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5 Tips For Email List Building
While it takes a good amount of work to populate, building an email list is one of the best things a band or artist can do when it comes to promoting themselves online. Here we look at five tips for growing an email list into a powerful marketing weapon. Guest Post by Bobby Owsinski on Music 3.0 Your ...
Jazz this week: "Music at the Intersection," Tammy McCann, Old Webster Jazz & Blues Festival, Koplant No, and more
While this weekend's calendar of jazz and creative music in St. Louis offers a number of noteworthy events, yr. StLJN editor's efforts remain hampered by my recent hand injury, which means today's post once again will be rather short and to the point. Let's go to the highlights.... Thursday, September 15 Guitarist Todd Mosby plays a ...
Doc: Pete Fountain
Most people who grew up in the rock era viewed clarinetist Pete Fountain the same way they did Al Hirt—a bearded New Orleans traditional jazz player who turned up on lots of variety shows in the late 1960s and '70s, and whose pop and honky-tonk albums were marketed largely to older folks with a bland taste ...
Ole Lands $500 Million Credit Line To Fund Aquisitions
Independent music publisher Ole has received a $500 million credit line to fuel acquisitions. It part of a trend that has seen everyone from venture capitalists to established publishers vying for song catalogs. ole, the independent music publishing and rights management company, has secured a $500 million USD credit facility from 12 U.S. and Canadian banks ...
5 Things To Do When You're Stuck In Your Music Career
For artists who feel stuck, one of the best solutions can be to reach out to other in the industry and work to build relationships with artists and music business professionals. In this piece we look at five ways artists can get out of a rut through working with others. Guest Post by Steve Palfreyman on ...
Pandora Rebrands $4.99 Service As Pandora Plus, Adds Offline Listening Alongside New Features For Free Tier
Pandora has rebranded its Premium ad free tier as Pandora Plus and added new features to both its paid and free services. Toady's launch is phase one of a reboot, that will see Pandora launching a full on demand streaming service before the end of the year. Pandora has rebranded its $4.99 per month ad free service ...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, September 16-22
Jazz this week? Something for everyoneCD releases from diverse bands; a visit from the reigning Prince of B-3; a special guest in the Lobby Bar; a favorite venue owner heading his own gig. Big Gigs This Week Friday, September 16. CD releases and celebrations fill tonight! At Vieux Carré, it's night #2 celebrating the tenth anniversary ...
Rugolo, Kenton and Bardot
When I posted last on Pete Rugolo (here), I left out two major albums in my survey of the arranger's work in a leadership role. They are Rugolo Plays Kenton (1958) and Behind Brigitte Bardot (1959). Both are exceptional for different reasons. Rugolo, of course, began arranging for Stan Kenton in 1944, starting with Opus a ...
Al Cohn and Dexter Gordon
Tenor saxophone giants Al Cohn and Dexter Gordon recorded together only once—on Oct. 22, 1976, for the Xanadu label. The result of the lengthy New York session were two albums—True Blue and Silver Blue. Cohn was recording regularly for Xanadu at the time and Gordon had only recently relocated to the States after spending 14 years ...
Why People Pay For Subscription Entertainment Services
Here Karen Allen looks what makes a person willing (or unwilling) to pay for subscription entertainment, depending on whether the content they're accessing is premium or non-premium. Guest Post by Karen Allen on Medium I’ve been giving a lot of thought to subscription entertainment services and why people will or won’t pay for them. This is ...

