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Ariel Hyatt Interviews Panos Panay of Sonicbids
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HypeBot
This interview that Ariel Hyatt of Cyber PR did with Sonicbids founder Panos Panay isn't new, but so much of what these two veterans of independent music spoke about rang true that we're republishing it. A while back I started writing a book about entrepreneurial leaders in the music business for Music Industry and Music Business students. I was inspired to do this as a result of guest lecturing at several music industry colleges and universities. It dawned on me ...
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Interview: Mary Vonnie
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Back in May, I posted about a 15-minute documentary made by filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker in 1964 called Audition at RCA. It featured producer George Avakian accompanying Dave Lambert and his new group of vocalese singers while they auditioned new material for RCA that Lambert had written and hoped to record. For whatever reason, RCA suits passed. Then they wiped the tapes, meaning all that remains exists on Pennebaker's film. Sadly, Lambert would be killed on a Connecticut highway two years ...
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Latin Jazz Conversations: Roberto Sierra (Part 3)
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The Latin Jazz Corner by Chip Boaz
Crossover is an interesting word that provokes a number of different reactions in people. On the one hand, it signifies the ultimate goal of any musician—to seamlessly cross between styles and connect with a multitude of artists. Individuals with the unique insight to see the connection points between musical boundaries find themselves with more opportunities and a world of creativity. Other people view crossing over as a commercial act that sacrifices the integrity of musical styles for financial gain. This ...
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Latin Jazz Conversations: Roberto Sierra (Part 2)
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The Latin Jazz Corner by Chip Boaz
Any duo of professional musicians can collaborate and produce a high quality product, but it takes a special understanding between two artists to deliver truly memorable music. Every night musicians are thrown together and they make music based upon shared knowledge and professional behavior; it might sound good, but it rarely reaches a level of shared understanding. In order to move music to that higher plane, musicians need to find common ground and build a healthy respect for their background, ...
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The Rise of Seun Kuti
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JamBase
By Dennis Cook Seun Kuti and Egypt 80 begin their U.S. tour today, July 13, in Solano Beach, CA. Find the full itinerary here. In many ways it does not that Seun Kuti is the youngest son of Afrobeat originator Fela Kuti. Such is Seun's naked passion, political uprightness, musical swing and humanitarian spirit that he'd be a major force with or without his family legacy. A few minutes in his company show him to be clear-eyed in his assessment ...
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Latin Jazz Conversations: Roberto Sierra (Part 1)
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The Latin Jazz Corner by Chip Boaz
Cultural connections are the key elements that define a musician's artistic output, creating an individual sound through the intersection of these pieces. The meeting between an individual's cultural relationships doesn't happen instantly though; the various musical strains need to float through an individual's life for a while, sinking into the subconscious. Once several different cultural elements become an essential part of the musician's life, the similarities and differences between each one becomes glaringly apparent. At this point, the experimentation begins, ...
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Composition for the Dearly Departed
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Michael Ricci
By NAT HENTOFF For years, jazz musicians have told me how much they value Kenny Werner as a pianist and teacher. According to premier jazz harmonica player Toots Thielemans, for example, “He is a total musician. He feeds my heart and brain and pushes me into fresh territories." Students at various teaching clinics around the country agree. Now Mr. Werner has created a large-scale composition, “No Beginning, No End" (Half Note Records, available on Amazon), that is on the level ...
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