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Interview: Wanda Stafford (PT. 1)
You may think you own every Bill Evans sideman studio album, but trust me, you don't. The one I'm about to tell you about is so obscure and rare that it wasn't even listed in Tom Lord's Jazz Discography at press time. On June 23 and 24, 1960, at Bell Studios in New York, pianist Evans ...
STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Summer 2014 Jazz Film Festival, Part 2
This week, we are once again in vacation mode, with a second installment of our summer jazz “film festival" offering a whole day's worth of online jazz videos for your viewing and listening enjoyment. In part one a couple of weeks ago, we served up a half-dozen documentary films about jazz greats. In part two, the ...
Who Gets Paid from Radio Play?
By Ken Consor of Songtrust. When you hear a song on the radio, who gets paid? It’s probably not who you think. Today, we’re going to answer your questions and squash one of the most common misconceptions in the royalties/music publishing world. Let’s start with an example: Remember Britney Spears “…Baby One More Time”, the international ...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, August 15-21
When the Artists Quarter closed at the end of 2013, many area musicians had to scramble to find new venues for their music. Slowly, we're seeing more and more of our AQ favorites on the schedules of smaller clubs—the Black Dog, Studio Z, Jazz Central, The Nicollet, Cafe Maude, the Icehouse and more. One of the ...
Why the Press is Ignoring Your Band's Outreach
By Jhoni Jackson from the SonicBids Blog. Here’s the scenario: You’ve meticulously crafted the perfect press email and sent it out to various journalists, but you’ve gotten zero replies. Now what? Before you send a follow-up, review this list of possible explanations as to why you haven’t scored a story. If you can self-diagnose before trying ...
Bridging the Gap Between Crowdfunding and Album Delivery with Your Own Album Campaign
One of the most powerful aspects of crowdfunding is the direct connections to fans that make it possible. But too many crowdfunding campaigns default to an old school music industry model that even the music industry has been leaving behind. First you get the money and make a lot of noise, then you retreat into the ...
5 Recording Tips for Vinyl Releases
If you're thinking about putting out a vinyl album there's a lot to consider. The turnaround time for production takes longer and extra things need to be done during the recording process. PledgeMusic has a nice post looking at some of these issues. In addition to scheduling concerns and making sure you know what things cost ...
Free Updated Music Metadata Style Guide 2.0 from Music Biz
Music metadata is a boring topic, but a very important one. Today The Music Business Association (Music Biz) published version 2.0 of its Music Metadata Style Guide, which provides common naming conventions and data entry standards for music companies to use when listing, ingesting, and managing digital music. By following these standards, artists, labels and digital ...
Pandora Does Not Cannibalize Radio, Says New Study
Listening to Pandora does not mean that users listen to to less broadcast radio, according to a new study. Researchers at NuVoodoo Media Services interviewed 1100 respondents ages 14-54. Their findings indicate that 62% of Pandora users listen to Pandora at least 30 minutes per day and nearly as many spend that much time with broadcast radio. ...
Interview: Dr. John
A few weeks ago, I was in a car heading across the longest continuous bridge over water in the world. It takes about 25 minutes driving at 60 mph to cross Louisiana's Lake Pontchartrain on the Causeway. There's a point on that bridge where you can't see New Orleans behind you, bayou country in front of you ...
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