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News: Career

Musicians: Test New Equipment and Get Paid $250

May 8, 2012

Just got this email and wanted to pass it along to Hypebot readers: Survey Center Focus, a market research company based in Chicago, is currently doing research with musicians about audio equipment. We are looking for vocalists, guitar players, and bass players that currently use a wireless microphone system to test a new product, on behalf ...

News: Radio

Sirius: The Future Belongs to Those Who Curate...

May 8, 2012

Sirius XM Radio is lucky to be alive, and their growth hasn't been cheap. But with 22.3 million subscribers, this is easily the largest music subscription service in the world. In fact, they have roughly seven times the global subscriber base of Spotify, and Sirius chairman Mel Karmazin recently claimed to have more subscribers than all ...

News: Career

Business Model 101 - Build a Business Around Your Personality.

May 8, 2012

I am often amazed at how much today’s musicians can learn from the past. We all think that we are in the age of digital music and the old rules no longer apply and that there are only new models to develop and pursue. Wrong. Instead, we can all learn a whole lot by looking backwards ...

News: Festival

"Da-Dum-Dun" Festival on Friday, May 25 in East St. Louis to Honor Miles Davis, Henry Dumas, and Katherine Dunham

May 7, 2012

"Da-Dum-Dun," a multi-arts festival in honor of musician Miles Davis, writer Henry Dumas, and dancer and choreographer Katherine Dunham, will be held at 6:00 p.m. Friday, May 25 in Room 2083-84 of Bldg. “B" on the SIUE-ESL Higher Education Campus, 601 J.R. Thompson Dr. in East St. Louis. The free event will include music from the ...

News: Interview

Hal Blaine on Karen Carpenter

May 7, 2012

Maybe it's because I came of age in the early '70s. Or because my parents had a “burnt orange" car. Or that I had an apple-green Schwinn Stingray. Or that our home was painted redwood. Whatever the reason, the Carpenters always take me back to a time when everything was changing, and not always for the ...

News: Video / DVD

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Spotlight on Dafnis Prieto

May 6, 2012

This week, our video spotlight shines on drummer Dafnis Prieto, who will be in St. Louis to perform next Wednesday, May 9 through Saturday, May 12 at Jazz at the Bistro. This will be Prieto's debut as a bandleader at the Bistro, but you may recognize his name as ...

News: Recording

Appreciations: Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill (1986)

May 6, 2012

I’m not going to tell you, in the wake of Adam “MCA” Yauch’s death on Friday, that I was a huge Beastie Boys fan. The truth is, I haven’t thought about them in years. But for people of a certain age, and I happen to be of that age, the act’s 1986 breakthrough album Licensed to ...

News: Recording

Debut Release from Dafnis Prieto Proverb Trio - Coming July 17, 2012

May 5, 2012

New release, coming July 17, 2012: the debut album by the DAFNIS PRIETO PROVERB TRIO KOKAYI vocals JASON LINDNER keyboards DAFNIS PRIETO drums “Everything was improvised," says Dafnis Prieto. “We did the entire album in six hours." He's speaking about DAFNIS PRIETO PROVERB TRIO, the eponymous album that's about to be released ...

News: Performance / Tour

Stages St. Louis Production of Fats Waller Musical Ain't Misbehavin' Opens June 1

May 4, 2012

Stages St. Louis will present a revival of the Fats Waller musical Ain't Misbehavin' beginning at 8:00 p.m., Friday, June 1 and continuing through Sunday, July 1 at the Robert G. Reim Theatre, 111 S. Geyer Rd. in Kirkwood. The show, which premiered on Broadway in 1978 and was one of the first successful examples of ...

News: Video / DVD

Zoot Sims: September Song

May 4, 2012

In November 1966, tenor saxophonist Zoot Sims recorded an unusual album for Impulse. The Waiting Game featured a full orchestra with strings, reeds and harp that was arranged by Gary McFarland and conducted by Jack Parnell. What made this date special, in addition to McFarland's unorthodox charts, was that Sims sang and played on one track—September ...