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All About Jazz Launches New Musician and News Sections

Source: All About Jazz
August 15, 2012

All About Jazz further refines its platform launching two newly revised sections: musicians.allaboutjazz.com and news.allaboutjazz.com. Michael Ricci, All About Jazz's founder discusses the upgrade: “We're simplifying how we present our content by breaking AAJ up into a handful of smaller and more focused websites. Starting with the musician and news sections, we've created musicians.allaboutjazz.com and news.allaboutjazz.com so they can function as independent websites. They are fully integrated with the main website, but they can exist on their own. We made ...

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Calendar FAQ: Why do I have to enter the venue if it does not exist in the AAJ Database?

Source: All About Jazz
August 9, 2012

We've received several emails recently—from both presenters and musicians—asking why they must add a venue before they can submit an event (if the venue does not exist in the AAJ database). The answer: Once a venue (with complete address) is added to the database, All About Jazz/Jazz Near You can then map that address to a longitude and latitude. Knowing the venue's physical location allows us to place the event on our local calendar page, on our venue listing page, ...

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All About Jazz Top 5 MP3 Downloads: July 2012

Source: All About Jazz
August 7, 2012

All About Jazz features and syndicates an exceptional song every day spanning all genres of jazz, and of the 31 tracks featured in July, these five represent our personal favorites. We also included the top five reader favorites as indicated by total downloads.

If you are a musician or record label, you can submit your full length MP3 for consideration here.

Enjoy!

Editor's Picks Spuds Rich Halley From: ...

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Participate in two AAJ Reader Polls

Source: All About Jazz
July 15, 2012

Dear friends, When you get a minute please participate in our two new polls: How do you access the internet? How do you access jazz news & information? If you are an All About Jazz forum member, you can vote by clicking the two links above. If you use Facebook, you can vote at http://www.facebook.com/allaboutjazz. The results from the surveys will help us determine how we prioritize some of our upcoming projects. Thank you!

P.S. Our ...

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All About Jazz / Jazz Near You Seminar for Musicians and Presenters at the Kongsberg Jazz Festival on Friday, July 6th

Source: All About Jazz
July 4, 2012

Learn how to promote your live shows and your recorded music at All About Jazz and Jazz Near You On Friday, July 6th, All About Jazz will present a free seminar for professional musicians, presenters, and music producers at the Kongsberg Jazz Festival in Kongsberg, Norway. The one hour workshop starts at 11:00am and is followed by a 30 minute Q&A/brainstorming session. All About Jazz CEO and Founder Michael Ricci will conduct the seminar. Attendees will learn how to use ...

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Let's create the most comprehensive jazz venue listing online!

Source: All About Jazz
July 2, 2012

As we prepare for the Jazz Near You (website and app) launch in September, we're looking for readers to help us complete our jazz venue directory region by region. If you own a venue, or present at a venue, make sure it is listed. Also, if you are a fan and catch lives shows regularly, please add your favorite venue if it is not listed. We have nearly 8,000 venues in our database, but it's far from complete. Your help ...

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Soundcloud and Bandcamp links added to All About Jazz Musician Profile

Source: All About Jazz
July 2, 2012

We'd like to thank bassist Douglas Johnson for his suggestion to add Bandcamp and Soundcloud link opportunities from a musician profile. If you're a musician and have a Bandcamp or Soundcloud page, you can link to them from your profile by entering them on your musician profile submission form. e.g. The Bandcamp and Soundcloud icons will then appear on your profile page directly under your bio. e.g. If you are a musician and you have a suggestion on how we ...

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All About Jazz / Jazz Near You Workshop for Musicians and Presenters at the Philadelphia Clef Club on Thursday, June 21st

Source: All About Jazz
June 21, 2012

How to promote your live shows and your recorded music at All About Jazz and Jazz Near You - Philadelphia Area musicians and presenters welcome! RSVP: Suzanne Cloud On Thursday, June 21st, All About Jazz and Jazz Bridge will present a free workshop for professional musicians, music students (high school/college) and presenters at the Philadelphia Clef Club Of Jazz And Performing Arts. The one hour workshop starts at 1:00pm and is followed by a 30 minute Q&A/brainstorming session. All About ...

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