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The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, March 4-10

March 4, 2016

A week of interesting jazz awaits us! We can hear Larry McDonough channel Chet Baker, the X-Tet in a concert setting, a rare gig from Sidewalk Café, some of the area's most serious improvisers at the Icehouse (Vector Families) and Khyber Pass (Le Percheron), Twenty Steps From Stardom star Lisa Fischer, trad piano wizard Butch Thompson ...

Lou Donaldson: 2000

March 3, 2016

How To Make Your Band Discoverable Online

March 3, 2016

Given that most listeners rarely discover a band through Googling, the value of focusing on your SEO is somewhat questionable. That said, there are plenty of things you should be doing to make your band discoverable, such as getting featured on music blogs and establishing yourself on social media networks. Guest Post by Mike McDearmon on Soundfly's Flypaper In an ...

Spotify Introduces "Fresh Finds" Tastemaker Generated Artist Discovery Playlists

March 3, 2016

Discover Weekly, which has quickly become my favorite Spotify feature, uses my listening habits to uncover tracks I'll like with unnerving accuracy.  Now Spotify is applying similar algorithms to the behavior of music tastemakers to uncover new artists. Starting today, and update every Wednesday, Spotify will deliver “Fresh Finds," a collection of 6 playlists designed to ...

Jazz this week: James Carter Organ Trio, Gary Peacock, Spektral Quartet, and more

March 2, 2016

As March comes into St. Louis in mostly lamb-like fashion, the first week of the new month offers several intriguing jazz and creative music headliners on local stages, plus an assortment of performances from local musicians in a variety of styles, and a rare chance to see a film scored by Miles Davis on the big ...

Henry Mancini: Thief at Dinner

March 2, 2016

Most of Henry Mancini's scores are easy on the ear and many have a 1960s melancholy optimism that was so much a part of the feel back then. His soundtracks nearly always inhale and exhale uniformly and build a mood with jazzy pearls-and-champagne grace that's unmatched in Hollywood. Much of this luster and sparkle came from ...

Music’s Role In Digital Content Is Small And Getting Smaller [Mark Mulligan]

March 2, 2016

Although music undeniably has a massive cultural impact beyond its potential revenue, its value in relation to digital content is experiencing a steady decline, which could be bad news for major labels and indie artists alike. Guest Post by Mark Mulligan on his Music Industry Blog This week I delivered a keynote at Mobile World Congress in ...

Has The Digital Experiment Failed? A Post-Unicorn Survival Guide And Call To Action For Artists [Casey Rae]

March 2, 2016

As the music tech industry consolidates at an alarming rate, we look at how independent artists can survive by breaking up industry conglomerates and working to keep music's tech sector a competitive environment where creativity can thrive. Guest Post by Casey Rae on Medium It’s over. Despite what you may hear to the contrary, there is ...

Engage Your Fans With YouTube Poll Cards

March 2, 2016

Here we explore how artists can use this particular YouTube card feature as a way of increasing user interaction with their videos by presenting viewers with multiple choice polls. Guest Post by Marina Sans, Video Services Account Coordinator, Spain & Portugal of The Orchard on The Daily Rind It’s been a while since YouTube rolled out its Cards feature — the mobile-friendly evolution of annotations—which has ...

Music Education Monday: Feeling the funk with Paul Jackson and Mike Clark

March 1, 2016

Though bassist Paul Jackson and drummer Mike Clark both have extensive lists of credits, they still may be best known as the funky foundation of the Headhunters, the band that backed keyboardist Herbie Hancock in the 1970s and subsequently spun off into an independent act. The slippery, off-beat syncopation of interlocking drum and bass tracks powering ...