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Music Films Featured in 2014 St. Louis International Film Festival

November 12, 2014

As in years past, the 23rd annual St. Louis International Film Festival (SLIFF), which starts this Thursday, November 13 and continues through Sunday, November 23, once again will feature a number of music-related films, including one of particular interest to jazz fans. Waltz for Monica is a 2013 drama about the life of singer Monica Zetterlund, ...

News: Video / DVD

Videos: Horace Silver

November 12, 2014

I wound up on a Horace Silver jag yesterday. While writing, I let Silver run on my iTunes and found myself marveling yet again at Silver's gospel-funk syncopation and the tight, bright Latin-influenced horn lines. Silver perfected the hard bop quintet, rivaled only by Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. I thought I'd share a few ...

News: Education

Music Education Monday: Electronic Music History, and a Clark Terry Master Class

November 11, 2014

This week for Music Ed Monday, we've got some resources on the history of electronic music, and a video master class with a jazz trumpet great... Electronic music may seem like the most futuristic genre of them all, but it's been around for more than a century. To learn more about what's gone before, start with ...

News: Video / DVD

Not the Miles Davis Nonet

November 11, 2014

Picking up where we left off yesterday, 1949 was quite a remarkable year for jazz. The second American Federation of Musicians' ban ended in late '48, allowing record production to resume after nine months. The LP record was introduced by Columbia, RCA unveiled the 45, magnetic tape started to roll in recording studios, bebop was peaking, ...

News: Event

Berklee City Music Network Conference - The Challenge of Change

November 11, 2014

By Diana C. Hereld of Pathways in Music On Monday, November 3, The Berklee City Music Network Conference kicked off with a morning of presentations and discussions with youth development leaders Libby Chiu and Jonathan Zeichner, while music performers/educators/advocates Kevin Eubanks, Terri Lyne Carrington, Sheila E, Patrice Rushen, Lalah Hathaway, and Donald Harrison shared insights on ...

News: Opinion

Understanding Spotify: Access over Ownership [Jay Frank]

November 11, 2014

By Jay Frank on FutureHitDNA.com Young people prize “access over ownership”. This sounds like the kind of thing a digital music strategist like myself would be saying to support streaming services like Spotify. However, that’s not where the quote comes from. This was said by Sheryl Connelly, who is the head of Global Trends and Futuring for the Ford Motor ...

News: Music Industry

CD Baby Reduces Shipping on CD Orders to 1

November 11, 2014

We love it when companies try things that help independent artists make more money, and CD Baby is doing just that with a promotion designed to sell more CDs during the upcoming holiday gift giving season. For a limited time, standard domestic and international shipping for CD sales through CDBaby.com will be just 1¢; and it ...

News: Opinion

The Psychology of Music: Why Mood and Memory Matter

November 11, 2014

By Abhilasha Shah, PR/Communications Intern, University of Michigan. This post originally appeared on Shutterstock Blog. Imagine you're listening to a new song and deciding whether you like it. That snap decision involves more than you might think. Because the likeability of music is so subjective, we all have our own personal preferences that go into our ...

News: Music Industry

Robert Plant Ripped up Richard Branson's $800 Million Offer to Reunite Led Zeppelin

November 11, 2014

Particularly in this age of mega-sponsorship deals and music in advertising, there's something noble about a musician who says 'no, this doesn't feel right' to a big pile of money. Robert Plant apparently did just that with an offer from Sir Richard Branson to do just 35 shows with his old Led Zeppelin bandmates. Plant is ...

News: Technology

Former MOG, Beats CEO Raises $5m, Launches Chosen - "The Voice" Meets the Web

November 11, 2014

David Hyman, former CEO of Beats Music, has taken the lid off of his most recent startup venture, Chosen. The first of it's kind, Chosen is recreating the concept of hit TV shows like American Idol, X Factor, and The Voice by bringing the main stage to the consumer's pocket. By making competition accessible to any and ...