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Celebrating a man and his music
The depth and breadth of pianist, arranger and composer Dick Hyman’s career seems astonishing by any musical standards. Most aspects of his career, which began in the late 1940s in the thriving Manhattan music scene, were touched upon Tuesday, March 7 at the 37th annual Sarasota Jazz Festival. The evening’s journey, which Hyman called “wallowing in ...
Celso Fonseca: Like Nice
Back in the late 1950s, when the bossa nova was first emerging in Rio de Janeiro, the music was all about a feathery touch. The acoustic guitar had to sound barely strummed, as if the breeze were whistling through the strings. The vocals had to sound almost whispered. Early masters such as João Gilberto, Johnny Alf, ...
Spotify Acquires Audio Detection Startup Sonalytic To Improve Publishing Data
Spotify has acquired Sonalytic, a UK based startup that specializes in audio identification that enables us to connect creators and rights-holders to monetization opportunities. Spotify announced today that it has acquired Sonalytic, a UK based startup focused on audio detection technology that identifies songs, mixed content, stems and clips, tracks copyrighted material, and can improve music discovery. ...
Understanding Personalized Audio Ads On Pandora and How They're A Game Changer For Music (And Other) Marketers
The music industry is fairly familiar with the music side of Pandora. But there's another side of the streamer that also presents a powerful opportunity- the ad platform monetizes its free radio service and a new partnership that delivers personalized targeted audio ads. By Glenn Peoples, Music Insights and Analytics of Pandora Key takeaway: in creating ...
CD Baby Publishing Now Represents 100,000 Songwriters, Expanding To 18 More Countries
Indie music services platform CD Baby is now providing publishing administration to more than 100,000 songwriters, the company announced today, alongside a major expansion into new territories. CD Baby announced to today that it is now representing more than 100,000 songwriters and 625,000 songs under its Publishing Administration service. The indie music services company is also ...
Mike LeDonne: That Feelin'
I've long been a secret fan of organist Mike Le Donne. I say secret because he doesn't know (yet). I began listening to jazz in the early 1970s by collecting exciting organ combo albums. I still love Hammondites Don Patterson, Shirley Scott, Leon Spencer Jr., Charles Earland and Brother Jack McDuff. Add Sonny Stitt, Gene Ammons, ...
Understanding A Data-Driven Music Industry Culture - Lessons From Fast Forward [Cherie Hu]
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In this article, Cherie Hu shares five of her most important takeaways from FastForward 2017, a music conference targeted at under-35s and looking at how the music industry can best capitalize on the rapid pace of tech advancements. Guest Post by Cherie Hu on Flipboard Liz Stokes (News Editor, Record of the Day), Karma Bertelsen (Marketing ...
10 Graphic Design Trends To Make Your Next Music Project Pop
I often advise my students at Berklee Online and the musicians that we work with at Skyline Artists that it is smart resource allocation to spend a little bit extra on design. Not only does it brand your project as something special, it can be reused and monetized in so many ways from album cover to web ...
Trad jazz with a few twists
Clarinetist Bud Leeds brought musicians together from near and far- in this case, mostly far—for his annual South County Jazz Club matinee performance on Sunday, March 5 in Venice FL. His “Trad Jazz Ensemble" featured players who are right at home in the traditional jazz/Dixieland genres, but the afternoon touched on more recent music as well. ...
Lou Levy In Italy With Getz, Brown And Thigpen
Today is Lou Levy’s birthday. Until his death at 72, the great second-generation bop pianist (1928-2001) played with Boyd Raeburn, Woody Herman’s Second Herd, Tommy Dorsey, Dizzy Gillespie, Flip Phillips, Dizzy Gillespie and Shorty Rogers, among dozens of other major jazz artists. He was a treasured accompanist to singers including Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee, Sarah Vaughan, ...
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