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STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Spotlight on Patrice Rushen
This week, we turn our video spotlight on keyboardist, singer and composer Patrice Rushen, who will be in St. Louis to perform next Sunday, June 29 at the Sheldon Concert Hall. UPDATE - 12:30 p.m. 6/21/14: Less than an hour after this post went up, a reader got in touch to say she had tried to ...
Viagogo to Provide Secondary Ticketing Services for All SFX Entertainment Events
Yesterday SFX Entertainment and Viagogo announced a 5 year, $75 million agreement for Viagogo to provide exclusive and official ticketing services for all SFX Entertainment events. Described as a “sponsorship agreement," Viagogo will be able to promote themselves worldwide to the EDM demographic. The deal gives SFX one official reseller plus additional potential at scale with ...
What's the Idea Behind 1000 True Fans?
By Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0. In the latest version of my Music 4.0: A Survival Guide For Making Music In The Internet Age book I explain that making a living in music is considered the new success, as we shift our priorities to DIY. That said, the way that's accomplished is by have a group ...
Earbits Rises from the Deadpool, is Back Online
As of Monday, Earbits was toast. The four year old independent music service which had raised $1.7 million, enabled artists and labels to “buy" plays, promote and connect with fans. By Tuesday, the site was entirely offline. Late on Thursday night, however, Earbits rose from the dead. Everything - the web service and all mobile apps - ...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, June 20-26
Get ready! The 2014 Twin Cities Jazz Festival is coming in just a few days! And there's some serious jazz and fun activities this weekend as we gear up for the biggest jazz event in the Upper Midwest! A favorite brass ensemble celebrates a CD release at the Icehouse; one of the kings of modern jazz ...
On Horace Silver
Horace Silver, whom we lost yesterday, believed that worthwhile music arises from feeling. He thought that to be true to himself, he had a responsibility not to let fashion or artifice deflect him from what his feelings dictated. Fortunately for him, and for us, he had the skill and the imagination to transmit his feelings through ...
Interview: Frankie Valli
I grew in the 1960s on the streets of Washington Heights in Manhattan. In the summer, no one went away to camp. You had your bike, your baseball cards, change for Stein's Candy Store and a bathing suit. That was it, and that was all you needed. Some of my fondest summer memories were spent standing ...
Advertising Tips for DIY Musicians
DIY musicians using advertising to promote their work is rarely discussed on Hypebot though we do cover a wide range of marketing approaches including other forms of advertising. But given the ability to target specific populations with low-cost online ads, it's something DIY musicians should certainly consider. Jon Ostrow recently addressed the issue of advertising from ...
YouTube's Ultimatum and the Economic Survival of Musicians
By copyright and intellectual property attorney Wallace E. J. Collins III, Esq.. YouTube announced that in a matter of days it may begin blocking the videos of some independent record label artists who have refused to sign licensing terms for the platform’s new service. Moreover, indie labels and other content creators who do not sign up ...
We Lost a Jazz Giant
The jazz world is mourning yesterday’s passing of composer, pianist and bandleader and NEA Jazz Master Horace Silver. He was truly one of the greats, helping create the hard bop genre in the 1960s and leaving as his legacy a wonderful trove of soulful, funky and catchy tunes. He was a Stan Getz sideman early in ...
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Bill Bruford And Pete Roth: A One-Of-A-Kind Juxtaposition
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Scott Kinsey: Thought Distortions and the Art of the Left...
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Isaiah Collier Plays Coltrane: Live at Jazz Alley in Seattle
Reanimating Conversations Past
John Scofield: Meant To Be
From the Inside
The Quiet Cruelty of the Music Business
Phil Schaap's Jazz Room
Franc Williams: Live From The West End
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