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Nothing But the Blues
“Nothing But the Blues : The Music and the Musicians." In this extensively illustrated, comprehensive volume, Grammy-winning CD producer Lawrence Cohn provides an elegant pictoral and intellectual history. This compilation of 11 articles examines the beginnings and progress of the blues. The book starts with a penetrating essay by noted blues writer Samuel Chaters, who investigates ...
Project Mastering Master Class
Without blowing our horn like, y'know, too much, we really have been on top of the project mastering trend for some time. So for this roundup, well assume you have the basics figured out (you can master at home, but you better know what you're doing), and concentrate on specific techniques that relate to mastering. Some ...
Drummer Eddie Marshall Interviewed at AAJ
Legendary drummer and composer Eddie Marshall has been kicking hard for more than 50 years. He has played in R&B bands and in different types of jazz combos, in collaboration with musicians including Bobby Hutcherson, Kenny Burrell, Dexter Gordon, Stan Getz, The Pointer Sisters and Dionne Warwick, among others. Furthermore, he's recorded his own music [Holy ...
Pianist Bill Carrothers Interviewed at AAJ
A conversation with pianist Bill Carrothers reveals an unusual man; one who is to-the-point and forthright to a fault, perhaps, and one who's words spill from his mind unfiltered by anyone's expectations. Much the way his playing on Joy Spring (Pirouet, 2010)--a celebration of the music of hard bop trumpet icon Clifford Brown--seems to spill from ...
Animating a Blockbuster: How Pixar Built Toy Story 3
Screenwriter William Goldman once famously declared that the most important fact of life in Hollywood is that nobody knows anything. It was his way of describing a reality that continues to haunt the movie business: Studio executives have no idea which pictures will make money. Unless, of course, those pictures are made by Pixar Animation Studios. ...
McCartney to Receive Gershwin Prize
The third Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song will be presented to Sir Paul McCartney at a special concert in the White House on June 2, it was announced by Librarian of Congress James H. Billington on Monday. Sir Paul follows in the footsteps of past Gershwin honorees Paul Simon (2007) and Stevie Wonder ...
Slipknot Bassist Found Dead in Iowa Hotel
Slipknot bassist Paul Gray was found dead this morning in a hotel near Urbandale, Iowa. He was 38. According to the Des Moines Register, police found no evidence of foul play in Gray's death, but the investigation is ongoing. The Polk County, Iowa Medical Examiner's Office will conduct an autopsy and toxicology test tomorrow to determine ...
UCLA Jazz Reggae Festival
With an annual attendance of over 30,000 and performances from legendary artists such as Erykah Badu, the Marley Brothers, and Jill Scott, the JazzReggae Festival is the largest student-run event in the nation. The festival has picnic-style seating, musical performances, an international food court, and vendor booths. See website for performers and schedules. May 29th & ...
The Life and Death of the Rolodex
Just a few years ago there were no virtual social networks, no synchronized address books, and no smartphones. But people had social networks and phones, and they had to memorize and organize thousands of contacts. Or have a Rolodex. When I was a kid, my dad had a Rolodex. Actually, my dad still has a Rolodex. ...
Steve Jobs to Headline iPhone-Centric Apple Developer Conference
Apple this morning announced that CEO Steve Jobs will be emceeing the company's annual Worldwide Developers Conference keynote on June 7 in San Francisco. Continuing his trend of doing one-to-one e-mail marketing for his $43 billion (revenue) company, Jobs himself helped tout the conference with a personal e-mail to a customer over the weekend. The developers ...
