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Why Content Curation Is Key To Sustainable Growth In Digital Music
Here online radio trail blazer Ari Shohat looks at why unlimited catalogs can be bad for digital music, and why a limited amount of content curated by people rather than algorithms is important to creating a positive listening experience for the user. Guest Post by Ari Shohat on Rain News Curation is a core component of content strategy. From the most ...
June Christy: Funny That Way
I'm still on a June Christy kick. I just love Christy's voice. In her sunny optimism, there's so much pain and hurt. I hear volumes of regret, disappointment and insecurity but determination to get beyond all of it. I'm sure part of it was a mess of fatigue from enormous amounts of stress while recording and ...
There's Another Side To The Playola Debate For Streaming Playlists
In the age of streaming, playlists have become one of the best ways for artists to have their music promoted. This brings with it a whole host of questions regarding the morality (and effectiveness) of paying the curators of such playlists to feature your music. Guest Post by Justin Barker of Slice Music, this originally appeared on Music Ally The ...
Is It Time To Bid Farewell To All Pre-1972 Music?
Taking advantage of a copyright void which was created for all pre-1972 music after the law was updated in 1976, the RIAA has been trying to claim that the state laws which existed before before this update intended to include a public performance rights, meaning that services like Pandora, Sirius XM, and possibly even terrestrial radio ...
Free Webinar This Thursday: The Artist As Entrepreneur
Artist as an entrepreneur once carried negative connotations. Now it's an essential concept. How to achieve it is the topic of a free webinar this Thursday produced by Music Biz, SynchTank and Merry Bright. Thursday, September 24, 2-3 PM EST featuring: Manage, Promote, and Drive Income From Your Music Presented by SynchTank Artist as Entrepreneur ...
4 Ways Musicians Can Make Money With Happy Birthday Now That It's In The Public Domain
In a stunning reversal, a federal judge ruled that all copyright claims against “Happy Birthday" are invalid and declaring that the song is in the public domain and free to use. Its a huge loss for Warner Chappell Music who bought the rights in 1988, but its a big win for enterprising musicians. Now that a ...
Jazz this week: "Jazz St. Louis at 20," "3 Nights in September," Bonerama, and more
This week's calendar of jazz and creative music in and around St. Louis includes an anniversary celebration for the city's most prolific jazz presenter, plus a gathering of our town's free improvisors, the return of a favorite New Orleans band, and more. Let's go to the highlights... Wednesday, September 23 The “3 Nights in September" festival ...
June Christy: Interlude, 1957
June Christy in the LP era has always been most closely identified with Billy Barnes' Something Cool, which she first recorded in mono for Capitol in 1953. I love the song about the hot-weather gal down on her luck who's nursing a bar drink because she has no place to go. Christy delivers the lyrics with ...
Video: Northern Soul
When we think of soul, cities like Detroit, Memphis, Philadelphia, New York City, Chicago and Los Angeles come to mind. But while soul is most assuredly an American art form, Britain also fell in love with the music in the late 1960s and early 1970s, developing a club scene with dance moves and fashion that lay ...
The Lead Sheet" Twin Cities Live Jazz, September 25-October 1
Feels like Autumn in Minnesota! And our jazz venues are turning up the heat, from gigs with the best of our young lions to veteran performers in diverse contexts, including a CD release from very familiar musicians playing in the unexpected context of romantic standards. Big Gigs This Week Friday, September 25. Young lions chew up ...
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Points of View: Celebrating Dave Holland
Interview
Boney James: A Simple Man And A Lifetime Study
Interview
Miles Okazaki's Monkathon: The Complete Thelonious...
Musician 2 Musician
Steve Coleman on Dave Holland
Interview
Bill Bruford And Pete Roth: A One-Of-A-Kind Juxtaposition
Reanimating Conversations Past
John Scofield: Meant To Be
Live Review
Isaiah Collier Plays Coltrane: Live at Jazz Alley in Seattle
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