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News: Book / Magazine

Advice for DIY Musicians: Adam Bernard's 'Muscle for Your Hustle'

November 8, 2011

Music and entertainment writer Adam Bernard recently released “Muscle For Your Hustle: What Every DIY Musician Needs to Know." In this ebook, a steal at $.99, Adam shares “firsthand advice from things I've experienced, or..the advice other artists have given me about what works for them." As always, Adam shows that his perspective on the industry ...

News: Music Industry

Report Claims Major Labels to Phase out CD, Abandon Retail by End of 2012

November 8, 2011

Major labels plan to phase out most physical CD's by the end of 2012 according to Side Line Music Magazine citing multiple unnamed industry sources. Only premium CD's would be manufactured according to the report; with most of those sales online rather than at brick and morter stores. COMMENTARY: The demise of the CD would be ...

News: Interview

Tunecore CEO Jeff Price on New Songwriter Services [interview]

November 8, 2011

Last week digital music distributor TuneCore launched the Songwriter Publishing Administration Service to help songrwiters collect payments from global performing rights organizations (PROs) as well as directly from digital music providers. It's a major initiative for the company and CEO Jeff Price who has made often described TuneCore's mission as delivering “more money, more quickly, with ...

News: Event

International All-Star Lineup Pays Tribute to a Legend in Still Black, Still Proud: An African Tribute to James Brown at the Annenberg Center

November 9, 2011

Philadelphia, PA: The Boston Globe calls them “a pancontinental Funk-soul supergroup." All About Jazz proclaims they are simply “explosive." On Sunday, November 20 at 7 PM, the legendary Pee Wee Ellis and an ensemble of international music greats, kick off the 11/12 Annenberg Center African Roots series with Still Black, Still Proud: An African Tribute to ...

News: Recording

David S. Ware - Organica (Solo Saxophones, Volume 2) (Aum Fidelity, 2011)

November 8, 2011

For saxophonist and composer David S. Ware's second volume of solo unaccompanied performances for the AUM Fidelity label, He has chosen sets from two performances; first a private performance from Park Slope in Brooklyn, then his set from the Umbrella Music Festival in Chicago. Both of these are strong and vibrant performances, with Ware dividing time ...

News: Interview

Jazz Face: Craig Taborn, Jazz's "Avenging Angel"

November 9, 2011

High on my list for jazz CD of the year is Craig Taborn's long-awaited solo set of improvisations, Avenging Angel. Released midyear on ECM, the recording has drawn praise far and wide, but perhaps nothing father or wider than its inclusion in the recent listing of “cultural artifacts" of the new millennium posted by online magazine ...

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News: Video / DVD

Miles Davis at Montreux: 1973-91

November 9, 2011

It's impossible to overstate the importance of Miles Davis—although lately it has been a lot easier to do so. In recent years, the market has been inundated with Davis recordings in the form of double-CDs, box sets and steamer trunks of calbums. All have forced jazz consumers to discriminate between what they purchase and what they ...

News: Interview

A Conversation with Rich Robinson

November 9, 2011

By Dennis Cook [Rich Robinson is currently on a North American tour. He plays tonight, November 8th in Toronto, and tomorrow, November 9th, in Seattle, WA. Find full tour dates here.] Rich Robinson has a lot to say as a musician. Even after 20-plus years co-helming The Black Crowes, Robinson keeps offering up fresh facets. To ...

News: Obituary

RIP Singer Smokin' Joe Frazier [video]

November 9, 2011

Joe Frazier died on Monday. Also known as Smokin' Joe, he was an Olympic and Undisputed World Heavyweight boxing champion beating and later losing to Muhammad Ali, whose professional career lasted from 1965 to 1976, with a brief comeback in 1981. But did you also know he was a singer, releasing a string of songs like ...

News: Technology

3 Tips Indie Music Marketers Can Learn from Corporate Social Media

November 9, 2011

SoCon2011 took place in late October in London with a focus on “Brand Journeys In Social Media." Though primarily about corporate marketing, WMG's Ritch Sibthorpe and Last.fm's Mathew Hawn shared some insights that are also applicable to indie artists. Their points help amplify a number of perspectives shared previously at Hypebot as mentioned below. The Music ...