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Interview: Jed Carlson of Reverbnation (Part Three)

Source: HypeBot
March 7, 2009

Kyle Bylin, Associate Editor

Continuation of interview with Jed Carlson, COO of ReverbNation.

Q: Why is it important for artists to have a strategy that is unique to them, but still open to interpretation?

Jed Carlson: The pace of change continues to accelerate. As a result, Artists need to have a strategy based on a solid foundation, but open to tactical changes and opportunities that appear. Who knew, for example, that Twitter would become such an important ...

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Baritone Saxophonist Lauren Sevian - Interview with B.J. Jansen, Host of "The Jazz Life" Radio Show WPSC 88.7 Sunday March 8th at 9 PM

Source: All About Jazz
March 7, 2009

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Interview: Jed Carlson of ReverbNation (Part One)

Source: HypeBot
March 5, 2009

Kyle Bylin, Associate Editor

As many of you may know, Jed Carlson is the COO of ReverbNation.  He and I had a conversation awhile back that left me fueled with questions about his thoughts on the music industry.  Although it would be  impossible (and quite possibly not as interesting) to share our whole conversation, I put together the key questions that came to mind, and Jed followed up with insightful and in-depth answers.  Enjoy.

Bylin:  2009 begins ReverbNation's third full year serving ...

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Interview: Jed Carlson of ReverbNation (Part Two)

Source: HypeBot
March 5, 2009

Kyle Bylin, Assoicate Editor

Continuation of interview with Jed Carlson, COO of ReverbNation.

Bylin: ReverbNation is known for its wide array of features and widgets that help artists navigate and organize their online presence.

Q: Are there any new tools or features in development that you cannot wait to try out?

Jed Carlson: We have a lot of really interesting features coming. You will have to stay tuned, but I think you will really like what ...

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Interview: Chico Hamilton (Part 2)

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
March 5, 2009

Pianist Jimmy Rowles didn't show up. So on June 10, 1952, Gerry Mulligan went ahead and recorded three tracks with just Red Mitchell on bass and Chico Hamilton on drums. That's when Mulligan realized that the sound of his baritone sax could carry a session and that maybe a small group didn't need a piano after all. Small was big in Los Angeles in the early 1950s. Unlike the clubs in New York, Southern California jazz spots were shoebox tight, ...

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Interview: Chico Hamilton (Part 3)

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
March 5, 2009

Chico Hamilton remains one of the greatest living drummers of our time. In the 1950s, Chico developed a sound on the instrument that was radically different from the bop-heavy style favored by his more explosive contemporaries. Chico's technique was whispery and tenacious, turning the snare, bass drum, cymbals and high-hat into coaxing co-conspirators. Understated and knowing, Chico's layered style was more about cool seduction and surf-like persistence than brawn.

In the years after leaving the pioneering Gerry Mulligan Quartet in ...

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Pianist/Vocalist Peter Cincotti Interviewed at AAJ

Source: All About Jazz
March 4, 2009

Don't think for one minute Peter Cincotti is just another handsome face combined with a captivating voice. Or merely the latest in a string of mellifluous musicians reaching for a fusion of soul, pop and jazz (though he did attract the attention of Harry Connick Jr. early in his career--forestalling the competition perhaps?).

Cincotti is attempting the altogether difficult task of dissecting human emotion through music, the significance of which ambition may seem less than a distinctive mission until you ...

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Interview: Chico Hamilton (Part 1)

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
March 3, 2009

Drummer Chico Hamilton's contribution to West Coast jazz and quintet jazz in general is largely overlooked today. Partially eclipsed by the more explosive drummers of the late 1950s and 1960s, Hamilton's high-energy brushwork and wasp-wings time-keeping technique set new standards that were widely imitated for years on both coasts.

Chico is perhaps best known for being a member of the original groundbreaking Gerry Mulligan Quartet. He also led one of the country's most exciting quintets in the mid-to-late 1950s, creating ...

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