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News: Music Industry

Warren Haynes Band | Denver | Pics

June 11, 2011

By Brad Hodge Warren Haynes Band :: 05.25.11 :: Ogden Theatre :: Denver, CO Expectations run high when someone like Warren Haynes puts together a new band. Tap talent like Nigel Hall, Ron Johnson, Terrance Higgins and Ron Holloway and the bar certainly gets raised. Having toured all over the U.S. and Australia this spring, Warren's ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Rodrigo Y Gabriela: Live Album, Tour Dates

June 11, 2011

NEW LIVE ALBUM OUT JULY 19 ATO Records has announced the release of Rodrigo y Gabriela's new live record, Live in France. The record will be released on July 19, and was recorded at various venues around the Fifth Republic on the 11:11 World Tour. It is the band's second live album, following 2008's Live in ...

News: Music Industry

Report: Spotify Nabs Universal for U.S. Launch

June 11, 2011

Spotify has completed a licensing deal with Universal Music Group for the U.S. according AllThingsDigital. The streaming music service, already popular in Europe, already has deals in place with EMI and Sony. That leaves only Warner Music Group standing in the way of a U.S. launch, with muiple sources suggesting that a deal is close there ...

News: Radio

Analyst Says Don't Touch Pandora IPO

June 11, 2011

Just as Pandora raised its IPO price from $10 to $12, one major analyst is telling investors to pass on the stock offering. IPO prices are generally set based on advance investor interest and the newest initial offering would value Pandora at $1.9 billion. But analyst Rich Greenfield of BTIG is encouraging investors to stay way: ...

News: Technology

Echo Nest Maps Music API with Facebook, Offers $10,000 Developer Prize

June 11, 2011

The Echo Nest has added Facebook to its free “Rosetta Stone" music ID mapping service in a move that should mean more socially-connected music apps on Facebook, and is putting up a $10,000 prize to encourage developers. What does all this mean for musicians and music fans? Hundreds of thousands of artists and millions of fans ...

News: Radio

Start Your Web DJ/Talk Radio Career with Mixcloud

June 11, 2011

London-based Mixcloud recently released an iPhone app for their service which resulted in a fresh wave of visibility for this popular service. Dubbed the “YouTube of radio" in late 2009 when they emerged from beta, Mixcloud has a lot of style and a clear focus on providing a platform for radio shows with lots of music ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Portland Sax Phenom Plays Boxley's in North Bend

June 11, 2011

Twenty-one-year-old saxophone phenom and Portland native Hailey Niswanger, who won the Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz Festival saxophone competition three years ago, brings her quartet Monday to Boxley's, the lively North Bend restaurant and showcase for Seattle's Pony Boy Records. A stone swinger, Niswanger plays alto with a burly, broad tone and a trace of ...

News: Recording

The Friday Morning Listen: Ghost Train Orchestra - Hothouse Stomp (2011)

June 11, 2011

Before I get to the part of the article where I piss off the Ken Burns jazz fans, let me rant a little about something completely (well, almost) unrelated. So I'm minding my own business the other day when I see this tweet (Hmmm ... if somebody reads this twenty years from now, will the word ...

News: Interview

Patronism Interview, Part Two: On Artist Applications, Breaking the Album Release Cycle, and Patronism's Future

June 11, 2011

Yesterday, we gave you the inside scoop on what led Patronism founder John Pointer to the idea for his platform. In part two of our interview, we discuss Patronism's artist application, breaking the album cycle, and his site's future. Here's what happened. One of the things you have currently in the beta phase is an artist's ...

News: Interview

Patronism Interview, Part One: Founder John Pointer on His Platform's Origins

June 11, 2011

The concept of patronage is enjoying one hell of a comeback. Despite being almost as old as art itself, the rise of direct to fan strategies and a hunger for alternative business models has begun to lead more and more pop artists and indie music business professionals to seek out steady streams of income for support, ...