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Why Music Streaming is More Lucrative for Labels [Jay Frank]
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By Jay Frank of FutureHit.DNA. In the great streaming royalty debate, the focus has been on tiny royalty rates per stream. Artists are up in arms, many are opting out of streaming services, and the noise and debate has been growing louder. Lost in that noise is a voice that is seldom heard: that of the ...
The Importance of Local Relationship Building for Your Band
By Drew DePietro of BandHacks. Every band needs to build relationships within their community. Whether it’s with promoters, other bands or production companies and the people within the community. Without good relationships between all the aforementioned your band is probably destined for failure. Over the years I’ve had the pleasure and great fortune of learning the ...
Gene Rodgers: Lost Pianist
One of jazz's most enduring hits is Coleman Hawkins' October 1939 recording of Body and Soul. The rendition ranks pretty near the top of every jazz fan's list of favorites in terms of daring and influence. The tenor saxophone came into prominence after Hawk's recording and its sound would never be the same. [Pictured above, Gene ...
Case Study: Maximizing Social Media for a Special Live Event
Freelance digital music marketer Lucy Blair recently shared a case study called “How to Win with your Music Event" focused on digital marketing related to a very special event. EDM group Above & Beyond celebrated the 50th episode of their weekly radio show Group Therapy with a live radio show in London drawing an audience of ...
Winter Jazzfest 2014
New York’s Winter Jazzfest opens a five-day run tomorrow, celebrating its tenth year featuring musicians who operate on the leading edge of the music. The atmosphere of adventurism does not necessarily indicate that the artists are all young revolutionaries. Among the dozens of seasoned players appearing in clubs and concert halls throughout Manhattan will be Gary ...
'Tonight Show' Theme: Evolution
Back in 1962, when Johnny Carson was named to take over as host of The Tonight Show in New York, he needed a theme song. Carson quickly found one, and for the next 30 years, Johnny's Theme—with its drum-driven intro, brassy fanfare and swinging arrangement—became associated with late-night programming, adult humor and jazz. Most of the band's ...
Saul Zaentz
The passing of Saul Zaentz yesterday at 92 brings to mind the crucial part he played in expanding Fantasy Records from a vital, colorful, but minor independent label into a pop hit-maker and a major repository of jazz recordings from the late 1940s on. He is being remembered in obituaries around the world as the producer ...
Stan Kenton: Germany, 1953
Between 1949 and 1951, Stan Kenton led a 39-piece band known as the Innovations in Modern Music Orchestra. The band's dreamy, Wagner-esque jazz arrangements were hip for a brief period but soon took on the characteristics of a wobbly truck transporting too much fine furniture. The orchestrations didn't click with young audiences and Kenton's musicians grew ...
STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Winter/Spring 2014 Jazz Preview, Part 4
This week, we continue with part four of StLJN's winter/spring 2014 jazz preview, featuring bands and musicians who will be coming to our town in the first few months of this year. (Here are part one, part two and part three.) Today's first clip features guitarist Pat Metheny and his Unity Band, with saxophonist Chris Potter, ...
Farewell, Al Porcino
Al Porcino, a powerful lead trumpeter for several big bands, died on New Years Eve in Munich, Germany. He was 88. Porcino had lived in Germany since the late 1970s, frequently augmenting American bands touring in Europe, as well as leading his own large ensemble. A family member who reported his passing offered no information about ...
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Isaiah Collier Plays Coltrane: Live at Jazz Alley in Seattle
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John Scofield: Meant To Be
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