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News: Interview

Lorraine Gordon on Chucho Valdes

November 11, 2010

We asked Lorraine Gordon, owner of New York's legendary Village Vanguard, who has presented Chucho Valdés on many occasions, to recommend his highly anticipated concert in Barcelona (with the Afro-Cuban Messengers) on November 17th at the historic Palau de la Música. Here is her answer. On November 1st, in New York City, the great Chucho Valdés ...

News: Performance / Tour

Insurgents, Slaves and All Sorts of Music That Goes Bump in the Night

November 10, 2010

There's a funky little performance space in St. Paul's utterly funky Lowertown called Studio Z. You can fit maybe 50-60 chairs in front of the stage space on the second floor of the Northwestern Building, host to a variety of artists' lofts and studios. Studio Z is the home space for a longstanding ensemble of new ...

News: Book / Magazine

Book: Maynard Ferguson

November 9, 2010

Ralph Junghem, Maynard! (Buster Ann). Jungheim's book is a collection of 30 transcribed reminiscences about the trumpeter and bandleader. Most of them are by musicians, but Ferguson's valet, bus driver and instrument maker also contribute. Some of the anecdotes are amusing, some interesting, some appalling. The exclamation point after his name in the title applies to ...

News: Interview

Interview: Phil Ramone (Part 1)

November 9, 2010

Phil Ramone has won 14 Grammy Awards as a producer. Known for his warm sound and intimate recording clarity, Phil engineered or produced dozens of jazz, pop and Broadway classics, including Ray Charles' Genius + Soul = Jazz, Leslie Gore's It's My Party, Stan Getz's Getz/Gilberto, Paul McCartney's Ram and Paul Simon's Still Crazy After All ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jimmy Herring Tour Dates

November 9, 2010

TOUR KICKS OFF THIS WEDNESDAY IN NORFOLK, CT Jimmy Herring is hittting the road with his current line-up, featuring Herring on guitar, drummer Jeff Sipe (Aquarium Rescue Unit, Jazz is Dead, Shawn Lane), keyboardist Matt Slocum (Susan Tedeschi, Derek Trucks), and Neal Fountain on bass (Col Bruce Hampton, Alex Machacek). Tour dates are below. The Jimmy ...

News: Trends

Backyard Brunch Sessions Keeps Music Hyperlocal

November 9, 2010

Last week, I called out for hyperlocal music bloggers. Little did I know that net friend and SoundCtrl author David Chaitt hosts a video blog called Backyard Brunch Sessions. This is a project that he's just starting to get off the ground, but event wise has been doing for a while now. It's a great example ...

News: Economics

Fewer Than 30,000 Artists Are Making a Living

November 9, 2010

Topspin CEO Ian Rogers reported this weekend that fewer than 30,000 artists are making a living from music. Citing data from Songkick cofounder Ian Hogarth, who examined his database of bands, the types of venues they played, and the likely incomes affiliated with those venues, Rogers presented this data and determined that this number is probably ...

News: Technology

Study: More Time Spent on Social Media Than Email

November 9, 2010

Futurist Gerd Leonhard predicted this would happen back in 2008 and now its true. People send more time on social networking than they do on email worldwide. eMarketer's TNS “Digital Life" survey of internet users around the world found in September 2010 that on average, surfers spent 4.6 hours a week on social sites, compared with ...

News: Technology

A Guide to Creating More Engaging Newsletters

November 9, 2010

Ariel Hyatt gives some great tips on writing engaging newsletters and emphasizes that newsletters are important especially if your audience is older than 24! A key theme for newsletters is to personalize them. You can include interesting things like stories and hobbies. In addition, it is important to send out newsletters on a consistent basis.The most ...

News: Technology

How weloveyoursongs.com Empowers Musicians

November 9, 2010

Recently, I spoke with Alessandro, who is involved with We Love Your Songs, an internet community for unsigned musicians and music fans. In this interview, Alessandro talks about the site, how seek to empower artists, and the migration of users away from LimeWire. Why did you create We Love Your Songs? We Love Your Songs: We ...