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Listen up Preview: Paul Simon, "The Afterlife" (2011)

February 27, 2011

By Nick DeRiso “The Afterlife," featured on Paul Simon's forthcoming album So Beautiful or So What, is pulsing and sinewy—almost like a lost track from Graceland. Not that there's anything wrong with that. See, Simon has said the premise of this new recording was to get away from the rhythmic focus he'd had since that late ...

Bandcamp's VC: Investing in Music is "A Little Like Vietnam..."

February 27, 2011

You can put money into a music startup, but can you get it out? Well, a lot more investors are getting in—in a major way—though this is a difficult space to read right now. On one hand, extreme funding is happening around Rdio, Spotify, X5, and Pandora, and lots fresh cash is coming in. On the ...

Patrick Cornelius to Perform at Rubin Museum in NYC on March 4th, 2011

February 26, 2011

Saxophonist/Composer Patrick Cornelius will be performing in concert at The Rubin Museum in NYC on Friday, March 4th, 2011 at 7:00PM as part of the 2011 Winter/Spring Harlem in the Himalayas Jazz Series. This performance is in celebration of his new Whirlwind Records release titled “Fierce." Patrick Cornelius—alto saxophone Taylor Eigsti—piano Mark ...

Warren Haynes: Man in Motion

February 26, 2011

WARREN HAYNES INFUSES NEW ALBUM MAN IN MOTION WITH SOUL; OUT MAY 10 ON STAX/CONCORD MUSIC GROUP Warren Haynes' Man In Motion will be released May 10. Check out video below of “The River's Gonna Rise" live from Haynes' Christmas Jam last year in Asheville, NC. The studio band for Man In Motion includes Ivan Neville ...

SFJAZZ Collective Tour Playing Music of Stevie Wonder

February 26, 2011

TOUR STARTS FEBRUARY 25 IN PORTLAND, OR After exploring the work of Ornette Coleman (2004), John Coltrane (2005), Herbie Hancock (2006), Thelonious Monk (2007), Wayne Shorter (2008), McCoy Tyner (2009) and Horace Silver (2010), the SFJAZZ Collective takes on the material of pop music icon Stevie Wonder for its spring 2011 tour. The group approaches the ...

How To: Turn Radio Airplay into Music Sales

February 26, 2011

If you're getting radio airplay, how do you turn that exposure into traffic and sales? In this short video, Nimbit President and co-founder Phil Antoniades shares his experience with getting radio airplay and how he used promo codes to drive users and sales on his site. Two things are true about radio: they like giving stuff ...

The 5 Best Ipad Apps for Music Discovery

February 26, 2011

This post is by Kevin English of eleetmusic.com. The April 2010 release of the Apple iPad has created a huge play for tons of computer manufacturers to enter the tablet arena. I've tested some of the unreleased machines that have been created to compete with the iPad including BlackBerry's Playbook, Samsung's Galaxy Tab, and HP Slate, but nothing ...

4 Reasons Why the CD-Release Complex is Dead

February 26, 2011

At the New Music Seminar conference in Los Angeles, founder Tom Silverman opened by revealing that CDs were still 74% of sales in 2010. “CDs aren't doing so bad," he remarked. “People still like CDs." In other words, the format is in decline, but it still makes up a substantial amount of sales revenue. It's important ...

Weigh in - 5 Thinkers Share Thoughts on Topspin

February 26, 2011

Yesterday, Hypebot wrote a post about Topspin in an attempt to offer a balanced view on what people think of the direct-to-fan platform. Many readers and music industry thinkers took the time to weigh in too and share their thoughts on Topspin. The main theme expressed runs along the lines of just because you have a ...

D.I.Y. Bootcamp: Kickstarter Fan Funding [video]

February 26, 2011