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News: Career

The Art of Getting Funding for Your Art...

March 11, 2011

Unfortunately, this discussion only seems to happen outside of the US. But lots of other countries actively fund the arts, and that can mean everything to a developing artist. Still, getting the money can be tricky. “Artists really need to know how to write good proposals," Fredrik Soroea of Datarock recently told Digital Music News in ...

News: Opinion

YouTube: Is This the Best the Industry Can Do?

March 11, 2011

Everyone is rooting for subscription. And it's hard to imagine anyone getting more hype and funding than Spotify. But the music industry may already be staring its killer app in the face: YouTube. “YouTube is music's killer app," declared ForresterResearch analyst Mark Mulligan at Canadian Music Week in Toronto. “The music video remains the consumer usage ...

News: Opinion

Why the Music Industry is F*ked, by Mark Mulligan...

March 11, 2011

Music industry researchers are finally starting to embrace reality, but are they taking it too far? In Toronto this morning at Canadian Music Week, Forrester Research analyst Mark Mulligan played quite the stark realist—a tune that started in Midem. “Unless the periphery becomes the core, something needs to happen," Mulligan started out, before running through a ...

News: Music Industry

Just 1% of Releases Account for 82% of New Album Sales...

March 11, 2011

n incredible 81.7% of new album sales come from just 1% of new release titles, according to details released by Nielsen Soundscan this morning. “It's ridiculous," commented Nielsen executive David Bakula during the presentation at Canadian Music Week in Toronto. But it's been that way for years, at least in the US. According to the same ...

News: Recording

Lee Shaw Holds Forth Swingingly in Reutlingen

March 11, 2011

When you review upwards of 550 CDs a year (on my two main blogs), plus quite a few for Cadence and my third blog, you can find yourself struggling to avoid the generic sorts of descriptions one can easily fall into. Take today's selection, the Lee Shaw Trio plus guests Live at Art Gallery Reutlingen (Artists ...

News: Performance / Tour

The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Jazz, March 11-17

March 11, 2011

From seasoned veterans to some of our newest jazz artists, the coming week, like the last one, gives us a sense of jazz history and jazz ahead. Highlights, Last Week Jazz (and related music) in the past week covered generations and styles, all vibrant and timely. Zeitgeist at Studio Z (3/5). I caught the third night ...

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News: Recording

Jack Lee/Bob James "Botero"

March 11, 2011

The evolution of pianist/composer Bob James from accompanist/arranger and producer/label owner to successful solo artist and popular bandleader has been fascinating. His music has changed quite a bit during this period too, running the gauntlet of genres and generations. Indeed, fans of Bob James' group Fourplay are unlikely to know or appreciate his great Tappan Zee ...

News: Radio

My Midlife Jazz Crisis - Stage 3: Jazz Radio RIP

March 11, 2011

The other day my 10 year daughter walked into my office as I was listening to one of the prominent jazz radio stations on the east coast. She listened for a bit and then bluntly asked me why jazz sounds like an old fashioned movie. When I realized the station was actually playing a new jazz ...

News: Performance / Tour

Howard Johnson & Gravity at Brooklyn Conservatory of Music

March 10, 2011

Howard Johnson and Gravity Will Be Performing in Concert at the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music on Saturday, March 26th, 2011 at 7:30PM and 9:00 PM. Howard Johnson tubas, baritone, pennywhistle Dave Bargeron tuba Earl McIntyre tuba Joe Daley tuba Bob Stewart tuba Neidra Johnson tuba, Vocals ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jazz Around Town: Live Jazz in and Around Rochester, NY

March 10, 2011

Every week we try to pull together the live jazz gigs going on in and around Rochester from a number of sources to provide you with the most comprehensive listings. Artists, you can add your gigs to these by sending them to me by Wednesday afternoon for gigs occurring the following day through the next Wednesday. ...