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Getting Your First Gig...
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HypeBot
This guest post is by David Chaitt of SoundCtrl.
...is a matter of thinking from a talent buyer's perspective and making promises you can keep.
The first thing you have to think about is which venue to contact. Reach out to a venue that makes sense (aka if you're an indie band, don't reach out to a club that does world music) that's also within your reach. Don't reach out to clubs that are huge. Find a venue you can ...
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Fortune's Fool: Goodman on the Record Industry
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As is the case when a new tome is released that chronicles the plight of the record industry in the digital age, interviews abound, and author Fred Goodman's latest book, Fortune's Fool, is no different. That said, it has been interesting to see a new perspective emerge where the likes of Steve Knopper and Greg Kot had previously shown. Recently, Goodman sat down with Wired editor Eliot Van Buskirk to discuss his book. Early on, an excerpt appears in the ...
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Artist Recording Collective News Update
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Two for the Show Media
DR. RONNELL L. BRIGHT--The Artists Recording Collective (ARC) is pleased to officially announce that Dr. Ronnell L. Bright has joined our artist roster. In a telephone conversation with ARC, Dr. Bright and his wife Dianna, stated that material ranging from unreleased musical recordings, as well as audio and video interviews will be released...."Jazz is about the truth. It's about creating and playing music from your center, so that what comes out is really you."--Ronnell Bright
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How to Sound Check, Part One
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We All Make Music
One of the single greatest indicators of a band's degree of experience, expertise, and general savoir-faire is the manner in which it conducts sound checks. So for those of you looking to take a simple step towards professionalism, or for anyone who prefers eating, sleeping, showering, and hitting on that cute bartender to playing quarter notes to an empty room while feedback swirls around you like a class three tornado, I offer these five bullet points on how to perform ...
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Jazz Venue Chronicles: Monday Nights in Silver Spring
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The Independent Ear by Willard Jenkins
Continuing our investigation of folks who are endeavoring to present jazz in non-traditional ways and non-traditional venues (ala Search and Restore), our series of conversations with what has become a seemingly rare breed over the last 40 years -- African Americans who present jazz on their stages--this installment is our chat with emerging young vocalist Chad Carter and his father Ted Carter, who are successfully carving out a Monday Night jazz series at Vicino's, an Italian restaurant in Silver Spring, ...
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The Anatomy of a Live Nation Concert Ticket
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We All Make Music
Digital Music News has posted on its site a breakdown of where all that money spent on a LiveNation concert ticket actually goes.
Turns out most of it goes to the talent. Of the average $55.65 price tag for concert tickets for Live Nation shows in North America, $34-47 dollars goes to the artist. That's an average of 74%. For international shows, both the ticket prices (average price $54.30) and talent cut (average of 55%) go down a little.
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30 Tips for the Typical Musician
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There are two new posts up over at Music Think Tank. One is from Jon Ostrow titled Reality TV Killed The Rockstar. But Is That So Bad; it is on the role of transparency in careers of artists. The other, by Mike Venti of the Wayward Musician blog; he gives 30 tips for the typical musician. Here just are a few: Practice one hour a day. However, feel free to skip practice if there is something more interesting going on. ...
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