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Wife Upload's Husband's Snoring To Spotify, Apple Music. 30,000 Streams Later...
Fed up of her husband’s snoring, a wife who uses the name Duck Mischief turned his night time noise into an 80s movie style dramatic theme song and released it on Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer and other streaming services. 30,000 stream later... I got so fed up of my husband’s snoring that I turned It Into ...
StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Introducing Roosevelt Collier
This week, let's get acquainted via video with steel guitarist Roosevelt Collier, who's coming to St. Louis to perform his first headlining shows here next Friday, June 21 and Saturday, June 22 at Jazz St. Louis. Collier grew up in Perrine, Florida, near Miami, and began playing music in the House of God Church in his ...
How To Win Over A Lame Crowd: A Musician's Guide
The lame crowd is an inevitability for any performing artists, and while an unreceptive crowd can be more than a little discouraging, there are a few ways to deal this frustrating right of passage that can leave you coming out on top and, ultimately, maybe even win the crowd over in the end. Guest post by ...
6 Things You Must Ask Your Automated Content Recognition (ACR) Vendor
Automated Content Recognition, or ACR, has become an integral part of the consumption of music and video as we experience them today. As more platforms publish user generated content, effectively monitoring use of copyrighted material has become increasingly difficult. So, how does one choose an ACR vendor that can be relied on? Guest post by Audible ...
Stan Getz at the Village Gate
In 1956, tax problems compelled Stan Getz to move to Denmark. He wasn't alone when it came to sizable tax bills and a European escape. After paying their sidemen immediately after gigs, many jazz leaders didn't or couldn't set aside a portion for Uncle Sam. Other musicians spent all of their gross pay to cover drugs, ...
5 Ways To Build Relationships With Bloggers, Journalists
Inundated as they are with pitches, music, and countless musicians trying to capture their attention, the idea of developing a meaningful relationship with music bloggers or journalists may seem like an unrealistic goal, and while it is challenging, there are few practices that can increase your odds of connecting with music journalists on a more meaningful ...
Sofar Sounds Raises Huge Amount Of Money, But Artists Don’t See Much Of It
Sofar Sounds, a service which specializes in setting up artists with shows, particular house concerts, has had a pretty successful financial track record, putting on over 600 shows a month and bringing in an impressive amount of revenue- unfortunately, not much of that money seems to be ending up in the pockets of the actual musicians. ...
5 Trends That Make Gen Z The Streaming Generation
The Culture Next Trends report commissioned by Spotify and research agency Culture Co-Op looks into the empowered, multinational, cross-cultural, socially aware, and informed group of 15- to 24-year-olds dubbed Generation Z. “We’re bold, fearless, careless, creative, and intriguing,” says Addy, a study participant from North Carolina. Powering this sentiment is technology, which “brings different cultures from ...
5 Videos: Bennie Maupin
On Monday, I posted about Stanley Cowell, one of jazz's greatest living pianists. Today, I'm focusing on Bennie Maupin, another living jazz legend who doesn't get the recognition he deserves. Maupin is perhaps best known for recording with Horace Silver (Serenade to a Soul Sister), Miles Davis (Bitches Brew) and Herbie Hancock (Headhunters, Thrust). Here are ...
6 More Things Your Email Press Release Must Have
In this followup piece, Hugh McIntyre examines what exactly an artist needs to include in the second half of their press release, the portion which actually contains the information you're trying to communicate about your band. Guest post by Hugh McIntyre for the Symphonic Blog If you’re reading this article, hopefully, you’ve already worked your way ...
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