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The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, May 9-15
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JazzINK by Andrea Canter
Songs from an award-winning vocalist, a popular crooner and a locally acclaimed pianist; a CD release from a young lion's quartet and a dazzling duo from some even younger lions; a rare gig with a veteran trio; the opening of a four-night run of a unique collaboration among dance, jazz and South Indian tradition... just another week on the Twin Cities jazz scene. Big Gigs This Week Friday, May 9.Happy Hour continues weekly at the Dakota (4:30- 6:30 pm) but ...
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Hot Tone Music Release's Three New CD's
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Craig Neely
Mimi Jones is the label founder and a N.Y.C. native, bassist, vocalist, composer and producer! Her new Balance CD release is a blend of genre's of classic and contemporary jazz, edgy soul and even a rock element. Balance stands firmly in its leaders dedication of “creating great music of today"! With Balance, Mimi's universal music heritage is well founded as she says of her early family life “on any given day I could hear John Coltrane's “Syeeda's Song Flute," followed ...
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Brian Culbertson And Kompoz.com Collaborate On "Another Long Night Out" Contest
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Great Scott P.R.oductions
Kompoz artists to borrow elements from the hitmaker’s “Beautiful Liar” to create a brand new song Miami, FL: Jazz is collaborative by definition and contemporary jazz chart-topper Brian Culbertson is opening the door for users of the Kompoz site to utilize original tracks from his song “Beautiful Liar” as source material to create an entirely new song in a competition to be judged by the award-winning keyboardist, producer and songwriter behind 27 No.1 Billboard singles. The contest that started May ...
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Local Jazz Gets a Mighty Fine Bonus
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Ken Franckling's Jazz Notes
Jazz fans at JD's Bistro & Grill in Port Charlotte expecting to hear drummer Patricia Dean's fine trio got an added bonus Thursday night. Jacksonville-based singer Lisa Kelly and trumpeter J.B. Scott sat in during the second and third sets. The husband-and-wife educators at the University of North Florida were in the area for two days of guest teaching at the Harrison School of the Arts in Lakeland. Jeff Phillips, a versatile and highly talented pianist who teaches jazz at ...
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Concord Music Reorganizes Digital Team
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HypeBot
Concord Music Group has promoted former Director of Online Development Jeremy Gruber to VP of Digital Marketing and Strategy and restructured its digital department. Dave Henson has also been promoted to Senior Director of Digital Marketing and Strategy. Gruber will be responsible for Concord's digital fan engagement including frontline and catalog release strategy, website development, social media and direct to fan marketing. “Concord is extremely focused on finding new and innovative ways to connect with music fans around the world,” he ...
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Amazon's Contract Reveals Plans to Radically Lower Streaming Music Royalties
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HypeBot
By Rachel Bailey of the Sonicbids Blog. [OpEd] Jeff Bezos’s online mega-store, Amazon, is the Walmart of the internet. In the two decades since its launch, it has positioned itself as the low-price leader of the web and expanded to become a clearinghouse for all manner of media, gadgetry, and other ephemera. But what many of Amazon’s customers don’t know is that they allegedly achieve those low prices through tactics that bully producers into agreeing to terms that compromise their ...
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Selling Music Audiences to Advertisers is the Future of Recorded Music Revenue
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HypeBot
By Audience Development Executive Paul Goldstein of The Content Is King. [OpEd] Uncertainty rocking both the broadcast radio and record industries has opened an enormous opportunity for recording artists and record labels. Growth for the music industry will come from expanding the overall online radio audience and ad pie at the expense of broadcast radio. When important trends are viewed through the lens of the music/radio consumer, the future of recorded music monetization is revealed. The majority of revenue flowing ...
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Buzzangle Music Preparing to Pose Serious Challenge to Soundscan's "Fuzzy Math"
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HypeBot
A lot of folks in the music industry are somewhat underwhelmed by SoundScan's approach to reporting sales especially indie shops and small labels who feel their contributions are underreported. You may have heard of BuzzAngle Music already due to recent reports of their Record Store Day sales data. I had the opportunity to talk with Jim Lidestri, Founder and CEO of parent company Border City Media, yesterday thinking it was going to be a cool reporting tool for small fry. Little ...
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