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mySpoonful - Music Discovery for Busy Bodies

January 27, 2011

There's a zillion music blogs out there. Hype Machine aggregates the best of them. Even if you only follow a few, there's tons of info to sort through. There's another zillion sites that champion themselves as music discovery tools, but good luck finding a one that can suggest a song that feels spontaneous and alive. It ...

News: Music Industry

#Midem w/ Berklee's Dave Kusek on Future of Music

January 27, 2011

Dave Kusek, President of Berklee's online music school and co-author of The Future Of Music, gave MIDEM attendees a look at the music business from the perspective of the creative people working in it and how it works for them. “After all," says Kusek, “that is where music comes from." He also included case studies of ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jim Rotondi at Tula's Next Wednesday

January 27, 2011

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2 TULA'S JAZZ CLUB 2214 2nd Ave Seattle 206-443-4221 2 sets starting at 7:30pm, $12.00, All Ages Former New York City trumpeter Jim Rotondi, who recently moved to Graz, Austria, is passing through town on Wednesday, February 2, to perform at Tula's before heading ...

News: Performance / Tour

Cryogenic Renaissance Orchestra Performing Jazz at Shalin Liu Hall in Rockport

January 27, 2011

Rockport Music is presenting trumpeter Greg Hopkins and his nine-member Cryogenic Renaissance Orchestra in a special concert at the new Shalin Liu Performing Arts Center in Rockport, Massachusetts on Saturday, January 29, 2011 at 8:00 p.m. Tickets to the concert are $18, $24 and $32, and can be ordered online. The Orchestra is performing standards and ...

News: Recording

One Track Mind: The Low Anthem, "This God Damn House" (2007)

January 27, 2011

By Mark Saleski I have attempted to describe this before (and I even referred to it in a recent preview of The Low Anthem's Smart Flesh), but the sensation is a difficult one to get at. Without any sort of documentation, the best I've ever been able to come up with is having an out of ...

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News: Recording

From the Stacks: Pico's 2011 Stacks, Volume 1

January 27, 2011

Roxy Coss' self-titled debut CD is worth checking out. By S. Victor Aaron Well, I didn't expect I'd being doing this so early. Here we are just weeks into the new year and it's already time to work off some mounting stacks of CD's that have arrived since around Christmas or so. We can't let these ...

News: Music Industry

Play Along with Records the Right Way with Jammit

January 27, 2011

Some of the greatest musicians of our time learned their instruments by trial and error: playing along with their favorite records, imitating what they heard other players doing, and just trusting their ears. Today, thanks to Jammit, there's not only an app for that. There's an app that makes that process so much more helpful. Created ...

News: Technology

Real Men Launch Paid-Only Apps...

January 27, 2011

The iPhone race was sewn up years ago by the likes of Pandora, Tapulous, and Shazam. And tens of thousands of apps later, it's incredibly difficult to gain meaningful mindshare. But the iPad remains a virgin platform, at least for music, and a fantastic place for experiments on the paid side. Look no further than SoundHound, ...

News: Music Industry

Indies: They Suddenly Have a Major Problem...

January 27, 2011

Indies typically have far less resources than major labels, but far better artist-to-fan bonds. A Katy Perry fan will be gone tomorrow, generally speaking, while a Belle & Sebastian fan will stick around. And that, more than anything, has offered indies some insulation from the avalanche being suffered by the majors. In previous years at Midem, ...

News: Trends

Midem's Reaching for the Rogaine...

January 27, 2011

Midem is definitely thinning on top, though some Rogaine is coming in the form of tech-related plays. According to more information circulating Wednesday, a number of fresh, tech-focused companies are jumping aboard and shifting the mix, though the bigger picture is problematic. Still, this was by no means an empty event, though 'Midem lifers' like to ...