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Future Of Music Coalition Takes Bold Steps to Serve Artists & Their Teams
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Michael Ricci
As musicians, songwriters, managers, indie publishers and labels ourselves, we know that it’s a challenge to stay on top of the many issues that are reshaping music. But with so much happening in the policy arena and the marketplace, this is a crucial time for artists and their teams to get involved. In FMC’s next next phase, we’ll be coming up with new and innovative ways to help you crack the code of an evolving industry. Be sure to sign ...
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Dave Grohl Named Record Store Day Ambassador, Pens Ode To "The Power Of The Record Store"
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HypeBot
Foo Fighter Dave Grohl has been named 2015's Record Store Day Ambassador, joining an elite group of predecessors including Jack White, Chuck D, Iggy Pop, and Ozzy Osbourne. Record Store Day is scheduled for April 18th and shines a spotlight on what Grohl calls “my churches, my libraries, my schools.” Along with the announcement, Grohl penned a heartfelt ode to record stores and shot a video in which he talks about the first record he ever bought. Dave Grohl's announcement message: ...
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Clark Terry enters hospice care
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Via Clark Terry's Facebook page, some sad news about the 94-year-old legendary trumpeter and St. Louis native: “It is with a heavy heart we share that our beloved Clark Terry is now in hospice care. Gwen and the health care team are making sure that Clark is as comfortable as possible. During this time the family is asking for your prayers. If you would like to share your favorite stories or music about Clark please do so here or on ...
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Fast Company Names 10 Most Innovative Music Companies 2015
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HypeBot
Each year Fast Company names the year's most innovative companies including a special category for music. In addition to putting the spotlight on some great companies, it's an interesting glimpse into how the mainstream business press views innovation in the music industry. In 2015, only Spotify returns from 2014's Top 10 Music Company list. Fast Company's 10 Most Innovative Music Companies Of 2015 1. NEXT BIG SOUND (music analytics) “For making music out of the music industry’s data" 2. PARKWOOD ...
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Music As A Marketing Tool
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HypeBot
Guest Post by Colin Shaw on LinkedIn Pulse Music has a unique effect on our brain, especially concerning memory. Apple brilliantly capitalizes on all of them in its holiday ad. When it comes to branding there might be no better way than using music to help a Customer remember your brand promise. Here is the ad, in case you missed it: Part of the reason these studies showed the link is because music activates many centers across the brain, including the emotional ones. From ...
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TuneGo Raises $1.2 Million To Expand Emerging Artist Platform
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HypeBot
TuneGo, a music discovery platform for emerging artists, has raised $1.2 million from serial entrepreneur Chris Murray and Pasadena Angel investor Kenny Kam. Alongside the funding, TuneGo announced deals with Spotify, Slacker and APM Music as distribution partners and some heavy-hitting producers including Peter Asher, Desmond Child and Ron Dante. How TuneGo Works Still in open beta, TuneGo works to connect emerging artists both with fans and music industry insiders. TuneGO Score uses patent-pending algorithmic filtering which combines social activity, crowd-sourced feedback, ...
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Uncommon jazz trio is spellbinding
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Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes
There is a notable, and rather robust, roster of jazz-playing siblings through the years. A much leaner list of identical twins playing jazz shows that most play different instruments. That makes sense. If you are working together a lot as budding musicians, you need a variety of position players in a band. Peter and Will Anderson are identical-twin rarities because they play the same instruments.* The saxophone-and clarinet-playing brothers brought their finely honed skills to the Charlotte County Jazz Society’s ...
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Music Tech - It's Been A Long Hard Winter
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HypeBot
Guest Post by Cortney Harding on This Week In Music Tech An update on last week’s post: there were some pretty good discussions on Twitter and elsewhere, most of which were civil and interesting. Over at Billboard, Andrew Flanagan dug deeper and reported that, according to YouTube, artists who choose not to be part of Music Key would still have right to use Content ID and pull down any or all of their music, should they choose to. Assuming YouTube doesn’t reverse course, it ...
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