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Jazz this week: Vijay Iyer Trio, Dianne Reeves, Tomeka Reid's Artifacts Trio, and more
It's going to be a very busy few days for jazz and creative music in St. Louis, with several noteworthy touring headliners in town, plus the beginning of our town's annual cornucopia of holiday-themed performances from both visiting and local musicians. Let's go to the highlights... Friday, December 2 Singer Dianne Reeves returns to St. Louis ...
Music's Role In A Transhumanist Future [Bas Grasmayer]
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Will we all be musical cyborgs one day? In this edition of Projecting Trends, Bas Grasmayer explores how music will likely fit in to a transhumanist future, as technology's development continues to rapidly accelerate, bringing music along with it. Guest post by Bas Grasmayer on Synchblog Throughout the last 50 years music has become increasingly personal. ...
Stanley Turrentine: 3 Videos
Stanley Turrentine (1934-2000) had a big, full, bossy sound on the tenor saxophone—less sassy than, say, Gene Ammons, but smokier with a strong, soulful attack. He was at his best when paired with pianist Horace Parlan or his wife, organist Shirley Scott. In the following three videos, we get a sense of Turrentine's soul-jazz feel and ...
Drive Traffic With These 5 Killer Social Media Hacks
The growing ubiquity of social media has made it challenging for artists to get their web presence tostand out amidst the clamor for users attention, but by following these five guidelines, bands and musicians can actively drive traffic towards their social media. Guest post by Payman Taei, founder of Visme We use social media all the ...
How We Listen To Music In Our Cars
While listening to music in the car has long been a tradition, the way in which we do it has changed significantly over the years, as technology has developed to allow greater choice in what we choose to play. Here we look at some numbers relating to listeners on the go. Guest Post by Bobby Owsinski ...
Analytics In An Artist's World [Bruno Guez]
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Revelator CEO Bruno Guez explores how the latest evolution of data driven niche marketing by companies such as Netflix could be applied in different ways to the music industry, particularly as music streaming occupies an increasingly large segment of the market. Guest post by Bruno Guez, Founder and CEO of Revelator Few companies have created the same ...
Video: Jimmy Giuffre Trio
From 1957 to 1959, reed player Jimmy Giuffre led a revolutionary trio. It featured Giuffre on clarinet, tenor sax and baritone sax; guitarist Jim Hall; and a series of bass players, including Ralph Peña, Jim Atlas, Red Mitchell, Ray Brown and Wilfred Middlebrooks. Even Bob Brookmeyer took a turn at the piano and valve trombone. What ...
New Trade Mission Visits South American Music Conferences, Fests in 6 Cities: Doing Business in Chile, Argentina, Brazil
Starting today, a new trade mission is meeting with musicians and the music industry at conferences and festivals in 6 cities in 3 South American countries. The three—Chile, Argentina and Brazil—collectively represent 2/3rds of the Latin American music market. The phenomenon of music conferences and festivals scheduling together so that international delegates and speakers can participate ...
Billy Strayhorn's 101st
Charlie Shoemake sent a reminder that today is the 101st anniversary of the birth of Billy Strayhorn (pictured with Duke Ellington). Strayhorn was a 16-year-old high school student in Pittsburgh when he wrote “Lush Life.” A few years later he brought his songwriting ability to Ellington’s attention. One of the songs he demonstrated that day was ...
The Lost Bobby Scott
If I could sing and accompany myself on piano, I'd want to sound like Bobby Scott. The pianist and singer-songwriter (1937-1990) started out in the early 1950s as a superb jazz pianist and composer-arranger (Bethlehem, Verve, ABC-Paramount), shifting to pop-rock and R&B in the early 1960s (Mercury and Atlantic) before switching to pop and jazz (Columbia) ...
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