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Charlie Harrington Now Beato Bags Endorser
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Michael Ricci
The award-winning jazz drummer, Charlie Harrington, is now an official Beato Bags endorser. His well-established reputation as a first call drummer and in demand session player, as well as being an outstanding musician, no doubt played a significant role in this pairing. Charlie is proud to endorse such a fine quality product. Beato Bags are considered the industry standard and are the bags by which all others are judged. Beato Pro 1 bags are made of 3 layers of shiny ...
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CD Baby Adds $9 Digital Singles Distribution
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HypeBot
(UPDATED) Online independent music distribution service CD Baby has added a digital singles program. For a $9 one time fee plus 9% of net earnings, CD Baby will distribute a song to including iTunes, Amazon MP3, Rhapsody, Spotify, CD Baby and others. The company charges $35 plus 9% of net for full albums. No annual fee is charged for either singles or albums. The $9 fee per song includes digital distribution to all partners, and for a limited time, a ...
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David Pakman: Witnessing the Atomization of the Music Industry and What Do Do About It
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HypeBot
We are witnessing the atomization and decentralization of the music industry, says David Packman, a partner at venture capital firm Venrock and former eMusic CEO. The music industry's best hope going forward is to decentralize music consumption as well.
“We have been witnessing the atomization of artistic culture. The internet gives us far more choice than the limits imposed upon us by broadcast media. We know of more bands, we can get tour dates pushed to us, can ...
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Even for Majors Labels, It's a Direct to Fan Future
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HypeBot
UMG & Mozes Expand Latin Fan Outreach
Direct to fan marketing and sales has been the indie d.i.y. mantra for months, and now even the major labels are getting into the game. With an increasingly fractured media landscape and a decreasing retail marketplace, what choice do they have?
Recent surveys have shown that mobile interactivity trumps the internet
for many Hispanic consumers and Universal Music Group upped its d-to-f game for Spanish speakers today with a deal to utilize ...
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Jazz Appreciation Month Finds A.R.C. Members Active
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Artists Recording Collective + the ARC Record Label
Jazz Appreciation Month, now celebrating its 9th anniversary, was initiated to honor those of yesteryear but to also showcase today's talent and expose it to new generations of jazz music lovers. This story features some Artists Recording Collective (ARC) News and Press Items during Jazz Appreciation Month.
DONALD HARRISON, JR. is featured in several capacities within the presentation and production aspects of the new HBO series, “Treme". Variety reported on April 14, 2010 that Sunday's “Treme" premiere garnered 1.1 million ...
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Live the Life First.
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Indaba Music Artist in Residence with Greg Osby
By Greg Osby
I recently returned from a great tour of Italy with my band. It was both revealing and triumphant on many levels. While we were out, an Italian friend read and translated to me a review of one our concerts. The writer commented that the band sounded somewhat uninspired and misdirected, or something to that effect. Without making any excuses, defending the band nor opposing the writer's impression of the show (he was partially correct, by the way) ...
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"Now in Stores" - 4/18/2010 to 4/24/2010
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Groove Notes
We recommend five jazz albums that were released over the past week and here are this weeks five, released between April 18th and April 24th, 2010. 1. The Cycle of Love by Maurice Brown (Brown Records, 4/20/2010) With the release of his new album, The Cycle Of Love, trumpet virtuoso Maurice Brown takes another giant step forward as an internationally acclaimed musician, composer, bandleader, and performer. Brown's soulful melodies and infectious personality are a dynamic package that uniquely marries traditional ...
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Joni Mitchell: Bob Dylan a 'Plagiarist' And 'Fake'
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All About Jazz
Mitchell: “Dylan's a fake. Bob is a deception." Don't compare Joni Mitchell to Bob Dylan! The musician shared some strong opinions when the L.A. Times talked to her about him. Joni Mitchell is having trouble seeing both sides now when it comes to Bob Dylan. Most music fans consider the twosome among the most influential and seminal artists of the last 50 years, and place Dylan at the absolute pinnacle of the singer/songwriter pantheon. Mitchell does not hold him in ...
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