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First-Ever St Lou Fringe Festival to Include Tribute to Miles Davis

June 20, 2012

The first-ever St Lou Fringe Festival, taking place this weekend in four Midtown venues, will include a show honoring Miles Davis (pictured), the legendary jazz trumpeter who was born in Alton, IL and grew up in East St. Louis. Cool Like That, A Tribute to Miles Davis, a production of Black Poet Ventures of Phoenix, AZ, ...

News: Rights

Breaking: Vevo to Finally Begin Paying Independent Publishers

June 20, 2012

Yesterday, we reported to you that the U.S. National Music Publisher's Association (NMPA) and their CEO David Israelite recently called for reform in the way publishers license digital content, particular with the way VEVO conducts its payouts. Today, Universal Music Group (part-owner of VEVO) announced that they will begin paying independent publishers for the use of ...

News: Technology

Promote Your Live Music Events with Epilogger

June 20, 2012

Having easily accessible archives of past concerts, including social media conversations, is a great way to let old fans reminisce and new fans catch the bug. Epilogger is emerging as a new service that provides easily accessible archives of events, including concerts and festivals, as recorded in social media. Event organizers can claim events and Epilogger ...

News: Opinion

In Defense of Emily White (the NPR Intern)

June 20, 2012

This morning I was scrolling through my Twitter feed and happened to click on a post by Josh Jackson that stated “David Lowery Responds to NPR Music Intern who doesn't pay for music." I clicked on the article and was shocked to see my name in the headline. But then I realized, the article was referring ...

News: Festival

Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Fest Always Features Some of the Best

June 20, 2012

At 35 years old, Festival retains its quality The 35th annual Freihofer's Jazz Festival is always a gas. It's had nearly every major jazz player appear since 1978 and it has seen plenty of very young and then-unknown people gain some notoriety here in upstate New York and go on to great things. The picnic/party is ...

News: Performance / Tour

Grandmothers of Invention to Perform Saturday, August 4 at Old Rock House

June 19, 2012

Attention, St. Louis area Zappaphiles: The Grandmothers of Invention (pictured), featuring four key ex-members of Frank Zappa's Mothers, will perform at 8:00 p.m. Saturday, August 4 at the Old Rock House. Three of the The ex-Mothers in question are singer and saxophonist Napoleon Murphy Brock, saxophonist Bunk Gardner, and keyboard player Don Preston. The ORH's announcement ...

News: Interview

The Quest to Reach New Audiences

June 19, 2012

Last post we detailed the 8th annual DC Jazz Festival, and its admirable outreach efforts that resulted in their building a big tent across Washington that all told encompassed an incredible 21 neighborhoods. One of the key partner organizations in the DC Jazz Festival this year was CapitalBop, the brainchild of two enterprising young Washingtonians, journalist ...

News: Music Industry

Soundexchange Digital Royalties Now Total $1 Billion

June 19, 2012

SoundExchange announced today that it has reached a major milestone of one billion dollars in digital royalty payments to registered recording artists and record labels since the organization was founded in 2000. In the first quarter of 2012, $108.6 million in total royalties were distributed; marking the first time SoundExchange payouts exceeded $100 million in a ...

News: Video / DVD

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: The Return of Charlie Hunter

June 17, 2012

After a couple of Saturdays presenting historic videos, this week we're back on the straight-up “coming attractions" tip, and the featured artist is guitarist Charlie Hunter, who's returning to St. Louis next week to perform Friday, June 22 and Saturday, June 23 at Jazz at the Bistro. Hunter's been ...

News: Award / Grant

How to Submit Music to the Grammys, Deadlines Just Weeks Away

June 16, 2012

The 55th GRAMMY Awards are slated for February 10th 2013, airing from the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The eligibility year for “Music's Biggest Night" is Oct. 1, 2011, to Sept. 30, 2012. The window to submit music for GRAMMY consideration opens up on July 2, 2012, but in order to submit your music for consideration, ...