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News: Festival

Jazz This Week: Joe McPhee, Old Webster Jazz and Blues Festival, St. Louis Jazz Club's Annual Picnic, and More

September 16, 2011

There's a touch of fall in the air here in St. Louis, and along with cooler weather, this weekend also will feature plenty of noteworthy jazz and creative music performances. Let's go the highlights: Tonight, guitarist Daryl Darden, back home from the West Coast for an extended visit, plays a free concert for the Jazz at ...

News: Recording

Jazzsnap: Ray Linn (C. 1940s)

September 16, 2011

Here's Ray Linn, on of the great section trumpeters of the big band era, ready for some long ball in sunny California. It could be 1941 based on the license plate. Or the “1" in the plate's date could be a “7," as in '47. This snapshot comes from Betty's fabulous collection of photos, sent along ...

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News: Event

NEA Jazz Master Randy Weston And The 2009 Thelonious Monk International Bass Competition Winner Ben Williams To Perform At Annual CBCF Jazz Concert On September 22nd

September 16, 2011

Washington, DC: Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, and Dean of the Congressional Black Caucus, will once again serve as the Honorary Host Jazz Issue Forum and Concert that will take place during the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc.'s 41st Annual Legislative Conference, September 21 -24, at the Walter E. ...

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News: Opinion

What Jazz Musicians Expect from Music Journalist/Critics

September 16, 2011

As one who has written about jazz in a variety of publications, from periodicals to books, I've had many occasions to hear musicians' various criticisms of those who by profession or sidebar occupation most often stand in published “criticism" of them—be that favorable or unfavorable. I've had my share of back-and-forths with artists over things I've ...

News: Performance / Tour

Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Experience Fall Tour

September 16, 2011

EXPANDED TREK WILL LAUNCH OCTOBER 12 IN RIVERSIDE, CA AND RUN THROUGH NOVEMBER 18 IN CLEARWATER, FL The critically acclaimed concert, Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Experience, is expanding the previously announced fall North American tour through mid November. The complete trek will begin October 12 in Riverside, CA and finish November 18 in Clearwater, FL; the ...

News: Recording

The Rolling Stones Announce Deluxe Reissue of Some Girls

September 16, 2011

CLASSIC STONES ALBUM TO GET THE REISSUE TREATMENT THIS NOVEMBER The Rolling Stones are pleased to announce the release on November 21, 2011 of the re-mastered, expanded, Super-Deluxe, Deluxe and Digital editions of Some Girls, the groundbreaking album which introduced the music of the Rolling Stones to a whole new generation of fans. Justly considered one ...

News: Video / DVD

Must See: A 3 Minute Trip Through the Stats That Changed the Music Industry [video]

September 16, 2011

From the fall of vinyl and the explosion in CD sales to the rise of digital music, and the effect of piracy to the most expensive guitar ever sold (a Fender Stratocaster for $2.7 million), this zippy video from PR and social marketing firm Simply Zesty is a roller coaster of both fun and disruptive events ...

News: Technology

A Musicians Guide to Managing Your Online Brand

September 16, 2011

By now it should be more than obvious that as an artist or a band member, you need to be thinking about how you can leverage the power of blogging and social media to create a strong brand, an ever expanding online presence and a growing fan base (both in terms of loyalty and size). While ...

News: Video / DVD

Nielsen Study: More Video Engagement, Not View Counts = Higher Sales

September 16, 2011

midem has released an exclusive white paper from Nielsen that looks at the reach of official music videos as well as the correlation between both views and engagement in relationship to digital download sales. The executive takeaway is that increased views do not always correlate with increased sales but higher engagement does correlate with higher sales. ...

News: Technology

Techdirt's Masnick Sees New Era of Hope for Music Industry at SF MusicTech

September 16, 2011

There was a major shift at this year's SF MusicTech from complaining to actions and looking back to pushing forward, according to Techdirt's Mike Masnick: “What struck me wasn't necessarily what was being discussed, but what was not being discussed. Unlike past such events, there was no major label presence (if they were there, they were ...