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Lost Bird With Strings
Late Friday afternoon, I grabbed coffee with Carl Woideck, the author of Charlie Parker: His Music and Life (University of Michigan Press) and an instructor of jazz, rock and music histories at the University of Oregon. Carl is a long-time JazzWax reader. As we chatted about this and that, Carl mentioned that he had just returned ...
StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Favorite jazz documentaries
As sometimes happens in mid-summer, the next couple of weeks in St. Louis are looking relatively uneventful with regard to touring jazz performers visiting our town. So this week, StLJN is going to take a break from our regular, locally focused sort of Saturday post to share some favorite jazz films that can be viewed for ...
Time Travel, Teleportation And Music Publishing Metadata
This article looks at the value of metadata, as well as the challenge of keeping it accurate and up-to-date over time, as ownership and rights can easily change from year to year, as well the difficulties of dealing with geographical shifts. Guest Post by Annie Lin If you work in music publishing, you've probably heard a lot ...
Create, Publish Your Own Ads With New YouTube Director App
Allowing its users to take the reigns for the first time ever, YouTube has released a new app, YouTube Director for Business, giving users the ability to produce and create ads which they can then easily publish on the video sharing site. Guest Post by Jacob Roggenbuck Coordinator, Rights Management at The Orchard on The Daily Rind ...
5 Performance Psyc Skills Every Artist Should Master
Beyond the obvious technical expertise required to put on a good live show, musicians also need to be able to arm themselves with a certain set of performance psychology skills, or else even the greatest virtuoso will have a difficult time finding success. Guest Post by Anthony Cerullo on the Sonicbids Blog As you may know, there's ...
Mike Jones: Roaring
You have to give Penn Jillette and Teller credit. The two magicians/entertainers don't really need music during their shows. But the pair can't help it. They love jazz and improvisation, which they worship and view as musical slight of hand. They also really love pianist Mike Jones, who for the past 10 years has been their ...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, July 15-21
We have a diverse line-up of jazz this week, including a new CD release from the Dave King Trucking Company, a brief homecoming for Todd Clouser in the company of John Medeski and JT Bates, a return visit from Jon Weber, and a quintet debut from one of our favorite pianists. For starters. Big Gigs This ...
Charlie Parker: Unheard Bird
What is one to make of the newly released Unheard Bird: The Unissued Takes? The new two-CD set features previously unreleased alternate takes and false starts of Parker's recordings for Verve between 1949 and 1952. The 69 tracks feature multiple takes of Parker in a range of studio settings, including quartets, quintets, soloing with Machito and ...
It's Time To Submit Music for 59th GRAMMY Awards Consideration [Full List Of Deadlines]
From the fine folks at A2iM comes a reminder that now is the time to submit music for consideration for nomination for the 59th Grammy Awards and a a full list of all the upcoming Grammy deadlines. It’s Grammy time! If you are a voting member of The Recording Academy your deadline to submit music via ...
30 Minute Guide To Getting More Fans: FREE eBook
While many are of the opinion that it's impossible to develop an appreciable fanbase without significant financial investment, this free ebook provides artists with concise information on how to grow a fanbase without breaking the bank, and is designed to be read and absorbed in under 30 minutes. Guest Post on Noise Creator's Free eBook Lately, there’s been ...

