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News: Crowdfunding Campaign

IndieGogo Raises $1.5m for Fan Funding

September 8, 2011

Dealing with major labels and publishers may be scaring many investors away from music tech. But for those startups that don't need to license music, angel and venture capital dollars are continuing to flow freely. During August more than $39 million dollars was invested in music startups; and today artist fan funding site IndieGoGo announced it had ...

News: Technology

Eventbrite's Summer of Disruptive Innovation Extends into Fall as Ashley Capps Joins Board

September 8, 2011

A number of Eventbrite announcements over the summer, including an integration with ThingLink and the introduction of Eventbrite At The Door, have been keeping this disruptive innovator in the news. With the recent addition of Ashley Capps to the board, beefing up their music expertise, Eventbrite continues to dominate the alternatives to Ticketmaster even as they ...

News: Performance / Tour

Free Concerts This Week!

September 8, 2011

Thursday, September 8, 5:30pm Art of Jazz: The Teaching Seattle Art Museum, 1300 First Avenue Groove, chemistry and spontaneous improvisation with a message, The Teaching is keyboardist Josh Rawlings, bassist Evan Flory-Barnes and drummer Jeremy Jones. Friday, September 9, 7pm Valley Vibes: Jovino Santos Neto Trio & Frank ...

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News: Recording

Vito Rezza and 5after4 - Rome in a Day (2011)

September 8, 2011

You might read the artist name and album title and think this is a record of Italian music but, no, not exactly. 5AFTER4 is a rock-jazz outfit out of Toronto led by its drummer, Vito Rezza, and though Rezza was born in Italy, he's been in Canada for so long that a recent whirlwind trip to ...

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News: Recording

Kali Z. Fasteau with William Parker and Cindy Blackman (Flying Note 2011)

September 8, 2011

You can tell from the beautiful prog-rockish cover that this is going to be a unique and exploratory record. Multi-instrumentalist Kali Z. Fasteau teams up with the extraordinary bassist William Parker and drummer Cindy Blackman to create a soundscape that is as unusual as it is fascinating. Playing cello, soprano saxophone and electric piano, Fasteau creates ...

News: Performance / Tour

Vicious World Plays the Music of Rufus Wainwright

September 8, 2011

Who is Vicious World and what are they doing messing around with Rufus Wain- wright? Vicious World Plays the Music of Rufus Wainwright (Spinaround SRCD001) is an 11-tune disk played by an unusually instrumented ensemble. Vicious World is the brainchild of reedist Aaron Irwin and Matthew McDonald, trombonist. They are joined by guitarist Sebastian Noelle (who ...

News: Festival

Not Heat, Rain, Wind or Presidents! Nothing Really Stops Jazz in Detroit

September 8, 2011

Yes. The Detroit Jazz Festival came to a thunderous halt on its second night, thanks to a torrential downpour and ferocious winds that forced cancellation of the final two rounds of music. And yes. This marked the first time in the festival's 32-year history that Mother Nature pre-empted the schedule of North America's largest free jazz ...

News: Performance / Tour

Bond Jazz Experiment at Langham Hotel Boston Announces Fall Lineup of Live Jazz

September 7, 2011

BOND restaurant | lounge has released an exciting line-up of live music in its Jazz Experiment series for fall, 2001, featuring emerging artists from greater Boston's vibrant jazz community. The music takes place Wednesday evenings, from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m., and there is no cover charge. BOND restaurant | lounge is located at The Langham Hotel, ...

News: Career

What Touring Musicians Really Care About...

January 7, 2011

What do artists really care about when it comes to venues? As part of our broader strategic partnership, Digital Music News teamed up with ReverbNation to ask musicians that very question. And, we found that things like money, reputation, and capacity fall far below attributes like venue quality and relationships with the owners or promoters. Take ...

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News: Interview

Interview: Al Porcino (Part 1)

September 7, 2011

Al Porcino is easily one of jazz's greatest living trumpet players. In addition to playing on 342 recording sessions since 1942, he is the last known surviving member of Charlie Parker's first strings date—Neal Hefti's recording of Repetition in December 1947. Al also has the distinction of having played first trumpet in nearly every major big ...