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The Great Debate: Music Business Education [Steve Rennie]

July 7, 2015

Over the course of my career I’ve been asked a million times, “What is the best way to learn the music business?” Answering that question has really become something of a mission for me over the last two and a half years. By Steve Rennie of Renman Music & Business Over the course of my career I’ve ...

Introducing: Vinyl Tuesday, A Physical Music Initiative

July 7, 2015

In the wake of global Friday release dates, another initiative, Vinyl Tuesday, is starting up as a way to offer physical retailers new titles to sell and promote during the week. Launched by the Record Store Day organization, the weekly Tuesday physical street date will encourage artists, labels and distributors to put out several different types of releases. Guest Post by Dave Pak on ...

Beginners Guide To Twitter Hashtags

July 7, 2015

12 Questions To Ask Yourself Before Posting On Social Media

July 7, 2015

As I've said many times here and in my book Social Media Promotion For Musicians, just being on a social network doesn't mean that you're using it effectively for promotion. There's a mindset that's needed before you can use any network as a promotional tool. Guest post by Bobby Owsinski on Music 3.0 Here are 12 questions to ...

Ralph Burns: Warm for Jazz

July 6, 2015

Years spent with Woody Herman from late 1943 on as a pianist and arranger gave Ralph Burns an edge when he needed musicians for his own leadership albums. In January 1958, during a period when he was orchestrating for artists signed to Decca, Burns arranged an album under his own name called Very Warm for Jazz. ...

StLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Ken Burns' Jazz

July 5, 2015

This week, celebrate the nation's birthday with a screening of Jazz, the ten-part history of the music directed by famed documentary filmmaker Ken Burns and originally aired on PBS back in 2001. Although the series was acclaimed by some as the most comprehensive filmed treatment of jazz history to date, many fans and critics also found ...

4th Of July Music—Lots Of It

July 4, 2015

The Rifftides staff devoted a meeting to choosing a piece of music to bring you on this most American of holidays. After what seemed like hours of discussion, we bogged down in disagreement. Feelings may not have been running as high as in the Greek referendum campaign, but failure to reach a compromise had everyone on ...

An Annual Rifftides Independence Day Reminder

July 4, 2015

American Association Of Independent Music Turns 10

July 4, 2015

It's a great time to be indie; and its primary U.S. advocate, the American Association Of Independent Music, turns 10 tomorrow.  A2IM can take more than a little credit for bringing indies together to force Apple Music to pay royalties during free trials. But over the years, A2IM has done much more. Just a few of their ...

Mellow Moods

by AAJ Staff
July 3, 2015

Jazz in all its rich variety encompasses all the colors from deepest blue to piercing red. For this particular section of Building a Jazz Library, we've selected a handful of recordings which you might color green: green for go, green for growth. If you're a jazz neophyte, you'll find an opportunity here in these ...