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News: Technology

Study Takes Critical Look at Music Recommendation

May 19, 2011

(UPDATED) In “Music Taste And Web 2.0" witten for the Music Management & Media program at the University of Gloucestershire, Joel Stamp did extensive research and analysis of how consumers discover new music. His work comes just as iTunes Genius, Google Instant Mix, The Echo Nest and others are bringing machine generated playlists to market. Others, ...

News: Trends

Paid Content Passes Piracy on Web for First Time

May 19, 2011

For the first time in the history of the internet, traffic in paid content has passed piracy according to the Spring Traffic Report from Sandvine. Netflix provided the tipping point as the movie service mades up 22.2% of all U.S. broadband traffic compared to BitTorrent's 21.6%. At peak times, Netflix can consume 30%.of all traffic. The ...

News: Technology

955 Dreams: Ipad Apps as Future of Record Albums

May 19, 2011

Tablet computers, especially the iPad, have taken off with consumers and opened up new possibilities for digital publishing in the form of apps designed for the unique interactive capabilities of tablets. This has resulted in new forms of content apps creating the potential for revisioning the record album in the digital age. Though some digital publishers ...

News: Performance / Tour

Afro-Latin Band Performing at Cafe Tatant in Boston on Thursday, May 19

May 19, 2011

African and world beat drumming star Cornel Coley and Sugarfoot perform this week at Cafe Tatant at the Roxbury Center for the Arts in Boston's Roxbury neighborhood on Thursday, May 19, 2011. The group performs a lively selection of original songs and well-loved hits and everything from salsa, bossa nova and samba to jazz, soul and ...

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News: Interview

Something Else! Interview: Jazz Drumming Legend Alphonse Mouzon

May 19, 2011

By Nick Deriso A seminal force in the berth of fusion, the versatile Alphonse Mouzon has played drums alongside of dizzying array of jazz greats. Even today, it's no different. He worked with Gil Evans on his 1969 release Blues in Orbit, then Roy Ayers at the turn of the decade. Later, Mouzon collaborated with Jaco ...

News: Music Industry

Seven Ways to Sell More Merch

May 19, 2011

If you want to make any money on the road, you'd be well advised to put some effort and thought into your merch table. While it's true that your music matters most, your merch table should never be an afterthought, no matter what stage of your career you're in. Merchandise can and should be the source ...

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News: Recording

Starlicker Trio (Mazurek, Adasiewicz, Herndon) Turns up the Heat on "Double Demon"

May 19, 2011

The trio Starlicker (as heard on their release Double Demon, Delmark DE2011) is not your usual line-up playing the usual sorts of things. First off the instrumentation is not at all the norm. There's Rob Mazurek on cornet, Jason Adasiewicz, vibes, and John Herndon on drums. What this means in terms of sound has much to ...

News: Radio

Brilliant Sketches: Marcus Miller

May 19, 2011

The brilliant Miles Davis recording Sketches of Spain turned 50 in 2009 and on behalf of Legacy Recordings, who reissued a special collector's edition CD that same year, I produced a podcast series celebrating this masterpiece. For this series it was important to find artists who could speak with authority, not only about the impact of ...

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News: Recording

Levon Helm - Ramble at the Ryman (2011)

May 18, 2011

We're reminded again on Ramble at the Ryman, a record both timeless and new, that Levon Helm was the loamy voiced, rail-jumping rhythmic center point of the Band, the yearning storyteller and gritty soul. Their records were drawn from continuity, bringing in dizzyingly diverse, age-old influences and performed in a chorus as if by brothers. That ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Celebrations: Music of Andrew Rudin on June 14, 2011- 7:30 pm (NYC)

May 18, 2011

Symphony Space—Leonard Nimoy Theatre, 95th & Broadway, NYC -$25; Members, Students, Seniors $15 This is a concert celebrating the chamber music of Andrew Rudin. It features his Overture-Rondo for two pianos (Duo Stephanie & Saar), Celebrations for two pianos and percussion (Duo Stephanie & Sarr and Anthony Orlando), and Museum Pieces for piano solo (Beth Levin), ...