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News: Education

VIAA to Present Workshops on Music Business Essentials, and More

February 13, 2012

St. Louis Volunteer Lawyers and Accountants for the Arts has announced several additions to their schedule of “Business Edge" workshops for artists, starting this Monday, February 13 with a presentation called “Inside The Music Biz: Legal Essentials." Entertainment lawyer Gary Pierson of the Husch Blackwell firm will discuss “the most essential legal and strategic information," including ...

News: Video / DVD

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Anat Cohen's Clarinet Concepts

February 12, 2012

This week, let's get better acquainted with clarinetist and saxophonist Anat Cohen, who will be in St. Louis to play at Jazz at the Bistro starting next Wednesday, February 15 and continuing through Saturday, February 18. Cohen, who's in her early 30s, originally is from Tel Aviv, Israel, and ...

News: Interview

Spotify's Daniel Ek on Streaming Royalties, Social Media and the Future [interview]

February 11, 2012

This interview by Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm with Spotify CEO Daniel Ek originally appeared on GRAMMY.com. Ek is keynoting the GRAMMY Foundation's Entertainment Law Initiative Luncheon & Scholarship Presentation today. For more information on the GRAMMY Foundation, visit vwww.grammyfoundation.org. The 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards airs live on Sunday, Feb. 12 on CBS. Evolver.fm: Can you ...

News: Opinion

There's Just One Territory for Releasing Music Now: The World

February 11, 2012

I came across this on Bravewords.com this morning: Starting at roughly 8:00am EST on Thursday, February 2nd, VAN HALEN's new album A Different Kind Of Truth will reportedly be available via the Australian iTunes store (12:00 midnight on February 3rd Sydney time). Go to www.apple.com/au/itunes for more information. A Different Kind Of Truth, will be released ...

News: Radio

Raditaz: Location-Specific User-Created Radio Stations

February 11, 2012

This week I spoke with Tom Brophy, Founder and CEO of Raditaz, a mobile and web-based radio service with a particularly interesting location-based aspect. Raditaz offers the option of creating your own station and listening to stations created by others along with some preprogrammed options. Given that streaming music and the radio metaphor have been explored ...

News: Rights

The AFM applauds passage of FAA Bill

February 11, 2012

The AFM applauds the passage of the FAA Bill that sets a consistent national policy allowing musical instruments on airplanes After five years and 23 short-term extensions, Congress has passed legislation reauthorizing the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for the next four years. Included in the bill are provisions that create a uniform national policy regarding musical ...

News: Music Industry

The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Jazz, February 10-16

February 11, 2012

he weekend begins with the annual piano extravaganza at the Artists Quarter, honoring the late Bobby Peterson, one of the brightest lights on our jazz planet who left our orbit all too soon. The rest of the week finds the first of a series of open rehearsals from a new band of fabulous veterans, the return ...

News: Video / DVD

Artie Shaw: Perfection Quest

February 10, 2012

It's Friday, and what better way to spend time at JazzWax thanwith a documentary on Artie Shaw, easily my favorite bandleader of the '30s and '40s. JazzWax reader John Cooper sent along links to Russell Davies' Quest for Perfection (2003). I apologize in advance. After I started watching this documentary, I couldn't stop until it was ...

News: Video / DVD

Grateful Dead: 14-DVD Box Set

February 10, 2012

THE DEFINITIVE VISUAL ANTHOLOGY OF ONE OF THE MOST PROLIFIC AND CELEBRATED BANDS OF ALL TIME On April 17 the Grateful Dead will be celebrated with a 14-DVD box set titled All The Years Combine: The DVD Collection, to be released by Shout! Factory in collaboration with Rhino Entertainment. Conceived as the ultimate tribute to the ...

News: Interview

A Chat with Rodrigo Y Gabriela

February 10, 2012

By Dennis Cook Reinvention is a tricky business. Veer too far from the known and one loses existing fans, stick too close to well trod paths and risk being predictable and safe. Rodrigo y Gabriela have gone their own way since they emerged with a bang in the early 2000s as a hypnotizing duo that mingled ...