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News: Music Industry

Stephen Covey's 7 Habits and Your Music Career

July 21, 2012

Reflecting on the passing of Dr. Stephen Covey and the influence of his work, Nimbit's Carl Jacobson felt a fitting tribute would be to explore how The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People can contribute to success in music. Have a read and share your thoughts. Stephen Covey passed away earlier this week. For me, like ...

News: Trends

More Proof That Newer Artists Have It Harder...

July 21, 2012

or the first time this year, older albums started outselling newer albums, across CD, vinyl, and download formats. But this is a trend that's been happening for a while, and reflects a devaluation that is hurting newer artists the most. The reason is that albums simply put more money in the pockets of artists (and their ...

News: Award / Grant

National Endowment for the Arts Announces 2013 NEA Jazz Masters

July 20, 2012

Washington, DC: Dizzy Gillespie. Count Basie. Ella Fitzgerald. Herbie Hancock. Names of the greatest purveyors of America’s homegrown art form, jazz-and all NEA Jazz Masters. Today, the National Endowment for the Arts adds four new names to the list with the announcement of the 2013 NEA Jazz Masters. Like the 124 honorees who came before them, ...

News: Festival

Post-Dispatch Reports Plans for David Sanborn Jazz Festival in St. Louis

July 20, 2012

This just in:The St. Louis Post-Dispatch's Kevin Johnson has reported that plans are underway for a new jazz festival in St. Louis. The event would bear the name of, and be headlined by, saxophonist and St. Louis native David Sanborn (pictured) and would take place in September 2013 in the Grand Center neighborhood. The story reports ...

News: TV / Film

10 Great Jazz Movie Trailers

July 20, 2012

I was in a bit of noir mood yesterday. So I reached back to a few great jazz films. People say jazz never really had a big impact on our society at large, that it was always a cult folk form. I beg to differ. Here are 10 movie trailers or openers with powerful jazz scores. ...

News: Interview

We Are Hunted Founder on Spotify App and Music Discovery [interview]

July 20, 2012

Guest interview by Tyler Hayes of Nxt Big Thing with Stephen Phillips, founder and CTO of We Are Hunted. NBT: In plain terms, can you describe what We Are Hunted does for those unfamiliar with the company? We Are Hunted aims to be the best music discovery service in the world. We exist to help you ...

News: Opinion

The Role of the Local Promoter vs. the Local Band

July 20, 2012

Guest post by Lance Tobin (@ltliveboston) who runs a musician-based tax accounting firm and is an independent concert promoter in Boston. One of the most advantageous relationships an artist or band can have is with a promoter. At the local level, there seems to be a mystery as to what exactly the promoter does. “Does the ...

News: Video / DVD

Switchcam Readies Impressive Video Toolkit for Musicians

July 20, 2012

Switchcam has come a long way since it won HackLolla as Veokami at Lollapalooza in 2011 including receiving over a million in funding. But the concept remains the same: Switchcam takes YouTube videos of concerts and offers multiangle views of the whole event where possible. Soon they'll be offering tools for musicians to take control of ...

News: Trends

Uh-Oh: Music Financing is Down 37 Percent on the Year...

July 20, 2012

Don't call it a bubble-pop! But music-focused financing is down a lofty 37 percent on the year, according to the latest tallies. The year-to-date count (as of July 19th) now stands at $256 million even, a number that includes a monstrous, $50 million round for Soundcloud in January and an even more massive, $135 million round ...

News: Performance / Tour

Marco Benevento to Perform Wednesday, September 26 at Old Rock House

July 19, 2012

Keyboard player Marco Benevento (pictured) is coming to St. Louis to perform at 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, September 26 at the Old Rock House. Benevento, who's originally from New Jersey and now lives in Brooklyn, has connections to both the jazz and jam band scenes. He studied music at Berklee and first began to gain wide recognition ...