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Jazz this week: Jazz at Lincoln Center Group, Rob Endicott, Miss Jubilee, and more

January 13, 2016

Though it's been a relatively mild winter so far in St. Louis, many touring acts are still taking it easy this time of year, and not all local presenters are back up to full speed after the holiday break. Still, while this week's offerings of live jazz and creative music may be fewer in number than ...

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January 13, 2016

My New Year’s Resolution: No More Fans

January 13, 2016

Artist and performer Shannon Curtis explains her distaste for the term “fan" and how house concerts put musician and listener on equal ground in a way which is beneficial to both. Guest Post by Shannon Curtis. A version of this article first appeared in Pyragraph. Yes, you read the title correctly. I’m an independent singer-songwriter, and my resolution ...

David Bowie Was More Than A Music Visionary, But A Digital, Business Visionary Too

January 13, 2016

David Bowie's musical genius is celebrated, but less well known is his acumen as a businessman and digital visionary.  "The internet carries the flag of being subversive and possibly rebellious and chaotic and nihilistic.... Forget about the Microsoft element. The monopolies do not have a monopoly," said Bowie in a 1999 interview. By Mick Masnik from ...

Blockchain Music, And Benji Rogers 75% Superb Idea [ANDREW DUBBER]

January 13, 2016

Here Andrew Dubber responds to Benji Rogers' recent piece discussing how the Blockchain and VR could be implemented to better organize and protect music moving forward. In this article, Dubber suggests a few tweaks to Rogers' vision which would make the future of music technology more friendly to society as a whole. Guest Post by Andrew ...

4 Ways To Network In The Music Industry For Free

January 13, 2016

Even more so than in other professions, networking is hugely important when it comes to building a career in the music industry, but the cost of attending festivals and conferences can add up. Here are four ways of make connections which cost nothing. Guest Post by Sam Friedman on the Sonicbids Blog We've all heard the saying, ...

International jazz in more ways than one

January 13, 2016

The excellent and versatile Orlando-based drummer Eddie Metz Jr. brought his International Jazz Trio to Port Charlotte on Monday, January 11 for a concert with more foreign tinges than just the trio's membership. The band consists of Metz, Australian-born bassist and singer Nicki Parrott, and Italian-born pianist Rossano Sportiello. Metz tends to get top billing on ...

David Bowie (1947-2016)

January 12, 2016

David Bowie, a British singer-songwriter from South London who transformed rock into high art by combining the audacity of pop, the decadence and androgyny of Weimar cabaret, the melancholy of working class pubs and the flamboyance of the circus, died on Jan. 10. He was 69. His death came two days after his birthday and the ...

Millennial Are Making The Music Business Bite-Sized

January 12, 2016

As the ease with which millennials can access media increases, the brevity with which music and other entertainment can be absorbed becomes more and more important. Guest Post by music industry consultant Cortney Harding. Her new book How We Listen Now: Essays and Conversations About Music and Technology is available on Amazon. With no offense intended to anyone involved, what triggered ...

How Spotify Pays (Or Fails To Pay) Songwriters

January 12, 2016

Here longtime copyright attorney Stephen Carlisle attempts to get to the bottom of Spotify's failure to contact or pay his client, despite the prominence of said client's music on the popular streaming service. Guest Post by Stephen Carlisle on Nova Southeastern University's Office of Copyright  Two months ago, the Wall Street Journal ran an article reporting that ...