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Letters to NARAS: Sandy Cressman Writes About the Latin Jazz Grammy
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The Latin Jazz Corner by Chip Boaz
On Wednesday April 6th, The National Academy Of Recording Arts And Sciences announced a “restructuring" of The Grammy Awards, a move that included the elimination of the Latin Jazz Grammy. This unfortunate decision undermines the integrity of Latin Jazz and disregards its importance as a major piece of the cultural landscape in the United States. I would encourage all LJC readers to protest this decision and demand that NARAS reinstate the Latin Jazz Grammy immediately—you can do this by sending ...
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Bobby Sanabria on the 4/11/11 New York Naras Meeting and the Latin Jazz Grammy
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The Latin Jazz Corner by Chip Boaz
Drummer and bandleader Bobby Sanabria attended the New York NARAS meeting this past Monday night April 11, 2011. He was not alone—a huge number of New York based Latin Jazz musicians attended the meeting, hoping to make a serious statement about the loss of the Latin Jazz award. Despite a number of intelligent and emotional pleas, the NARAS representatives didn't budge on their position. In fact, they engaged in some outright insulting behavior. In a message originally posted on the ...
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An Open Letter to NARAS Regarding the Elimination of the Latin Jazz Grammy
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The Latin Jazz Corner by Chip Boaz
On Wednesday April 6th, The National Academy Of Recording Arts And Sciences announced a “restructuring" of The Grammy Awards, a move that included the elimination of the Latin Jazz Grammy. This unfortunate decision undermines the integrity of Latin Jazz and disregards its importance as a major piece of the cultural landscape in the United States. I would encourage all LJC readers to protest this decision and demand that NARAS reinstate the Latin Jazz Grammy immediately—you can do this by sending ...
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Torrentfreak Apologizes to Music Expert Avalon, but Disses Indie Artists
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Moses Supposes
TorrentFreak issued an apology— sort of. The P2P site keeps picking a fight with a leading music expert. But why? Their readers don't respect words like “expert" anymore than they do words like, “intellectual property." Meanwhile TorrentFreak and their readers seem to think that Indie labels and their artists are insignificant when it comes to who gets ripped off via illegal P2P. An old saying goes “Keep your words soft and tender because tomorrow you may have to eat them.“ ...
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Randy Klein, President of Jazzheads Records on the Latest Grammy Category Changes...
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Two for the Show Media
NARAS which is the governing organization for the Grammy's has announced today that they have eliminated the Latin Jazz category. Over the years, I have had thoughts that NARAS wouldn't recognize a musical note if it hit them in the face. I have, up until now, given NARAS the benefit of the doubt, but, now they have proved to me and the rest of the global musical world that they don't know what music is or where it comes from. ...
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Like It or Not, the World Still Lusts After Major Labels...
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Digital Music News
We all want to think of ourselves as rational, forward-thinking, and independent people. But despite the crashing and burning, the euphoria surrounding direct-to-fan, and all the tawdry history, many of us are still lusting after major labels. And that goes for executives, investors, journalists, and most importantly, artists. It's not everyone, but it may be a strong majority. We just did a survey with ReverbNation to see if artists still cared aboutgetting signed. These are musicians that obviously got the ...
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If You Believe Filesharing is Stealing, How Does That Affect Your Craft?
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We All Make Music
Every day here at WAMM, we do our best to help artists learn about and adapt to the new realities of the music industry. But when it comes to things like filesharing, some artists have limits. Last month, the respected French dance music label Institubes voluntarily shut its doors, citing not a lack of interest but their fans’ disturbingly persistent unwillingness to pay for their releases. “At first it was fun to figure out ways to get people to check ...
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D.I.Y. Music -- When Artists Become the Product
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HypeBot
This guest post is by (@wgruger) William Gruger. It seems like there is an Internet outlet that allows individuals to be whoever you want to be. People who think they're writers start blogs, photographers or fashionistas start Tumblrs, and people who think they're film makers make YouTube accounts. For prospective musicians, however, there exists not just a smattering of sites, but an entire online industry dedicated to earning money and exposure. There has been endless press about how ReverbNation, TuneCore, SoundCloud, ...
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