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Helen Sung And Dana Gioia: A Fine Joint Effort
Helen Sung: Sung With Words (Stricker Street Records) In this poetry and jazz collection Helen Sung further validates her position as one of the most accomplished pianists In the New York jazz community, which has an abundance of fine pianists. The quintet supporting Sung thrives on her arrangements and accompaniments as she improvises on themes suggested ...
Guide To Making Your Live Show More Interesting
The shows that truly stick in our minds often transcend just great music, using stunning visuals or other dramatic elements to emphasize the emotional power of the performance. Here we look at how artists can take their show to the next level and give fans a truly unforgettable experience. Guest post by Evan Zwisler for Soundfly's ...
New Titles Entering The Public Domain
January 1st of 2019 marked the first day on which a plethora of titles originally published in 1923 will finally enter the public domain, (meaning they can be used for free and without permission) after Congress extended the copyright term for an additional twenty years when they were originally supposed to be released in 1999. Here ...
The Truth About Advances In The Music Business
As with all entrepreneurs, songwriters are likely to run into issues with cash flow, to which getting an advance is one solution. Unsurprisingly such advance payments, while they do provide much needed cash on hand, come with a number of strings attached, and aren't always the best option. Guest post by Frances Katz of Soundfly's Flypaper ...
Making The Most Of Your Ideas (Even The Bad Ones)
In this piece, James Shotwell encourages musical creators to slow down and think about their developmental process, as well as the value of fully exploring ideas to determine their value before writing them off. Guest post by James Shotwell of Haulix Last year, Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler appeared on Joe Rogan’s popular podcast to promote a new documentary ...
Indie Label Tru Thoughts Celebrates 20 Years of Innovative Vinyl Releases
Brighton label Tru Thoughts is celebrating two decades of innovative vinyl releases this year. From downtempo instrumentals to heavy club tracks, through reggae, dub and hip hop to folk, jazz and soul-influenced singers and songwriters, the label really has done it all. “As we celebrate 20 years of the label it is very exciting to have releases ...
Videos: Nine Live Sax Solos
This week, the weather in New York has been all over the place. On Monday, the temperature was in the single digits. Yesterday it was 60 and pouring rain. In celebration of the thermometer's versatile range, let's end the week with nine live smokin' saxophone solos: Here's Sonny Rollins playing On Green Dolphin Street... Here's Joe ...
New Nielsen Music Report Reveals Industry Quite Healthy
Thanks to the expedited turnaround of our new digital age, Nielsen's latest annual report has already become available and (spoiler alert) the news is good. Most numbers gathered over the past year seem to indicate a happy, healthy music industry. Guest post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 It used to be that you’d have to ...
5 Emails Music Publicists Enjoy Getting From A Band/Artist
A lot of pieces need to fall into place for an up-and-coming band to get coverage from a publicist, but a simple lack of good manners can be a dealbreaker right out of the gate. Here we look at five different types of emails music publicists actually love to receive. Guest post by Amy Sciarretto of ...
Why Subscriptions Matter To Musicians [Jack Udell]
As subscription based services begin to occupy an increasingly large section of the market, artists are wondering how they can better get in on the action. Here we look at why a subscriber base would be so valuable to artists, and some of the challenges in creating an artist-specific subscription base. By music manager Jake Udell ...
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