Results for "AAJ Staff"

To Err is Human, to Arr is Pirate - Court Forces Major Labels to Pay $45m in Copyright Violation Claims

January 12, 2011

The big four major labels—EMI, Sony, Universal, and Warner—are being required to pay upwards of $45 million to a group of artists and composers to close a class action lawsuit filed against them in Canada. This agreement will resolve the copyright infringement claims that were brought against them for selling CDs containing songs that the record ...

Seth Godin's Five Ingredients of Smart Online Commerce

January 12, 2011

It depends. These five ingredients of smart online commerce might apply to you. They may not. Marketer Seth Godin analyzed why companies like Penguin Magic and ibex succeed at selling things online. Here are five things, according to Godin, they do that make them successful online: 1) They sell a product you can't buy at the local ...

How Oversaturation Hurts the Touring Industry

January 12, 2011

In an interview with Subba-Culcha, Jim Root of Slipknot and Stone Sour got asked his opinion on the state of the music industry and the devaluation of recorded music. As someone who hasn't left the road in almost 11 years, Root knows all too well that touring is the only way to make money from music. ...

How Artists Can Profit from File Sharing and Give Back to Their Fans Along the Way

January 12, 2011

This week on Music Think Tank started out with a post by Chris Bracco on 6 ways to give back to your fans. He delves into strategies that artists can use to keep their fans interested and coming back for more. Next, Jim Grobecker, a new author, presents a post on how artists can profit from ...

Matt Jorgensen in Denver for Dale Chisman Art Show

January 12, 2011

Drummer Matt Jorgensen is in Denver this week for the opening of Dale Chisman In Retrospect an exhibition of paintings by the noted Denver abstractionist. Jorgensen's recent recording, Tattooed by Passion, is based on the paintings of Chisman, who is his wife's late-father. The show starts this Thursday, with an opening reception at 6:00pm and runs ...

Listen up Preview: Robbie Robertson, "When the Night Was Young" (2011)

January 12, 2011

By Nick DeRiso We find Robbie Robertson, former guitarist with Bob Dylan and the Band, again hurtling through the Mississippi Delta, racing past old churches with scolding signs out front, hanging out with grifters and cardsharps, searching for something deeper, something real. This time, it's different, though. He's older now, with friends and youthful dreams long ...

Unsigned Treasures: Sounds of Saturn - Mars Via Parachute (2010)

January 12, 2011

By Nick DeRiso Sounds of Saturn, a Fort Wayne, Ind.-based experimental trio, takes the road less travelled on Mars Via Parachute. In fact, often, they're not on any road at all. Instead, the record employs every trick in the noodle-rock playbook, from psychedelia and stadium-shaking riffs to thrilling science-geek constructions that include math-based tempos. As spacy ...

Chris Parrello + Things I Wonder (Stray Dog Music, 2011)

January 12, 2011

An international cast of characters makes up the group led by New York City based guitarist and composer Chris Parrello, and the group creates an enchanting amalgam of indie rock and modern jazz. Consisting of Karlie Bruce on vocals, Ian Young on saxophones, Kevin Thomas on bass, Aviv Cohen on drums, Rubin Kodheli on cello, Greg ...

Darius Jones: From Johnny Hodges To Noise Jazz

by AAJ Staff
January 11, 2011

Alto saxophonist Darius Jones--who won most critics' nomination for the best jazz newcomer album of 2009 for Man'ish Boy (A Raw And Beautiful Thing) (AUM Fidelity, 2009)--is a great fan of Johnny Hodges. He says that the lyrical Duke Ellington altoist is his hero, and this is pleasantly noticeable at the beginning of Man'ish Boy. It ...

The Jazz Session #230: Jason Stein

January 11, 2011