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News: Performance / Tour

Death by Audience: Smigly Plays His Heart Out

July 13, 2010

Charles Mingus's “The Clown" tells the story of a hapless entertainer who “just wanted to make people laugh" but finds himself bombing night after night at fourth-tier venues. An accidental turn into physical comedy vaults him to stardom, and he's quickly slaying big-time audiences, playing to their basest instincts. On a fateful night, the clown's need ...

News: Recording

Quickies: New Release Roundup 2010, Vol. 7 (Blues and Roots Edition)

July 13, 2010

Trombone Shorty's sudden emergence on the national music scene from the streets of Treme is one of the big music stories of 2010.By PicoSometimes when listening to music, neither jazz nor mainstream is right for the moment. Blues or something folky or rootsy is usually called upon to fill in that gap. ...

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News: Opinion

The Infernal Vuvuzela, Scarcity and the Breath

July 13, 2010

The World Cup has resuscitated the vuvuzela, formerly known to us boomers as “can I have one of those big horns?"These horns (always red) stuck out the top of the 2-wheeled carts dragged along by guys working the crowds at parades and ballparks. They also had banners, mylar balloons and the industrious ones had ...

News: Music Industry

Matmos on Unlikely Collaboration, and Embracing the Talents of Others

July 13, 2010

Matmos. Photo by AJ Farkas. Drew Daniel and Martin “M.C." Schmidt, who comprise the electronic music duo Matmos, are not what you would consider classically trained musicians. This is not necessarily a bad thing, of course (how many classically-trained pop musicians do you know?) and in this case, it doesn't really matter; Matmos's music, a ...

News: Performance / Tour

How to Tour a Foreign Act in the United States (Part Two)

July 13, 2010

Last week, Eric Herman, the president and co-founder of Modiba, a social-activist international music company based in New York City, offered us some excellent pieces of advice about how foreign artists can effectively tour the United States. Part two of his article is after the jump. Stay On Your Promoters Once your presenters have been ...

News: Music Industry

The End of Bertie Big Balls, and the Rise of Independent A&R

July 12, 2010

For the last 30 years, the A&R rep has been an enigma: What do they do? What don't they do? Today, with the entire industry in flux, there are even more questions: Are they still relevant these days? Were they ever? A&R reps are most certainly still ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Rodrigo Y Gabriela: Tour Dates New Video for "Hanuman"

July 12, 2010

GUITAR SHREDDING DUO HEADLINES MAJOR U.S. VENUES This summer Rodrigo y Gabriela will headline storied venues including the Red Rocks Amphitheatre outside of Denver/Boulder, CO, and Greek Theatres in LA and Berkeley (see schedule below). In the meantime the duo has a fresh video for the latest single from their the latest single from the recent ...

News: Music Industry

MySpace Music is Burning Money, Possible Subcription Service in the Works

July 12, 2010

Before the end of the year, MySpace Music, having “underachieved“ with regard to revenue goals, is considering launching paid subscription service. Sources say they are in need of moving to a paid model because the venture is burning through piles of money each month. Courtney Holt, President of MySpace Music, went on record saying that they ...

News: Recording

Album Leaks: Are Tuesday's Gone with the Wind?

July 12, 2010

TIME ran a story this morning on album leaks; the topic is interesting to me because it highlights a shift that happened within my lifetime. Prior to the web and the social epidemic of file-sharing, Tuesday was the holy grail of the record industry. New albums came about that day. Yet, in recent years, if I've ...

News: Music Industry

Baym: Changing Relationships, Changing Industries

July 12, 2010

Communication scholar Nancy Baym, who has been interviewed on here before, recently gave a great talk at Harvard's Berkman Center. In it, she talks about how the music industries, in advent of the Internet and social web, have been forced to rethink how they work and relate to their audiences. She argues that the music industries ...