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DVD: Mikrokolektyw - Dew Point (Delmark, 2010)

December 8, 2010

Mikrokolektyw is a very interesting duet consisting of Kuba Suchar on drums and Artur Majewski on trumpet with both contributing to electronic soundscapes. For this DVD they were filmed by Raymond Salvatore Harmon, who placed the band in a position to improvise a spontaneous soundtrack to his film Sound in Motion. It turns out to be ...

The Top Paying Gigs in Music, 2010...

December 8, 2010

Forget about Gaga money. Just getting a nice, paying gig in music is a challenge these days, even for well-regarded, capable professionals. But what can you expect to get paid for your specialty? That is the complicated question that the Berklee Career Development Center recently attempted to answer. The result was a pay scale that traverses ...

Is Facebook Interested in Music, at All? No, They're Not...

December 8, 2010

From a Monday morning, SF MusicTech Summit panel discussion: Brenden Mulligan, Moderator: So there's no Facebook Music coming anytime soon? Meredith Chin, Facebook: No. Once upon a time, Facebook was absolutely interested in music. And, according to sources, discussing licensing possibilities with the majors and other potential partners. Facebook Music was afoot. Well, those days are ...

Loren Schoenberg: From Benny Goodman to The Savory Collection

by AAJ Staff
December 7, 2010

Saxophonist, band-leader and writer Loren Schoenberg, now Executive Director of the National Jazz Museum in Harlem, spent an interesting childhood and teenager-hood growing up in New Jersey in the 1970s, meeting and befriending both Teddy Wilson and Hank Jones, and ultimately becoming employed by Wilson's famous '30s boss, Benny Goodman. Schoenberg was first an assistant to ...

Take Five With Ark Ovrutski

by AAJ Staff
December 7, 2010

Meet Ark Ovrutski:Ark started building his career in Kiev,Ukraine. By the time he graduated Kiev music college and moved to Moscow where he graduated Russian Academy of music in 1992. In the mid-1990s, Ark left Moscow and relocated to Poland, where he became highly-regarded through performances in multiple groups. From then, Ark's performance and ...

Take Five With Barry Cleveland

by AAJ Staff
December 6, 2010

Meet Barry Cleveland: Barry Cleveland's guitar playing is rooted in progressive and psychedelic rock, branching into ambient, experimental, funk, and various ethnic styles--enhanced by cutting-edge electronics and unorthodox playing techniques. He's also a deft engineer and producer with an iconoclastic approach to recording and mixing. Cleveland released his first commercial album--Mythos--on Larry Fast's ...

Bev Thorne on Brubeck East

December 6, 2010

Today is Dave Brubeck's 90th birthday. At 5 p.m. (EST), Turner Classic Movies will broadcast In His Own Sweet Way, a new documentary on Dave's life and music directed by Bruce Ricker and produced by Clint Eastwood. It is a valentine to the pianist and composer whose music continues to wow listeners. [Photo of Dave Brubeck ...

How to Get a Free Tubeify Account

December 6, 2010

If blog buzz is any measure, in the last few days music fans can't get enough of free music service Tubeify. This mashup of Last.fm and YouTube allows for unrestricted music discovery and playlisting. It's not Spotify or MOG, but it is free and available everywhere.  Is Tubefy legal? The creators are obviously hoping to take ...

Live Performances and Music Business Plans

December 6, 2010

These past two weeks on Music Think Tank, we concentrated on performances and the music business plan. Matthew Ebel wrote about how live performances should give the same experience as performances in church. Marcus Taylor gave his opinion on why money is bad for your band which led to a debate within the MTT community. Kevin ...

Louis Armstrong - "Mack the Knife" (1959)

December 6, 2010