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Jazz This Week: Kevin Eubanks, Keyon Harrold, RNR with Rick Braun and Richard Elliot, and More
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
This week's schedule of jazz and creative music in St. Louis is atypically busy for this time of year, but rather than complain about a surfeit of potential choices, let's go to the highlights:On Thursday, guitarist Kevin Eubanks, back on the road playing jazz again after wrapping up a long stint as bandleader on NBC's Tonight Show, performs at the Casino Queen.Also on Thursday, guitarist Chris Burchett does a free concert for the Jazz at Holmes ...
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What I Learned at NMS: One Call to Action
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HypeBot
This post is by Ryan Van Etten (@ryanve), Editor/Producer of VirtualMusic.tv; he was our featured corespondent at New Music Seminar in New York.
“Why make your own website? You own it.You own the experience."--Chris Vinson, Founder, Bandzoogle.Since before you heard of Google, Chris Vinson has been designing musician websites. Like many today, he was in a band that needed a website. He did what anyone with enough determination would have done--he built it.
1000+ people were on his ...
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Uplaya's David Meredith on How Hit Song Algorithms Can Actually Help Artists
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We All Make Music
The words “hit song science" tend to set musicians on edge.
Rather than inspiring curiosity about a new piece of technology, the idea of a hit predictor, or some kind of perfect pop song analyzer, usually conjures up images of soulless homogeneity, of computers issuing ruthlessly effective and perfectly empty radio hits, of true creativity and artistry being wiped off the face of the earth as if it were a computer virus.
But according to David Meredith, the CEO of ...
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The Morning Tabs
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We All Make Music
Because we're all such busy bees, we finally figured that the easiest thing to do around here would be to assemble some morning links for you. Check 'em out!
According to this interview, A2IM CEO Rich Bengloff hates the misuse of the DMCA in Viacom's case against YouTube. Bengloff and his partners will be filing amicus briefs protesting the recent summary judgment that favored YouTube. People love to talk about how it's just the four major labels who are complaining ...Continue Reading
What Record and Comic Stores Have in Common
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HypeBot
Reporter Jason Snell attended this year's Comic-Con to see how the iPad and other devices were affecting the comic industry; he found they seemed convinced that “the coming digital comic revolution, in which devices such as the iPad eliminate the need for reading printed media, will end up driving readers into comic-book stores in search for the good stuff--on paper." This sound familiar? A presenter told the audience that comic shops are cultural centers; they could thrive in the iPad ...
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Music Publishers Demanding 360 Rights from Artists
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Music Publishers Copy Major Label 360 Model
Music publishers were once thought of as safe havens for artists. They nurtured songwriters, introduced them to the industry and sought ways to broaden their income with covers and placements. Now, it appears that they want more--a lot more--than a piece of the act's publishing in exchange for their efforts.
At a recent Association of Independent Music Publishers luncheon at LA's House Of Blues, a panel of business affairs execs made it clear ...
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Notes from the Net: Al Jarreau Recovering; Jazzreach Gets Funding; Plus News, Reviews, Interviews, and More
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St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
Here's the latest compilation of assorted news briefs and links related to jazz, improvisation, and creative music in St. Louis, including news of musicians originally from the Gateway City, recent visitors, and coming attractions, plus assorted other items of interest:* Starting with some recent linkage related to the St. Louis area's most famous jazz musician, the Miles Davis exhibit in Montreal was reviewed by J.D. Considine of the Toronto Globe and Mail here. Meanwhile, JazzOnline's Miles Davis Podcast ...
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Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation's Jazz Touring Network Program Application Guidelines
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Michael Ricci
The deadline for application to the 2010/2011 JTN program is August 30, 2010. This is a receipt deadline. Applications received after this date will not be eligible for review. BACKGROUND Jazz has a particularly rich history in the mid-Atlantic region and continuing presence with vibrant jazz communities in its major urban centers of Baltimore, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Washington, D.C., and the world's jazz capital, New York. Over the past decade the marketplace for the presentation of jazz has changed as the ...
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