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News: Performance / Tour

The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Jazz, May 13-19

May 14, 2011

The next two weekends are just impossible—if you want to get to every big jazz gig. I hope this just brings everyone out rather than spread the audience too thinly! But no doubt, the Twin Cities has one of the most vibrant jazz scenes in the country! Highlights, Last Week Rhonda Laurie, Happy Days Are Here ...

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News: Interview

Interview: Booker T. Jones

May 13, 2011

Not sure who Booker T. Jones is? If I took away “Jones," would that help? Yep, he's that Booker T. In today's Wall Street Journal (go here), I interview Booker T. of Booker T. & the M.G.'s about his new solo album, The Road From Memphis, as well as a range of other topics. [Photo by ...

News: Music Industry

Myspace Page Views Drop Another 50% in 60 Days

May 13, 2011

Even as MySpace prepares to leave the unfriendly grasp of News Corp and into what will hopefully be the more attentive arms of a new buyer, their numbers continue to fall dramatically. In the two months ending in early April, daily U.S. visitors to MySpace fell 28%. Time on the site dropped 48% and page views ...

News: Technology

Music in the Cloud: Battle for the Celestial Jukebox

May 13, 2011

Yesterday Bruce wrote about “How Google & Amazon Hurt Recorded Music By Launching Cloud Lockers“. Today Clyde Smith weighs in. With the recent debuts of cloud-based music storage services with streaming abilities from Amazon and Google, plus something on the way from Apple, talk of the cloud has moved from the business side to the consumer ...

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News: Trends

Breaking: U.S Music Sales Are up in 2011

May 13, 2011

Some bloggers overuse “breaking" in their headlines, but new Nielson stats that show music sales in the U.S. are up 1.6% in 2011 really is big news for the struggling recorded music industry. Or is it? Physical albums continued to decline compared to the same period in 2010, but digital album and track purchases thru May ...

News: Music Industry

Are You One of 7462 RootMusic Artists Owed $5.3 Million from SoundExchange?

May 13, 2011

RootMusic, the company behind Facebook's music app BandPage has partnered with performance rights nonprofit SoundExchange in an effort to connect 7,462 artists to $5.3 Million in unclaimed royalties. RootMusic provided a list of artists who've created BandPages and SoundExchange matched that list against its log of artists who have royalties waiting to be claimed. Armed with ...

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News: Recording

Ornette Coleman - Sound Grammar (2006)

May 13, 2011

By Mark Saleski Sometimes, curiosity will get the best of me. A strange attraction to something new—a particular (and often peculiar) food, drink, author, musician—will emerge and the craving will not be denied. Mostly, this works out. I've got a large appetite for new experiences in these areas and my instincts rarely let me down. Quite ...

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News: Interview

How to Handle Yourself in a Media Interview

May 13, 2011

You've spent months planning, researching, distributing, networking, and pitching your latest record, and it's finally landed you your first batch of media interviews. Congratulations! But wait! Before you sit back and relax, you need to prepare. Being prepared for an interview is not about media manipulation or being someone or something you're not. It's about communicating ...

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News: Recording

Gerhard Stabler's Modern String Orchestra Work "Zeichen"

May 13, 2011

Post 509. Who's counting really? I did neglect to note post 500, though. So we mark the progression at this juncture. The blogs do in part document my personal odyssey through the world of “serious" music today and I have come out of it thus far with a profound respect and appreciation for those artists and ...

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News: Interview

Bari Beast Frank Basile's Simple Keys to Success

May 13, 2011

Baritonist Frank Basile gets around. And by that I mean shakin' up the scene with the likes of The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, The Dizzy Gillespie All Star Big Band, The Jimmy Heath Big Band, The Dave Holland Big Band, The Joe Lovano Nonet, Michael Bublé, The Christian McBride Big Band, Pablo Mayor's Folklore Urbano, The Richie ...