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Is Smooth Jazz Dead Or Is It Just Bad Data?
Just a few years ago, smooth jazz was hugely popular on radio stations throughout the nation. Recently the genre has been in decline, but is that genuinely a result of fewer listeners, or simply bad data? Guest Post by Bobby Owsinski on Music 3.0 For a while there in 1990s and early 2000s “smooth jazz" was front ...
The Mouthpiece Placement Question
Steve Provizer’s comment about Bill Hardman’s off-center trumpet embouchure in last weekend’s Horace Silver video reminded me of other trumpeters with unconventional mouthpiece placement. There are many examples. Hardman’s, Jon Faddis’s and Ruby Braff’s mouthpieces go to the left, Louis Armstrong’s and Wild Bill Davison’s slightly to the right. In all cases, what comes out the ...
Oliver Nelson: Fantabulous
Oliver Nelson occupies an interesting space among jazz composers and arrangers in the 1960s. While not as well known as Quincy Jones, Lalo Schifrin or Claus Ogerman, Nelson is a favorite among those familiar with his music. Unlike many of his peers, Nelson specialized in explosive, blues-centric jazz compositions and charts that could wail and moan with ...
Artist Management Series: Interview With Vanessa Magos
An interview with indie pop manager Vanessa Magos explores the relationship between artist and manager, and what it takes to make that relationship successful, as well as delving into what it means to be an artist manager in 2015 Guest Post by Kevin Cornell on TuneCore.com Like almost everything in the music industry over the years, the ...
I Second That Emotion: The Emotive Power Of Music In Advertising [INFOGRAPHIC]
A new study out from Nielsen reveals that the use of music in advertisements has been shown to increase their effectiveness at tapping into the emotions of potential customers. Guest Post from Nielsen.com Music is powerful. It can make us smile or cry, bring memories rushing back, and even inspire us to buy a product when ...
Is The Music Industry Sleepwalking Into Disaster?
While the popularity of streaming has been steadily increasing, revenue from downloads has been declining, and as more companies like Apple and Spotify focus on a playlist model of distribution, traditional albums, and the music industry as a whole, could be in trouble. Guest Post by, Founder - Motive Unknown The recorded music business is entering ...
BuzzAngle Music Takes On Billboard, Nielsen With Dynamic Daily Charts
What constitutes a hit used to be just about weekly airplay and sales; and for decades Nielsen/Billboard produced the only charts that mattered. Now, upstart BuzzAngle Music is challenging both Billboard's chart supremacy and the frequency at which it measures data. BuzzAngle Music is aiming straight for the weekly Nielsen/Billboard with music charts that uses a proprietary architecture that ...
How Much Money Is Music Streaming Actually Worth? [INFOGRAPHIC]
The ways in which music streaming services generate revenue and how that revenue is divided has been a topic of both controversy and confusion. This article helps break down how much money is made from streaming services like Spotify and Pandora, and how it is divided. Guest Post by Bobby Owsinski on Music 3.0 There's a ...
Ben Webster and Johnny Hodges
In the fall of 1960, Ben Webster was on the West Coast freelancing and recording. Johnny Hodges was out there as well with the Duke Ellington Orchestra to perform at the Monterey Jazz Festival. On Nov. 22, two days before Thanksgiving, Webster and Hodges were in San Francisco to record an album for the Verve label ...
Music Education Monday: Vocal tips from Kurt Elling and Frank Sinatra, and more
This week for “Music Education Monday," here are some free resources for aspiring jazz vocalists. If you're just getting started, the website JazzSingers.com offers a good overview of the history of jazz singing and its most important practitioners, and includes a lot of potentially useful links. For example, that's where yr. humble editor found the text ...
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