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News: Music Industry

Seth Godin: Get It Right for 10 People

July 24, 2010

Don't Go For The Masses, Go Direct To Fan Major labels are mass marketing power giants; it's what they do. Before the advent of the social web, they were the only way to reach the masses. Due to their influence on commercial radio stations, at big-box retail outlets, and on television, much of this remains true. ...

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News: Festival

Brubeck, Corea and Other Jazz Pianists at Festivals

July 24, 2010

OVER the past decade and a half, the Litchfield Jazz Festival in Kent and the Caramoor Jazz Festival in Katonah, N.Y., have reliably presented a selection of top players. But this year, taken together--both festivals are running from Aug. 6 to 8--they are offering more: a multigenerational history of jazz piano featuring the giants who made ...

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News: Music Industry

The Argentine Invasion, PT. 3: Juan Cruz de Urquiza

July 24, 2010

Joining Richard Nant in the trumpet section of Guillermo Klein's Base de Nave (at the Vanguard next month) will be Juan Cruz de Urquiza. JCU studied at Berklee with Klein and Nant in the early 90s, but unlike them, he returned to Buenos Aires soon after graduating. Much of the new Argentine jazz comes out of ...

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News: Recording

The Sound of Summer: A Beach Boys Appreciation

July 24, 2010

News that the Beach Boys were contemplating a reunion to celebrate the band's 50th anniversary (or not?), got us to thinking ... By Nick DerisoThink Beach Boys, and many remember a group perhaps irrevocably reduced by its tragicomic storyline.Admittedly distracting plot points, beyond the 36 Top 40 hits (most of ...

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News: Recording

The Friday Morning Listen: The Bill Frisell Band - Lookout for Hope (2010)

July 24, 2010

By Mark Saleski There's a lot of writing out there about where inspiration comes from. We've all read stories about the Muse and how fickle it can be and all of that. For me, the vanishing Muse has most often to do with life situations out of control. Stress shows up and free and easy thought ...

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News: Opinion

All Hail the Jazz Super-Stud

July 24, 2010

Pity the poor jazz musician. For about 75 years we were branded with a kind of anti-hero cultural status. To live up to that, we coughed up scores of booze-soaked and heroin-riddled deaths. Some-Artie Shaw, Harry James-were forced to march-step through scores of glamorous divorces.After that, the pressure eased off a bit. When people ...

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News: Event

New Music Seminar Recap, Part Four: Words of Wisdom

July 24, 2010

As you might have noticed, we were at the New Music Seminar this past week, and we learned a lot. With the week drawing to a close, we thought we'd leave you with some more pearls of wisdom. These didn't fit into our earlier coverage, but they're also too good to leave in our notebooks. In ...

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News: Music Industry

Five Reasons for a Musician to Consider the Creative Commons

July 24, 2010

If you want to understand the need for a Creative Commons approach to copyright law for musicians, you could do worse than to visit San Francisco. When you get there, take the 1-California Muni bus to the Outer Richmond District, get off at the 22nd Avenue stop, cross the street to the Bazaar Cafe, and ask ...

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News: Recording

Vote for Your Favorite Jason Moran Remix!

July 24, 2010

Indaba Music is holding a contest to see who can come up with the best remix or cover of “RFK in the Land of Apartheid" off of Jason Moran and the Bandwagon's latest album, Ten. The entries are in, and now it's time for you to vote for your favorite. Polls close on July 28th. The ...

News: Music Industry

U.S. Pledges to Speed up Visa Process for Artists

July 24, 2010

U.S. Pledges To Speed Up Visa Process For Artists By Ben Sisario Addressing years of complaints about slow and inconsistent processing of visa applications for foreign performing artists, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services told arts groups this week that it was making an effort to speed up and improve its visa operations. In ...