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They Will Never Die
by Bret Primack
I write now of heroes, a species that in our time, has become as rare as an oasis in the desert. My heroes aren't Greek gods, they are merely mortal, yet like their divine counterparts, they also possess something eternal - their music. Whatever the joy and pain of their earthbound tenure, the ...
The Big Sale (For Adults Only)
by Bret Primack
A couple of weeks ago Concord bought Fantasy for a small fortune, over $80 million, to be exact. Who says there's no money in Jazz?A bunch of hard working, dedicated people at Fantasy just picked up the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, and that's always nice. Over the last thirty ...
Digital Media Rules (Soon)
by Bret Primack
This year, listeners will spend $256 million dollars on legitimate sites selling downloads, like I-Tunes. In 2005, $541 million. By 2007, $2.1 billion. That's the new music business. Goodbye CDs, hello digital media. If people are downloading files and getting tracks, is this the modern equivalent of the 45? Not quite, but we may be witnessing ...
Dom Minasi: An Internet Success Story
by Bret Primack
Is it possible for a musician, virtually unknown, to gain recognition via the web? Yes.Three years ago, I met a New York guitarist named Dom Minasi who needed a website. I really didn't know the fellow, or his music, but I knew the name from a couple of Blue Note recordings he did decades ...
Aficionado
by Bret Primack
For a lifelong Jazz aficionado, one of the coolest things about the Net is that it offers unique ways to discover new music. Lately, I've been listening to soundclips, online radio and legal downloading services. And thanks to my broadband connection, friends email me MP3 files, so there's no shortage of new music coming out of ...
Now's The Time
by Bret Primack
December 26, 1994 - the first time I got on the web. The Internet has changed my life dramatically, so it's no surprise I recall my maiden voyage.The early websites were primitive. No streaming media or MP3 files. No broadband, unless you worked for someone with T-1 line. For most people, it was the ...
Pay For Radio?
by Bret Primack
Are you ready for a new medium that offers listeners an uncensored experience? It's called satellite radio and thankfully, at the present time, it is not overseen by the US government. Like the web, the adult nature of the medium is going to build a sizeable listenership very quickly. Within a few years, look for an ...
Confessions of a Webmaker
by Bret Primack
Before I utilize this blog entry to vent, a few questions: Did Martha Stewart bring her Sun Ra albums to prison? Why don't Eskimos play Jazz? If Ella Fitzgerald had married Alan Funt, would she have been known as Ella Funt? If he doesn't have a Phd or practice medicine, why does he call ...
Is The New Music Business Really The Old Music Business?
by Bret Primack
I was shopping online the other day for Archie Shepp's Attica Blues.Back in the early 70s, when I was living in New York, I heard Shepp repeatedly at Slug's. His performances had an element of danger because the man himself is a dramatic, unpredictable original, a firebrand with a gentle soul. Attica Blues perfectly ...
I Left My Heart In North Beach
by Bret Primack
Web Free?Yes, I've been away, on vacation in San Francisco, where I actually turned off my laptop. Haven't done that in a long long time. Of course I spent a few moments in a wired cafe every day, drinking coffee and checking my email, but aside from that, I was web-free for five days. ...
