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Band Creates Wild Cover Art from Music's Vibrations [video]

Source: HypeBot
August 26, 2011

Latvian based Instrumenti's sound is a mix of indie-pop and experimental electro, and they are using there songs in a unique way—to create cover art for their album. “Every piece of the album art was created by the song itself," according to the musicians. “We might have help by pouring paint onto blasting speaker membranes and catching the paint spills on paper, we might have helped by playing the drums with paint splashing drumsticks, but the real artist was the ...

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3 Tips for Better Social Music Video Marketing

Source: HypeBot
August 26, 2011

An ongoing series of posts at REELSEO explains how to move beyond an obsession with clicks and impressions to focus on building relationships between one's brand (or band) and video viewers. Given the hype surrounding music video impressions, numbers that don't indicate real views and are often gamed, the series is definitely worth reading with an eye towards Social Music Video Marketing. REELSEO Editor-in-Chief Jeremy Scott is partway through a 10 post series titled “The Social Video Blueprint." He begins ...

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JFJO: 'The Burning' Video

Source: JamBase
August 23, 2011

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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: A Jazz Documentary Film Festival, Part 2

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
August 21, 2011

Our jazz video showcase continues in vacation mode for another week, with six more full-length documentaries vying for your late-summer attention. First up is a concert film from the Jazz Icons DVD series, Duke Ellington Live In Holland 1958, It's an 80-minute concert performance from Ellington's big band, which at that time included luminaries such as St. Louis' own Clark Terry on trumpet; saxophonists Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney and Paul Gonsalves; trombonist Quentin ...

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Joe Locke/Ed Saindon Duo Vibraphone Berklee Concert

Source: Ed Saindon
August 21, 2011

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Joel Miller: Jazz in Montreal, Baby

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
August 16, 2011

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What the Hell is Google+? The Google+ Song and Video

Source: HypeBot
August 13, 2011

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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: A Jazz Documentary Film Festival for a Summer's Day

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
August 13, 2011

This week, we're taking a break from the usual routine of previewing upcoming shows and showcasing St. Louis musicians for a sort of summer vacation post, featuring a half-dozen full-length jazz documentaries for your late summer viewing and listening pleasure. Kicking off our little film festival up above is Jazz On A Summer's Day, the famous movie made at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival in Rhode Island by photographer Bert Stern and film ...

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