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News: Performance / Tour

Steve Tyrell to Perform Sunday, May 15 at the Sheldon

April 5, 2011

Singer Steve Tyrell is coming back to St. Louis to perform at the Sheldon Concert Hall at 7:30 p.m., Sunday, May 15. The event is a benefit for the Sheldon's educational programs. Tyrell last played St. Louis in April 2010, when he sold out the Sheldon. He's also performed here in recent years at Jazz at ...

News: Radio

The Jazz Session #254: Bruce Barth

April 5, 2011

Pianist Bruce Barth's latest record is Live At Smalls (Smalls Live, 2011) with Vicente Archer and Rudy Royston. In this interview, Barth talks about the equal partnership and openness he looks for in his bandmates; what he learned from his early work with Stanley Turrentine and Terence Blanchard; and the difficulties of studying at a jazz ...

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News: Recording

Jack Millman: Jazz Studio 4

April 5, 2011

I'll wager that the name Jack Millman is new to you. If so, don't feel bad. Most jazz fans aren't aware of Millman either. Which is somewhat puzzling given how tasty and on the scene he was in Los Angeles from the late '40s through the mid-'60s. In addition to playing briefly in several major bands ...

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News: Recording

Alison Krauss and Union Station: North American Tour Dates

April 5, 2011

SUMMER TOUR STARTS JUNE 4 IN LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY Alison Krauss & Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas are set to criss-cross North America this summer on a nationwide tour eventually taking them to over 50 cities. It has been several years since Alison Krauss along with Union Station band members Dan Tyminski (guitar, mandolin and lead vocals), ...

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News: Music Industry

Musician Email List Etiquette

April 5, 2011

By Cameron Mizell Your new album has just been released, or maybe you've just booked a huge show. Time to email everybody you know! Before you add your entire address book to the “To:" field of a new email, consider a few points of email list etiquette. By respecting the recipients of your mass emails, you'll ...

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News: Music Industry

Newscorp Begins MySpace Auction Wednesday

April 5, 2011

It feels like a race to the bottom, but at least the action has finally begun. After months of publicly bashing MySpace, parent NewsCorp is reportedly beginning the sale process in ernest on Wednesday. And, not surprisingly after months of tire kicking, there's no one bidder in the lead. Vevo, Providence Equity Partners and Silver Lake ...

News: Technology

Pick the Band - Fan Driven Online Label

April 5, 2011

(UPDATED) Pick the Band, a new online-only record label has launched what they believe to be an alternative to the traditional label business model that lets fans have a say in how the artists that they like are promoted and marketed. Fans pick the single, design the artwork and make the videos for the artists to ...

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News: Trends

Facebook is Not the Sales Tool You'd Hoped For [chart]

April 5, 2011

It's pretty well proven that Facebook is a great way to find fans and communicate with them. But is it also a great place to sell? Some music commerce services like Moontoast have made Facebook sales tools their lead products, but a new Goldman Sachs survey shows that social networks may not be a major driver ...

News: Technology

8 Reasons Why You Need to Have Your Own Website

April 5, 2011

I was asked to write a guest blog on the topic of why it is important to have your own website. Well for whatever reason the blog was never posted and episode two of The Music Biz Weekly podcast reminded me that I still have this blog and that I should post it. This is a ...