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News: TV / Film

'Louis the Movie'

September 17, 2010

From the Associated Press. Although unfortunate that the screenings with live music by Wynton Marsalis was only held in five cities, it is encouraging that the director intends to eventually get the film out to a larger audience, even if it means adding a recorded soundtrack. Dan Pritzker has spent more than 15 years and millions ...

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News: Trends

Connecting with Fans and the Dave Matthews Band

September 17, 2010

(UPDATED) In this interview, Stefan Lessard, the bassist for Dave Matthews Band, talks about the challenges of staying at the forefront of technology and maintaining an identity outside of the group. Early on, fan clubs consisted of mailing a postcard and getting a bit of merch and a form-letter. Beyond that, the incentives for fandom were ...

News: Book / Magazine

12 Books That the Record Industry Needs to Read

September 19, 2010

Grab a book off the list and enjoy it. Over the last few months, we've been asking some of the leading voices in our field to send in their summer reading lists for the Hypebot community. I won't go as far as to say that this is a definitive list of the books that the music ...

News: Opinion

The Great Indie Music Conspiracy

September 17, 2010

If I understand this “theory" correctly, an entire cottage industry has been erected around indie music and companies and bloggers like myself and others have been leading these poor and helpless musicians off a cliff like buffalo, only to be taken advantage of by businesses and gurus more than willing to take their money. We're peddling ...

News: Technology

Mashable's Top 10 Twitter Tips for Musicians

September 17, 2010

Twitter is the most useful tool ever created to grow the artist/fan connection. A few, like Amanda Palmer, have even figured out how to make some money using 140 charracters. Tweeting seems incredible easy. Just type in what you're doing and share it with hordes of adoring fans. But in truth there's a lot more to ...

News: Trends

Presumptuous Much: A Tale of Uncommon Heroes

September 17, 2010

Last year, I did a brief speaking engagement at a local university. I had been working for a concert promoter and we were in the midst of producing a free music event series for area students. We weren't having much success getting the fliers for the show up around campus—due to their surprisingly strict policies about ...

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News: Obituary

Charles Evans "Buddy" Hughes Funeral / Wake / Memorial Services Info: Big Band Jazz Era Vocalist of Dorsey, Krupa, Thornhill Fame Dies at 91

September 17, 2010

Buddy Hughes, former big band jazz vocalist most notably with the orchestras of Jimmy Dorsey, Gene Krupa and Claude Thornhill has passed away at the age of 91 years (recently announced publicly on September 9th) on August 23, 2010 at his home in Glen Ellyn, Illinois of cancer(images in order of appearance: Buddy Hughes on left ...

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News: Festival

The 42nd Voll-Damm Barcelona International Jazz Festival is Here

September 19, 2010

42ND VOLL-DAMM BARCELONA INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL FEATURING SONNY ROLLINS' 80TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION The 42nd Voll-Damm Barcelona International Jazz Festival is set to commence Wednesday, November 3rd through Thursday, December 2nd. This month long celebration will feature Sonny Rollins' 80th Birthday Celebration along with performances by Chick Corea solo piano, Chucho Valdés & The Afro-Cuban Messengers, David ...

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News: Recording

Charles Lloyd - Mirror (2010)

September 17, 2010

By Pico Two years is not a long time between albums, and Charles Lloyd has maintained a steady output of an album every couple of years and sometimes every year since hooking up with ECM Records in the late 80s. It's impressive when keeping in mind that Lloyd has been making records since 1965 and even ...

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News: Recording

Abraham Inc - Tweet Tweet

September 17, 2010

By Mark Saleski Often when something is unexpected, it ends up being that much more rewarding. You know: surprises! I remember back in 1994 when Brandford Marsalis put together his jazz/funk/hip-hop group Buckshot LeFonque. The debut album was a giant pile of unexpected. So much so that some folks didn't seem to know what to make ...