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Katherine McVicker Launches New Booking Agency Music Works International
Music Industry Veteran Katherine McVicker has launched a new booking agency, Music Works International. Based in Reading, Mass, the new agency represents an international roster that includes Dianne Reeves, David Sanborn, Jason Moran, Lalah Hathaway, & Ruthie Foster, Plus Stars Lizz Wright, Kurt Elling, Vijay Iyer, Joshua Redman, Richard Bona, The Gloaming, Justin Kauflin, and Martin ...
2 Genius Ideas For Funding Your Next Tour
By Brian Buchanan on Sonicbids Blog Today, more artists than ever before are making a living by touring. Many small- and mid-sized venues are thriving, and creative acts are finding new and intriguing ways to expand their reach beyond their local scene. Thanks to dozens of new technological tools, bands are finding it increasingly easy to find an audience – but coaxing ...
Jazz this week: Roy Hargrove, "Holiday Brasstravaganza," Ellington's "Nutcracker,"a big band murder mystery, and more
For this last week before Christmas, the calendar of jazz and creative music performances in and around St. Louis features the long-overdue return of a top touring trumpeter, plus several holiday-themed shows and some other special presentations from local performers. Let's go to the highlights.... Wednesday, December 17 Trumpeter Roy Hargrove returns to Jazz at the ...
Videos: Frank Sinatra, 1943
On September 3, 1942, Frank Sinatra left the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra after nearly three years as its star vocalist. On his own as a solo act, Sinatra signed with Columbia. The problem was, however, that the American Federation of Musicians' ban was still on, forcing Sinatra to record a cappella with backup singers for the label. ...
Dave Kusek Of The New Artist Model Looks Back On 2014 [Our Virtual Panel]
Dave Kusek is the founder of the New Artist Model online music business school and former CEO and founder of Berklee Online. Kusek is also the co-author of one of the best selling music business books The Future of Music: Manifesto for the Digital Music Generation written in 2005, and has enjoyed a successful career as ...
The One Thing That Pretty Much Every Failed Artist Has In Common
By Shaine Freeman on Sonicbids Blog A career in the music business can be one of the toughest, most frustrating paths to take, especially if you're a musician whose dream is to top the charts and sell out stadiums. It's an industry where the overwhelming majority of musicians experience failure more often than success. For the sake of defining what success is, in ...
Recent Listening, Vinyly: Broadbent, Lowe, Horvitz, Chemical Clock, Kanda
Once during a listening session, I apologized to Paul Desmond for the pops and scratches on a worn LP. “I don’t care if it’s on a cellophane strip,” he said, “ as long as I can hear what everybody is doing.” When it comes to sound quality, high-end audio perfectionists tend to be more demanding than ...
CD Discoveries of the Month
With the holidays just days away, you've probably been looking for a way to reward yourself or treat someone special to great music. Here are a batch of superb albums worth considering... Solitary Moon: Ginger Berglund & Scott Whitfield Sing The Johnny Mandel Songbook (Bi-Coastal Music). This swinging, singing duo is backed by a big band ...
Bose Is Building Their Own Streaming Music Service
Audio manufacturer Bose is hiring staff and moving “quickly" to build and launch its own “next generation streaming music platform". While Bose could integrate their music service within their own audio products, the company still faces very steep competition. And this new move is likely to displease Apple, who recently pulled and then reinstated Bose products from its Apple ...
Jack Conte Of Pomplamoose And Patreon Looks Back At 2014
Jack Conte, multi-instrumentialist of Pomplamoose and co-founder of Patreon joins us today to Hypebot.com's year end virtual panel. When asked about effect of ubiquitous music online and what the “Taylor Swift Debate" means for music streaming he says “No - the debate won't change anything, but artists pulling out of Spotify will." Conte goes on, “So many financial models ...
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