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What Do You Use to Shoot and Edit Videos?
We've only experimented with video a bit on Hypebot (like this interview with Pandora founder Tim Westergren), but it's near the top of our priority list for early next year. We've also gotten some questions from readers about creating cheap videos that we have no idea how to answer. So we're asking you, our readers, what ...
"We've Got a Social Chart Now Too," Says Billboard.
Billboard has introduced the Social 50, which “ranks the most active artists on the world's leading social networking sites." Put differently, the staff heard about this thing called Ultimate Chart and thought it was about time to get social too. It will be interesting to see how the two charts compare. However, Big Champagne's Ultimate Chart ...
Missing Barcelona
Chucho Valdés and The Afro-Cuban Messengers, at the Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona (photo: Lorenzo di Nozzi) By Larry Blumenfeld (Arts Journal) I've been back from Barcelona for more than a week, but it seems like yesterday. If Barcelona is one of the world's most alluring cities—and it is—its Voll-Damm International Jazz Festival must ...
Buddy Guy - Living Proof (2010)
By Nick DeRiso News this week that Buddy Guy had been Grammy nominated for best contemporary blues album had me revisiting the scalding blisses of Living Proof. I loved it from the first solo, this sharp outburst of gnarled sexuality on “74 Years Young": “There ain't nothing I haven't done," Guy yowls, giving the finger to ...
Interview I: Mario Pavone
On December 12, bassist and composer Mario Pavone will be in Philadelphia with Orange Double Tenor. The sextet, featuring saxophonists Tony Malaby and Marty Ehrlich, trumpeter Dave Ballou, pianist Peter Madsen and drummer Gerald Cleaver, will perform Pavone’s new work, Arc Suite T/Pi T/Po. Commissioned by Chamber Music America’s 2009 Jazz Works, and released last month ...
Michael Formanek - The Rub and Spare Change (ECM, 2010)
Bassist Michael Formanek is a well known presence on the creative music scene, but usually as a band member rather than a leader. ECM rectifies this situation by releasing this thoughtful and patient album, filled with excellent playing and composing. Joining Formanek are Tim Berne on alto saxophone, Craig Taborn on piano and Gerald Cleaver on ...
Taylor Swift is an 'Indie'. Time to Change the Definition?
Seems like someone is always stumping, championing, or advocating for the 'indie.' And groups like AIM, A2IM, Merlin, and until recently—eMusic—have been built around the concept. But whatisan indie exactly? Well, the list now includes Taylor Swift, according to A2IM, by merits of her association with Big Machine Records. But Swift is also associated—quite heavily—with Universal ...
Yikes: Last.FM Lost $4.4 Million in 2009...
Looks like CBS is paying more than $280 million for Last.fm—a lot more. According to paperwork unearthed by Music Ally, the scrobbling boondoggle clocked a sizable £2.84 million ($4.4 million) loss last year. And that follows year-2008 losses of £17.1 million ($26.7 million). And, this a gift that keeps on taking: net liabilities reached £22.24 million ...
Let's Face It: Google's Still a Piracy Whorehouse. It's Just Getting Cleaned up a Little...
Good news: Google is now responding to takedown requests within 24 hours. But what was it before? 48 hours? 72? 24 days? It's always nice when a multi-billionaire reaches out to the little guy, but let's not pretend this is a huge sea-change. It's still the same hassle to get content removed, just a little bit ...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Jazz, December 3-9
Highlights, Last Week I didn't get out as much as usual this past week—in hibernation mode, but thoroughly enjoyed seeing my first Musique Mystique evening at the Loring Pasta Bar with the ever-elegant duo of Maud Hixson and Rick Carlson (11/29). Just when you think you know Maud's songbook, she adds to it—Strayhorn's “Something to Live ...
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