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Eric Dolphy Graphic Novel Seeks Funding
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Keith Henry Brown
Keith Henry Brown, illustrator, writer and occasional contributor to AllAboutJazz.com campaign through Kickstarter is nearing an end. It will be concluded on June 16. The novel, about influential multi-instrumentalist Dolphy, who's known for his work with John Coltrane, Charles Mingus and Chico Hamiliton as well as his own incomparable recording efforts as a leader. Through colorful drawings, narrative and dialogue, Brown tells the story of his favorite musical artist. “I come from a comic book background and I also love ...
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CD Baby Founder Derek Sivers Releases Book: "Anything You Want"
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HypeBot
Friend of independent music and CD Baby founder Derek Sivers released his first book today, Anything You Want㬤 Lessons In Being An Entrepeneur on Seth Godin's new Amazon imprint Domino. Anything You Wantis a compilation of lessons Sivers learned as a self-taught businessman. I devoured it in a single 90 minute sitting, and now consider it a must read for anyone starting or running a business, including every musician who cares about their future. I'll be writing more about Anything ...
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Books: R. Crumb - Draws the Blues (1993)
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Something Else!
By Derrick Lord Occasionally jazz and blues fans need to be reminded that we don't have to limit ourselves strictly to musical recordings. Keep in mind there is plenty of great artwork available that would be a nice addition to any collection or music room. Of particular interest to me is the work of Robert Crumb. Most are aware of Crumb as a founding father in the underground comics movement in the 1960s or perhaps are familiar with his work ...
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New Atlantis: Musicians Battle for the Survival of New Orleans
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Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes
John Swenson, my music writing collaborator for many years at UPI, is out with a gem. “New Atlantis: Musicians Battle for the Survival of New Orleans" (Oxford University Press) captures the determination of New Orleans' stylistically varied music makers to survive after Hurricane Katrina and to help keep the city's soul alive. John has been writing almost exclusively about New Orleans and its musicians since the late 1990s, principally for Offbeat magazine, and has come to understand his adopted city ...
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Books: Out of the Vinyl Deeps
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Music and More by Tim Niland
Out of the Vinyl Deeps: Ellen Willis on Rock Music by Nona Willis Aronowitz The career of Ellen Willis as a rock music critic was comparatively brief, spanning the late 1960's to the early 1970's, but during that time she wrote some of the most insightful and thought provoking essays on rock and roll to date. As a radical feminist writing about a male dominated music for male dominated media, it took strong will and opinions to get her ideas ...
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Free Ebook: Peter Spellman on Developing Music Careers in Uncertain Times
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HypeBot
This guest post comes from Dave Cool, the new Blogger In Residence at musician website and marketing platform Bandzoogle. Peter Spellman has released a free e-book for musicians called “Musician 2.0, 3.0, 4.0... Developing Music Careers in Uncertain Times". Peter is the Director of Career Development at Berklee College of Music in Boston, as well as the Director of Music Business Solutions, and someone who I consider to be one of the great thinkers in the music industry. Peter's work ...
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How to Get a Booking Agent to Book Your Band
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HypeBot
Finding venues to perform and scheduling performances can be tedious. On Music Think Tank, Dave Cool has a simple answer to people looking for a professional booking agent. He states that, "By far the best way to get a professional booking agent is for bands to book themselves until the point where they are selling out shows on a regular basis on their own." This is easier said than done. He gives advice on building up your career to get ...
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"Jazz Notes" by Sanford Josephson
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Gapplegate Music Review by Grego Edwards
The 197 pages of Sanford Josephson's Jazz Notes: Interviews Across the Generations (Praeger) go quickly when you are reading. Admittedly it is a short book. It consists of twenty principal interviews conducted years ago by the author, then supplementary follow-up interviews of artists who either played with the person originally interviewed, or who are admirers of that person. So we have for example an interview with Duke sideman Norris Turney, then supplementary interviews with Art Baron, Joe Temperley, Virginia Mayhew, ...
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