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StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: 90 years of Miles Davis
The 90th anniversary of Miles Davis' birth was this past Thursday, May 26, and although StLJN shared a variety of tributes from others on social media, there was no “happy birthday" post here that day as in many years past, for a couple of reasons. First, the “Miles On Monday" feature, which has been a fixture ...
Harry Arnold: Live c. 1966
Following my post this week on Swedish arranger-conductor Harry Arnold, I figure you might want a see him in action leading the Danish Radio Big Band on a TV show from around 1966. Joining him was vocalist Anni-Frid Lyngstad, who in 1972 would become a founding member of ABBA, and Carli Tornehave, who looked and sounded ...
You Have To Look At These Two Spotify Charts - Is The The Future Of Streaming Music
New information regarding Spotify's financials shows that it still remains the front runner in the ongoing streaming wars, but also reveals that it may face trouble from rising rights costs and a drop in the average profit per user. By Mark Mulligan of MiDiA and the Music Industry Blog Tuesday’s media scrum around Spotify’s financials illustrate that whatever ...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, May 27-June 2
The Twin Cities Jazz Festival is now just four weeks away from its official opening at Mears Park, and it seems bands and performers all over the metro are warming up! The holiday weekend is generally on the slow side, but nevertheless, there's a diversity of jazz offerings from Minneapolis to St Paul and points beyond. ...
Phineas Newborn Jr: 1962
Yesterday I was listening to the recordings of Phineas Newborn Jr. and was struck, yet again, at how remarkable a jazz pianist he was. His strength, poetic poise and, most of all, phrasing, were stunning. Born in Whiteville, Tenn., Newborn played often in Memphis with his father and other relatives in the late 1940s in an ...
7 Ways To Be A Happier Musician
The life of an independent artist comes with plenty of physical and emotional challenges to overcome, and staying positive can, at times, be incredibly difficult. In this piece, we look at seven practices that can keep you from getting to down in the dumps and jeopardizing your career. Guest Post by Jhoni Jackson on the Sonicbids Blog ...
Jazz this week: Freddy Cole & Harry Allen, Eric Marienthal, The New Mastersounds, and more
There are a number of notable shows from visiting jazz and creative music performers coming up this week in St. Louis, offering something for fans of genres ranging from straight-ahead swing to fusion to experimental, free improv, and more. Let's go to the highlights... Wednesday, May 25 Pianist and singer Freddy Cole and his band, teamed ...
Dexter Gordon: Denmark, 1962
Let's hang in Scandinavia for another day this week. I want to show you a fabulous gig documentary made in 1962 for the German TV program, An Ort und Stelle: Jazz in Kopenhagen (or On the Scene: Jazz in Copenhagen). It featured Dexter Gordon (ts), Lars Gulin (bar), Sahib Shihab (fl/as), Harold Goldberg (p), Benny Nielsen ...
Twitter Announces Move Away From 140 Character Limit
Expressing yourself in 140 characters or less has almost become an art form, but it can also be incredibly restrictive in certain situations. Today, Twitter announced that they are playing with the 140 charterer rule. Over the coming months Twitter is making changes to move beyond its 140 character limit without abandoning it entirely. For example, @names ...
Most Music Tech Startups Don't Know Shit About How Labels Work - A Response To David Pakman
In response to David Pakman's piece on the difficulty of building a successful music industry startup, Jim McDermott looks at why it is that so many of these startups have failed, and don't seem to grasp how labels work in the music business. Guest post by music and entertainment industry consultant Jim McDermott Editor’s note: This ...
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