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Vinyl Revival: Reissues from Blue Note's Heyday
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AAJ Staff
THERE are two kinds of obsessive record collectors: those who buy original pressings of rare old LPs because they're rare and old, and those who buy them because they sound good. In the jazz world one record label has attained near-mystical status among the antiquarians and the audiophiles: Blue Note, especially the albums released in its heyday, from 1955 to '67. Mint-condition Blue Notes from that era sell in specialty stores and online auctions for hundreds of dollars, and in ...
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The Paradox of Music: Why More is Less
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HypeBot
May 12th. That's the day that I published my first thoughts on how choice theory and the ideas of Psychologist Barry Schwartz could be applied to the current state of digital music. Nearly four months later, I'm proud to say that I followed my curiosity to it's end and was able to write three essays on the subject; ones that I hope you enjoyed. Of all the intellectual easter egg hunts that I've immersed myself in, I am the most ...
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RedAntenna Shares Listening Data with Gigswiz
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HypeBot
Direct-to-fan marketing service RedAntenna is now collaborating with GigsWiz, a developer of analytics tools for the live music industry, to share data related to key decision making metrics. That way, together, they will be able to develop a better overview of local demand for music industry professionals.
RedAntenna will gather and share listening data with GigsWiz. In turn, bands who are registered on GigsWiz can collect this information about the local demand gathered from the their apps and widgets and ...
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WMG Reports Wider Losses on Declining Revenue
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HypeBot
Blaming a weak release schedule, Warner Music Group reported a widening loss of 16% in Q3 compared to the prior year quarter on total revenue of $652 million. This is the six consecutive quarterly decline for the major label group, but beat many analysts expectations. Other highlights of this morning's report:
Digital revenue was $179 million, 27% of total revenue but up just 2% from $175 million in the prior year quarter and down 10% sequentially from the second quarter of fiscal 2010. Operating loss ...Continue Reading
The Music Consumer in the Modern World
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HypeBot
This post is by cultural critic and essayist Eric Casero.
We are all well aware by this point in time that the music industry is undergoing a process of massive change. As popular music continues to evolve and change as a form (or series of forms), technological evolution continues to alter the ways in which we consume music.
Currently, music consumption is changing in several ways. Not only is what we consume (types and genres of music) and how ...
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Mitch Miller: Jazz Friend or Foe?
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Few figures in jazz history were more enigmatic than Mitch Miller. While news of his passing on July 31 in New York at age 99 marked the end of an era, the coverage served as a reminder of just how baffling many of his decisions were in the 1950s and how jazz fared in their wake. Though most Miller tributes yesterday and today note that his vision and taste as a Columbia record producer and performer appealed most to those ...
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Afro Latin Jazz Alliance Appoints Eric Oberstein as Executive Director
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Two for the Show Media
NEW YORK—Arturo O'Farrill, Director of the GRAMMY Award-winning Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra (ALJO), announced today the appointment of Eric Oberstein, a distinguished arts administrator, producer, and educator, as Executive Director of the Afro Latin Jazz Alliance (ALJA), the non-profit O'Farrill created in 2007 to provide institutional support for the ALJO. Oberstein will commence his post as of August 2010.
“It is with extreme pride that we appoint Eric Oberstein as Executive Director of the Afro Latin Jazz Alliance," said O'Farrill. ...
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Jazz has a new home in NYC!
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yashmin abler
Bossa Nova Music Productions, the company that has successfully presented over 200 jazz concerts at numerous Whole Foods Market locations, is now starting a brand new series at Food Emporium—Bridge Market in NYC. The series will be on every Thursday starting August 12th from 7:30pm to 9:30pm. These Bossa Nova Music Productions' events are free to the public. Jazz greats such as Yusef Lateef, Ted Curson, Joanne Brackeen, Charles Davis, Howard Alden, Jack Wilkins, Rufus Reid, and The Mingus Dynasty ...
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