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News: Technology

Site Platform Bandzoogle Buys Competitor Sayvee

March 12, 2011

Musician website platform Bandzoogle has acquired Sayvee, a fellow Canadian start-up that branded itself as “Web Fuel For Artists." Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Sayvee hosted websites will be moved to Bandzoogle's servers over the next few weeks and receive a free trial. “We have been hard at work this year upgrading Bandzoogle's core ...

News: Rights

The Music Piracy Debate Marches On

March 12, 2011

Earlier this week, Hypebot asked readers if they were over the whole “music piracy" thing, and somewhat surprisingly a resounding “NO“ echoed through the comments. I say “surprisingly" because you surprise and delight us every day with your comments. While music piracy is certainly an important topic that we would never stop writing about, it's always ...

News: Rights

European Aritists Form Coalition to Fight for Rights

March 12, 2011

Four groups representing some of Europe's top musicians, djs and managers have joined together in a call for European legislation to protect artists. Younison (Belgium), The Featured Artists Coalition (UK), Technopol (France) and DJ Monitor (Netherlands) have formed an alliance to demand European legislation which enforces “precise, regular and transparent redistribution of all revenues from the ...

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News: Opinion

Collective Bargaining: Threat or Menace? By Steve Provizer

March 12, 2011

You know the story: A guy is crawling on the ground looking for something under a lamp post. His friend comes up and says “Oh, is that where you dropped your wallet?" The guy replies," No, I dropped it over there, but this is where the light is." So, America has dropped its wallet and instead ...

News: Recording

Marketing Fail (?): Fighting on Twitter

March 12, 2011

At this point, you are hopefully aware that Twitter is an effective communication and marketing tool for musicians. Granted, it doesn't do everything well, and there are certain unspoken rules one should abide by. But is it okay to fight on Twitter? And, if you're a musician, is it maybe even a good idea? It's clearly ...

News: Festival

What Really Makes a Festival Succeed...

March 12, 2011

You go to a festival to hear great music, right? Not exactly. Of course, the music has to be stellar, but according to top organizers at Canadian Music Week, the acts are just one part of a successful event. Instead, other elements seemed more important... like: (1) Community. More than the lineup or any headliner, the ...

News: Recording

Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Presents World Premiere Recordings of Higdon and Gandolfi

March 12, 2011

A number of years ago one of my local classical radio stations ran a syndicated show that presented live concert recordings of modern American classical compositions. These were generally of works not yet available on commercial releases. The quality of the presentations and the performances themselves were always of a high standard. One of the ensembles ...

News: Video / DVD

"Then the Morning Comes" by Smash Mouth

March 12, 2011

While working on a project, I happened to stumble across a cool little tune performed by pianist David Benoit on his 2002 album Fuzzy Logic. The song is “Then The Morning Comes" and it turns out it was originally performed by Smash Mouth from its hit 1999 album Astro Lounge, the one that has the big ...

News: Radio

Jazz Backstage: Jack DeJohnette

March 12, 2011

Musicians and drummers, in particular, across all genres have been blown away by the work of Jack DeJohnette. Whether Jack is leading his own groups or playing behind a cast of world class artists, his drumming is always fresh, inspired and most of all, musical. One of Jack's trademarks is his unique cymbal sound. On this ...

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News: Interview

New Orleans Jazz: Charles Betts on the Addictive Music of Harry Connick, Jr.

March 11, 2011

Charles Betts, Felix Online New Orleans music is an addiction. Its diversity portrays every emotional state and as the legendary jazz musician Ellis Marsalis puts it, at a time when individualism is becoming an endangered species, the sounds of the Bayou represent a celebration of the individual. Put simply, without it life would be emptier. Harry ...