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News: Performance / Tour

Hamiet Bluiett to Direct "The Big Orchestra Band, Youth Division" on Saturday, March 26 at Metropolitan Gallery

March 12, 2011

When he's not working in New York or on tour in Europe, baritone sax great Hamiet Bluiett has spent a lot of his time back home in the St. Louis area working with music students. He's emphasized his educational efforts so much that in recent years, it sometimes seems like he's performed as often locally with ...

News: Performance / Tour

Presenters Dolan Schedule Two New Cabaret Shows in April

March 12, 2011

Cabaret producers The Presenters Dolan have announced two new shows that will play the Kranzberg Arts Center in April: Katie McGrath (pictured) will perform “The Underside of Love" at 8:00 p.m. on Friday, April 1 and Saturday, April 2. Described as “an evening of music and musings on the ups and downs of grownup love," it ...

News: Performance / Tour

Prince Schedules Shows In North and South Carolina

March 12, 2011

BRING FOOT SPRAY CAUSE IT'S GONNA GET FUNKY Prince has announced he will play six shows in North and South Carolina. The run of shows starts March 21 at the Colonial Center in Columbia, SC, and will hit Raleigh, Charlotte, Greensboro, and Greenville before wrapping up in Charleston on March 30. Tickets for Raleigh and Charlotte ...

News: Music Industry

Galactic | New Orleans | Review | Pics

March 12, 2011

By Wesley Hodges Galactic :: 03.05.11 :: Tipitina's Uptown :: New Orleans, LA The chaos has cleared (at least for a day), the trash is (somewhat) picked up, and (some of the beads) have been put away, but the recollections of last Saturday night's Galactic performance still stick out from the otherwise blurry Mardi Gras (Week) ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Hadag Nahash: U.S Tour

March 12, 2011

ISRAELI HIP-HIP/FUNK COLLECTIVE START U.S. TOUR MARCH 10 IN SAN DIEGO Hadag Nahash, hip hop/funk giants from Israel, start their U.S. Tour today in San Diego. The band who combine hip hop grooves, strains of rock, reggae and middle eastern tunes hold six gold albums in their homeland and have had several international hits. After their ...

News: Technology

Direct-to-Fan Service Nimbit Gains $1.25M in Funds

March 12, 2011

Direct-To-Fan service Nimbit has raised an additional $1.25 million of funding from its current investor group. The company will use these funds to expand their product team and speed up the introduction of new direct-to-fan products. “The music industry is now turning the corner and direct-to-fan has emerged as the new model," said CEO Bob Cramer. ...

News: Interview

Interview with $77m Richer CEO of Beyond Oblivion

March 12, 2011

Beyond Oblivion, who recently recevied a $77 million investment from News Corp, is building Nokia's “Comes With Music" all over again. Undeterred by the fact that Nokia has scaled back the service, the company intends to bake the cost of unlimited music into digital devices. CEO Adam Kidro believes that “Comes With Music" failed because it was ...

News: Music Industry

Spotify Payouts - The Strangeness Continues

March 12, 2011

This post is by Faza at The Cynical Musician. When I originally wrote about the Spotify payouts for my music, I noted the large divergence between the minimum and maximum amounts paid per play. From what I've read elsewhere, nobody really has a clue as to how the rate per-stream is calculated (other than Spotify, of ...

News: Recording

How an Indie Act Gained 7 Million New Listeners

March 12, 2011

Six months ago, the Swedish band Fulkulter launched TheUglyDance.com. It's a simple, yet genius idea. The site lets visitors upload a picture of themselves to a small body and it dances wildly on command. While you watch yourself do The Ugly Dance, a song by the same name plays in the background. That's it. Anders Tjernblom, ...

News: Technology

EchoNest, Rhapsody Launch #SXSW Explorer App

March 12, 2011

(Updated) Echo Nest and Rhapsody launched Festival Explorer Austin Edition, a free iPhone app that integrates personalized concert recommendations, show calendar, location based tools and data on 2,000+ bands playing SXSW. Festival Explorer Austin Edition lets SXSW attendees search the concert calendar by artist, venue or tag. Many bands play multiple shows, so users can add ...