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Here's What 13 to 40 Year Olds Claim About Their Experience of Music
This week the Viacom Music Group released research finding regarding the Music Experience" of today's 13 to 40 year olds. It's an interesting study with plenty that will be taken out of context leading to confusion (which isn't a bad thing if the confused people are your competitors) and some really interesting points that may not ...
Want Press? Make It Easy for Journalists and Bloggers to Write About You
Musicians' websites, despite the relative ease in coming up with a list of what they should have and what they should do, are a weird hybrid when you step back and look at who's being served. Musicians and the folks working with them on websites really need to create something that serves the musician, the fans, ...
Long Time Music Industry Writers Clueless on Impacts of Technology
Op Ed by Daniel Legere for China Music Radar. Every now and again the big bad business press take a dip into topics that don’t really suit them or their typical audience. Could be boredom, or perhaps vague attempts at riding the buzzwagon of a trending topic. Imagine our surprise when we spotted this article on ...
Make More Money Gigging with These Creative Approaches
By Dave Kusek from the Sonicbids Blog. Gigging and touring is the bread and butter for indie musicians today. Playing local gigs on the weekend with a few regional or national tours can provide enough income to get by, but there’s a lot more to gigging than performing and ticket sales. The fan interactions, collaboration opportunities, ...
Love and Reverence for a Jazz Tradition
The 60thanniversary edition of the Newport Jazz Festival turned into a weekend of love and reverence toward its founding producer, George Wein. He started the event in 1954 with backers Elaine and Louis Lorillard, a high society couple who wanted to liven up the summer social season. More than a dozen jazz festival producers from venues ...
Resident Advisor Launches Fan-to-Fan Ticket Exchange, EDM "Community" Sites Ignore News
Resident Advisor, a leading electronic music news, events listing and ticketing website, announced on Tuesday the launch of a fan-to-fan ticket exchange so that fans can resale tickets at face value. Such an exchange undercuts scalpers and allows those who have to miss an event a chance to recoup. It's part of a larger effort to ...
"Think Like a Fan" - Twitter's Head of Music @tedxhollywood [video]
In this TedX talk, Twitter's Head Of Music Bob Moczydlowsky shares is experience on how to stay connected with audiences by comparing a famous music artist and late night television host and their success because of their fan base. Before joining Twitter as Head of Music, Bob was the SVP, Product & Marketing for Topspin, the direct-to-fan marketing ...
Streaming Music Reduces Artist Revenue and Waters Down Creativity
Op Ed by John Dilley from HighSpeedInternet.com. When iTunes launched 10 years ago, it became the model for buying and legally downloading music. Soon services like Spotify came along and changed the game from a purchasing model to a licensing model. How has this changed the industry? For consumers it’s great, but for the music industry ...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, August 8-14
Come the first part of August and it seems summer —which never really got here—is already winding down: Back to School sales, cooler evenings, fading lillies, and that final scramble to spend time at the cabin. Jazz, on the other hand, seems to be heating up, with gigs throughout the metro, even a new venue, visiting ...
Jazz This Week: Stooges Brass Band, Free Outdoor Concerts, and More
Things are fairly quiet again this week for touring jazz acts coming through St. Louis, with tonight the notable exception as the Stooges Brass Band will be in town to perform at the Broadway Oyster Bar. They're not as well known outside New Orleans as the Dirty Dozen, Rebirth or Hot 8, in part because until ...

