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News: Performance / Tour

Jazz Pianist Jason Moran at New England Conservatory in Boston for Lectures and Performances, January 30 - February 2

January 30, 2012

Jazz pianist, composer and scholar Jason Moran is at the New England Conservatory in Boston this week for a series of artist-in-residence engagements with the NEC faculty, students and staff, as well as the general public. Monday, January 30, Moran conducts an Entrepreneurial Symposium at Pierce Hall at 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 31, Moran conducts a ...

News: Event

Does Midem Still Matter? The Facelift Finally Begins...

January 30, 2012

You may be here this year. But what about next year, and the year after that? This is now an obvious problem for Midem organizers, who finally got the memo that legacy doesn't pay the bills. Which is why a complete facelift is now underway, with SXSW and even upstarts like the SF MusicTech Summit informing ...

News: Obituary

Remembering Clare Fischer

January 29, 2012

After Gary Foster informed me of Clare Fischer's death on Friday at 83, I went to the LP shelves, got out Dizzy Gillespie's 1960 recording A Portrait of Duke Ellington and listened to all of it. For perhaps the hundredth time, I was moved by the originality thatFischer brought to the daunting task of recasting pieces ...

News: Video / DVD

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Techniques of Advanced Organology with Dr. Lonnie Smith

January 29, 2012

There are a number of fine jazz organ players working today, but as one of the few remaining active veterans who started back in the 1960s, Dr. Lonnie Smith brings an appealingly authentic vibe whenever he sits down at the bench. Smith has played St. Louis several times in ...

News: Music Industry

Sony Music Exec Says Streaming Does Not Cannibalize Sales #midem

January 29, 2012

(UPDATE) Stuart Dredge from Cannes for Midem content partner Music Ally. Find them at musically.com and @musically. The new president of Sony Music's global digital business, Denis Kooker, defended streaming music services against accusations that they are cannibalising download sales, during a Midem press conference today. “We are constantly watching our business very closely and looking ...

News: Trends

Tom Silverman: 1st Anniversary of the Resurrection of the Music Business

January 28, 2012

Guest post by Tom Silverman, music industry veteran, thought leader and founder of the New Music Seminar. As I sat and planned the program for the June 2012 New Music Seminar, it occurred to me that we are approaching the first anniversary of the music business resurrection. After ten years of decline, the music business hit ...

News: Video / DVD

Occupy Movement Inspires New Compilation Albums and Bruce Springsteen [video]

January 28, 2012

A variety of record albums related to the Occupy Movement are set for release including “Occupy This Album" from Music For Occupy with a star-studded list of participants, “Folk the Banks" from the newly formed Occupation Records in London and media claims that Bruce Springsteen's newest work is the voice of the movement though the songs ...

News: Education

Is a Music Industry MBA Right for You?

January 28, 2012

The Henley School of Business in Reading, England has announced an MBA focused on the music industry. However, given its corporate focus and the fact that MBA's often move between industries, it is clearly not a program that would suit all with music business aspirations. For some, pursuing a more general MBA while focusing their papers ...

News: Performance / Tour

Wilco | Denver | Review | Photos

January 28, 2012

By Brad Hodge Wilco :: 01.19.12 :: Fillmore Auditorium :: Denver, CO Underneath the ambient glow of the Fillmore Auditorium's iconic purple chandeliers, a buzz began to grow. As the sold out crowd ushered in early for Wilco's tour opener White Denim began to burrow into the ear holes of those paying attention. What often times ...

News: Recording

The Friday Morning Listen: Frank Zappa - We're Only in It for the Money (1968)

January 28, 2012

The drama surrounding the whole SOPA and PIPA bills was kind of fun to see play out. It was like the corporate interests legislators who were behind the bills had absolutely no idea that their proposals might have unintended consequences: ones that would generate a firestorm of passion. Between the website blackouts and the avalanche of ...