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Youtube Star Charlie McDonnell Explains Why File Sharing is Helping His New Music Release
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Charlie McDonnell has released a D.I.Y. album and uses his promo video (with 809,00 views) to share his thoughts on file sharing. Mike Masnick of Techdirt pointed us to this and it mirrors his own thoughts on the subject: a) “file sharing isn't stealing, because no one's missing something," as in the comparison the video uses, of stealing a Mars Bars) and b) “if you like the content, it creates new fans who will help support the artist in other ways." ...
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How Moody Became Famous
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
I thought that we had come to the end of the current Rifftides series of James Moody entries until I heard from a reader who wondered why she had never heard Moody's “I'm in the Mood for Love." That is a puzzle, given the record's ubiquity, but if even one person has the pleasure of hearing it for the first time, how can we refuse? Here is Moody's 1949 recording with the Swedish All-Stars, followed by King Pleasure (Clarence Beeks) ...
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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Happy Birthday, Clark Terry!
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week, we pay tribute and wish a very happy birthday to the great trumpeter and St. Louis native Clark Terry, who's set to turn 90 this coming Tuesday, December 14. With a career in music that spans seven decades, Terry's accomplishments defy easy summary in a short blog post like this one. For the more on his life, please check out Terry's own website linked above and the bios here, here and ...
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Don't Let It Bother You
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
Extracurricular assignments will keep me busy for a while. The Rifftides staff will supply items to inform or entertain you. There's not much information in this one, but it may lift your spirits if, say, snow collapsed your roof or Julian Assange leaked one of your cables. Fats Waller in 1934 with Gene Sedric, tenor saxophone; Herman Autrey, trumpet; Harry Dial, drums; Billy Taylor, Sr., bass. I've always been impressed with Autrey's ability ...
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DVD: Mikrokolektyw - Dew Point (Delmark, 2010)
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Music and More by Tim Niland
Mikrokolektyw is a very interesting duet consisting of Kuba Suchar on drums and Artur Majewski on trumpet with both contributing to electronic soundscapes. For this DVD they were filmed by Raymond Salvatore Harmon, who placed the band in a position to improvise a spontaneous soundtrack to his film Sound in Motion. It turns out to be a fine combination, the duo's deeply rhythmic performances work well with the film that was shot in Chicago, and features gritty images of elevated ...
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Take 90: Brubeck at the Blackhawk
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
Dave Brubeck is spending his 90th birthday in the midst of his sizeable family and many close friends. Chances are that they will take time out to watch the documentary about his life. As they reminisce, it's almost certain that Dave will tell a Blackhawk story or two. The club in San Francisco's Tenderloin district was his quartet's headquarters for years before and after they became famous. It was the location of a pilot for a television series that never ...
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