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Article: Contributor News

March 2010

by Michael Ricci
March 4, 2010

Dear fellow AAJ contributor, It's been a couple of months since our last newsletter and we wanted to bring you up to speed on the latest happenings. For starters, we reskinned the website, we added a featured photos box to every page, we placed a local calendar on every page, we created an RSS ...

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News: Education

Musician's Dictionary

March 3, 2010

AGENT: a character who resents performers getting 90% of his salary. ARRANGER: a guy who writes to support a drinking habit. BALLET: an art form for people with eating disorders BANDSTAND: the area furthest away from an electrical outlet BIG BAND: nowadays, an aggregation consisting of two musicians. BROADWAY PIT JOB: a prison sentence disguised as ...

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News: Education

Manring, Carrothers, Goldsby for Sligo Jazz Project 2010

March 3, 2010

Sligo Jazz Project (SJP) announces its 2010 Sligo International Jazz Summer School Faculty. SJP 2010, which takes place in Sligo, Ireland from the 20-25 July, features six days of workshops, masterclasses and concerts. The quality of tuition on offer this year is world class, with some very experienced educators, including electric bass legend Michael Manring, respected ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Saxophone Master George Garzone Performs at Palio Bar Friday, March 5

March 3, 2010

“I'm not the master of the sax, George Garzone is." -- Michael Brecker Saxophonist George Garzone, leads his own trio featuring guitarist Chris Crocco and bassist Peter Slavov for one special evening to create a magical mix of music at the Palio Bar at Piano Due, 151 West 51st Street in New York on Friday, March ...

News: Music Industry

Universal Revenues Slide 6.2%, Digital up 8.4%

March 3, 2010

Universal Music Group's (UMG) revenues were 4,363 million in 2009 a 6.2% decrease compared to 2008. Digital sales grew 8.4% tempered by softening demand for mobile products in the United States and Japan. Music publishing revenues increased 1.7% and UMG newly acquired merchandising division grew 24.6% The year end report touted UMG's support of “Spotify's premium ...

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News: Technology

New Stats Show Music Tops YouTube Viewing

March 3, 2010

Watching music videos is the most popular activity on YouTube according to research company Sysomos accounting for 30.7% of all views. The study was based on measuring the tags on uploaded videos. The study also shows that 20-35 year olds are the primary drivers of YouTube traffic. Embedding and linking to videos on social network and ...

News: Music Industry

RightsFlow Partners with the Royalty Network

March 3, 2010

The Royalty Network, an independent music publisher and administrator and RightsFlow, a provider of bulk mechanical licensing and royalty services, announced a new partnership granting RightsFlow a blanket license for The Royalty Network's entire catalog. This blanket access will allow RightsFlow to more accurately identify, account, and remit royalties on behalf of their over 9,500 label, ...

News: Radio

Hadley Caliman and Gail Pettis Continue to Dominate Jazz Radio Nationwide

March 3, 2010

Gail Pettis and Hadley Calimans recent release continue to rise up the JazzWeek national airplay chart. Last weeks Hadleys Straight Ahead reached #3 and Gails Here In The Moment moved up to #5. 1 - AHMAD JAMAL A Quiet Time (Dreyfus) 2 - STEVE HOBBS Vibes, Straight Up (Challenge) 3 - HADLEY ...

News: Technology

New Google Chrome Beta Instantly Translates Web Pages

March 3, 2010

Google on Tuesday introduced new language translation and privacy tools for its Chrome browser. Chrome now includes a beta feature that will instantly translate Web pages that are in a language different from your preferred language setting. “Chrome will display a prompt asking if you'd like the page to be translated for you using Google Translate," ...

News: Performance / Tour

Papa Mali's Supernatural Ball | 02.10 | Nola

March 3, 2010

Words & Images by: Jeffrey P. Dupuis Papa Mali's Supernatural Ball :: 02.10.10 :: Tipitina's :: New Orleans, LA Papa Mali :: 02.10 :: New Orleans Living in a place like New Orleans, the past is not really the past. The musical influence of people like Louis Armstrong and Professor Longhair is as palpable as ...