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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Fall 2014 Jazz Preview, Part 5
This week, we finally wrap up StLJN's multi-part video preview of visiting jazz and creative music performers coming to St. Louis this fall. (You can see parts one through four here, here, here and here.)As the Christmas and New Year's holidays approach, the month of December here in St. Louis usually has ...
Spotify Helps You Find the Most Dramatic Moment in Any Song
By Eliot Van Buskirk from Spotify Insights. Music’s emotional power stems from a mix of factors, only some of which we understand. Much about music resists full explanation. One thing we do know: Some of the magic has to do with dynamics: changes from soft to loud, or from loud to soft. The most dramatic part ...
Pandora's First Ads Feature Surprise One-on-One Concerts by Lindsey Stirling
Pandora's new #ThumbMoments campaign may be awkwardly named but it's a pretty cool effort to delight individual fans. Basically a fan hits the thumbs up like button on an artist's song and they're surprised with a FaceTime video chat and personal concert by that artist. The program kicked off with Lindsey Stirling surprising some of her ...
Are Apple and Major Labels Planning a CD-Like 'Audio Upgrade' Campaign?
Remember all of the money you spent - and the record labels made - when upgraded your record and tape collection to superior sounding" CDs? Former label chief and Jimmy Iovine certainly does; and I'm hearing persistent talk that he's close to selling a similar audio upgrade campaign to Tim Cook and his new bosses at ...
Giving Music Journalists Lead Time to Ensure Maximum Press Coverage
By Jamie Ludiwg from the Sonicbids Blog. When it comes to coverage, lead time," or the amount of advance notice a publication needs to assign an article before its run date, is an essential consideration for artists. While it may not seem necessary for a baby band to employ the same lead time strategies as record ...
Urban Outfitters is World's #1 Seller of Vinyl Records
In the last few years, we've seen record stores selling more clothing to survive, but is the globe's top seller of vinyl records really a clothing store? Clothing retailer Urban Outfitters is claiming that it is now the world's number one seller of vinyl records. According to a report by Forbes, the claim was made by Urban ...
Bandzoogle Celebrates 10th Anniversary, Launches New Web Site
Bandzoogle, a website and marketing platform for musicians, is celebrating its 10th anniversary. That's a particularly impressive milestone in the music tech and d.i.y sectors, both of which have seen more than their share of forced consolidations and outright failures. To celebrate the anniversary, the company has just launched a new corporate website, Bandzoogle.com. The ...
A Copyright Attorney on the Ramifications of the SiriusXM Legal Defeat
By copyright and intellectual property attorney Wallace E. J. Collins III, Esq. Score one for the musicians: a California Federal Court Judge delivered a legal earthquake in the music industry by declaring that Flo & Eddie of the Turtles prevail on the issue of the public performance of their pre-1972 sound recordings in their legal action ...
How to Get More Email List Signups at Shows
By Yannick Ilunga from The Jazz Spotlight. When it comes to the online world, having an email list is one of the most important features a website can have. While having a lead magnet such as a free giveaway (e.g. free song, ebook, etc.) is an excellent way to attract people into subscribing to your newsletter, ...
A Jazz Matinee with Larry Camp, Marty Morell, Bruce Wallace
Bassist Bruce Wallace opened the South County Jazz Club's 2014-15 concert season Friday afternoon with a top-notch trio whose members had never worked together in this personnel grouping. It featured guitarist Larry Camp and drummer Marty Morell, best known in jazz circles for his seven-year stint in pianist Bill Evans' trio from 1968 to 1975. Musically, ...

