Music Industry News

The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Jazz, January 13-19

Source: JazzINK by Andrea Canter
January 14, 2012

There's a “Winter Jazz Blast" in Roseville Saturday but the weekend as a whole could be classified as a “jazz blast"—an explosion of diverse and high-flying artists from near and far descending upon clubs throughout the metro, with a heavy concentration in St. Paul. Meanwhile, just up on Cathedral Hill, the congestion of the International Red Bull Ice Crash might challenge some driving and parking, but just allow extra time, as the music will be well worth the effort. Highlights ...

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Paradigm Bets on Electronic Music with AM Only Booking Agency Partnership

Source: HypeBot
January 14, 2012

Talent agency Paradigm has struck a deal to create a strategic partnership with one of the leading electronic music agencies, AM Only. The agreement will allow Paradigm to continue to bolster their already solid roster in regards to electronic artists who've become a very hot commodity in recent years. The deal will also provide AM Only artists access to Paradigm's resources and representation in the media world, particularly in the advertising spectrum including music, television, motion pictures, theatre, publishing, branding, ...

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Musician Website Quick Fix #4: Make It Easy to Listen to Your Music

Source: HypeBot
January 14, 2012

Another quick improvement you can make to your website is to make it easy for people to listen to your music. First time visitors should be able to sample your music in one, easy, and obvious click. Sound like common sense? Well, I can honestly tell you that from 4 years of booking bands at a music venue, I had essentially given up going to band websites to hear music and simply used profiles at Myspace or Bandcamp pages instead. ...

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What Live Nation's Acquisition of Bigchampagne Means to Future of the Live Music Industry

Source: HypeBot
January 12, 2012

COMMENTARY: In February 2006, shortly after Micahel Rapino took the helm of Live Nation, he shared his vision of what the company needed to do to grow the live music business. He spoke of an industry where the vast majority of tickets are sold online yet the majority of marketing is still done via traditional media; and consumers turned off by high ticketing fees, even higher ticket prices and a less than saticfacotry concert going experience. With Live Nation's Ticketmaster ...

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NEA Jazz Masters Live: Latest Grants Announcement

Source: AAJ Staff
January 12, 2012

National Endowment for the Arts Announces $135,000 in NEA Jazz Masters Live Grants Grants support unique opportunities to engage with NEA Jazz Masters through performance and education opportunities Announcement made during 30th anniversary celebration of NEA Jazz Masters program New York, NY: At last night's celebration of the 30th anniversary of the NEA Jazz Masters program, Rocco Landesman, chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, announced that 12 not-for-profit organizations will receive grants totaling $135,000 to bring outstanding jazz ...

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Musical Capitalism

Source: HypeBot
January 11, 2012

With the music industry suffering huge defeat in the onset of the digital age, the tendency to be all embracing of the latest glimmer of hope has become commonplace. To call foul of new developments often results in accusations of living in the past. However, for those who do wish to plough headlong into any reshaping of the music industry, it is important to fully understand the consequences of giving weight to the movement. CALIFORNIA STREAMING It seemed such a ...

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Leonard Cohen: "Darkness"

Source: JamBase
January 11, 2012

LEONARD COHEN GETS DARK With the forthcoming release of his new record Old Ideas on January 31, legendary singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen has made available a track off the record entitled “Darkness." Listen below. This is the second song we're hearing from Old Ideas, with “Show Me the Place" being the first. The album is available for pre-order today on CD, 180 gram vinyl or with collector's edition lithograph at LeonardCohen.com. Old Ideas Tracklist:

Going HomeAmenShow Me the PlaceThe DarknessAnyhowCrazy to ...

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Jazz Chanteuse Janis Mann Signs with SRI Jazz

Source: Shelly Liebowitz
January 11, 2012

SRI Jazz has just added an exciting and vibrant voice to the label with the addition of Jazz Chanteuse Janis Mann. A truly gifted performer in the vein of such greats as Sarah Vaughan and Ella Fitzgerald, Mann's ability to use her vocal instrument with great ease, along with her natural sense of how to interpret a lyric, makes her one of the stand-out jazz singers of our time. Described as “Always a solid swinger and one who makes every ...

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