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News: Economics

The Music Venture Capital Business Model

September 18, 2010

This guest post is by Wesley Verhoeve (@wesleyverhoeve); he is an artist manager, producer, curator, and the founder of Family Records. As the music business evolves and moves beyond the antiquated copyright exploitation model, it makes increasing amounts of sense to further explore the thoughts I've shared on the parallels between the future of our business ...

News: Trends

The End (and Beginning) of Music as a Loss Leader

September 18, 2010

With the news that Best Buy will be cutting the store space allocated to CDs this holiday season, it's important to remember the reason why they're in the business anyways. Hint: It's not because they care about the music. All of the plastic discs they've been hocking over the years serve only one purpose: to sell ...

News: Trends

Study Predicts Big Growth in Digital Music by 2014

September 18, 2010

IE Market Research's Global Digital Music Forecast for online, mobile, and subscription channels predicts that retail revenues will increase to $32.5 billion by the end of 2014.The forecast sees most of the growth coming via music subscriptions both online and mobile. Other key findings: There are now 832 million paid users of digital music worldwide and ...

News: Interview

Together for 10 Years and Still Totally Committed

September 18, 2010

Ten years ago the Bad Plus came together in a warm rush of camaraderie and with a clear grasp of novelty. Here was a jazz piano trio with the heart and gall of a stadium rock band, grappling wryly but directly with anthemic covers and its own scarcely less anthemic originals. The group was brash and ...

News: Performance / Tour

Chicago Live Jazz Music (September 17 - September 24, 2010) Schedule

September 18, 2010

Here is what's happening with the live music Chicago Jazz Scene for the dates September 17th thru September 24th, 2010... (image: JAZZzology editor Rick Watters hanging with his cousin Laurie (Watters) Morvan after her guitar rockn' blues show by The Laurie Morvan Band at Fitzgerald's in Berwyn, IL) Andy's Jazz Club11 East Hubbard St. Chicago, IL ...

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News: Recording

Blue Cranes - Observatories (2010)

September 18, 2010

By Pico Although we don't really cover indie rock on our little corner of the blogzine world, I'm often intrigued by musicians who approach jazz from the indie angle. They don't swing and they usually don't try to dazzle with labored technique. Most times the compositions aren't these tedious, multi-sectioned pieces with the intricacies of classical ...

News: Recording

The Friday Morning Listen: Taylor Ho Bynum, Forbes Graham - The Middle Picture/Echoes (2007)

September 18, 2010

By Mark Saleski In our society, it seems like there's a constant battle between idealism and cynicism. A person will take a stand on a particular issue, and no matter how quietly they do it, there is always an opposing force with the can of hot tar at the ready. It's a phenomenon that contributes to ...

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News: Opinion

Correspondence: On Discovering Bill Evans

September 19, 2010

Many of the numerous comments about my Bill Evans article in The Wall Street Journal this week have been touching. None has been more moving or more extensive than this one from Rifftides reader Mark Mohr. The staff agreed that Mr. Mohr's account of discovering Evans should be an item of its own because it parallels ...

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News: Video / DVD

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Spotlight on Jonathan Butler

September 19, 2010

This week, our video spotlight is on singer and guitarist Jonathan Butler, who's coming to St. Louis next Friday, September 24 for a concert at the 560 Music Center in University City. The concert, which is part of the festivities surrounding the annual Gateway Classic college football game next ...

News: Music Industry

Afro Latin Jazz Alliance Partners with Famed Greenwich Village Jazz Club Fat Cat to Launch New York City All-Star Youth Big Band

September 19, 2010

NEW YORK—The Afro Latin Jazz Alliance (ALJA) announced today its invitation to New York City's finest young musicians to sit under the directorship of Arturo O'Farrill, leader of the GRAMMY Award-winning Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra (ALJO), and be a part of an elite all-city youth big band hosted by the famed Greenwich Village jazz club Fat ...