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Gary Burton on Brad McCuen
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Yesterday, I posted on Eddie “Lockjaw" Davis and Paul Gonsalves's 1968 album Love Calls. I noted that the recording along with two other RCA gems by Davis in the late 1960s were produced by Brad McCuen. Then I provided some bio information about McCuen and mentioned that he had produced eight of vibraphonist Gary Burton's superb albums from that same period. The list includes Duster, a groundbreaking album from 1966. After my post went up, I received an email from ...
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Naxos Acquires Indie Label ARC Music
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HypeBot
After 42 years as an independent World Music label, ARC Music Productions International is now part of Naxos Music Group, following its acquisition by Naxos Rights Europe. Under the terms of the new agreement, Naxos Music Group, which has been distributing the ARC label digitally worldwide and physically in several key markets for some time already, will provide funding to ARC enabling the label to sign more artists, increase its number of releases, and strengthen its worldwide presence. Julia Beyer ...
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Prediction: Spotify To Incubate 'No Records Label Group'
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Chris Castle envisions a 2019 Spotify that adopts a “No Records" model in lieu of a traditional label, allowing them to bask in the glory of having major artists signed without actually having to release any of their music. Guest post by Chris Castle of Music Technology Policy Streaming services like Spotify are faced with a squeeze–how can they be more like Facebook? That means how can they get really get into that Web 2.0 game by getting more people ...
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2018 On-Demand Music Streams +42%, Paid Streams +50% In Q4 [BuzzAngle Music]
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On-demand audio streams set a record high of 534.6 billion in the US in 2018, up 42% over the previous year, according to the BuzzAngle Music Industry Year End Report. But the best news for artists and labels came thanks to 50% growth in streams by paid subscribers. Those 157.4 billion higher paying subscription streams now account for 85% of all on-demand audio, according to the respected music data monitoring service. Competing formats continued their rapid decline. In 2018, ...
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How Music Streamers Could Empower Fans On The Road Toward Sustainability
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While Spotify's recent stock market roller coaster has failed to offer much benefit to artists, Chris Castle here looks at how some interesting moves by streamer Tencent could be adopted by other streaming companies to put fans on a path to greater artist sustainability. Guest post by Chris Castle of Music Tech Solution After the one-time pop of Spotify’s public stock offering cash-out, the new reality is going to be increasingly obvious–we’re stuck for at least a generation with trading ...
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Bruno’s Christmas Recital Revisited
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
The pianist Jack Brownlow (1923-2007), known to his friends as Bruno, was a constant correspondent. Over the years, he stayed in touch by letter, postcard, telephone and recordings. At Christmas time he brightened the season for our family with music he taped at the grand piano in the living room of his house in Seattle. Just once, when we were living in New Orleans, he made his Christmas recording using the Fender-Rhodes electric piano. Something about that instrument invested his ...
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Post-Brexit, Foreign Musicians Can't Play UK Unless They Earn $38,000 A Year
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A new official UK government report recommends post-Brexit rules for migrants that could jeopardize the UK music industry. The Government Migration Advisory Committee calls for a minimum salary requirement of £30,000 / $38,000 USD for musicians and other skilled migrants seeking five-year visas. Requiring musicians, songwriters and producers from the EU to earn salaries of at least £30,000 / $38,000 USD to work in the UK poses a major threat to the music industry where music creators earn on average ...
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Free Genre Specific Spotify Playlist Search Tool Now Available
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James Todd
Playlist Match Maker (PMM) is a new website whose objective is to connect Spotify Artists with Spotify Playlist Owners (Curators). We accomplish this in several ways but the pre-eminent way we do this is by offering free, unique Spotify search tools not found elsewhere. Our Spotify Playlist Finder (SPF) is a must have resource for artists that are involved with the marketing of their music. The Spotify Playlist Finder Tool allows artists to quickly conduct genre specific searches of Spotify’s ...
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