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The Problems Musicians Face and How to Solve Them, PT. 7
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HypeBot
Written by Tommy Darker, originally published in The Musicpreneur. Travelling the world and chatting with fellow aspiring artists reveals astounding insights about the future of music. Here’s the deal: we think we all face different problems, but the reality reveals the opposite. I will share one of these insights, explaining what it means for the way we work as musicians and how to move in the future. This is the 7th and final part. Each part is linked at the ...
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SXSW Reports $315.3 Million Impact on Austin, Excludes "Significant" Unofficial Activities
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HypeBot
SXSW's annual report on the economic impact of the festival on Austin estimated that over $315 million was generated by the festival and festival attendees. That's way up from 2013's estimated $218.2 million. Unfortunately neither the report nor industry analysts have come up with a full explanation of how they're increasing impact even as official participation is decreasing from 155k in 2013 to 134k in 2014. In addition, by excluding the impact of unofficial events, the report is incapable of ...
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Blue Note Records 75th Anniversary Celebrations Continue With Uncompromising Expression Book Release
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Josh Johnson
Blue Note Records anniversary celebrations are still in full swing as we head into the Fall of our 75th year. In addition to new releases from Jason Moran, Otis Brown III, Ryan Adams, and Kandace Springs coming out this Autumn — as well as the continuation of our vinyl reissue series — the label will also be honored with the release of the book Blue Note: Uncompromising Expression, as well as events at Monterey Jazz Festival, London Jazz Festival, and ...
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Deezer to Launch in U.S. Sept. 15th with Hi-Def Streaming Exclusively on Sonos
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HypeBot
UPDATED: Deezer will launch in the U.S. on Monday September 15th exclusively on the Sonos in-house audio platform. The popular European based streaming music service is introducing itself to the world's largest music market with the launch of Deezer Elite - millions of tracks in high definition audio (16-bit, 44.1kHz, lossless) only available on Sonos. Sonos customers in the US can try Deezer Elite in beta beginning September 15 with a 30-day free trial.Then Sonos customers can subscribe for $9.99/month, 50% off the regular ...
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Country Music Association to Launch Music Business Incubator
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HypeBot
The Country Music Association is teaming up with The Nashville Entrepreneur Center to create what they are billing as the first music business accelerator. The music business accelerator is a 14-week program that will develop six to eight startups into investable businesses for the music industry ecosystem in Nashville. Each startup will receive a $20,000 investment in exchange for equity. Startups from all over the world are invited to apply by submitting proposals for their new music business ideas. The global ...
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Exclusive: OneSheet / ArtistData Founder is Secretly Building a New Service for Musicians
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HypeBot
Serial entrepreneur Brenden Mulligan, best known for founding ArtistData (acquired in 2010 by Sonicbids) and Onesheet (acquired in 2013 by Bandzoogle), is working on a new service aimed at giving musicians a new way to interact with their fans. Mulligan has been largely out of music-tech over the past year, focusing instead of private photos sharing app Cluster, which he and a small team raised $1.6 million for last August. Although the project is still in stealth, Mulligan shared the ...
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DoclerMusic Combines Music Concerts and Lessons on New Livestreaming Platform
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DoclerMusic is a new livestreaming and fan interaction platform for musicians. The basic service is free for artists and viewers with tipping plus fees for private concerts and lessons. The initial range of interactions supported by DoclerMusic suggest that it has the potential to become a key tool for DIY artists. DoclerMusic officially launched late last month after a summer long beta period so go check them out and tell us what you think! DoclerMusic looks like a potentially strong ...
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Al Belletto: 'Sounds and Songs'
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
In the 10-inch jazz LP era between 1952 and 1955, record companies were hungry for arrangers who could write for small groups. With the longer recording format, labels needed to fill out albums without breaking the bank on large bands. So they sought out arrangers who could make 5 to 10 instruments swing and sound twice that size. The best of these small-group arrangers included Dave Pell, Lennie Niehaus, Gigi Gryce, Bill Holman, Manny Albam and Gerry Mulligan. One name ...
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