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News: Recording

Sonny Stitt's Prestige Ballads

January 14, 2011

Between 1949 and 1952, saxophonist Sonny Stitt recorded close to 70 sides for Prestige as a leader and sideman. Excluding Charlie Parker, Lester Young and James Moody, it's hard to think of too many other artists during this period who produced as much exciting and consistently dynamic material for a single label. Later, in the 12-inch ...

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News: Recording

Bootsy Collins: Tha Funk Capitol of the World

January 14, 2011

LEGENDARY FUNKATEER TEAMS WITH GEORGE CLINTON, CHUCK D, SNOOP DOGG, REV. AL SHARPTON, DR. CORNEL WEST, SAMUEL L. JACKSON, MUSIQ SOULCHILD, ICE CUBE AND MORE Rock & Roll Hall Of Famer and legendary bassist Bootsy Collins, known worldwide for pioneering funk music with James Brown and Parliament Funkadelic, will release his first new album in five ...

News: Performance / Tour

Huey Lewis and the News: Tour Dates and PBS Special

January 14, 2011

HUEY LEWIS & THE NEWS CONFIRM 2011 US TOUR DATES; INCLUDING FIRST NYC PERFORMANCE IN 8 YEARS, FEB 9 AT GRAMERCY THEATRE Huey Lewis & The News will kick off their 2011 US tour on Jan 21 at L'Auberge du Lac Casino in Lake Charles, LA. Dates extend through April and include a Feb 9 performance ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Dan Bern: U.S. Tour

January 14, 2011

COMPOSER OF SONGS FOR WALK HARD AND GET HIM TO THE GREEK RELEASING LIVE IN NEW YORK THIS SPRING Dan Bern has released some dozen albums since 1997, while performing everywhere from small clubs to Carnegie Hall. He begins a national tour on January 19, 2011 that will take him across the country and back, his ...

News: Technology

Break Through the Noise or Be the Noise - Your Last Tweet Was 1 out of 25 Billion Others

January 14, 2011

As an artist, it's easy to lose confidence and convince yourself that you're lost in the mix. Why bother? No one is paying attention anyways. Last year, that tweet you sent out was just 1 out of the 25 billion others sent. Your newsletter was 1 out of 107 trillion emails that landed in people's inboxes. Your ...

News: Interview

Heightened Awareness of Legal Sites Won't Steer Fans Away from Music Piracy [interview]

January 14, 2011

Recently, I spoke with Joe Cox, who is an economist at of the University of Portsmouth. He recently published a paper titled Seeders, leechers and social norms: Evidence from the market for illicit digital downloading and proclaimed that file-sharers see themselves as the Robin Hoods of the digital age. In this interview, Cox talks about issues ...

News: Technology

Chart: Top Reasons Some People Aren't on Facebook Plus 2 Lessons for Artists and Marketers

January 14, 2011

Despite what the media would have you believe, everyone is not using Facebook. And, believe it or not, the top reason is not a a fear of losing their privacy. Most who don't use Facebook, do so because they think its a a waste of time. The chart below is based on a survey of 2,500 ...

News: Radio

Pandora Stats from 2010: 75 Million Listeners, 3 Billion Thumbs - Mostly Up!

January 14, 2011

2010 proved to be a great year for Pandora. They've doubled their audience to over 75 million listeners, who've thumbed a total of 3 billion songs—mostly up! Each month, Pandora receives 25,000 emails worth of feedback, praise, and general inquiry. And who knows how many miles Tim Westergren, the founder, traveled last year, meeting listeners, buying ...

News: Technology

Get Spotify for Free in North America in 5 Steps

January 14, 2011

This is a guest post by Voyno of The New Rockstar Philosophy. Have you heard the rumors? Spotify is available in North America. Yes THE Spotify, the service that was supposed to save the industry. While I'm not so sure about saving the entire music industry, I can attest to how slick and user friendly Spotify ...

News: Music Industry

What Sex and Great Music Really Have in Common

January 14, 2011

Scientists say that our brain reacts to great music similar to way it reacts to sex. In both of these situations, the experience of pleasure that we have is mediated by the release of the brain's reward chemical, dopamine. This finding is based on the results of experiments done by analyst Valorie Salimpoor of McGill University in Montreal, ...