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4 Major Live Music Trends Changing The Industry This Year
It may only be February, but the year 2017 has already proven itself to be one of major change for the live music industry. Here we look at five different trends, whether it's a rise in activism or immersive theater, that are reshaping the live music business. Guest post by Rachel Grate of Eventbrite We’re just one ...
Radio Giants Entercom And CBS Radio To Merge
Broadcast giants CBS Radio and Entercom have announced plans to merge to form a new commercial radio behemoth. Following the merger, the combined companies will have a nationwide footprint of 244 stations, including 23 of the top 25 U.S. markets, as well as digital capabilities and a growing events platform, the companies said. The newly combined ...
Henry Mancini: Lola Albright
Henry Mancini didn't arrange too many albums for non movie-soundtrack singers. Doing so wasn't his bag, since he felt his music was enchanting enough to stand on its own. But he made a handful of exceptions in the late 1950s, a time when he had a spare few hours to do singers a favor. There were ...
What Really Happens To Your Concert Ticket Money?
The price of concert tickets has, in many places, risen to astronomical levels, but that doesn't stop fans dropping their cash on show anyways. Here we take a closer look at exactly where all this money actually goes when the dust has settled. Guest post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 The concert ticket you buy today ...
Swinging with Gates is quite a jazz journey
Giacomo Gates' jazz vocals mastery is rooted deep in the scat and vocalese traditions, then blended with his engaging ability to put songs in context and good humor. He has carved out his own special niche among jazz vocalists. His career included construction work on railroads and the Alaska Pipeline among many other things before diving ...
StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Spotlight on Ralph Towner
This week, let's take a look at some videos featuring guitarist Ralph Towner, who's coming to St. Louis to perform in a concert presented by Washington University's Jazz at Holmes series on Saturday, February 18 at the 560 Music Center. Towner this week released a new album of solo guitar, My Foolish Heart. It's his 29th ...
Indie Music Fans Spent More Than $1 Million On Bandcamp During Friday's ACLU Fundraiser
On Friday, Bandcamp held a fundraiser donating a share of sales to support the pro-immigrant and pro-refugee work of the American Civil Liberties. 400 independent labels and artists joined in, and indie music fans responded, spending more than $1 million on music on the platform. Bandcamp, along with 400 indie labels and artists donated a share ...
Getz, Two Gilbertos And Jobim
Stan Getz was born on this date in 1927. The day has an hour or so to go in this time zone, so before it expires, let’s listen to one of the master tenor saxophonist’s great collaborations. He and the bossa nova pioneer Joao Gilberto teamed up for a 1963 album whose title consisted of their ...
Songtrust Partners with DotBlockchain Music
Songtrust has partnered with DotBlockchain Music for the second phase of its creation of a “decentralized global database of music rights, combining the publishing and the performance information into a unit of music that the industry can use." The problem that Dotblockchain aims to solve involves the separation of copyrights creative material from the creators and ...
Musicians Action Group's Comments To Judiciary Committee Regarding Copyright Reform
This piece contains the text of comments by the participatory grass roots organization Musicians Action to the House Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet regarding copyright reform as they work to promote economic justice for artists. Guest Post by David Lowery on The Trichordist Musicians Action is a participatory democratic grass roots organization dedicated ...
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