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Weekend Extra: Brownie Speaks
Until recently, admirers of the great trumpeter Clifford Brown heard him speak only a few words on the album The Beginning and the End. Recently, however, a YouTube contributor who identifies herself as Nespasisi posted a segment of Brown being interviewed by Willis Conover of The Voice of America. Nespasisi explains that she found the fragment ...
STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Alan Evans' Playonbrother
Today, let's spend a little video time with drummer Alan Evans and his band Playonbrother, who will be in St. Louis next week to perform on Thursday, July 24 at the Gramophone. Made up of Evans, a co-founder of the funk-jazz trio Soulive, plus Danny Mayer on guitar and Beau Sasser on keyboards, Playonbrother was formed ...
Will Paul McCartney's Low-Priced Album Apps Add to Digital Music's Downward Pricing Pressure?
To some degree album apps are being treated as novelty items with marketing appeal even when there's a lot of new art involved from remastered music to photos and video. That means pricing is treated differently than it would for a new album in an established format. With Paul McCartney's release of back catalog album apps ...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, July 18-24
The forecast calls for a return of summer heat next week. Jazz is warming up as well! This weekend at Jazz Central, Zacc Harris salutes Wes Montgomery and Jay Young salutes Stevie Wonder and Michael Jackson; Maud Hixson returns to Parma 8200; the Twin Cities Mobile Jazz Project holds its first festival at Rice Park; Steve ...
WFMU Building Open Source "Audience Engine" Web CMS for Radio Stations
New Jersey's WFMU.FM is a legendary freeform non-commercial radio station that embodies community from its supportive listeners to its wide-ranging programming. WFMU recently embarked on a new community adventure with their decision to develop an open source version of their currently proprietary CMS (content management system). The new CMS is called Audience Engine and its designed ...
The Value of Giving Away Your Music for Free
By Farah Joan Fard from the Sonicbids Blog. If you saw the headline of this article and the words “giving away" sent chills down your spine, I hear your fear. We're all well aware of how often artists are asked to work for free, and I know how seriously you take your music career. With so ...
How to Reach the Best Music Business Contacts. Period.
What if you could reverse the sinking feeling you get when you send an email blast to hundreds of contacts that goes entirely unanswered? What if you were able to better understand how to break into the industry instead of trying the shotgun approach and hoping for a hit? Would you? Because you can. It all comes ...
Pandora Hits 2m Users in Its Only Non-U.S. Market
Pandora in Australia and New Zealand has reached 2 two million registered listeners, effectively doubling its listener base in less than 12 months since launching in December 2012. Listeners have created 29 million personalized stations customized by 90 million Australian and New Zealand thumbs up and down. Australia and New Zealand are the only two countries where Pandora is ...
Recent Listening: Royston and Svensson
Rudy Royston, 303, (Greenleaf Music) Since his emergence from Denver (area code 303) nearly a decade ago, Royston’s drumming has graced bands led by Dave Douglas, Bill Frisell, JD Allen, Tom Harrell and other leaders in 21st century jazz. With 303, Royston becomes a leader himself. As he has since he first attracted attention playing for ...
Jazz This Week: Erik Jekabsen, Shana Tucker, Kimmie Horne, and More
Although it's summer vacation season, and jazz gigs in and around St. Louis are somewhat fewer than usual as a result, there still are plenty of shows worth hearing - if, as we're fond of saying around these parts, you know where to find them. Here, then, are a few suggestions for the next several days... ...
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