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The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, November 15-21
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JazzINK by Andrea Canter
Is jazz dead? Just check the listings for Saturday (November 16) alone, and you can easily answer that question for yourself. On one night, you can hear a tribute to one of the greatest pianists in jazz history (Oscar Peterson) presented by two of the most talented pianists in our midst (Tanner Taylor and Richard Johnson); you can hear yet another area piano titan (Laura Caviani) paired with an outstanding saxophonist (Pete Whitman) pay tribute to Monk and Ellington as ...
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Are Press Releases Still Relevant for Music Marketing?
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HypeBot
The press release has lost value in recent years as the web has opened up a wide range of communication channels that bypass traditional gatekeepers. Yet, despite the reduced role of press releases, they remain in use on a daily basis and are the source for music industry coverage from small blogs to high budget news operatons. Press releases represent both an official statement and freely usable content. For those musicians and music marketers regularly dealing with the press, they ...
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Cult Classics: Going Beyond Hit Status
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HypeBot
From the Nielsen Newswire. All music lovers have at least one album in their collection that they know all the words to (including all the backup vocals), just like movie buffs have that one DVD that seems to spend more time in the player than it does in its case. It's these titles that initiate fans into that special group that loves that content to death. While these titles aren't always traditional cult classics, their followings have become cult-like over ...
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Los Angeles Club Favorites Sasha's Bloc Sign With Bridgewater Artist Management
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Muse Media
LOS ANGELES CLUB FAVORITES SASHA’S BLOC SIGN WITH BRIDGEWATER ARTIST MANAGEMENT (DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER, THEO CROKER) FOR REPRESENTATION Band That Plays To Continuously Sold-out Shows Blends An Intriguing Mix Of Contemporary Jazz, Ragtime, Blues, Gypsy Jazz And Traditional Swing “Impressively swinging their way through a program of jazz standards and Great American Songbook classics.” – Don Heckman, Los Angeles Times/International Review Of Music “An ever-changing but always delightful big-band sound that mixes gypsy soul with American swing and R&B.” - ...
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Youtube to Launch Subscription Music Service Within Months
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HypeBot
In what could be the biggest threat to Spotify's growth yet, YouTube is putting the finishing touches on an on-demand subscription music service to launch later this year. The outline of the licensing deals were completed in May alongside the launch of Google's All Access music service; and industry insiders have been telling Hypebot about the YouTubes plans for weeks. But now specific details are starting to leak. In addition to Spotify-like music streaming, YouTube will add video. Mobile is a ...
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Why Can't Digital Music Services Get Jazz & Classical Right?
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Michael Ricci
By Ian Dahlman, Future of Music Coalition 20.7 million Americans (8.8% of all US adults) attended a classical music performance in 2012, according to the National Endowment for the Arts’ recent survey highlights. 19 million (8.1%) attended a jazz gig. But if these millions of classical & jazz fans tried to use any of the most popular digital music services to access classical or jazz music at home, they’d likely end up confused and unable to find what they’re looking ...
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Six Degrees Records Signs Meklit Hadero to World-Wide Record Deal
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Chris M. Slawecki
Six Degrees Records is pleased and excited to announce the world-wide signing of singer/composer, TED Senior Fellow & cultural activist Meklit Hadero. Born in Ethiopia & based in San Francisco for the past nine years, Hadero became a sensation with the release of her debut On a Day Like This. A luminous album featuring original songs and some traditional Amharic music as well, it got rave reviews across the board. NPR called Hadero's sound, “a unique blend of jazz, Ethiopia, ...
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Not an Obituary for the Artists Quarter
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JazzINK by Andrea Canter
For nearly four decades, over three locations and one significant hiatus, the Artists Quarter has symbolized the true spirit of jazz—a collaborative, forward-thinking, open community. And like most jazz clubs throughout the country, the AQ has struggled to hold faithful audience in the face of rising costs, declining support to the arts, and dwindling audiences. We frequently read about club closings and have witnessed some significant ones here—the Times, Sophia's, Rossi's. In some cases, new venues pop up inside the ...
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