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2012 (Or the Year We Finally Took Music Back)
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HypeBot
This guest post is by Wesley Verhoeve (@wesleyverhoeve); he is an artist manager, producer, curator, and the founder of Family Records.
Man, I remember what the music industry was like in 2010. It was still recovering from 1-2 punch of the Great Fraud of the 1990's and the Digital Disaster of the 2000's, but some light was already visible at the end of the tunnel. I'm so glad to see how we've evolved as a business. Just a few examples ...
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Blue Note Records Signs Ravi Coltrane
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Michael Ricci
EMI's Blue Note Records is proud to announce the signing of saxophonist, composer, and bandleader Ravi Coltrane. Coltrane will be entering the studio in December to record his debut as a leader for the label, which is due to be released in Spring 2011. Coltrane has previously recorded for the label as a member of The Blue Note 7, the all-star septet that released the album Mosaic: A Celebration of Blue Note Records and embarked on an extensive North American ...
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What, Me Worry? McCoy Tyner and the Pentatonic Scale
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Brilliant Corners, a Boston Jazz Blog
It may be the most ubiquitous scale in the world and arguably the oldest. Anywhere in the world, when someone carves a flute, plucks a string or twangs a piece of metal they inevitably stumble into some variation of a 5-note-pentatonic-scale. It sounds good. It offers simplicity, yet potential for tension and relaxation. You can use it to create chants, melodies and twist it to suit your fancy. The blues, early jazz, then rock, are all about the pentatonic, with ...
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VMG Signs Jazz Saxophonist Dee Lucas
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Nick Sampson
Smooth Jazz Celebrity and Recording Artist Chooses VMG Worldwide For Exclusive Management Representation VMG Worldwide, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Vexiom Corporation, one of the world's most preeminent and diversified sports, media and entertainment companies, is proud to announce the signing of well respected smooth jazz recording artist, musician, and producer Dee Lucas to an exclusive worldwide management and marketing agreement. Lucas has completed production and preparing for the fall release of his current album and tour “Standing Room Only," ...
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Raising Kindie: The Golden Age of Kids' Music
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HypeBot
At a time when the record and music industries are fraught with declining record and ticket sales, kindie music, described by John Campanelli as “children's tunes by independent artists with the indie sensibility" is booming. Why?
It's pretty simple really: artists, parents, and kids. Acts like Dan Zanes and They Might Be Giants crossed over into the kids music genre, about a decade ago, and made respectable gains. Parents tend to not be that keen about letting their youngest children ...
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Now in Stores (Late May, June and July)
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Groove Notes
We recommend five jazz albums that were released over the past week and here are five new jazz albums that were released over the past month or so that are worth giving a listen to. 1. Jasmine by Keith Jarrett and Charlie Haden (ECM Records, May 25, 2010) Jasmine marks Keith Jarrett's first recorded collaboration in decades other than with his standards trio, and reunites him with the great bassist Charlie Haden, a close partner until the mid-seventies. Intimate, spontaneous ...
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DIY or Bust for Jazz Musicians, Too
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AAJ Staff
By Tom Cole
Editing and producing a profile of Dave Holland that aired on Weekend Edition this past Saturday made me wonder why a musician of Dave Holland's stature should have to spend time hawking his own wares.
Holland is one of the most profound jazz musicians playing today. The bassist is not just a superb soloist on hundreds of recordings, but a talented composer; a bandleader; and a mentor to young musicians. It seems like he should be able ...
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