Results for "AAJ Staff"

Before Miles Ahead + 19

February 27, 2019

One of Miles Davis's finest albums is Miles Ahead: Miles Davis +19, an orchestral jazz recording arranged and conducted by Gil Evans in May and August 1957. In many ways, the LP was jazz's first concept album. The music unfolds like a story and can only be heard from start to finish. As gentle and as ...

Most Artists Don't Understand Their Record Deal, Do You?

February 26, 2019

Musicians need to understand the contracts they sign and their implications, but most don't. Michael Brandvold and Jay Gilbert are joined on the Music Biz Weekly Podcast by manager and educator Mark Tavern to explore why that is and what to do about. Signing a record deal is a major accomplishment. As an artist, having company ...

Thriving After 15 Years: 6 Keys To Independent Music Success

February 26, 2019

Success as a DIY artist has never been easy to find, and for most artists, their rags to riches story typically comes down a little heavier on the rags. Still, as independent artist Yael Meyer here illustrates in these six best practices, independent music success is achievable. By Yael Meyer from CD Baby's DIY Musician blog ...

Interview: Chuck Israels

February 26, 2019

Bassist Chuck Israels is probably best known for his work in the Bill Evans Trio between 1961 and 1966—a golden, delicate period for Evans. But Chuck also played with Stan Getz, Herbie Hancock, Gary Burton, Hampton, Hawes, Dave Pike, Gerry Mulligan and many other jazz greats. Chuck also has had a vast playing and recording career ...

Ira Gitler (1928-2019)

February 25, 2019

Ira Gitler, a jazz author, journalist and producer who was a wealth of eyewitness knowledge and whose liner notes starting in the early 1950s appeared on more albums than many of the musicians he wrote about recorded, died on February 23. He was 90. Ira is perhaps best known for writing Leonard Feather's Encyclopedia of Jazz ...

Time flies when you're having fun

February 24, 2019

Drummer Al Hixon has been hosting weekly jam sessions in or near Sarasota for about 30 years that draw an interesting blend of consummate jazz pros, amateurs and devoted listeners. The latest incarceration takes place Monday nights from October through May at 15 South Ristorante Entoteca on St. Armand's Circle. The retired urban planner from southern ...

Major Labels Earn $800,000 A Hour From Streaming

February 23, 2019

New Study By Goldman Sachs Forecasts Double-Digit Growth For Music Biz

February 23, 2019

The music business has had a tough go of it over the past decade, but in recent years things have taken a turn for the better, with industry business booming. Thankfully, this trend shows no signs of waning, according to recently published research from a team at Goldman Sachs. Guest post from AWAL Business really is ...

Next Big Sound Adds Pandora Streams To Audience Map: Know Where Your Fans Are

February 23, 2019

Pandora owned analytics platform Next Big Sound has improved its Audience Map with adding an important metric- where an artist's Pandora streams are coming from. Launched last last November, the chart had previously only highlighted the areas where an artist received Pandora Artist Station Adds over the last 28 days. Station Adds for the last 28 ...

129 Members Of US Congress Renew Assault On Musicians With The 'Local Radio Freedom Act'

February 23, 2019

Broadcast radio lobbyists and a bipartisan coalition of 124 members House members and 5 senators are backing the latest edition of the Local Radio Freedom Act, which would continue to limit the royalties that radio stations pay on recordings. To put this in context, the United States is one of a handful of countries including North ...