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Seth Godin on Payola and Music Marketing
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HypeBot
Marketer Seth Godin published this interesting insight today on his blog:
“For 20 years, the Billboard charts were easy to manipulate. By paying radio stations and some retailers, record labels could push an act to the top 40, which would increase sales. People liked buying what they heard on the radio, and the radio played what they thought people were buying.
Billboard changed their methods about twenty years ago, and overnight the acts on the list changed. Suddenly, it ...
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Jazz trumpeter Jeff Lofton tops Austin American-Statesman's Out and About 500: Music list
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Jeff Lofton
Austin, TX--Jazz trumpeter Jeff Lofton was featured on the Austin American-Statesman's 2010 Out and About 500: Music list. The reader-nominated list includes 15 categories listing what the paper describes as people “who are everywhere, all the time, often doing good, weaving the social fabric of Austin. Five hundred social units--couples or singles ..." Lofton's listing includes his wife, writer/publicist Dean Lofton, and says, “Austin has elaborated a long jazz history. Yet this South Carolina couple recently gave the scene a ...
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How to Tour a Foreign Act in the United States (Part One)
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We All Make Music
This post was written by Eric Herman, the co-founder and president of Modiba, a social-activist international music company based in New York City (pictured above). It is a record label/production, management, publishing and consulting resource for international artists. Modiba Publishing is North America's only consolidated catalog of international music of all varieties and from all regions of the world. Modiba prides itself on being a hub for the global community of progressive artists.
Ask any artist trying to eke out ...
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Bad Monkey Bistro: Live Jazz in South Lake Union
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Seattle Jazz Scene
Situated between the glittering high rises of the downtown core and the busy waters of Lake Union, the South Lake Union neighborhood is Seattle's new mecca for contemporary urban living. With all the hustle and bustle there, it is the perfect location for a spanking new live music venue; welcome the Bad Monkey Bistro
Last Friday, my teenage son Emmett and I dropped by to check things out. We had just come from the last day performances of the University ...
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Art Tatum Trio, Chicago
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Jazz Lives by Michael Steinman
A good deal of energetic call-and-response was stirred up on this site by my posting what was proposed as an authentic Art Tatum signature. Reader Gary Pajer has generously shared with us his father's postcard from the London House in Chicago, signed by the three members of a notable trio:
Gary's father didn't remember an exact date for this (he's 89 now) but recalled that Tatum was very friendly and personable, his fingers “very fast." And he did recall having ...
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Chicago Live Jazz Music (July 2-July 9, 2010) Schedule
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JAZZzology by Richard Watters
Here is what's happening with the live music Chicago Jazz Scene for the dates July 2nd thru July 9th, 2010...(image: Chicago Latin Jazz Trumpet Sensation Victor Garcia with JAZZzology Editor Rick Watters hanging out after a gig at The Green Mill)Jazz Showcase806 S. Plymouth CtChicago312-360-0234July 2nd and 3rd (Sets are at 8PM and 10PM)“Hi-Fly" record release performance featuring:Marc PompeJodie ChristianDennis CarrollAlejandro UrzagasteGeorge Fludas$20 coverAndy's Jazz ...
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Club BluJazz in Chicago Closes After Being Open Only 5 Months
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JAZZzology by Richard Watters
Other Places: New Orleans Street Music
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
In New Orleans, street musicians in the French Quarter are a tourist attraction. According to city law, they are also a nuisance. The contradiction has roots in jazz history and city tradition. It puts police and the administration of the new mayor, Mitch Landrieu, between residents of the Quarter who want to get some sleep and musicians like these outside Jackson Square who want to make a living or, at least, pick up a few bucks.
On the web site ...
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