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Jazz this week: Terry Parrish, "A White Affair," Liberty Jazz Band, and more
It's shaping up to be an eclectic late-summer weekend of jazz and creative music in and around St. Louis, with performances in styles ranging from ragtime to swing to smooth jazz and R&B to experimental. Let's go to the highlights... Thursday, August 13 Pianist Adam Maness will play while artist Vesna Delevska paints at Lilly's Music ...
The Beatles at Shea: 1965
Fifty years ago on Aug. 15, 1965, the Beatles performed at New York's Shea Stadium. The Mets were in Houston playing the Astros that weekend, and the Fab Four appeared before a full house—55,600 fans, mostly screaming teenage girls. In today's Wall Street Journal (go here), I write about the concert—not about how the music was ...
Fair Music Transparency Report [Followup]
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In a followup to an earlier post, this article explores how, in spite of living in an age where music is more accessible than ever before, the commercial end of the business has a long way to go as far as getting artists the money they deserve. Guest Post by Allen Bargfrede on Rethink Music This should ...
SoundExchange Launches PLAYS Search Engine: Who's Claiming Your Recordings?
Money earned from digital plays often, for one reason or another, ends up in the wrong hands, and even services like SoudExchange can misdirect funds. Enter the PLAYS Search Engine, a tool which allows artists to track where their money is going. Guest Post by Phil Canning of The Orchard on The Daily Rind It sounds ...
Should Radio Stations Accept A “Listen” Fee For Screening Music?
Could a pay-to-play relationship between artists and DJs be the future of radio? Although historically frowned upon, a business model which allows DJs to screen songs while being paid for their time could be beneficial for both artists and radio stations. Guest Post by Michael Corcoran on musicSUBMIT Part 2 of a 5 part series. For Part ...
12 CD's For 1¢ Is Dead: The Original Artist Rip-Off Columbia House Files For Bankruptcy
Remember 12 CDs or cassettes for a 1¢? Fueled by slippery clauses buried deep major label contracts, Columbia House, formed the backbone of many 70's and 80's music collections. Once billed as a vehicle for music discovery, the record “club" has filed for bankruptcy. Columbia House, the mail order music service that built a billion dollar ...
Rdio Adds Nearly 500 Live Broadcasts
Everyone looking for an advantage in the competitive streaming space. One tactic, taken aggressively by Tidal, is exclusive content. They headlines, but are short lived and costly. Spotify and Tidal add videos. But like Apple's Beats 1, Rdio is betting that live audio will attract users. Music streamer Rdio has added live broadcast radio beginning with ...
George Wallington: Trios
In its infancy in the mid-1940s, bebop was about speed and generating ideas on the fly. This was particularly true of the piano, the instrument that typically kicked off bebop songs, kept the rhythm going and put meat on the bone, so to speak. At first, bebop's velocity made the style a private club, since few ...
6 Tips For Promoting Your Music On Spotify
As streaming becomes a more and more popular method of listening to music, being able to effectively promote one's work on services like Spotify is critical to success. Here are some useful tips for getting your music front and center. Guest Post from Ditto Music How do bands promote themselves on Spotify? I can't promise that you ...
Is Video The Future of Music Streaming?
In this episode of Music Business Podcast, we are talking with Bryce Clemmer, who is the co-founder and CEO of Vadio, a Portland-based company that provides an online video platform to media and streaming companies. We talk to Clemmer about the state of the music video and how it’s going to change. Kyle Bylin is a ...
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