Home » Search Center » Results: AAJ Staff

Results for "AAJ Staff"

News: Interview

Ticketfly CEO: New Business Opportunities Emerged from Ticketmaster, Live Nation Merger

December 9, 2010

Recently, I spoke with Andrew Dreskin, who is CEO of Ticketfly, an independent ticketing and social marketing platform. In this interview, Dreskin talks about the talent bubble in the live music sector and how social media has changed the way that concerts are marketed. Hypebot: What new opportunities emerged from the Ticketmaster and Live Nation merger? ...

News: Technology

Why Google's New Chrome Web App Store Matters to the Music Industry and Music Fans

December 9, 2010

Yesterday Google announced a new Chrome Operating System and an Apps store to go with it which debuted with just 23 music apps. But the store should quickly garner participation from many more music tech companies and the broader music industry because it offers both an alternative method of monetization and more flexibilty for users. “In ...

News: Interview

The Kindie Music Scene: Marketing Music to Kids

December 9, 2010

This is part two of my interview segment with Debbie Cavalier, who's a children's entertainer and vocalist for Debbie and Friends, a kindie music group. She's also Dean of Continuing Education and Chief Academic Officer at Berklee College of Music. Joining Cavalier in this interview is Beth Blenz-Clucas. She's the founder of Sugarmountain PR, a firm ...

News: Music Industry

70% Thumbplay Users Stop File-Sharing Their Music.

December 9, 2010

What stops fans from file-sharing music? According to a new study released by Thumbplay, a cloud-based music service, 70% of their users stopped file-sharing music upon engaging with Thumbplay Music. Out of a pool of 500 respondents, that leaves 150 who—even after gaining access to more than 10 million songs—still desire to use P2P music services. ...

News: Music Industry

Spotify U.S. Launch Stalled Again

December 9, 2010

Spotify CEO Daniel Ek declined to comment on the U.S. launch of his company at the recent D:Dive into Mobile conference. This has led to speculation that the much hoped for arrival of Spotify might not be coming this year. The reason for the delay appears to be rooted in licensing and negotiation problems of the ...

News: Rights

ASCAP Links with Rightsflow

December 9, 2010

ASCAP and RightsFlow have partnered to offer mechanical licensing services to ASCAP's nearly 400,000 songwriter, composer and publisher members through RightsFlow's Limelight online utility. ASCAP members will receive a 25% discount on Limelight service fees. Limelight provides artists and record labels with services to clear cover songs and secure mechanical licenses for physical releases, digital downloads, ...

News: Music Industry

Chicago's Velvet Lounge Closed in Family Dispute

December 9, 2010

The Velvet Lounge, a Near South Side jazz club admired around the world as home base for the late Chicago tenor saxophonist Fred Anderson, has been closed in a dispute among Anderson's survivors. The staff of the club walked out last week, in support of Jasmine Sebaggala and Rasminee Harris, Anderson's granddaughters, who have been managing ...

News: Interview

Happy Birthday, Jimmy Smith!

December 9, 2010

Jimmy Smith is the acknowledged master of the Hammond B-3 organ. In fact, the B-3 is the only instrument in jazz on which you'd find so little disagreement about who was the greatest player. And Smith took up the instrument relatively late. Smith was born on this date in 1925 (although some members of his family ...

News: Music Industry

"1st Annual Jazz Ghoul-Athon"

December 9, 2010

By Steve Provizer Ah, the elevation of John Lennon to sainthood. He did co-write and write some great songs. He was also occasionally a creep and often ah, not what he appeared to be. That said, my teeth are set on edge by the “where were you when Lennon died“ tweets, blog posts, etc.; a ghoulish ...

News: Opinion

The Transition.

December 9, 2010

By Matt Lavelle Whew! You have to hit the ground running when you're in the midst of the grand transition.In an attempt to create an actual functioning life of music I'm dashing through the snow to leap over old worn out rope bridges over caverns to try and reach my holy grail.An actual stable life in ...