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Breaking Bad Music Supervisor: Inside the Wonderful [and Corporate] World of Sync

March 18, 2014

Thomas Golubic, the music supervisor behind Breaking Bad, Six Feet Under, The Killing and The Walking Dead has an insider view of the world of music sync, and its not always pretty. “These are big corporations,” Golubis, interviewed by Music Week at AIM’s recent Sync Conference, says of music budgets. “Some of the companies you deal with are ...

News: Obituary

Med Flory, 1926-2014

March 17, 2014

Alto saxophonist Med Flory was best known to the general public as an actor, but jazz listeners are most likely to remember him as the co-founder and leader of Supersax. Flory died this week at the age of 87. He made hundreds of appearances in television shows and a few in motion pictures, usually as characters ...

News: Obituary

Med Flory (1926-2014)

March 17, 2014

Med Flory, a West Coast jazz saxophonist and actor who in 1972 founded the reed-centric band Supersax that played transcriptions of Charlie Parker solos in tight formation and won a Grammy in 1973, died on March 12. He was 87. Like many West Coast reed players, Med was relentlessly upbeat and easy-going—until he raised the mouthpiece ...

News: Video / DVD

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Spotlight on Mwata Bowden

March 16, 2014

This week, let's get acquainted with Chicago multi-instrumentalist Mwata Bowden, who's coming to St. Louis to perform with the trio Low End Theory for Washington University's Jazz at Holmes series on Thursday, March 27. Bowden plays a variety of saxophones and clarinets, flute and didgeridoo, and he'll be joined for the performance by bassist and Wash ...

News: Festival

Preview: Harrell, Lovano, Cohen, Jensens Head 2014 Iowa City Jazz Festival

March 16, 2014

It's one of my favorite jazz festivals, and not just because it's in my home town, and not just because it is free and only a 5-hour drive from the Twin Cities. The Iowa City Jazz Festival happens to be one of the gems of summer jazz — a small-town feel, an historic college-campus venue, and ...

News: Music Industry

Positive Changes in Chinese Music Industry Happening Behind the Scenes

March 15, 2014

This is an excerpt from China music market specialist Ed Peto's article on the China Music Business site. It originally ran as a feature in the March 5th edition of the Music Ally report. In March 2013, Gao Xiaosong – a famous Chinese music composer, producer and TV talent judge – announced that on 1st July ...

News: Technology

Vijay Iyer's Album "Mutations" Got Leaked Early then Pirated. Here's What Happened Next.

March 15, 2014

While some people might think that music pirates wouldn't be that interested in a classical album from a well-known jazz pianist, the recent leak of Vijay Iyer's “Mutations" is a reminder that piracy happens in all genres. When Iyer discovered that his album had been leaked and then pirated a few weeks before release, he contacted ...

News: Career

More Major Musicians Pursuing Creative Album Release Strategies

March 15, 2014

From the Nielsen Newswire. From Beck previewing his Morning Phase album for in-flight air travelers to hear via Gogo Inflight Internet before its formal release date to Bruce Springsteen streaming his recent Higher Hopes album more than a week before its release as a promotion for the TV show The Good Wife, there’s more to release ...

News: Performance / Tour

The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, March 14-20

March 15, 2014

Back to back gigs with one of the area's most notable singers; a long-overdue gig with one of the area's to pianists; and some new music from one of our most prolific composers get the weekend off to a flying start, followed by our popular regional jazz band with some pretty amazing guest vocalists from New ...

News: Technology

Google Search Now Highlights Tour Dates, Here's How to Feature Your Concerts

March 15, 2014

Google's Knowledge Graph now presents info about a variety of topics in a sidebar beside the search results. Click the image to the right for one example featuring Chick Corea. For your concert dates to appear in such a manner, you must have the info available on your official site using structured data markup. It sounds ...