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10 Major Milestones in Modern Music Marketing

Source: HypeBot
August 13, 2009

1. Seth Godin writes “Permission Marketing“ way back in 1999 pointing the way towards a new era of artist and fan relationships.

2. CD Baby offers indie and d.i.y. artists a home to reach a wider audience on the net.

3. The Arctic Monkeys parlay internet pre-release buzz into the fastest selling debut album in UK history.

4. OK GO proves the power of YouTube with an ultra-low budget “treadmill" video “Here We Go Again“ 5. TuneCore tears ...

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Michael Jackson's Doctor Left Singer Alone After Giving Him Powerful Drug

Source: Michael Ricci
August 13, 2009

Michael Jacksons personal physician left the performer alone and under the influence of a powerful anesthetic to make telephone calls the morning the pop singer died, according to three people familiar with the investigation.

By the time he returned, Jackson had stopped breathing, the sources said.

Dr. Conrad Murray, identified in court records as a suspect in a police manslaughter investigation, legally acquired the operating room drug, propofol, from a Las Vegas pharmacy and gave it to Jackson as treatment ...

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3 Men Charged in Southfield Jazz Club Homicide

Source: Michael Ricci
August 13, 2009

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Jazz and the Passion Crisis

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
August 12, 2009

Next week marks the 40th anniversary of Woodstock--the festival that all but doomed whatever hope jazz had of reviving its popularity with the young masses. So what better time for many jazz writers to insist that jazz today is wildly popular with kids--and to beat up on one of our own for saying that's not the case.

Last Saturday, jazz writer, author and drama critic Terry Teachout wrote a column in the Wall Street Journal entitled: Can Jazz Be Saved? ...

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Lucinda Williams: 30th Ann Tour

Source: JamBase
August 12, 2009

Lucinda Williams Announces 30th Anniversary Tour Three Night Stands In NYC & Chicago To Feature Sets From Select Periods Of her Career

Lucinda Williams Three-time Grammy Award-winner Lucinda Williams announces a series of special performances to celebrate her 30th anniversary as a recording artist.

The 30th Anniversary Tour begins on September 18 with a very special show at First Avenue in Minneapolis, MN. On October 3, 4 & 5 Williams will play a three-night stand at New York's ...

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Man Dies After Brawl at Southfield Jazz Club

Source: Michael Ricci
August 11, 2009

SOUTHFIELD - Five individuals were arrested after an Aug. 9 jazz club brawl that left one man dead and five people injured. An unidentified 33-year-old Southfield man with head trauma was rushed to Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak at approximately 1:30 a.m. and died as a result of his injuries after possibly being hit with a liquor bottle and a chair, according to the Southfield Police Department. “Preliminary reports are that the fight ensued because a female patron was possibly ...

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Jazz: A Museum Piece or a Living, Breathing Artform? It's up to Us!

Source: Michael Ricci
August 11, 2009

Peter Hum over at Jazzblog.ca has become one of my favorite writers in the jazz blogosphere. He writes consistently thoughtful and insightful pieces on the issues we face, the music we play and the personalities that make up the jazz community. His latest post raises the question of why jazz is not appealing to a young audience and he promises that he will posit some opinions on the subject in his next piece. On the same day, Terry Teachout at ...

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The Jazz Audience

Source: Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
August 11, 2009

When The National Endowment for the Arts study on Public Participation in the Arts came out a few weeks ago, the survey's bad news about the size of the jazz audience caused ripples of concern. It showed that over a six-year period, the number of Americans attending jazz events dropped to a low of 7.8%. In a population of 301 million, that translates to attendance of 2,347,800 each year at jazz clubs, concerts and festivals. As if that weren't discouraging ...

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