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Jazz this week: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Evan Parker & Peter Evans, Ronnie Burrage's RoBu Big Band, and more

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
September 30, 2015

This week's schedule of jazz and creative music in St. Louis is jam-packed, with three notable big band performances, two shows benefiting an ailing elder statesman of the local jazz scene, an evening of free-form music from two intriguing improvisors, and much, much more. Let's go to the highlights... Wednesday, September 30 The eclectic acoustic ensemble The 442s perform for the first of two nights at Jazz at the Bistro, and pianist Greg Mills plays free improv and contemporary compositions ...

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YouTube Paid Subscription Music And Video Service To Launch In October [REPORT]

Source: HypeBot
September 29, 2015

The music industry has been pushing Google to monetize YouTube beyond just advertising since shortly after its launch 10 years ago. After more than a year of beta trails and rumored launch dates, a subscription version of YouTube along with a new companion music service are finally nearing launch. A letter sent to YouTube creators and multi-channel networks offers the clearest signal yet that YouTube's long promised subscription service could launch as early as late October. The email from YouTube ...

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UnlockTHIS: Content-Gating Made Simple

Source: HypeBot
September 29, 2015

A new content-gating tool known as UnlockTHIS is giving the old model of subscribing/liking in order to unlock exclusive content a new twist, and fostering more sharing and collaboration between artists. Guest Post by Chris Robley on The DIY Musician Growing your social media community with content gating When a fan takes some social action on your behalf (liking your band’s Facebook page, subscribing to your YouTube channel, etc.), it can be seen as a form of currency. At least ...

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Why Content Curation Is Key To Sustainable Growth In Digital Music

Source: HypeBot
September 26, 2015

Here online radio trail blazer Ari Shohat looks at why unlimited catalogs can be bad for digital music, and why a limited amount of content curated by people rather than algorithms is important to creating a positive listening experience for the user. Guest Post by Ari Shohat on Rain News Curation is a core component of content strategy. From the most massive industry giants to the smallest niche players, every digital music company agrees on one thing: Content strategy is essential. However, those strategies differ ...

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Freemium Model Works For Pandora But Is Devastating To Songwriters [Op-Ed]

Source: HypeBot
September 26, 2015

Although Pandora's CEO Brian McAndrews recently boasted of the success of their free music streaming service, claiming that Americans are unwilling to pay for streaming, a breakdown of their revenue model shows that Pandora's system is detrimental to songwriters, says the head of the NMPA. Guest Post by David Israelite of the National Music Publishers Association In his editorial in Billboard on Wednesday, Pandora CEO Brian McAndrews writes that this is a transformative period in the music industry. On this we agree. Unfortunately Pandora is transforming the industry into ...

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4 Ways Musicians Can Make Money With Happy Birthday Now That It's In The Public Domain

Source: HypeBot
September 24, 2015

In a stunning reversal, a federal judge ruled that all copyright claims against “Happy Birthday" are invalid and declaring that the song is in the public domain and free to use. Its a huge loss for Warner Chappell Music who bought the rights in 1988, but its a big win for enterprising musicians. Now that a federal judge has declared “Happy Birthday" in the public domain, anyone can record and release their own version of the track and keep 100% ...

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Is It Time To Bid Farewell To All Pre-1972 Music?

Source: HypeBot
September 24, 2015

Taking advantage of a copyright void which was created for all pre-1972 music after the law was updated in 1976, the RIAA has been trying to claim that the state laws which existed before before this update intended to include a public performance rights, meaning that services like Pandora, Sirius XM, and possibly even terrestrial radio are in violation of this theoretical law. Guest Post by Mike Masnick of Techdirt As we've been covering over the past few years, there's been ...

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There's Another Side To The Playola Debate For Streaming Playlists

Source: HypeBot
September 24, 2015

In the age of streaming, playlists have become one of the best ways for artists to have their music promoted. This brings with it a whole host of questions regarding the morality (and effectiveness) of paying the curators of such playlists to feature your music. Guest Post by Justin Barker of Slice Music, this originally appeared on Music Ally The topic of “playola” – labels paying independent curators of playlists on music-streaming services to include their tracks—has received much coverage in the music press ...

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