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Dos And Don'ts: A Musician's Guide To Working For Free
As an artist working in the music industry, there will be doubtless be many opportunities for 'free' gigs which are offered to you, and while these can sometimes benefit your career, they should other times be avoided. Guest post by Jaclyn Kendall of Soundfly's Flypaper Making money from your music gigs isn’t easy. Few creators are able to ...
Guide To Keeping Fans Engaged On Social Media
For artists, social media is a great way to reach fans with minimal expense. But in many ways, the real advantage comes from fans ability to reach you- provided you can keep them engaged! Guest post by Dana Tom of Eventbrite Social media enables you to reach out to your followers at any time and at ...
Live Money vs. Streaming Money: Which Comes First?
Professor David Phelp of William Paterson University examines how the balance of power has shifted between live and streamed music, and where both areas may have their financial limitations when it comes to artist growth. Guest post by Professor David Phelp of William Paterson University and Music Biz 101 This is an interesting article comparing live revenue to recorded music ...
Roy Ayers: Jazz-Soul Godfather
By the late 1960s and very early '70s, a growing number of young jazz musicians saw the writing on the wall. Rock was attracting massive media attention, ever-larger crowds of young listeners, and larger paydays. To compete, many jazz artists gave up their acoustic instruments for electronic counterparts and began playing a new form of jazz ...
Videos: Sacha Distel Duets
In the 1960s, one of France's biggest heartthrobs was Sacha Distel. A TV variety-show host with movie-star looks and a gentle, romantic persona, Distel seemed to melt the hearts of female singers who appeared with him. As one French singer from that era told me recently, “Sacha was impossibly handsome," which she followed with a sigh. ...
Vic Lewis Plays Bossa Nova
One of my favorite little-known bossa nova albums was recorded by a British big-band leader born in 1919. Inconceivable, but true. Vic Lewis Plays Bossa Nova at Home and Away was recorded in Los Angeles in January 1963 and in London for EMI in February as an RCA-EMI joint venture. The L.A. tracks were done with ...
Deezer, Jazz FM Partner To Honor Iconic Record Labels
Deezer has announced a partnership with Jazz FM in honor of International Jazz Day. The streaming service has joined forces with the radio station on a new series called ‘Jazz Stories,’ which will focus on the history of five iconic jazz labels: Impulse! (Universal), Blue Note (Universal), Columbia (Sony), Atlantic (Warner), and ECM (Universal). Each week’s hour-long episode ...
Record Store Day 2018 Break Sales Records (pun intended)
Record Store Day 2018 broke many sales records and proved that U.S. vinyl sales are not tapering off any time soon. The 733,000 LPs sold during Record Store Day week 2018 set an all-time high, according to Nielsen Music. Independent record stores set other all-time Record Store Day week highs including Vinyl LPs sold, at 580,000; ...
The Music Industry Doesn't Need To Be Saved
In this piece Bobby Owsinski refutes the idea that technology will “save" the music business, arguing that as long as people want to hear music, there will be a business around it, and that things like blockchain tech can only be so beneficial. Guest post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 If I read one more ...
Jazz this week: Erin Bode, Joe Policastro Trio, "Swing Symphony," Peter Martin, Jeremy Davenport, Dweezil Zappa, and more
This week's calendar of live jazz and creative music features jazz played by a variety of ensembles, from intimate duos and trios to a full symphony orchestra and big band teaming up to present the St. Louis premiere of a large-scale work from trumpeter Wynton Marsalis. Let's go to the highlights... Wednesday, May 2 Singer Erin ...
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