Results for "AAJ Staff"

4 Essential Tips To Optimize Videos For Mobile Screens

June 27, 2017

As the future of video continues its move into our pockets, all artists and musicians should keep in mind how their videos will play on a mobile platform. Here we look at four different tips for optimizing your video to make sure it will hold up to a phone or tablet. Guest post by Bobby Owsinski ...

Sparkplug: Rent Instruments, Gear, Space From And To Your Fellow Musicians

June 27, 2017

This article explores the new ins and outs of Sparkplug, a resource which allows artists to make money by renting out instruments and space to fellow artists, as well as save money by renting space and gear from same said artists. Guest post by Jennifer Newman Sharpe, CEO and founder of Sparkplug Make money renting out your instruments; ...

Sonny Rollins & Monk

June 19, 2017

Tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins didn't record much with pianist Thelonious Monk, but what they did record together remains remarkable. It's a shame they weren't brought together for more albums, but the timing wasn't quite right. By the late 1950s both Sonny and Monk were towering leaders in their own right blazing paths on their own sessions. ...

Video: Maynard Ferguson

June 16, 2017

In the fall of 1969, Maynard Ferguson toured Europe with a great book of arrangements and a clutch of American players, adding top local musicians along the way. On Nov. 29, he was in Vienna at the Konzerthaus, a formal hall that dates back to 1913. The band included Maynard Ferguson (tp, vtb), Dusko Goykovich (tp), ...

Could Europe Be Set To Recalibrate The Digital Music Market?

June 15, 2017

Respect for copyrights and music's “value gap" continue to be core issues for creators and the music industry. But Europe's competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager is taking steps to recalibrate the entire digital marketplace, and the indie sector can lead the charge, says Helen Smith, executive chair of European independent music trade group Impala. Guest post by ...

Sirius XM's $480 Million Pandora Investment Just Prolongs The Inevitable [Bobby Owsinski]

June 14, 2017

A company which has been facing series of woes, Pandora recently rejected a full buyout from Sirius XM, instead opting for a large cash injection, as well as giving up almost a fifth of its stock and three seats on the its board, although Sirius XM's ownership of the floundering company seems inevitable. Guest post by ...

Red Garland: First Trio LP

June 7, 2017

Pianist Red Garland's first leadership recording came during Miles Davis's May 1956 session for an album that would be called Workin'. Under pressure to record enough material for two albums to meet half his remaining obligation to Prestige Records, Davis let Garland record one of the tracks in the trio format—Ahmad Jamal's Ahmad's Blues. The result ...

Another Safe Harbor For Digital Services Coming Soon [David Lowery]

May 31, 2017

Considering the financial havoc that has been wreaked with artists' income as a result of Google's DMCA safe harbor for YouTube, it seems odd that anyone remotely informed on the topic of music licensing would think another safe harbor for streaming services would be a good idea, and yet that's just what appears to have been proposed. ...

Videos: Basie Documentary

May 26, 2017

Vast Majority Of FCC Commenters Support Net Neutrality

May 25, 2017

Although the majority of consumers on both sides of the aisle support net neutrality, many ISP lobbyists and think tankers have successfully presented the ongoing battle against it as a partisan issue, while the need for rules protecting against massive monopolies by companies like Comcast are universally desired. Guest post by Karl Bode of Techdirt The ...