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The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, February 3-9
It feels cold again but really it just normal February in Minnesota! Our options in jazz are perhaps even warmer than normal this week, which might cause some frustration as we can't be in two venues at once. We have some amazing talents visiting (Ben Allison Trio, Jack DeJohnette, Ravi Coltrane, Matthew Garrison, Bruce Barth) as ...
Thanks Alexa, Music Streamers See Lift From Amazon Echo
With more than 14 million consumers in the US now users of an Amazon Echo device, the conversation has once again shifted to music in the home, and whether Amazon will be able to make strides in the streaming market in 2017. Guest Post by Russ Crupnick on MusicWatch Based on the 15th edition of MusicWatch’s ...
Birth of the Cool: 2009
To fully appreciate how seductive and spectacular Miles Davis's so-called Birth of the Cool recordings were in 1949 and '50, you actually have to see the music being played. Listening doesn't quite provide all the thrills and chills. Today, you're going to get a chance to do just that. Something happens when you watch a nonet ...
Nielsen Completes Gracenote Acquisition
Nielsen announced on Wednesday that it had completed its acquisition of entertainment metadata provider Gracenote. Gracenote's data and technology is a key element of user interfaces and programming guides and includes everything from song data on compact discs to multichannel video programming distributors (MVPDs), smart televisions, streaming music services, connected devices, media players and in-car ...
With Music Marketing, Data Is Power
Although the digital age has been harmful to the music industry in a lot of ways, it has also opened the door to some valuable data-driven marketing practices, several of which Raffi Keuhnelian outlines here. Guest Post by Raffi Keuhnelian on Forbes Not that long ago, music marketing relied on sending press kits and mixtapes to DJs, ...
Guide To Independent Radio Promotion: Why It Still Matters
The term radio has transcended the idea of terrestrial broadcast, and is now representative of connection through curation. That said, it remains an invaluable marketing tool, perhaps more now than ever before. Guest Post by D. Grant Smith on Soundfly's Flypaper What we mean when we talk about “radio” these days is so much more than ...
Jazz this week: Alfredo Rodriguez & Pedrito Martinez, Tim Rushlow, and more
This week's calendar of live jazz and creative music in St. Louis features a couple of noteworthy duo performances, a country singer turned big-band crooner, a new location for one of Grand Center's jazz spots, and more. Let's go to the highlights... Wednesday, February 1 Pianist Alfredo Rodriguez and percussionist/vocalist Pedrito Martinez will perform for the ...
They Didn't Believe Me
Just before the outbreak of World War I in 1914, Herbert Reynolds and Jerome Kern wrote the words and music, respectively, to a most enduring song—They Didn't Believe Me. Composed for the Broadway musical, The Girl From Utah, the song was one of five that were added to the show when it came over from Britain. ...
Spotify, Playlists and Profitability: On Playing The Long Game
Lucas Gonze shares his response to Mark Mulligan's piece on why Spotify struggles with profitability, and takes a look at what the streaming service's most logical path forward may be if it hopes to make money down the road. Guest Post by Lucas Gonze on Medium Mark Mulligan asks why Netflix is profitable but not Spotify, ...
The Musician’s Guide To SoundCloud: Part 3
Welcome to the third and final installment of our Musician’s Guide to SoundCloud! Now that you have your brand-spankin’-new page all set up, it’s time to begin building a following. This is crucial if you want to garner music publicity in the future as a page with no plays or following will not be appealing to ...
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