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News: Rights

SoundExchange Reveals What Pandora Pays Artists

October 31, 2012

By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. Earlier this month, Pandora revealed artist payouts in the millions, as part of its ongoing campaign to reduce the royalty rate for online radio — or at least add a similar burden to FM radio, which pays no performance royalty. To be clear, Pandora phrased this carefully in its blog ...

News: Video / DVD

Herb Ellis + Barney Kessel (Late '80s)

October 30, 2012

What do Herb Ellis and Barney Kessel have in common—in addition to being among the finest jazz studio guitarists? Both were working members of the Oscar Peterson Trio—Kessel from 1952 to '53, when he was replaced by Ellis, who remained with the pianist until 1958. Here's Ellis and Kessel together in the late 1980s on Club ...

News: Interview

Clifford Brown, 1930-1956

October 30, 2012

Today is the 82nd anniversary of Clifford Brown’s birth. Here is what I wrote in Rifftides on June 26, 2006, half a century following his death. Fifty years ago today at The Seattle Times, as I ripped copy from the wire machines my eye went to a story in the latest Associated Press national split. A ...

News: Video / DVD

Henry Jacobs and Shorty Petterstein

October 29, 2012

With Hurricane Sandy bearing down on New York, I thought it only fitting to visit with another Sandy—Henry Sandy Jacobs. He's a sound artist and humorist who in the 1950s all but invented the hipster comedy album on the West Coast. His Wide Weird World of Shorty Petterstein featured funny fictional conversational encounters between clueless squares ...

News: Event

Future of Music Summit 2012 Free Live Stream 11/13

October 28, 2012

This year's Future of Music Summit, taking place in Washington, DC, November 13th, a week after the election, will be free to attend or to view live online, including here on Hypebot. That's a good thing because they've reached capacity registration on attendance and the online summit is now your only chance to participate in this ...

News: Technology

Groovebug's Blue Note is First Curated IOS Music Subscription App

October 28, 2012

Yesterday, we reported on the first iOS app in iTunes that lets fans of the classic rock band Crosby, Stills, and Nash subscribe to the band for $4/month through an iPad app. The band calls this “the first" artist subscription app in iTunes, and we believe that to be the case. It's a fascinating idea, this ...

News: Music Industry

A Closer Look at the Plight of Uninsured Musicians

October 28, 2012

New York Magazine's recent story with Grizzly Bear exposed several economic realities of being an independent artist in today's music business. The NYM went on to reveal that, “some band members don't even have health insurance." The Brooklyn-based rockers are far from being alone, as one third of full-time working musicians do not have health insurance, ...

News: Opinion

What Happens when an Artist Makes Their Music Free for One Day [Case Study]

October 28, 2012

There's a lot of debate about whether giving away your music for free is a good practice or not. Some say that it devalues your music and keeps people from taking you seriously. Some say it's necessary to get people intrigued and listening. This post isn't meant to convince you of one of those opinions, but ...

News: Video / DVD

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: A Terell Stafford Sampler

October 28, 2012

As mentioned earlier here in this space, it's been a good fall season in St. Louis for fans of jazz trumpet, with gigs from the likes of Terence Blanchard, Wynton Marsalis, Christan Scott and Mike Metheny already completed and more to come. More specifically, last week we featured some ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jazz This Week: Legacy Jazz Quintet, Lnac's 9th Annual Noisefest, TKT Scholarship Concert, St. Louis Jazz Orchestra, and More

October 26, 2012

Although this weekend's calendar of jazz and creative music in St. Louis doesn't include any major touring headliners, there's plenty of activity from local and regional performers in a variety of styles from big band to free improv. Let's go to the highlights... Tonight, saxophonist Ron Goff plays a free concert for the Jazz at Holmes ...