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Music Sales Continue Slide as Streaming Soars, Nielsen Report Shows
Nielsen SoundScan and Nielsen BDS has released their analysis of 2014 mid-year U.S. music sales airplay and streaming data for the 6-month period of December 30, 2013 through June 29, 2014. The data, collected from U.S. point-of-sale, radio airplay and music streaming, shows that in the first six months of 2014, sales of albums are down 14.9% ...
10 Qualities Leaders of Great Bands Must Have
By Christiana Usenza from the Sonicbids Blog. A band is a unique and complex relationship, and with so many different personalities and goals among band members, things can sometimes get tricky. Some people are direct, some are passive, some are more organized than others. “Musicians are sensitive and odd creatures," says songwriter/guitarist Paul Hansen of indie ...
Independence Day with Fischer and Cohn
Today, the United States of America is celebrating the 238th anniversary of its independence. Rifftides observes the 4th of July with two versions of the song that many Americans wish was the national anthem. Pianist Clare Fischer arranged the first for his 1967 album Songs For Rainy Day Lovers. The second version is by tenor saxophonist ...
Paul Horn (1930-2014)
Paul Horn, a West Coast saxophonist, clarinetist and flutist who added edgy sophistication and nocturnal cool to chamber jazz ensembles in the 1950s and went on to pioneer World jazz in the '60s and beyond, died on June 29 after a brief illness. He was 84. Horn began recording with the Sauter-Finegan Orchestra in 1956 but ...
Cool Music for Hot Weather: Sonny Clark
Now that wilting temperatures are here—at least in much of the northern hemisphere—Rifftides reader Larry Peterson suggests that Sonny Clark's Cool Struttin’ can bring welcome relief. Clark was a pianist who in a tragically short career attracted a substantial audience. His command of the keyboard and personalization of the style that he developed with Bud Powell ...
Jazz This Week: River City Mess Around, a New Weekly Jam Session Debuts, and More
The live jazz and creative music offerings in and around St. Louis are bit less numerous than usual this week, thanks to several factors including the holiday weekend, the recent closings of Robbie's House of Jazz and a couple of other live music spots, and the temporary closing for renovations of Jazz at the Bistro. Still, ...
Russ Freeman: West Coast Poet
Russ Freeman was one of the most recorded ensemble pianists on the West Coast in the 1950s and one of the most poetic. His first recording was with Charlie Parker at a Los Angeles club in 1947, but once the LP made inroads in the early 1950s, Freeman recorded steadily with Chet Baker, John Graas, Shorty ...
Spoon Partners with Indie Record Stores for Instant Vinyl Gratification Campaign
Britt Daniels of Spoon came up with an indie-oriented vinyl-centric response to the digital tracks offered as a form of “instant gratification" to those pre-ordering online at big outlets. His solution is to gift those who pre-order Spoon's upcoming release, “They Want My Soul," at select indie record stores with a 10" vinyl record including a ...
Curation is King: Google Acquires Songza For $39m
(UPDATED) Google has acquired mood and activity based streaming music service Songza. Original reports put the price tag at $15 million, but several rumored suitors likely pushed the deal to what the New York Times is now reporting as $39 million. Why Songza? Curation - humans and/or algorithms choosing the right music for each user - ...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, July 4-10
Is there jazz after the jazz festival? More than ever, it seems. Basking in the post-festival glow, we can look forward to more festival music five hours south of the Twin Cities as the Iowa City Jazz Festival gets underway July 3 and continues through the 5th; Bill Frisell returns with his “Guitar in the Space ...
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