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News: Festival

Flood City Music Fest: Gregg, JJ Grey, Pimps, Black Joe Lewis

July 6, 2011

INDIVIDUAL TICKETS AND WEEKEND PASSES AVAILABLE NOW The AmeriServ Flood City Music Festival is set for August 5-7 with a strong lineup that includes Gregg Allman, JJ Grey & Mofro, Bettye LaVette, and Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears. The festival takes place in the new Peoples Natural Gas Park in Johnstown, PA. The park is ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Blondie: North American Tour

July 6, 2011

TOUR STARTS SEPTEMBER 4; NEW ALBUM OUT SEPTEMBER 13 Blondie has announced a North American Fall tour behind their 9th studio album, Panic of Girls, set for release on September 13, 2011, via the band's own imprint. With an impressive new collection of songs and a sound more recognizable than ever, Debbie Harry, Clem Burke and ...

News: Technology

Artists and Social Networking: Is It About Me or We?

July 6, 2011

Much has been written about the need for musicians to be “authentic“ when social networking. But little attention has been given to the Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr highway as a two way street. “When we lose sight of the 'we,' we lose site of the purpose we came together in the first place," writes Pam Moore in ...

News: Music Industry

How Many Sell-Outs Does It Take to Change a Music Business?

July 6, 2011

I am sure by now you have already heard or read the NPR piece on how much it costs to make a hit record. And whereas the exact numbers may be debatable (they say 1 million for Rhianna's “Man Down"), it really doesn't matter; what should be paramount in the debate is the principle of the ...

News: Technology

Twitter Changes Direct Message Rules. Now Easier for Bands to Tweet with Fans

July 6, 2011

Twitter has changed its direct messaging policies for Verified Accounts of bands, brands and celebrities to allow them to receive Direct Messages without having to follow the sender. Twitter has not officially announced the feature or when it will rolled out to all verified users. Verified account users can disable the feature on Twitter. But for ...

News: Recording

Marshall and Lichtenberg - Mike Marshall and Caterina Lichtenberg (2010)

July 6, 2011

By Mark Saleski Most people think of the mandolin as being a rootsy, countrified kind of instrument. Surely there is no denying the rich history of the bluegrass side of the mandolin. Yessir, Bill Monroe was the king, but that does not mean that the mandolin can't move ahead (or back, as we shall see). For ...

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News: Recording

One Track Mind: John Wetton, "The Last Night of My Life" (2011)

July 6, 2011

"Last Night" fades in with a tactile urgency, as Austrian jazz fusion guitarist Alex Machecek plinks, splonks, and then gets all bendy. It's easily the best performance—and, really, the best track—on John Wetton's new Raised in Captivity, a record that features a series of heavy-hitting guest stars. John Wetton, in great voice, embraces a deeply hopeful ...

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News: Recording

Oliver Lake with Christian Weber and Dieter Ulrich - For a Little Dancin' (Intakt, 2010)

July 6, 2011

Alto saxophonist Oliver Lake has been getting some much deserved recognition of late, performing with Orrin Evans' far-reaching Tarbaby ensemble at recent jazz festivals, recording albums for his own Passin' Thru label and cutting this lean and exciting trio set in the company of Christian Weber on bass and Dieter Ulrich on drums. The music recalls ...

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News: Award / Grant

Want to Enter the Grammys? Here's the Deal...

July 6, 2011

Say what you will about the Grammy selection and voting process, not to mention the recent round of category chops. This is a highly flawed and subjective process, but this is also an award that most musicians would die to clutch—even if they say otherwise. And now, the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards submissions process is ramping ...

News: Music Industry

Is Targeting the Problem? Fanbridge Has an Idea...

July 6, 2011

If the noisefloor hasn't drowned your band yet, FanBridge has an idea. The company is now experimenting with a range of targeted ad products designed to reach fans most likely to appreciate your music. And, break through the increasingly-noisy net in the process. “We know how to find the folks who want to find you," FanBridge ...