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Goldmine Spotlights Euclid Records

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
November 19, 2009

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Win the New Edition of Passman's "All You Need to Know About the Music Business"

Source: HypeBot
November 18, 2009

Share your favorite music industry advice and win 1 of 3 copies of the updated edition of this industry bible.

For nearly two decades Don Passman's All You Need to Know About the Music Business has been regarded as an essential guide to the music industry. Nw in its 7th edition, the book covers a wide array of topics, including picking the right team, negotiating a record deal, publishing and copyrights. It also addresses current topics like digital downloading, piracy, ...

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The Elsewhere Musician: Making Connections in a Fragmented World

Source: HypeBot
November 13, 2009

Kyle Bylin, Associate Editor

I was ten when I recorded “The Rockafeller Skank" by Fatboy Slim off the radio onto cassette tape. Twelve when “The Real Slim Shady" by Eminem premiered on TRL. The idea that I could reach out and connect with the artists that I liked didn't exist yet or at least wasn't familiar to me. MySpace didn't become popular where I grew up - almost no one that I knew had it. Artists were perceived as ...

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The Downbeat 75th Anniversary Anthology: The Great Jazz Interviews

Source: Michael Ricci
November 13, 2009

DOWNBEAT: The Great Jazz Interviews: A 75th Anniversary Anthology Edited and Compiled By Frank Alkyer

In July of 1934 the first issue of DownBeat magazine hit newsstands in Chicago. For the next seven-plus decades and counting the publication has been synonymous with jazz. DownBeat has chronicled every facet of jazz; every trend; every new and emerging sound. They have charted the birth and rise of hot jazz, cool jazz, be bop, hard bop, post bop, free jazz, and ...

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A Tale of Two Industries: What Do Books and Music Have in Common?

Source: HypeBot
November 5, 2009

Kyle Bylin, Assoicate Editor

In recent news reports, it's becoming more and more apparent -- that at a time when the record industry is reeling from changes that it barely understands -- other industries are beginning to experience many of the same transformations. Take, for instance, the recent pricing war between Wal-Mart and Amazon - where 10 book titles were dramatically discounted by the big-box retailer and Amazon, including many others, followed suit by decreasing their prices ...

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AllAboutJazz-New York November 2009 Issue Now Available!

Source: Michael Ricci
November 1, 2009

When we at AllAboutJazz-New York start work on our November issue, we realize just how close to the end of the year we are. By the time you are reading this issue, the World Series will be nearly decided (Go Yankees?). Then at the end of the month is Thanksgiving and then the holiday season begins in earnest. We all start thinking about gift-giving and then plans for New Year's Eve. For the gazette, we are already narrowing our lists ...

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A.D.G. Productions Releases Ultra Smooth Jazz Grooves Series

Source: Cheryl Hughey Promotions
October 22, 2009

A.D.G. Productions proudly announces the release of Ultra Smooth Jazz Grooves series. Written by Frank Villafranca and Andrew D. Gordon (both noted international authors, musicians and recording artists), the Ultra Smooth Jazz Grooves series is part of over 150 instructional books released by A.D.G. Productions.

Ultra Smooth Jazz Grooves are intuitive manuals written by working musicians who understand the industry demands specific to the Smooth Jazz genre. The Ultra Smooth Jazz Grooves series is available in instrumentation for Bb (tenor), ...

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Stan Kenton: This is an Orchestra!

Source: Michael Ricci
September 30, 2009

The University of North Texas Press has confirmed publication of a new book on Stan, with an anticipated publishing date of Spring, 2010. This exciting new project takes an in-depth look at Stan's life and music. Author Michael Sparke will be known to many Kenton devotees for his discographical work, and his liner notes on labels such as Capitol, Mosaic, Tantara and Status. Sparke writes from a fan's point of view, but sorts the musical wheat from the chaff, with ...

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