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Cindy Blackman and Explorations Live at the Jazz Standard/NYC August 17th and 18th, 2010

July 15, 2010

Drummer, Bandleader, & Recording Artist, Cindy Blackman will be performing with her Group, Explorations at The Jazz Standard in New York on Tuesday and Wednesday August 17th and 18th, 2010. Set Times are 7:30 PM & 9:30 PM Cindy Blackman's ExplorationsAntoine Roney--tenor saxophone Marc Cary--keyboards Zaccai Curtis--keyboards Rashaan Carter--bass Cindy Blackman--drums ...

Interview: Paul Bacon (Part 2)

July 15, 2010

Paul Bacon is modest and soft-spoken. Since the late 1940s, jazz musicians have sensed in the album illustrator, designer and art director a wise and gentle soul. This was particularly true of Thelonious Monk, who saw Paul as an unpretentious artist and sensitive thinker. For his part, Paul saw in Monk a creative genius who was ...

Moogfest 2010 in Asheville MGMT, Thievery, Massive Attack

July 15, 2010

NEW HALLOWEEN FEST IN ONE OF THE COOLEST CITIES IN U.S. Massive Attack AC Entertainment--creator and producer of the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, Big Ears Festival, and Vegoose--has announced MoogFest 2010, a three-day festival celebrating the innovative vision of sonic pioneer, Robert Moog, to be held Halloween weekend, October 29-31, in Asheville, NC, the adopted ...

Earthdance Festival 2010 Spearhead, Matisyahu, Eoto, Shorty

July 15, 2010

FAREWELL TO BLACK OAK RANCH Earthdance '09 by Michael Buchanan The 14th annual Earthdance Festival will take place at the renowned Black Oak Ranch in Laytonville, CA, a property rich in native history and old growth oak trees. The ranch has been home to Earthdance for the past 8 years, but due to expanding audiences, the ...

Bandcamp to Switch from Free to Paid Service

July 15, 2010

After several years of offering free services, music marketing and sales platform Bandcamp announced today that it will be switching to a paid platform in early August. Bandcamp will  charge artists 15% of each transaction, dropping to 10% as soon as an artist, management or label's all-time sales exceed $5,000.  The revenue share rate for existing ...

In 2008 the RIAA Paid out $16m, Recovered $391,000

July 15, 2010

NPD Survey: iTunes in Cloud Worth $1b in First Year

July 15, 2010

A new NPD Group study based on just under 4000 consumer interviews predicts that between 7 and 8 million iTunes users in the U.S. have a strong interest in paid music subscription options. Those surveyed indicated a willingness to pay a minimum monthly fee of $10, either for streaming music or access to their personal music ...

If the Beatles Couldn't Make It, Something's Wrong.

July 15, 2010

I find this kind of thinking rather disconcerting--misleading even. Yesterday, I stumbled across a story in my Google Alerts titled, “Would Beatles make it in today's music world?“ Normally, I greet such questions with murmured swear words, because of all the things that are important in the public discourse surrounding the record and music industries at ...

My Response to "Why You Should Pay for Music."

July 15, 2010

Near the end June, audio engineer Jon Sheldrick published a rather thoughtful, well-written essay titled “Why You Should Pay For Music." It was everywhere. Huffington Post. Sound Ctrl. Hell, I even republished it on our sister blog, Music Think Tank. But, the essay left me wanting more. More what? Well, more thoughtful discussion of the issues ...

A Graphic Look at Who Got Paid What in the Old School Record Industry

July 15, 2010

The traditional record deal may or may not help make an artist become a star, but it certainly does not make most of them rich. We like to think that things are changing--and certainly there are more alternative paths than ever--but the new record industry's 360 deals may well net even less revenue to the artist ...