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News: Music Industry

What is a Brand?

November 2, 2010

Artists today are constantly told to promote their brand, but do you know what a brand is exactly? Brands help fans identify artists and can range from your sound to the clothes you wear. To maintain your brand, artists should be consistent in persona and sound. Bobby cites Madonna and The Beatles as good brands. It's ...

News: Technology

iPhone Sales Flat as Android Surges, Blackberry Falls

November 2, 2010

Think you can cover the marketplace with just an iPhone app? Think again. A new NPD Group survey, which probably isn't making Steve Jobs the most fun guy to hang out with right now, shows Android's OS was installed in 44% of all smartphones purchased in Q3, an increase of 11% over Q2. Apple's iOS rose ...

News: Crowdfunding Campaign

4 Essential Elements to a Kickstarter Campaign

November 2, 2010

Recently, I spoke with Yancey Strickler, who is the co-founder of Kickstarter, a crowdfunding platform for creativity. In this interview, Strickler talks about moving past a one-size fits all model for financing creativity, how pull marketing models relate to Kickstarter, and why fan-funding encourages fans to become more active particiapants in their cultural lives. Hypebot: In ...

News: Music Industry

Spotify on Track to Pay Labels $60 Million in 2010, but is That Enough?

November 2, 2010

European executives from the same major labels that have been keeping Spotify from the U.S. are singing its praises. “Spotify is on track to become the largest single partner we have." according to Jacob Herbst, Sony Sweden's director of digital sales. “We already have several artists who receive 80% of revenue via Spotify," added Martin Glemme ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Kenny Barron - Live at SFJazz

November 2, 2010

I recently saw Kenny Barron in performance during the San Francisco Jazz Festival. He is an elegant and melodic player and was in top form on October 24th. Barron was born in Philadelphia in 1943 and was already playing piano professionally as a teenager. After moving to New York City, he was hired by tenor saxophonist ...

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News: Recording

Sister Sparrow and the Dirty Birds (2010)

November 2, 2010

By Mark Saleski ..."The disgusting stink of a too-loud electric guitar: now that's my idea of a good time." Ah yeah, tell it Mr. Zappa! One of my all-time favorite quotes concerning the instrument, Frank wasn't proclaiming the guitar the king of instruments so much as noting that it's the perfect tool for making a truly ...

News: Recording

Atomic Skunk - Portal (2010)

November 2, 2010

By Mark Saleski “Subtlety" is not a word to be used lightly in a music review, mostly because it's likely to scare off the listener before even a single particle of the music has entered their ear parts. The sad fact is that “subtle" and “entertaining" are often thought of as mutually exclusive things. People don't ...

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News: Recording

Otis Rush, "Live in Europe" (1993)

November 2, 2010

By Nick Deriso Otis Rush is the star-crossed guitar god, always in the right place at the wrong time. Close but no rock star. That despite his role as a principal architect of the modern Chicago blues-guitar vernacular, and a memorably emotional style of singing that echoes some of the genre's most recognizable figures. He's in ...

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News: Recording

Benito Gonzalez - Circles (Furthermore Recordings, 2010)

November 2, 2010

In the early and mid 1970's, pianist McCoy Tyner released a series of powerful modal jazz LP's that melded the fire of the “new thing" and the intricacy of traditional jazz. Pianist Benito Gonzalez explores similar terrain on his most recent album, supported by a potent group consisting of Myron Walden on alto and soprano saxophone, ...

News: Opinion

Who's Really Destroying Music? Take a Closer Look...

November 2, 2010

If you want to beat up on the majors, have fun—there's plenty of material to go around. But just be prepared to beat up on the tech sector as well, because they're just as responsible for devaluing music and lowering artist welfare. It's the only balanced way to view the crisis that music finds itself in ...