africans, that we have a history of our own, that we come from a great civilization; that we have settled this land here ...
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Interview: Tomas Fujiwara
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Ars Nova Workshop
For our final concert of the year, Ars Nova Workshop presents a fantastic double-bill with Ideal Bread and Tomas Fujiwara & The Hook- Up. A former student of legendary drummer Alan Dawson, Fujiwara has worked with artists such as Anthony Braxton, William Parker and Vijay Iyer. Fujiwara's quintet The Hook Up – with Brian Settles, Mary Halvorson, Jonathan Finlayson, and Danton Boller—released their first record, Actionspeak, on 482 Music earlier this year. Fresh off the road from several dates with ...
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