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The Residents: Spring Tour Dates

February 11, 2011

PIONEERS OF WEIRD HIT THE ROAD FOR A SPRING TOUR Now, nearly four decades since they began their residency on this planet, The Residents are as prolific as they've ever been. Beginning in Mexico on March 15, 2011 and winding up in San Francisco, their home base, a month later, the group will head out on ...

The Allman Brothers Band: Beacon and Wanee Live Streaming

February 11, 2011

STREAM ALL SHOWS AT MOOGIS.COM Fans of rock music icons The Allman Brothers Band are getting ready for their annual pilgrimage to New York City's Beacon Theatre, where the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees will again take up residency for 13 shows (March 10-26). The group will also headline their own Wanee Music Festival ...

An Uncommon Career as a D.I.Y. Musician

February 11, 2011

In 2005, Josh Phoenix, 25, sold cell phones by day and retreated to his home studio by night. This is a situation that many D.I.Y. musicians find themselves in. They have an unsexy job that pays the bills and when they return home, they create music they love. Fast forward to today and Phoenix finds himself ...

Pledgemusic Starts "Record Label" and "Signs" Band - So What Does That Mean? [interview]

February 11, 2011

Back in December, PledgeMusic, a fan-funding site, launched their own record label and publishing division and signed the indie rock group The Damnwells. Once the news broke, many questions arose. What does it mean to start a “record label" and “sign" a band? To answer these questions, I spoke with Alex Dezen, a member of The Damnwells. Benji Rogers, the ...

Rich Venture Capitalist Converted into Music Pirate

February 11, 2011

Fred Wilson, a predominate venture capitalist and blogger, converted into a music pirate the other day. This is someone who is extremely well off and, by his own admission, spends upwards of $2,000 a year on music in his family. And yet, Wilson found himself pirating the latest Streets album from the Internet: “searched the Internet ...

Guitar Hero Franchise Dies, Music Industry Loses

February 11, 2011

Activision has terminated the division that designed Guitar Hero and it's follow-ups. Since 2005, there have been roughly twelve titles in the franchise. That's six main titles and six expansions. Warriors of Rock, the most recent title, sold fewer than 100,000 copies during its debut month. Due to market saturation and diminishing novelty, the music video ...

Who Uses Facebook and Twitter? The U.S. Demographic Profile

February 11, 2011

According to Comscore data of U.S. users, Facebook saw its share of visitors between the ages of 35-54 drop 3.6% to 35.4%, while the share of visitors under 18 (up 1.2 to 11.1% and age 55 and older (up 1.9 to 13.2%) made the biggest gains. Twitter saw a 9.4% gain in the share of 18-34 ...

Hot Young Pianist Gerald Clayton Born into Jazz Experience

February 11, 2011

Many of today's top jazz artists adopted the music after being turned on by a great album, concert, or learning experience. Pianist Gerald Clayton was born into it. His father, bassist and arranger John Clayton, played in the Count Basie Orchestra before co-founding the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra “I was exposed to the lifestyle behind the music," ...

The Friday Morning Listen: Bjork - Drawing Restraint 9 (2005)

February 11, 2011

Jonathan Parker - Jonathan Parker Group (2010)

February 11, 2011

By S. Victor Aaron Many up and coming jazz artists we've covered here typically come from just about every corner of the U.S.A., attend a prestigious music school and, perhaps after some intermediate stop at a regional jazz hub, eventually end up in the intensely competitive but vibrant environs of New York City. After all, “if ...