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How To Create A Successful Music Business By Teaching Online
As the online learning industry continues to grow, more people are now able to make a living through teaching online. The music industry is no exception, and here we look at seven steps those interested in teaching online courses can get started building a business. Guest post by Eduardo Yi Online learning is a massive growing industry ...
Rank On Google: How To Manage SEO For Events
Although about 5-10% of an event's ticket sales result from people searching for the event, getting to this point requires concerted effort and careful search engine optimization on the part of the organizer. Here we look at some techniques for ensuring that your event appears at the top of a potential ticket buyers search results. Guest ...
Joe Harriott; Free Form
Yesterday I posted about Jamaican tenor saxophonist Wilton Gaynair. Today, I want to hip you to Jamaican alto saxophonist Joe Harriott. Like Gaynair, Harriott was educated at the Alpha Boys School in Kingston. And like Gaynair, Harriott moved to Europe, but instead of relocating to Germany, he settled in the U.K. in 1951 and became a ...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, May 12-18
It looks like a great spring week coming our way with national headliners and local talents—talents that could be national headliners. Big Gigs This Week Friday, May 12. One of the most lauded composers and bandleaders of his generation, saxophonist Steve Coleman brings his rarely performed project, Natal Eclipse, to the McGuire Theater at the Walker. ...
Living his jazz mentors’ advice
Bassist and educator Brandon Robertson practices what he teaches. Robertson earned undergraduate and master’s degrees in music performance at Florida State University in Tallahassee, where his mentors had sage advice. “They’ve all told me to go out and make my own name for myself. Make my own success,” Robertson says. “I just want to be positive, ...
Spotify, Blockchain And Music's Future [Thomas Euler]
In this piece Thomas Euler defends his optimistic projections (sparked by Spotify's purchase of Mediachain labs) of how blockchain technology could be beneficial to the music industry, while acknowledging that there are plenty of concerns and complications involved as well. Guest post by Thomas Euler on Attention Econo.me Life is funny, at least sometimes. I recently wrote ...
StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: The Soul Rebels' brass band revolution
This week, StLJN's video spotlight shines on the Soul Rebels, who are coming to St. Louis to perform on Thursday, May 25 at the Old Rock House. Described by Village Voice as the missing link between Public Enemy and Louis Armstrong," the group was founded in the early 90s in New Orleans by percussionists Lumar LeBlanc ...
Newest Amazon Prime Perk: Exclusive Live Concerts
Amazon is sweetening the pot for its 'Prime' customers with a new concert series with tickets offered exclusively to its premium members. Initially launching in the UK, a source tells Hypebot that the company hopes to add U.S. concerts before the end of this year. Launching this month, Amazon Prime Live Events will feature internationally recognized ...
YouTube Plays Offense, Funds Study Showing It Cuts Piracy, Doesn't Cannibalize Paid Services
As the importance of streaming revenue has increased, so has the criticism of YouTube, Once content to stay above the fray, Google's video behemoth is fighting back against those who contend that it pays too little and cannibalizes users from other services that pay out more. Admitting there is a lively debate about whether YouTube is ...
YouTube’s Content ID: What Is It?
In this quick and easy guide from Symphonic Blog we look at YouTube's Content ID system, explore how and works, and review some of the best and most effective ways to, as an artist, ensure that your content is rightfully under your ownership. Guest post from Symphonic Blog We love sharing our knowledge with all of ...

