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6 Critical Insights into Music Business Success

February 25, 2011

This past Tuesday, San Francisco State University's Music and Recording Industry Program held a professional's panel consisting of prominent Bay Area music industry figures discussing strategies that artists could utilize to garner an audience and eventually sell directly to them. Here are the highlights: 1. On Building a Team... Damian “Domino" Siguenza of the renowned Hieroglyphics Crew stresses the importance of doing as much as you ...

Apple Data Center Opens in Spring to Support Cloud

February 25, 2011

In the past few weeks, Apple has been making headlines for potentially stonewalling the efforts of every single subscription music service in the market. Quite serendipitously, it has now been announced that their $1 billion data center in Maiden, N.C., is expected to open this spring and will be used to support iTunes and MobileMe. Due ...

D.I.Y. Music Bootcamp: Better Than the Van [video]

February 25, 2011

EXCLUSIVE: Scion A/V produced a video series that provides a virtual tour of the new music industry and  the sites and tools that make it work. Hypebot will feature one every day for the next couple of weeks. Today, Todd Hansen of Better Than The Van shows how his site connects bands and fans with free ...

Jazz Singer Kurt Elling Performing at Scullers in Boston on February 25-26

February 25, 2011

The Friday Morning Listen: Christine Hayward - Live at E.F. Lane (2009)

February 25, 2011

By Mark Saleski In the past handful of years, I have jettisoned a few distractions: namely, sports and television, which are sort of related. Rounding out the list is politics. I have decided that, because my thoughts on “the right thing to do" are so far outside of the mainstream, it's just not worth bothering with ...

Bones and Tones - Bones and Tones (2011)

February 25, 2011

By S. Victor Aaron A marimba, a vibraphone, a stand-up bass, percussion and a little kora. A little bit of American jazz, a dash of Caribbean and a side of African folk music, but not quite like any of the three. How sweet the sound. That's the kind of sound coming from this one-of-kind quartet Tones ...

One Track Mind: A Fragile Tomorrow, "I Just Never Said Enough" (2010)

February 25, 2011

By Nick DeRiso A Fragile Tomorrow builds out from the country-rock synthesis of pathfinders like the Band and the Byrds, starting with the new-wave attitude and propulsive rhythms of descendent bands like R.E.M. and the dBs. But there's something else, lodged in amidst the brailing mandolin and stamping beat, this heartfelt gravitas. Turns out, this South ...

Orange then Blue: Evanescent

February 25, 2011

Another video from the “Big Bands on the Edge" concert I produced at the Emerson Majestic Theatre in 1989, here is the group “Orange Then Blue," playing the song “Evanescent," composed by leader/drummer George Schuller. Some fine solo work by Ken Cervenka, Gary Valente and Stan Strickland. With: Matt Darriau-sax Stan Strickland-sax ...

The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Jazz, February 25-March 3

February 25, 2011

I love New York.... But also appreciate the Twin Cities jazz scene when I return. There are not as many choices at one moment. But I can only go to one thing at a time. And no one here is charging $20 minimums on top of cover charges. Highlights, Last Week Most of mine were in ...

Tony Bennett to Perform Saturday, May 7 at the Fox Theatre

February 23, 2011

Singer Tony Bennett (pictured) is returning to St. Louis this spring to perform on Saturday, May 7 at the Fox Theatre. Bennett's last appearance here was in May, 2009 at the same venue. Tickets for Bennett's May 7 show at the Fox will priced from $55 to $85, and go on sale at 10:00 a.m. next ...