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News: Obituary

R.I.P. Clarence Clemons

June 21, 2011

THE BIG MAN IS GONE On the cover of 1975's Born To Run, it is saxophonist Clarence Clemons that Bruce Springsteen leans on, the pair caught in a moment of laughing camaraderie. For decades, Clarence was the rock, at least subtly & psychologically, the entire E Street Band set their foot upon, a presence as much ...

News: Technology

Vibedeck Raises $2 Million for Free, No Fee Music Sales Platform

June 21, 2011

(UPDATED) VibeDeck announced today that it had raised $2 million from a private investor to develop its direct-to-fan e-commerce platform for musicians. The deal was struck on April 2nd and the website launched a month later in beta. VibeDeck provides a free service for musicians to publish customizable web pages to sell or giveaway digital tracks. ...

News: Trends

People Who Share Music Are 5x More Likely to Buy

June 21, 2011

According to Reuters (and by Apple's own admission), only 3 percent of the music stored in the average iTunes user's digital library was purchased from the Apple music store. The rest came from ripped CDs or was downloaded from peer-to-peer services or elsewhere. However, users of the mobile music app Music With Me, an app that facilitates ...

News: Music Industry

Free Indie Musician Resources from Disc Makers and CD Baby

June 21, 2011

If you're an indie musician who is not familiar with the free information resources provided by Disc Makers, I recommend that you check them out. Of course, since they are a company that provides CD and DVD production services and bought CD Baby a while back, their guides to recording, licensing, marketing and other aspects of ...

News: Radio

Pandora - What's in a Name? Does the Streaming Service Walk Its Talk?

June 21, 2011

Days after an IPO that started strong around $20, Pandora settled back. closing Friday at $13.40. One analyst suggested that the stock could trade as low as $5.50. Against that backdrop, Brandon Walsh asks how Pandora chooses its new music, and shares his frustrations with Pandora on Music Think Tank. Walsh tried to submit music to ...

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News: Recording

Aaron Goldberg and Guillermo Klein - Bienestan (2011)

June 21, 2011

When pianist Aaron Goldberg set out to do this record, he wanted to mix things up with the compositions and arrangement, and so he called in Argentinian composer, arranger and fellow pianist Guillermo Klein to take the lead in those departments. Klein, who is fast getting a reputation of being a sort of Gil Evans of ...

News: Recording

Elvis Costello and the Imposters - The Delivery Man (2004)

June 21, 2011

By Tom Johnson Somehow, nearly thirty years into his career, Elvis Costello managed to turn out one of his best albums ever. Costello is anything but afraid to take a chance. Some may argue that he's too willing to do so, leaping from one style to another, often leaving the less adventurous listeners in the lurch ...

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News: Recording

Gerald Wilson Orchestra - Legacy (2011)

June 21, 2011

He's conducting an all-star band, featuring the likes of Antonio Hart, Luis Bonilla, Renee Rosnes, Lewis Nash and Peter Washington. Yet the star of the show on Gerald Wilson's brilliant new release remains his adopted hometown of Chicago. Legacy, due on Tuesday from Mack Avenue Records, actually opens with five ingeniously performed ensemble pieces, each boasting ...

News: Opinion

The Importance of Knowing What You "Sound Like..."

June 21, 2011

“So what do you sound like?" Almost every new artist will get asked this question at some point, and yet it is something that many artists resist thinking about. Those same artists will say things like “We do our own thing!" or “We don't sound like anyone else," or “We don't want to be categorized." However, ...

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News: Recording

Matthew Shipp and Sabir Mateen - Sama Live in Moscow (Solyd, 2011)

June 21, 2011

If two men were ever born to perform together, pianist Matthew Shipp and saxophonist Sabir Mateen are those two. In this extraordinary duo performance, they expand on last year's excellent studio performance, SaMa, with a live performance which takes their improvised communication even closer to the edge. Mateen's tenor is strong and supple, honed to a ...