Results for "AAJ Staff"

Documentary: Sam Cooke

October 2, 2013

Dave Stewart Launching First Artist Bank as "Global Creative Community Bank"

October 2, 2013

Dave Stewart is an excellent example of a musician not simply adjusting to changing times but taking an active role in those changes. Stewart's latest move is a plan to launch First Artist Bank to supply not only funding but IP management and consulting as well. We're not talking Kanye West interview dreams. Stewart's partner in ...

WiMP Launches Lossless CD Quality Music Stream

October 2, 2013

Today EU subscription music streaming service WiMP launched WiMP HiFi, a streaming music service with lossless music in CD quality. Its is available for Sonos, Bluesound, iOS and Android at double WiMP Premium price. At launch, WiMP HiFi was named HiFi-product of the year by Scandinavian magazine Lyd & Bilde (Sound & Image). WiMP also simultaneously ...

Artist Growth Adds Free Tier, Integrates Bandsintown, Appoints Powerhouse Advisory Board

October 2, 2013

Artist Growth, a leading provider of music management tools, yesterday announced a bundle of positive news. For those just getting started, Artist Growth added a free tier called the “EP Package" featuring basic services. For all their customers, Bandsintown is now integrated with Artist Growth to keep all concert news updated. In addition, Artist Growth announced ...

Southern and Rivers: High Notes

October 1, 2013

Jeri Southern and Mavis Rivers [above]—two important jazz-pop singers who got their start in the 1950s—have just been treated to solid retrospective CD sets. Both collections offer an in-depth overview of each artist and provide insights into how singers were developed back then and routinely re-positioned by their labels in hopes of charting a hit. Southern ...

Hootsuite Adds Soundcloud App for Listening To, Posting and Sharing Music

October 1, 2013

HootSuite is one of the more popular social media tools that allow you to manage multiple social media accounts from one interface. A variety of third party apps are available including the recent addition of a SoundCloud app that allows you to publish and share music via HootSuite. For those of you managing multiple social media ...

CD Baby Milestone: $300 Million Paid out to Artists

October 1, 2013

CD Baby announced that, as of today, it has paid out more than $300 million to artists using its services, This year total payouts to artists are expected to be $60 million. That's up from $56 million in 2012 and $48 million in 2011. “It took us eight years to pay out the first $50 million," ...

Why Musicians Are Being Warned About Upgrading to Apple's iOS 7

September 28, 2013

By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Apple's iOS platform is widely considered by musicians (at least the ones who care about such things) to be the superior mobile platform for music creation, because Android isn't up to the task. However, as millions of iOS users the world over keep checking iTunes and their devices for Wednesday's ...

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: A Marty Ehrlich Sampler

September 29, 2013

This week StLJN's video spotlight shines on multi-instrumentalist, composer and former St. Louisan Marty Ehrlich, who will be performing with his Rites Quartet in a concert presented by New Music Circle at 7:30 p.m. next Friday, October 4 at the Kranzberg Arts Center. Ehrlich, who's 58, grew up in University City and was influenced early on ...

Interview: Allen Toussaint

September 27, 2013

Singer-songwriter Allen Toussaint has written dozens of hit songs. Many have what I call the Allen Toussaint bounce—a jumping New Orleans feel that's part blues and part zydeco. His hits include Mother in Law, Southern Nights, Whipped Cream, Get Out of My Life Woman, Working in the Colemine, What Do You Want the Girl to Do?, ...