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East Coast v. West Coast
Back in the early 1950s, New York and Los Angeles had mildly different jazz styles. The West Coast sound tended to be more melodic and contrapuntal. The East Coast's sound was denser and more bluesy. By mid-decade, as the LP became an increasingly profitable format, major New York-based labels such as RCA, Decca, MGM and Bethlehem ...
Washington State Laughs In The Face Of FCC Attempt To Prevent States From Protecting Net Neutrality
Although the FCC recently repealed net neutrality on a national level, states are taking matters into the own hands, and while incumbent ISPs and the FCC are doing their best to prevent this, states like Washington don't seem particularly perturbed. Guest post by Karl Bode of Techdirt from the Unicorns-at-the-FCC dept In the wake of the FCC's net ...
StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Spotlight on The Thing
Today, let's check out some videos featuring The Thing, who will be in St. Louis later this month for a show presented by New Music Circle on Thursday, March 22 at Off Broadway. With an energetic, extroverted style that's sometimes been called “Action Jazz" (after their 2006 album of the same name), saxophonist Mats Gustafsson, drummer ...
Music Distribution In The Age Of Smartphones
Sound recording is younger than you might think- it was only invented around 130 years ago. Over this time, it has evolved from physical to magnetic, then digital, ultimately losing the need for a physical medium. Today, the majority of sound recordings, no matter if they are speeches, noises or online slots to fit music genres, ...
Americans Listen To 200 Billion Minutes Of Audio Weekly
A new set of data from Nielsen has revealed that the average US dweller is listening to a massive amount of audio on weekly basis, although not all of it seems to be coming from sources which you might expect. Guest post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 Ever wonder how much we listen to audio ...
Apple Deleting iTunes LP Format: Beginning Of The End?
Apple is deleting the iTunes LP format. The news was shared with labels and distributors two weeks ago; and now an email to iTunes' music partners has surfaced that states clearly, “Apple will no longer accept new submissions of iTunes LPS after March 2018." Apple is killing the iTunes LP format, and some are seeing this ...
Indies Demand Spotify Stock Profit Share, Sony Responds
While the major labels have promised to pay their artists a share of any proceeds from the sale of their stock in Spotify, the independent music community is demanding that a corresponding share be passed on the many labels the major label owned companies distribute. All three major label groups have committed to sharing revenues from ...
47 Million U.S. Adults Have A Smart Speaker At Home
I'm one of many who believe that smart speakers will accelerate the adoption of music streaming, bringing it full into the mainstream. Getting an Alexa-enabled Sonos One doubled the amount of music played in my house simply by making playing whatever tracks or albums I'm in the mood for absurdly easy. So, in my view,, news ...
iHeartMedia, 855 Radio Stations Go Bankrupt At 11:59 PM CST Wednesday
UPDATE 2- The court gave iHeartMedia, its 855 radio stations and creditors until 11:59 PM Central time, Wed. March 7th to agree to a reorganization that would reduce its debt by $15 billion, according to papers filed Monday. As of 8PM CT, no settlement had been announced. The clock is ticking... A proposal filed with the Securities ...
The Free Soul of Ornette
Abstraction came late to jazz. New York's abstract expressionism art movement emerged in the late 1940s and flourished throughout the 1950s. By contrast, free jazz didn't coalesce until the late 1950s, though there were inklings of the style in the music of Lee Konitz in the late 1940s and early '50s. Not until alto saxophonist Ornette ...
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