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News: Video / DVD

Watch Bruce Springsteen's Inspiring #SXSW Keynote [video]

March 17, 2012

"When I picked up the guitar (in 1964) there was only 10 years of rock history to draw on." Bruce Springsteen said yesterday near the start of his SXSW keynote. But as he concluded at the end of his wide ranging speech: “Treat it like it's all that we have, and then remember: it's only rock ...

News: Music Industry

On Creating the New Record Label

March 17, 2012

Guest post by Tyler Hayes, founder of Liisten.com, an independent music discovery site. Maybe you disagree that the way record labels operate is broken, or maybe you're signed to one and can't share your true feelings. Either way, here are some ideas, dreams, and wishes for what something new might look like. I've thought for some ...

News: Performance / Tour

ANW Celebrates Jazz Month in April

March 17, 2012

Ars Nova Workshop is celebrating National Jazz Appreciation Month this April with four special jazz concerts by Ballister, Endangered Blood, Steve Lehman Trio and Steve Coleman & Five Elements. Since 2001, the Smithsonian Institution has facilitated Jazz Month events across the country, and last year Mayor Nutter announced that the jazz community in Philadelphia, the city ...

News: Technology

Reverbnation Develops Venue Submission Dashboard for D.I.Y. Gig Booking

March 16, 2012

After reviewing BandWagon's gig booking site, I got a demonstration of ReverbNation's new Submission Dashboard designed to facilitate gig booking for artists and venues using ReverbNation's services. It too is a well-designed product that benefits from the company's critical mass of artists and venues already in the system. It's one of those tools that adds additional ...

News: Technology

Live Nation Labs to Fund Music Tech Startups

March 16, 2012

Live Nation has established the LN Labs Fund focusing on equity funding of early stage start-ups building consumer products that enhance the live music experience before, during and after the performance. Creation of The LN Labs Fund follows the acquisitions of data platform BigChampagne and live music community site Setlist.fm. LN Labs Fund will be managed ...

News: Performance / Tour

Famed Indian Tabla Player and Composer Zakir Hussain Performs at the Annenberg Center

March 16, 2012

Philadelphia, PA: He has been called “a fearsome technician but also a whimsical inventor, devoted to exuberant play," by the New York Times. Considered a national treasure of his native India, Zakir Hussain's renowned percussion skills have made him an international phenomenon. A classical tabla virtuoso of the highest order, Hussain's music is described as “intoxicating ...

News: Career

More Than Half of All Artists Are Juggling 3 or More Roles...

March 16, 2012

Musicians are musicians because they play music, not because they love accounting or managing Facebook pages. But in the current climate, artists are now forced to play more roles than ever—and their art is often suffering as a result. According to survey information just shared at SXSW by the Future of Music Coalition (FMC), more than ...

News: Performance / Tour

The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Jazz, March 16-22

March 16, 2012

Up jumped spring! Maybe it was not really a surprise given the mostly mild winter, but still, the birds chirping post-bop changes, tree pollen blowing in the wind from the south, and basketball tournaments without stormy weather? The warmer evenings make it easier to get out and enjoy some very cool music, and there is much ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jazz This Week: Herbie Hancock, Vijay Iyer, Galactic, Eddie Henderson, and More

March 15, 2012

With what looks to be some nice early spring weather plus a diverse selection of jazz and creative music on local stages, it's a good week in St. Louis to get out to a club or concert hall and hear some live sounds. Let's go to the highlights... Tonight, the New Orleans funk/jazz/hip-hop ensemble Galactic returns ...

News: Interview

Interview: Larry Greene (Part 2)

March 15, 2012

Back in the late 1940s, the number of radio stations in the U.S. multiplied rapidly thanks to the F.C.C.'s willingness to hand out licenses. Many of these stations filled airtime with records rather than live musicians. As a result, a station's success was highly dependent on the personalities and tastes of their disc jockeys. To promote ...