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Darius Van Arman Of Secretly Group On Music Industry Equality, Transparency
In this interview major music industry player Darius Van Arman (Secret Group, For William Management) discusses the value of industry equality, why transparency is so important, and why he believes the music industry can be bigger and better than ever. Guest Post by Songspace on Medium Darius Van Arman has a lot on his plate. The ...
End Of An Era? CBS To Sell All 117 Radio Stations
Broadcast radio may still engage more people every day than any other media, but a major player has decided they've had enough. Media giant CBS has announced that it plans to sell off its radio business, long a cornerstone of the CBS empire. According to the Los Angeles Times, CBS Chairman and Chief Executive Leslie Moonves ...
Jazz this week: Dee Dee Bridgewater & Irvin Mayfield, Tammy McCann, Joe Krown, Pink Martini, and more
With the weather taking a timely spring-like turn, it's a very busy week for jazz and creative music in St. Louis, with a couple of touring headliners in town plus visits by some lesser-known but worthy musicians from NYC, Chicago, Boston and New Orleans. Let's go to the highlights... Wednesday, March 16 Singer Dee Dee Bridgewater ...
Clip History of Latin Boogaloo
Today I thought I'd do things a little different. Rather than write at length about the history of a sexy Latin music in the mid-1960s that you might not know much about, I figured I'd illustrate its evolution through a series of YouTube clips. First, some context. In today's Wall Street Journal, I've written an essay ...
Attention Artists: 5 PR Pitfalls To Avoid
While the relationship between artist and fan is certainly important, the relationship between an artist and the press is can also play a critical role in making or breaking a band's success. Here we cover several PR pitfalls which must be avoided at all costs. By Tyler Allen on InMusik We at InMusik believe in uniting fans ...
Why Musicians Need To Work Together
Working with other artists can be an incredibly valuable practice when it comes to growing your fanbase. Here we look several great techniques, from swapping shows to promoting fellow bands on a playlist, that you and other artists can use to help one another gain greater success. By Jonathan Sexton, CEO of Bandposters Your band has no problems that ...
How To Get 80% Of Email Addresses For Your Facebook Fans With This Simple Hack
You've spent countless hours building your community on Facebook only to have the social net change its algorithm and gut the reach of your posts. Wouldn't it be amazing if you could email those Facebook fans instead? You could use a widgets to ask for email addresses or you can try this simple hack. Go to ...
10 Techniques For Promoting Your Music Video
Here rapper Kosha Dillz shares some tips on how to effectively promote a music video to fans, publications, and even strangers in a way that doesn't come off as irritating, but still reaches a broad audience. By indie hip hop artist Kosha Dillz As time comes in for promotion, the world usually ends up in a panic. ...
Saxophonist's "A Team" delivers a night filled with musical gems
A touring jazz saxophonist's lot often means solitary travel to a distant city or country- and working with a local or regional rhythm section with whom they may or may not be familiar. The fine swing tenor Harry Allen had none of that uncertainty for his March 14 appearance in the Charlotte County Jazz Society's concert ...
Music Education Monday: A jazz guitar workshop with Barney Kessel
Today for Music Education Monday, you can get a video lesson from the legendary guitarist Barney Kessel. Some younger musicians and fans understandably might not know Kessel, who died of a brain tumor in 2004 and previously had been inactive since suffering a stroke back in 1992, but for a long stretch of the 20th century, ...

