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News: Advocacy

James McMurtry: Free MP3 in Support of Occupy Movement

November 16, 2011

FANS ENCOURAGED TO MAKE OWN MUSIC VIDEOS; BEST TO BE FEATURED ON JAMESMCMURTRY.COM Singer-songwriter James McMurtry is giving away free mp3s of his iconic political song “We Can't Make It Here" from his award-winning Childish Things in support of the Occupy movement. Fans are encouraged to use the free mp3 of “We Can't Make It Here" ...

News: Technology

Musician Website Quick Fix #3: Focus a Single Call-to-Action

November 16, 2011

One easy thing you can do to improve your website is to focus your home page design on one main call-to-action. A call-to-action is designed to direct people's attention to something specific that you want them to do when they get to your website. This is the website equivalent of the over-friendly store clerk that welcomes ...

News: Performance / Tour

Slowbizz.com Builds Global Home Concert Network

November 16, 2011

Slowbizz.com is a newly launched social network for music lovers designed to facilitate house concerts for solo artists. They emphasize that they are focused on slowly building a solid infrastructure of hosts before touring begins. The service is free to join for both hosts and artist. Hosts guarantee a basic contribution and accommodations while artists pay ...

News: Technology

Startup Adva Mobile Using Crowdfunding to Improve Free Mobile Sites for Musicians

November 16, 2011

Adva Mobile was featured on Hypebot in August for their free mobile websites for musicians. Now they're back with a crowdfunding campaign to help them bring the design aspects of their mobile portal and individual mobile sites up to the level of their backend and address what CEO Jack Kelly calls the problem of having a ...

News: Performance / Tour

Even More Jazz All-Year-Round!

November 16, 2011

Buddy Guy with James Hunter, George Thorogood and The Destroyers, Caracol, Donny McCaslin, David Gogo and JJ Grey & Mofro Montreal, Tuesday, November 15, 2011—The Festival International de Jazz de Montréal is happy to announce that the Jazz All-Year Round series presented by TD welcomes new concerts by Buddy Guy and James Hunter, George Thorogood, Caracol, ...

News: Performance / Tour

Vibraphonist Yuhan Su Performs at Langham Boston Hotel on Wednesday, November 16

November 16, 2011

Jazz vibraphonist and composer Yuhan Su is performing with her quartet at the BOND Lounge | Restaurant at the Langham Hotel in Boston on Wednesday, November 16, 2011 from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. A native of Taiwan and a recent graduate of Berklee College of Music, Su is preparing to release her first CD, and continues ...

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News: Recording

Morgan Agren/ Trey Gunn/ Henry Kaiser - Invisible Rays (2011)

November 16, 2011

If there is any musician today who embodies the musical spirit of Robert Fripp, it must be his former King Crimson band mate, Warr Guitarist Trey Gunn. There are certain musical sensibilities that set Robert Fripp apart from other guitarists out there—mostly a serpent-like determination to strike at, and only at, the exact right moment, but ...

News: Recording

Taj Mahal, Me'shell Ndegeocello, Others - 30th Annual John Lennon Tribute (2011)

November 16, 2011

Taj Mahal, recording as part of the 30th annual John Lennon Tribute at the Beacon Theatre in New York City, finds the chest-bursting peril, the nakedly emotional plea, inside “Come Together"—giving it such a thunderously heartfelt makeover that you'd swear this old Beatles tune had been a blues shout first. And that's just one of what ...

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News: Recording

Anthony Wilson - Seasons: Live at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (2011) CD/DVD

November 16, 2011

This album is credited to Anthony Wilson and rightfully so, as this master guitarist/composer/arranger wrote the four-part “Seasons" suite and led a quartet of virtuosic plectrists to perform it before a live audience. But perhaps the real leader of this session isn't a person but rather, the exquisitely handcrafted guitars of John Monteleone. Monteleone has been ...

News: Rights

"Record Companies Keep Lists of Works Exploited... for Which Royalties Have Not Been Paid"

November 16, 2011

If you're signed to a major label, you might want to look away. This is from a class action lawsuit filed against the major labels in Canada, alleging non-payment of royalties on compilation releases. The initial claim was filed in 2008 for $50 million, and ultimately settled this year for $45 million. The defendant labels were ...