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Why You Should Treat Your Music Career Like A Startup
Besides both being challenging career options, being a musician and running a startup have quite a few similarities. In the following article, we look at some of the commonalities between the two, and important rules to follow in order to find success in both. Guest Post by Rory Seydel on Landr The music biz is still ...
10 Techniques For Effectively Promoting Local Shows
Once an new band reaches the point in their career where they're putting on local shows, the challenge of attracting an audience comes into play. In this article, we look at ten ways artists can promote their next local show in a way that increases the chance of people actually showing up. Guest Post by Laura ...
Twitter Invests $70 Million In Soundcloud
Two years ago, Twitter wanted to buy SoundCloud. Now it has settled for taking a $70 million stake in the music company as part of what appears to be a strategic partnership that could bring more audio to the social platform. Twitter has invested $70 million in SoundCloud, both companies have confirmed. The investment is part ...
Monday Recommendation (A Day Late): Matt Wilson
Matt Wilson's Big Happy Family, Beginning Of A Memory (Palmetto) The title belies the pain of the loss that inspired Matt Wilson’s essentially jovial—even jocular—album. The drummer assembled a dozen of his musical colleagues to celebrate his wife Felicia, who died of leukemia two years ago. “Flowers For Felicia” and “July Hymn,” are instances of quiet ...
John Coltrane: Blue Train
If Blue Note Records producer Alfred Lion had regrets, topping the list would probably be chasing after his cat. In late 1956 or early '57, the dumb curiosity of the office feline would wind up killing what could have been the label's most lucrative catch—John Coltrane. More on this escapade in a moment. [Photo above of ...
Sonny Stitt: What's New!!!
Jazz still has many albums that are like that movie where the bell rings and the person at the door is the family's child who disappeared 20 years ago. During the digital revolution, not every album made the jump to CD or downloads. Some simply went out of print on vinyl and were never reissued. Then, ...
In Defense Of The Digital Album
As the popularity of playlists grows, and music consumption habits gradually change in favor of the single, many artists are gravitating away from full-length albums, something which could have negative consequences for both artists and fans. Guest Post by Heather Willensky on Medium What’s the best band you discovered on a streaming playlist? Go have a ...
Music Industry Is Not Ready For The Blockchain
Although the blockchain technology used for cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum is often hailed as a potential savior for the music industry, getting the industry to embrace and integrate such technology may, as yet, not be feasible, says Bas Grasmayer. Guest Post by Bas Grasmayer The blockchain cannot solve the music industry’s problems, before the ...
Berklee Launches Ambitious Open Music Initiative, Majors Labels and Top Music Streamers Sign On
After a year filled with lawsuits and bad press over disputes resulting from the lack of a global music database, Berklee College Of Music's Institute for Creative Entrepreneurship has an announced an initiative to fix the problem. The efforts is so ambitious that it could be dismissed as just another academic exercise, if not for the fact that ...
Music Education Monday: Jazz/Rock drumming with Danny Seraphine
Today for Music Education Monday, you can get a drum lesson via video from Danny Seraphine, best known as a founding member and the original drummer of the band Chicago. Although Seraphine left the group in 1990, his work on their early albums helped establish them not only as major hit-makers, but also as a band ...
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