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How to Avoid Failure in Your Social-Media Campaign

Source: HypeBot
December 31, 2010

50% of social-media campaigns will fail. That prediction comes from Gartner. From the perspective of interactive marketer Adam Kmiec, “Social media has become a self-propelled hype factory." Every day another new social platform is released. These bright, shiny objects are chased. The Kool-Aid gets drunk. Then, a day later, the next big thing comes along. It aims to replaces our current obsession and we're left wanting more. For every social media success story, there are 1,000's of failed initiates. Why? Here's ...

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STLJN 2010 Year in Review

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
December 31, 2010

On this final day of 2010, let's take a look back at some of the most newsworthy, noteworthy, popular and/or interesting items posted here on St. Louis Jazz Notes over the past 12 months: January 2010More filings in KFUO saleThe Bad Plus' Reid Anderson interviewed for “A to Z"Emmis launches 96.3 HD-3 with smooth jazz formatConcert to benefit Zimbabwe Nkenya scheduled for Saturday, January 30Anita Rosamond performing on Dave Koz Smooth Jazz CruiseSheldon Concert Hall to present Haitian relief benefit ...

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Bandcamp Partners with Songkick

Source: HypeBot
December 29, 2010

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Promoters Promise Cheaper Tickets in 2011

Source: JamBase
December 29, 2010

PROMOTERS TO SELL MORE MERCHANDISE TO MAKE UP FOR LOST REVENUE Pollstar is reporting that concert promoters are planning to make shows more affordable in 2011, after high ticket prices caused low attendance throughout the past year. Promoters say they will push the sale of t-shirts and other merchandise to make up for the lost revenue. Acts such as ZZ Top plan on selling tickets for as little as $10. “It's time to give the value back," said band manager ...

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Tatum's Lounge: A Sculptural Homage to Art Tatum

Source: Andrew Rumpler
December 27, 2010

From the Brooklyn based design studio Nine Stories Furniture Co has come an homage to the great Art Tatum in the form of a one-of-a-kind chair. A long time jazz enthusiast and furniture designer Andrew Rumpler, constructed the piece from the keys of a discarded upright piano. The piece, which weighs less than six pounds can hold up to 150 pounds. “Tatum's Lounge," as it is called, is on view at Voos Furniture in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn. The ...

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Best Production Tips

Source: We All Make Music
December 24, 2010

One of the biggest coups we had this year was securing the services of Simon Langford. If you don't follow dance music, Langford's name might not ring a bell. But Langford, who's produced several top 20 hit remixes, including official releases for artists like Britney Spears and Rihanna, knows his way around a studio, and we've compiled his best work for you.

Adding Weight to Kick Drums. You could make the argument that, just after vocals, the kick drum is ...

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Reflections on Trudy Pitts

Source: JazzStage.net
December 24, 2010

By Linda Dachtyl It is hard to know how to begin to talk about the recent passing of Trudy Pitts and the ways in which she touched my life in the brief time I got to know her over the last two years, so I will start at the beginning. I am always amazed at how our lives can be orchestrated through coincidence, synchronicity, or divine providence concerning the terms, but the result is the same regardless. In some casual ...

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360 Deal Wonders Paramore Called "A Manufactured Product of a Major Label" by Former Members

Source: HypeBot
December 24, 2010

Paramore represented the epitome of 360 deals. In an interview with Billboard, Lyor Cohen, the CEO of Recorded Music for WMG, confided that he thinks, “Paramore is going to be very special and demonstrate what we mean by alignment." Similarly, in a New York Times piece, writer Jeff Leeds wrote that executives and talent managers “cite Paramore as a promising example of a rising new model for developing talent, one in which artists share not just revenue from their album ...

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