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Occupy Movement Inspires New Compilation Albums and Bruce Springsteen [video]

Source: HypeBot
January 28, 2012

A variety of record albums related to the Occupy Movement are set for release including “Occupy This Album" from Music For Occupy with a star-studded list of participants, “Folk the Banks" from the newly formed Occupation Records in London and media claims that Bruce Springsteen's newest work is the voice of the movement though the songs were mostly written before it existed. These releases could bring renewed attention to a movement which has lost much of its early hold on ...

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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Spotlight on Chris Corsano

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
January 22, 2012

This week, let's take a look at some video clips featuring percussionist Chris Corsano, who will be in St. Louis to perform Saturday, January 28 at the Kranzberg Arts Center in a concert presented by New Music Circle. Corsano, a veteran free improvisor raised and still based in New England, has played and recorded with a wide variety of musicians over the past two decades, including improvisors like saxophonists Paul Flaherty and Evan ...

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The Doors - Mr. Mojo Risin': The Story of L.A. Woman DVD (2012)

Source: Something Else!
January 21, 2012

Mr. Mojo Risin': The Story Of L.A. Woman is a new, 100 minute DVD documentary from Eagle Rock that chronicles the creation of what turned out to be the Doors final album with iconic lead singer Jim Morrison—the band recorded two more as a trio, before disbanding— 1970's L.A. Woman. As tempting as it might be for some to grouse that the Doors have already been done to death as a “rockumentary" subject, this film actually manages to unearth some ...

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Walk off the Earth Finds Success with Unique Cover Song Videos

Source: HypeBot
January 18, 2012

Leveraging the power of the cover song is a topic that fascinates me so I was particularly pleased to encounter Walk off the Earth's cover of Gotye's “Somebody That I Used to Know." It's a great example of a cover song and music video whose creative approach manages to evade the novelty label while helping build their reputation for unique covers. It's also a great jumping off point for considering the possibilities for building your own brand with cover songs ...

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Jeff Jampol on the Big Business of Dead Rock Stars [video]

Source: HypeBot
January 15, 2012

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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Mirth and Melancholy with Branford Marsalis and Joey Calderazzo

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
January 15, 2012

This week, our video spotlight shines on saxophonist Branford Marsalis and pianist Joey Calderazzo, who will be in St. Louis for a duo performance on Sunday, January 22 at the Sheldon Concert Hall. In June of last year, Marsalis and Calderazzo released Songs of Mirth and Melancholy, a duo CD on the saxophonist's Marsalis Music label. This tour essentially is a followup to that recording, which received favorable reviews such as this one ...

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OutListen's Crowdsourced Concert Videos: Creating a New Music Format

Source: HypeBot
January 14, 2012

Attending a show is different now. Everybody's holding up a cellphone shooting video instead of watching and listening. This doesn't have to be a 100-percent bad thing, however. A startup called OutListen intends to turn this sow's ear into a silk purse by encouraging concertgoers to upload their smartphone footage to an online calendar. If enough people upload footage from the same show, OutListen will cobble it all together by synching the audio waveforms (clever), so that the band (or ...

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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Catching up with Ravi Coltrane

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
January 8, 2012

This week, our video spotlight shines on saxophonist Ravi Coltrane, who's returning to St. Louis to perform Wednesday, January 18 through Saturday, January 21 at Jazz at the Bistro. Coltrane, the son of legendary saxophonist John Coltrane and pianist/harpist Alice Coltrane, played here most recently in 2009 at the Sheldon Concert Hall as part fo the Blue Note Seven, and also performed with his quartet in 2008 at the Bistro. (For more on ...

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