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Big Bands: Direct to Disc
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
If you remember the 1970s, you probably recall a time when audio equipment mattered. In fact, many of us still call our iTunes systems “stereos." I grew up in the 1960s, when 45s ruled. By the late 1960s, with the release of the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper and rise of FM radio, albums were more engaging because I was older and they sounded better. With an LP, you didn't have to watch the small record spin, preparing to pull the needle ...
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Zoe Keating Puts Her Revenue Figures into Perspective
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HypeBot
Last week Hypebot shared an initial response to Zoë Keating's most recent release of digital music revenue which tends to spark online discussion related to digital music and the careers of musicians. Keating responded with some clarifying emails regarding the larger discussion and agreed to let Hypebot share her discussion of the context for her download and streaming revenue figures. From Zoë Keating: I want you to know that I don’t release these numbers as a marketing tool. I’ve always ...
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Creedence Clearwater Revival 10" EP for Record Store Day Looks Back to 1969
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Chris M. Slawecki
The year 1969 proved to be an epic one in the too-short history of Creedence Clearwater Revival. In that year alone, the band released three Top Ten albums, and had four hit singles and three charting B-sides. In addition to the incredible quantity and quality of their releases, the band also played the Woodstock music festival, played on the Ed Sullivan show twice and toured throughout North America. Commemorating the forty-fifth anniversary of this banner year, Fantasy Records launched its ...
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Hank Williams, Jaco Pastorius, Harry Dean Stanton Headline Record Store Day Titles from Omnivore Recordings
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conqueroo
If only every day could be like Record Store Day. On a mid-April Saturday, the hearty breed of surviving disc emporiums teem with music fans and crate diggers — all hoping to get their hands on the many limited-edition vinyl records issued by the labels. Omnivore Recordings will contribute four titles to the Record Store Day mix: Hank Williams’ The Garden Spot Programs, 1950 — Extended Play (eight-song EP on brown vinyl), Jaco Pastorius’ Modern American Music . . . ...
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Songcoin: An Alternative Currency for the Real Life World of Music?
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HypeBot
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. The music business is about to get its own alternative currency, called Songcoin. The alternative currency phenomenon is real, as weird as that might feel to those of us who would never consider shelling out cash for points to buy special pixels for that Farmville game we never really got around to playing. Bitcoin, despite the issues mentioned below, shows that alternative currencies can become quite real to certain people, which can then make ...
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Culbertson Tunes Up The Pinot
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Great Scott P.R.oductions
Contemporary jazz hitmaker releases his own wine that he blended in partnership with Reata Wines and Jamieson Ranch Vineyards. Los Angeles, Calif. (27 February 2014): Chart-topping musician, producer, songwriter, wine and jazz festival founder and artistic director Brian Culbertson can add vintner to his burgeoning resume. The recording artist behind 26 No. 1 hits and the star-studded Napa Valley Jazz Getaway is now pouring his new custom-crafted wine, “Culbertson” Pinot Noir by Reata Wines, which he personally blended with Jamieson ...
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Indie Musicians on the Rewards vs. the Challenges of Building Independently
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HypeBot
Electric Kiwi's Ross Barber recently kicked off a blog post series called #GoIndie in which he gathers insights from indie musicians. When asked about the “advantages and benefits" as well as the “challenges" of going indie, these musicians' answers covered a lot of ground but might be summed up by saying that creative freedom requires business savvy. And that means that even after you've built your team you've still got to take responsibility for the business side of your artmaking. ...
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The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, February 14-20
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JazzINK by Andrea Canter
This week, there jazz for Valentine's Day, jazz to celebrate a new label collective, and of course the usual jazz that celebrates creative collaboration. Although we have a few months to wait, we can also celebrate the announcement of the 2014 Twin Cities Jazz Festival headliners — Dianne Reeves, Branford Marsalis, Joe Krown and the 2013 Monk Institute saxophone competition winner, Melissa Aldana. Big Gigs This Week Friday, February 14. It's Valentine's Day and what goes better with love and ...
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