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5 Ways Musicians Should Be Using Periscope
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Have you heard about the latest social media trend? It’s called ‘live broadcasting,’ and while there are two companies dominating the marketplace, Periscope is emerging as the leader. Guest Post by James Shotwell on Haulix Blog One of the competing companies is called Meerkat, and until a few weeks ago many believed it would be the industry leader. Now that title belongs to Periscope, which was acquired prior to launch by Twitter in January, and just last week the highly-publicized mobile app was released to the public. ...
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Present Shock: When Music’s Future Arrives In The Here And Now [Kyle Bylin]
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Has the conversation about streaming music services changed in recent years? Has music's future entered the absolute present? If so, how did music execs and indie artists react. Kyle Bylin, a tech writer and user researcher, explores all of these interesting questions in his latest essay. 1. Music Futurism I’ve spent several years of my life writing about the future of music listening. I love to look at the world through the lens of a music startup that has an ambition to ...
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The day the music ... spied?
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Michael Ricci
THREE-FIFTHS OF Chris Aschman's jazz quintet managed to fit onto the tiny stage upstairs at Jose Pistola's, where the crimson glow makes musicians look like they're playing in Amsterdam's red-light district. Aschman, a 29-year-old trumpet player, stayed on the floor, next to the saxophonist. Then, the bassist reached overhead and turned off the TV and the audience of 20-somethings switched their attention from NCAA basketball to a funky, odd-time-signature groove driven by a young drummer in a Phillies cap who ...
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Broadcasters Ask FCC For Payola Waiver And It's Time To Fight Back
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Broadcast radio is asking the FCC to be allowed to accept payments to play songs with minimal disclosure. If you find that as abhorrent as we do, its time to speak out. As David Lowery wrote, “Let’s not let the bastards get away with this." Here's some background and how to get involved. Background A group of radio broadcasters has asked the FCC for a waiver of the requirement that radios stations notify listeners on air when a sponsor or promoter has ...
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Vinyl Delivery Services: Back to Basics in a Digital World
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HypeBot
Streaming in 2015: very much happening. Streamable vinyl records in 2015: still very impossible. That’s where VNYL comes out of the gate with high hopes of becoming the “Netfilx of vinyl." Guest Post by Nikki Volpicelli, Digital Marketing Coordinator at Fame House The subscription-based media company makes the claim that it is the “Netflix of vinyl,” and offers users a hand-curated selection of records delivered on a regular basis, sorted based on user’s moods (or #vibes as they’re billed), including: #betweenthesheets, #rainyday, ...
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Why Does Spotify Pay So Little? [An Analysis]
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Both artists and their loyal listeners have expressed disdain about artist payouts (or lack thereof) - but why are streaming services like Spotify, who are seemingly so successful, paying the artists that attract listeners so little? Jack Stratton tries to calculate an answer. Take a single stream of “The Birdwatcher“ in March 2014. Terry, the user, lives in the US and pays $9.99/month for Spotify. I, the artist, receive a total of $0.00786 over the next nine months: Licensed Use ...
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Miles on Monday: Memorial statue sculptor to speak at Lewis and Clark CC, and more
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week for “Miles on Monday," we have some recent news items involving the legendary trumpeter: Preston Jackson, the sculptor creating the statue for the Miles Davis Memorial Project that will be placed in downtown Alton, IL later this year, will give a presentation for Lewis and Clark Community College’s Visiting Artist Lecture Series at noon this Wednesday, March 25. Jackson’s talk will give an overview of his work, both sculptures and paintings, and will include photos of the Miles ...
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A Dixieland Song Just Waiting For The Right Band
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George Wells
Huntsville, AL: Long time songwriter, George Wells, has written an exciting Dixieland song that tells how sweet the world seems when you are looking through chocolate covered glasses I have just finished a demo on my brand new idea, “Chocolate Covered Glasses.” Well, what’s so exciting about that? At age 84 and writing songs for more than 52 years, why would one song out of the thousands written, have an effect on me. Well, I have never written a Dixieland ...
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