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Jazz this week: Poncho Sanchez, Charlemagne Palestine, Ramsey Lewis, Nevermore Jazz Ball, Storm Large, and more

November 4, 2015

It's an extremely busy week for jazz and creative music in around St. Louis, with major touring musicians in town offering Latin jazz, cabaret, soul jazz, and experimental music, plus a big event drawing swing dancers from around the country, and a varied assortment of shows from local musicians. Here's a brief look at some of ...

Johnny Mathis: The Singles

November 4, 2015

For some reason, when talk turns to male pop singers of the 1950s and '60s, Johnny Mathis is almost always skipped over. There's plenty of chatter on the merits of Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Tony Bennett, Sammy Davis Jr., Andy Williams and others but few words in praise of Mathis. In fact, one could argue ...

SingFit: Music As Medicine To Treat Alzheimer's [INTERVIEW]

November 4, 2015

In another segment of his series regarding the healing benefits of music, George Howard speaks with Andy Tubman, one of the founders of Musical Health Technologies about SingFit, a service which builds products designed to help people with Alzheimer's and ADHD use the creative power of music to their advantage. Guest post by George Howard. As ...

Streaming Music, Social Media And Damned Statistics

November 4, 2015

The prevalence of on demand streaming services has caused the current generation of listeners to develop an increasingly fickle relationship with both the music they listen to and the artists who create it. Artists, meanwhile, continue to employ the same tired self-promotion techniques, when they should be focusing on building an emotional connection with their fans through their ...

How To Write An Email Newsletter Your Fans Will Love

November 4, 2015

Although they've been around for quite some time now, email newsletters remain one of the most effective ways of getting in touch with your fans, particularly if the content is engaging enough that said fans actually take the time to read it. Here are some tips on how to put together just such a newsletter. Guest Post ...

Happy 80th, Henry Grimes

November 3, 2015

Today is Henry Grimes's 80th birthday. While Henry is known as free jazz's most eminent bassist, he also appeared on a significant number of important mainstream jazz albums earlier in his career. Henry's sound has always been strongly supportive as a time-keeper and fiery in intensity, pushing musicians to take creative risks. As Sonny Rollins notes ...

Napster Launches Streaming Music Service In Canada

November 3, 2015

Artist Growth Partners With Pilot and Flying J To Save Musicians On Gasoline, Diesel, Other Purchases

November 3, 2015

Artist Growth, a robust business management tool for touring artists, has announced a partnership with Pilot Flying J, the largest operator of truck and auto travel centers in North America. Members now save on gasoline, diesel and many other purchases at Pilot and Flying J travel centers. Users will save 3 - 5 cents per gallon on ...

London Mayor Launches Plan To Save Music Venues

November 3, 2015

As an alarmingly increasing number of live music venues are closing owing to financial challenges and it becomes harder for artists to find venues to play, the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, is establishing a task force to keep the city's music scene alive. Guest Post by Bobby Owsinski on Music 3.0 Live music everywhere is facing ...

Neal Hefti: The Band Years

November 2, 2015

Hearing Neal Hefti: Forever in Time, a newly released double-CD from the U.K.'s Jasmine label, reminded me how superb Hefti was in the 1950s as a composer, arranger and conductor of his own studio orchestras. Most of these dates were of the jazz-pop, dance-band ilk, with an emphasis on clever melodic hooks, patient swing and sectional ...