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News: Performance / Tour

Jazz Sax Stars Grace Kelly and Phil Woods Perform in Rockport on December 11

December 11, 2011

Star jazz saxophonists Grace Kelly and Phil Woods are performing together in concert for two shows at the Shalin Liu Performance Center in Rockport on Sunday, December 11, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. Tickets are $39-$49 and can purchased online or by calling 978 546-7391. Kelly is an 18 year old rising jazz star ...

News: Recording

Noah Kaplan Quartet - Descendants (2011)

December 11, 2011

The title for the Noah Kaplan Quartet's debut album makes all the sense in the world when you look up the word “descendant" in the dictionary. There, you'll find one of the definitions read “deriving or descending from an ancestor." In the case of saxophonist Noah Kaplan, he's learned from microtonal pioneer Joe Maneri, and with ...

News: Recording

On Second Thought: The Beatles - Love (2006)

December 11, 2011

It seems any “new" Beatles material is going to be greeted with the same reaction from die-hard fans: mostly derision, because whatever it is will surely be either leftover material parading as new or rehashes in the form of best-ofs. And then there was Love, the odd concoction that straddled the middle ground between the two, ...

News: Opinion

Part 9: What Musicians Expect from Music Journalists and Critics

December 10, 2011

This is pt. 9 in our series of observations from musicians, responding to this burning question: When you read music journalism or criticism, what qualities are you looking for in the writer and the writing? CHRIS WASHBURNE, trombonist-composer-educator (Columbia University) I do read music journalism/criticism regularly. I am reading to learn. I want a writer that ...

News: Music Industry

Musician Tips: The Importance of a Contract and Professionalism when Collaborating

December 10, 2011

Here's the scenario: You're out and about watching another indie artist perform and you think your styles would blend well together. After the show you approach him and ask if he wants to collab. He says sure, and you make a plan to meet a couple days later. What you do from here will make a ...

News: Technology

3 Microsites for Aggregating Your Band's Social Media and Extending Your Web Presence

December 10, 2011

The core of a musician's web presence should be your own website that functions as a homebase of operations for news, content development and ecommerce that fuels your social media activities around the web. So why would you need single page sites like About.me, Flavors.me and Onesheet that aggregate social media content and link out to ...

News: Recording

Guilty Pleasures: Michael Buble - Come Fly with Me (2004)

December 10, 2011

Diana Krall ... Harry Connick Jr. ... Josh Groban ... Norah Jones ... Michael Bublé. What to make of young, attractive musicians who seem rooted in the past? Are they tryin' to trick us by offering lite and easy-to-chew nostalgia? Sorry, but that's a big loada hooey. Even though the visually-oriented marketing makes me a little ...

News: Recording

The Rolling Stones: "Beast of Burden" Clip from Some Girls

December 10, 2011

SOME GIRLS REISSUES AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE NOW The Rolling Stones recently revealed a clip of “Beast of Burden" from their Some Girls Super Deluxe Box Set. The classic performance of “Beast of Burden" can be seen below. Universal Music Group released the deluxe and super deluxe reissue of the Rolling Stones' 1978 album, Some Girls, on November ...

News: Video / DVD

Twitter Gets a Major Makeover [first Look and Video]

December 10, 2011

Twitter has unleashed some major changes yesterday that give the site and its apps a cleaner look and some new Facebook-like features. Most of the changes are positive, though I did notice some design and readability issues on some Twitter homepages using both approved and custom skins. (Be sure to check to see how your's looks.) ...

News: Rights

Rightsflow Acquired by Google...

December 10, 2011

The deal is sealed, and it looks like the initial focus is YouTube. That's according to initial details tipped by Rightsflow president & CEO Patrick Sullivan this morning, who seemed enthused by the development. With the ink dried, Google now has a shiny, new royalty backend processing company that will solve a lot of compensation headaches. ...