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6 Social Media Lessons We Can Learn From Music Festivals
When promoting an upcoming show or event on social media, it can be helpful to take a look at the tactics employed by massively successful festivals like Coachella and Tomorrowland. Guest Post by Dan McCarthy If you’re promoting an upcoming event, consider modeling your marketing efforts after some of the world’s most successful music festivals. Think Coachella ...
Bob Freedman on Grover Washington, Jr.: Aria
Last week I caught up with saxophonist and pianist Bob Freedman, who arranged for Maynard Ferguson (And We Listened from Ferguson's Message From Newport) and plenty of other bands, including Toshiko Akiyoshi's sextet on United Notions (1958), which I posted about last Wednesday. Bob told me a wonderful story about arranging for Grover Washington Jr.'s Aria ...
Nat King Cole and Frankie Laine
By the time Frank Sinatra arrived at Capitol Records in March 1953, Nat King Cole had been with the label since its start in 1942. During those years, in the mid-1940s, Cole set the standard for the relaxed, swinging jazz singer, starting with his appearance in the 1944 film Swing in the Saddle, singing By the ...
Jazz this week: Music for the dog days
Yes, it's officially the dog days of August, a time of year most identified with pervasive slacking off. And though it'll be a few more weeks before the fall presenting season begins, bringing a variety of touring jazz and creative music performers to town, in the meantime St. Louis' own homegrown musicians still are out there ...
Making Live Video Part Of Your Music Promotion
Far from being just another flash in the pan music tech fad, it seems live video, be it Periscope or Facebook is not only here to stay, but has also become a key part of an artist's self-promotion arsenal in today's music industry. Guest Post by Leticia Trandafir on Landr Your creativity shouldn’t stop at sound. We started an ...
Are Your Ready To Be Your Own Record Label?
This piece outlines what services a record label should provide for an artist, what an artist should do in order to attract a record label's attention, and why they might be better starting out without a label at all. Guest Post by Chris Robley on CD Baby's DIY Musician “Do you still need a record label?” According to Portia ...
Music Education Monday: A jazz piano lesson from Don Grusin
This week for Music Education Monday, you can check out a video lesson from pianist Don Grusin. The younger brother of musician, producer, and label owner Dave Grusin, Don Grusin has made 17 albums as a leader, and has been heard in hundreds of other recordings, films and TV shows made during the past 40 years, ...
Projecting Trends: Augmented Reality, Advertising, and Music
As part of a 'Projecting Trends' series, this article examines the impact of Pokémon Go and Snapchat as they move toward making augmented reality increasingly mainstream, and the broader effect this will have on the music industry as a result. Guest Post by Bas Grasmayer on Synchblog Our new fortnightly 'Projecting Trends' series, created by digital strategist Bas Grasmayer, examines the latest news in ...
Do Modern Artists Really Need Record Labels?
Do artists operating in today's music economy really need record labels to succeed, or can they simply rely on administrative royalty collection services like Kobalt? The answer may depend on how established the artist already is. Guest Post by Bobby Owsinski on Music 3.0 Here’s a very interesting video from The Economist that looks at the ...
Compatible Quotes: Life In Music, Music In Life
"Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music!" —Sergei Rachmaninoff “They teach you there’s a boundary line to music. But, man, there’s no boundary line to art." —Charlie Parker “Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life." —Ludwig Van Beethoven “My goal is to live the truly ...
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