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6 Case Studies on Online Music Marketing

February 23, 2011

On Music Think Tank, Jill Haverkamp gives us a sample of 6 case studies on how artists have effectively connected with their audience online. One example comes from the recent Grammy winners, Arcade Fire, and their interactive music video. All six cases gravitate around connecting with fans and artists should think about these cases when building ...

The Waitiki 7, in Hi-Fi Vinyl (Pass Out Records) - 02/08/2011

February 23, 2011

From egg-shaped plush chairs or towering cabinets carved like totem poles, hi-fi sound once poured over the conversation pits and cocktail hours of yesteryear. The warm tone and stop-and-listen vibe continue with exotica innovators WAITIKI 7's latest venture, WAITIKI in Hi-Fi (Pass Out Records; April 12, 2011). The vinyl-only release of new material finally gives listeners—die-hard ...

Congratulations to Jazz Drummer Roy Haynes on Winning Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

February 23, 2011

Congratulations to Roy Haynes, who grew up in Roxbury and learned his music there, for receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 53rd annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. Boston Herald jazz writer Bob Young noted, “Roxbury-born Roy Haynes has kept some pretty good company in his nearly seven decades in the music business. Charlie Parker, ...

Don't Worry, Be Happy: Bobby McFerrin is Performing at Berklee in Boston on February 24

February 23, 2011

Ten-time Grammy Award winnder Bobby McFerrin, considered one of the most gifted improvisational jazz vocalists of all time, is presenting Sing Song at the Berklee Performance Center on Thursday, February 24, 2011 at 8:15 p.m. For this concert, McFerrin performs an improvisational program with Berklee student vocalists in the 24-member Singing Tribe Ensemble, conducted by associate ...

Celestial Septet Performing at UMass Amherst on Thursday, February 24

February 23, 2011

Avant-garde jazz ensemble Celestial Septet: Rova Sax Quartet + Nels Cline Singers, perform at the Bowker Auditorium at University of Massachusetts in Amherst on Thursday, February 24, 2011 at 8:00 p.m. Tickets to the show are $12 general admission and $7 for students, and can be purchased online. The concert is part of the Magic Triangle ...

Many Arms - Missing Time

February 23, 2011

By S. Victor Aaron One of Frank Zappa's latter day live documents is called Make A Jazz Noise Here. Anyone who's followed Zappa knows that while Zappa rarely really played jazz as we tend to think of jazz, a lot of his music adopted the exacting, open-ended construction of jazz, especially avant-garde jazz. When you peel ...

The Low Anthem - Smart Flesh (2011)

February 23, 2011

By Mark Saleski In the recent Southern Music issue of the Oxford American, musician John Engle speaks of “The Vastness," the idea that the world's store of knowledge is so vast that “if you tried to take it all on at once it would crush you." It's true. And there are many points of entry. These ...

Anat Fort Trio at Philadelphia Art Alliance on February 23

February 23, 2011

On Wednesday, February 23, Ars Nova Workshop presents the Anat Fort Trio at Philadelphia Art Alliance. The group dialogue between pianist Fort, bassist Gary Wang, and drummer Roland Schneider has been ongoing for ten years, and this deep relationship is evident on 2010’s spellbinding ECM debut, And If. In a 2007 interview with All About Jazz, ...

Now, This: Apple Could Delay Pandora's IPO...

February 23, 2011

And the latest? Apple's proposed subscription percentages could be complicating Pandora's IPO plans, according to the New York Post. “I think it could delay the Pandora IPO," a source with connections to the underwriters of the offering shared. “Apple has crossed the line. They are either going to have to walk this back, or face enforcement ...

What Album Bundling Really Means to This Industry...

February 23, 2011