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News: Performance / Tour

Pee Wee Ellis: New Album, Listening Party, Tour Dates

April 19, 2011

AOL MUSIC HOSTING FULL ALBUM LISTENING PARTY OF TENORATION; ALBUM IN STORES TOMORROW ON MIG MUSIC Tomorrow sees the release of the latest effort from Jazz Legend Pee Wee Ellis via MIG MUSIC. Tenoration features 2 discs of Pee Wee at his finest. The first CD is entitled “Into the Funk" showcasing a bit more of ...

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News: Video / DVD

How to Get Your Music into Video Games

April 19, 2011

The National Association of Recording Industry Professionals (NARIP) held a professional's panel in downtown San Francisco last Wednesday where top minds in the video game industry discussed ways that independent musicians could increase their chances of getting their music placed into video games. The worldwide video game industry is poised to exceed $70 billion by 2015, ...

News: Music Industry

HP is Getting into the Cloud Music Business

April 19, 2011

Hewlett Packard will join Amazon and could beat Google and Apple in getting into the cloud music business. The news comes via a power point presentation being used to sell small and medium businesses on its upcoming TouchPad tablet computer scheduled to ship early this summer. According to one slide captured by preCentral, the TouchPad will ...

News: Music Industry

As Ticket Sales Slumped, Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino Got a 137% Pay Hike

April 19, 2011

2010 was not a great year for the live touring industry in general or concert and ticketing giant Live Nation in particular. Ticket sales fell, “synergies" created by the merger with Ticketmaster led to several rounds of layoffs, and key executives departed. But Live Nation's top three executives still took home hefty pay packages: Live Nation ...

News: Trends

Gamification - The Music Industry, Fan Clubs and Thinking Like a Game Designer

April 19, 2011

As the music industry embraces gaming, from licensing to games featuring musician, it's easy to think of games as simply offering new revenue streams and marketing tools. Given the explosion of games on the open web, on Facebook and on mobile platforms, more money is a comforting concept in an industry struggling to survive decreasing sales. ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Jazz Saxophonist Grace Kelly Performing at the Fireplace in Brookline on Tuesday, April 19

April 19, 2011

Alto saxophonist Grace Kelly is performing at The Fireplace Restaurant in Brookline, Massachusetts on Tuesday, April 19, 2011 at 9:30 p.m. Kelly, an 18 year old musical prodigy, has been playing saxophone since the age of ten, and has toured around the world, playing with an all star cast of great musicians like Wynton Marsalis and ...

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News: Music Industry

Tower of Power - Three Nights at Scullers Jazz Club in Boston, April 19-21, 2011

April 19, 2011

Tower of Power, the veteran jazz / soul ensemble noted for its extraordinary rhythm and horns section, is performing three nights at Scullers Jazz Club in Boston on April 19-21, 2011. Formed in 1968, the band has perfected a distinct brand of music referred to as urban soul music by founding member Emillio Castillo. Tickets to ...

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News: Recording

Carla Bley and Her Remarkable Big Band - Appearing Nightly (2008)

April 19, 2011

by Mark Saleski There are two things that can be counted on when cracking open a new Carla Bley Big Band record: 1. many, many interesting and twisty passages of musical architecture and 2. volume. Oh yes, the horn section is enormous and it's powerful. I've made jokes about Bley's hair being shaped by the sheer ...

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News: Recording

Forgotten Series: David Torn - Tripping Over God (1995)

April 19, 2011

by Tom Johnson David Torn's Tripping Over God is an album that has defied description since the day I bought it in 1995. With only a vague knowledge of the man as a member of David Sylvian's band for the Secrets Of The Beehive album, I happened upon a listening station at the local Tower Records ...

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News: Music Industry

Five Examples of Innovative Local Music Marketing

April 19, 2011

I really enjoy it when bands and music companies use creative marketing campaigns. Rather than trotting out the same old same old, just the right amount of innovation can really increase hype and help you reach a goal, whether that goal is selling tracks, tickets, posters, collecting e-mails, or anything else. I've also noticed that I’ve ...