Music Industry News

War Against Web Tops Music Biz "Screw-Ups" List

Source: All About Jazz
March 13, 2008

The talent scout who turned down the Beatles has long been credited with committing the music industry's biggest gaffe. But Dick Rowe's billion-dollar boo-boo has been beaten to the top spot on Blender magazine's list of the “20 biggest record company screw-ups of all time" by the failure of record companies to capitalize on the Internet. The major labels took top dishonors for driving file-sharing service Napster out of business in 2001, instead of figuring out a way to make ...

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Revisiting Latin Jazz Classics: Afro-Jaws, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis

Source: All About Jazz
March 13, 2008

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Study: Creativity Jazzes Your Brain

Source: All About Jazz
March 12, 2008

WASHINGTON (AP) - Scientists inspired by the legendary improv of Miles Davis and John Coltrane are peering inside the brains of today's jazz musicians to learn where creativity comes from. Think dreaming. This isn't just a curiosity for jazz fans but a bold experiment in the neuroscience of music, a field that's booming as researchers realize that music illuminates how the brain works. How we play and hear music provides a window into most everyday cognitive functions - from attention ...

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Metro Times Article Talks About JazzStage Productions

Source: JazzStage Productions
March 12, 2008

It's one of those deep-of-winter snowstorms. There may be a chill in the air, but Longview Sound studio in Rochester Hills -- where three-quarters of the team behind the Internet show called Detroit Jazz Stage are working -- proves to be an extremely warm and welcoming environment. The studio is owned and operated by Mark Byerly, an affable and laid-back guy who speaks in thoughtful and well-paced phrases, not unlike his trumpet playing. Dean Sahutske, a friendly and personable gent, ...

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Jazz Flower Power: The Charles Lloyd Quartet

Source: All About Jazz
March 12, 2008

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Don't Miss Verve at SXSW! | News

Source: All About Jazz
March 12, 2008

If you're headed down to Austin for the South By Southwest festival, be sure to check out the Verve artists who are performing! Wednesday: The Bridges - 6:00PM - Purevolume Ranch (323 E 2nd) Kate Walsh - 8:00PM - The Compound Jessie Baylin - 8:30PM - The Parish

Thursday: Kate Walsh 3:30PM SxSW Day Stage - Austin Conv. Center Kate Walsh 10:45P ASCAP Show - ...

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Bix Beiderbecke: Never the Same Way Twice

Source: All About Jazz
March 11, 2008

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Rising Jazz Stars Foundation Launches Resonance Records and Resonance Heirloom Series

Source: All About Jazz
March 10, 2008

With New Releases In March 2008 from Pianist/Producer John Beasley And Legendary Pianist Gene Harris For many professionals in the Jazz business, its current economic climate presents problems of seemingly insurmountable proportions. For George Klabin, the visionary President of the Rising Jazz Stars Foundation, these challenges offer a tremendous opportunity to not only instill a new vibrancy into the art form, but also to establish a significantly more equitable financial environment for its artists. The centerpiece of his bold and ...

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