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New Take On Music Crowdfunding from Cooking Vinyl's Pete Lawrence and Book Publisher Unbound

Source: HypeBot
March 30, 2012

Pete Lawrence, founder of England's Cooking Vinyl record label and The Big Chill festival, is launching another more intimate festival called Alfresco. But instead of directly crowdfunding the festival, he's releasing a book full of stories about his past and offering tickets with pledges via Unbound, a book crowdsourcing and publishing service in London. For a variety of reasons it seems likely to be a success but, so far, only 5% of their goal has been reached. The first Alfresco ...

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Jobim and Regina: The Waters of March

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
March 30, 2012

While two days of March remain, it would be a good idea to revisit an Antonio Carlos Jobim classic. It is, of course, “Águas de Marco.” March is the rainiest time of year in Rio de Janeiro. Jobim fashioned the progress of the music and the Portuguese lyric to suggest the storm waters’ relentless flow toward the sea. The words, in Portuguese and in his English version, constitute a paen to “the promise of life.” A 2001 poll of Brazilian ...

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Echo Nest CEO Lucchese on the Future of Data Driven Music Discovery [video]

Source: HypeBot
March 27, 2012

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G7 Entertainment's Andre Gaccetta on the Music Brand Connection [video]

Source: HypeBot
March 25, 2012

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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: The Return of the Original Flecktones

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
March 25, 2012

Today, let's take a look at some recent videos featuring Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, who will be back in St. Louis next week to perform Thursday, March 29 at the Sheldon Concert Hall. Although they've played in St. Louis numerous times in the past, this is the first appearance here for the Flecktones since their original lineup reconvened in 2009 with keyboard and harmonica player Howard Levy back in the fold. (Saxophonist ...

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Creative Copyright Math and the $8 Billion iPod [video]

Source: HypeBot
March 24, 2012

"[The first MP3 player] was a big Christmas hit, because what little hoodlum wouldn't want a million and a half bucks-worth of stolen goods in his pocket?" The RIAA, IFPI, major labels and many others have always thrown around astronomical numbers “proving" the damage that filesharing and unauthorized copying has had on the music, film and other content creation industries. There's no question that its had an affect, but how big is it really? In this TED video, a very ...

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Grammy Nominated Soul Jazz Vocal Sensation Gregory Porter Releases First Video From His Critically Acclaimed New CD, "Be Good"

Source: GoMedia PR
March 21, 2012

Whimsical Treatment of CD's Title Track, “Be Good (Lion's Song)" Directed by Award Winning Filmmaker Pierre Bennu, with Cinematography by Shawn Peters and Special Set Work by Visual Artist Dirk Joseph Riding high on the out of the box success of soul/jazz vocalist Gregory Porter's sophomore release, Be Good, Motema Music has just released a video of the CD's title track, “Be Good (Lion's Song.)" The video, which was directed by Pierre Bennu of ExitTheApple Productions, features cinematography by Shawn ...

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