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R.I.P. Fats Domino: His Musical Traits, Most Popular Songs Explored
Renowned musical icon Fats Domino passed away on Tuesday, but the artist's legacy endures. Here we use Pandora's Music Genome project to take a look at some of the traits which permeated Fats' music, and helped to make him so popular. Guest post by Glenn Peoples, Music Insights and Analytics at Pandora on Medium Music icon Antoine “Fats” Domino passed ...
Budget-Friendly Ways For Indie Artists To Enhance Their Photography
Photography is one of the best and most powerful in which artists and bands communicate with and market to their fans. So how can you make the most of your photos without breaking the bank? Guest post by Michelle Aguilar of the TuneCore Blog [Editors Note: This blog article was written by Michelle Aguilar.] Photography is one ...
Video: Dizzy in Denmark, 1970
Day #3 of my Dizzy Gillespie tribute. Today, a concert video of Gillespie with his big band at the Tivoli Gardens Concert Hall in Copenhagen, Denmark, on November, 4 1970. And what a monster big band it was! The musicians were Gillespie (tp, voc); Benny Bailey, Art Farmer, Dusko Goycovich and Idrees Sulieman (tp); Nat Peck, ...
Best Ways To Invest In Your Music Career And In Yourself
When cultivating a career in music, cash can be hard to come, and when it does finally begin to roll in, it's critical that you take the time to reinvest at least a portion of the funds back into your career. Here we look at some smart and effective ways to invest in your music career. ...
5 Band Skills That Can Apply Towards A Career
Although popular notions may suggest that holding down an additional job means you've somehow failed to 'make it' in music, this is far from the truth, and many relatively well known artists still maintain some other form of day job. Here we look five band skills that artists can also apply towards a career. Guest post ...
StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Spotlight on Harold López-Nussa
This week, StLJN's video spotlight shines on pianist Harold López-Nussa, who will make his St. Louis debut with performances starting this coming Wednesday, October 18 and continuing through Saturday, October 21 at Jazz at the Bistro. Now 34 years old, López-Nussa grew up as part of a musical family in Havana, Cuba. His father, drummer Ruy ...
Grady Tate RIP
Grady Tate died on Sunday at his home in New York City. He was 85. His wife Vivian said that he had dementia. In demand for years as a drummer, he was encouraged by Peggy Lee to begin singing publicly and launched a new career as a vocalist. Tate’s professional debut was with the organist Wild ...
Sinatra in the Studio: 1967
In 1967, Frank Sinatra was in the studio to record Younger Than Springtime. The following clip was part of a TV special, Movin' With Nancy, as in Nancy Sinatra, the singer's daughter. Billy Strange is conducting and Lee Hazelwood is in the control booth. There's something so tender and honest about this clip at a time ...
Record Labels Are (Kind Of) Dead. Long Live Label Services!
As the role and relevance of record labels has changed over time, new opportunities have also emerged in the music business, something which these two ex-major label guys are using to their advantage—and helping out their clients in any way they can along the way. Guest post by Glenn Peoples, Music Insights and Analytics at Pandora from Medium ...
Spotify Threatened Researchers Of Upcoming Tell-All Book Not To Reveal Its 'Pirate' Past
An upcoming book, “Spotify Teardown – Inside the Black Box of Streaming Music," aims to tell the company's history including some secrets' that the globe's biggest music streamer would apparently rather not share. A five-person research team, funded by the Swedish Research Council, was tasked with an exhaustive study of Spotify's beginnings and how the streamer works. ...
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