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Video: Official Look at New Myspace Artist Profiles

September 24, 2010

Top 10

September 27, 2010

I remember when I first started going to jazz festivals as a fan and eventually as a participant. I was in my late teens and early twenties when I made the observation that, each year, the same personalities and groups were appearing on all of the festivals. I'm talking late 70s and early 80s. The lineups ...

5 Ways to Ruin Your Relationship with Your Fans

September 25, 2010

Before I get too far into this post, I will add the disclaimer that I don't have fans nor do I play music. I have readers and I write. There are similarities between the two, but there are also discrepancies. Thus, my intent here is to dive into the psychology of relationships and try to understand ...

How Technology is Changing the Album Release

September 25, 2010

By Greg Rollett of the music marketing company, Gen-Y Rock Stars. Releasing an album or single in today's Internet and share-happy music economy is tough. Artists spend time and money getting their song ready for the world to hear, only to have it leaked before it gets mastered, before the artwork and video is created, and ...

The Future of Music Coalition Policy Summit Preview

September 25, 2010

ine years ago, a Washington, D.C.-based non-profit called the Future of Music Coalition held its very first policy summit. The world had begun to buzz with questions about where music was headed (What are we going to do about piracy? Will record labels still exist?), but the discussions rarely seemed to include the people actually creating ...

Authenticity Will Always Win on Stage

September 27, 2010

[Editor's Note: The following post was written by Sami Fischer, the lead singer of My Glorious, a rock band based in Vienna, Austria. It was originally published on Know the Music Biz, and appears here with the author's permission. It has been edited for content and clarity] Sometimes when I think of music, it seems like ...

Recent Listening: Danilo Perez

September 27, 2010

Danilo Pérez, Providencia (MackAvenue). In what may well have been his most substantial and visionary contribution to world understanding and the progress of his nation, the late Mexican president José López Portillo said in a 1977 interview, “Everything is part of everything else." 1,500 miles to the south in Panama, Danilo Pérez was an 11-year-piano student. ...

1,000 Jazz Albums You Should Hear Before You Die (721-730)

September 27, 2010

Here is another 10 to add to the list. Remember that there is no ranking system here, and if you don't see your favorite jazz album yet, it doesn't mean it won't show up. Hopefully these lists will inspire you to seek some of these albums out that perhaps you haven't heard before, or revisit an ...

Lee Konitz New Quartet at the Triple Door

September 27, 2010

Earshot Jazz presents: Lee Konitz New Quartet with Florian Weber + Jeff Denson + Ziv Ravitz Tuesday, October 5, 7:30pm Triple Door, 216 Union Street, Seattle $22 general; $20 Earshot members and seniors; $10 students with valid student ID Contact the Triple Door for tickets at 206-838-4333 or online. Earshot ...

Neil Young - Le Noise (2010)

September 27, 2010

By Nick Deriso Even after a damaging season of loss, Neil Young remains, as always, restless and relentless—imbuing the modernistic, reverb-soaked “Le Noise" with a kind of anti-melancholy. He hasn't stopped searching for light in the darkness and, even now, somehow never sounds quite the same from album to album. This time, Young partners with producer ...