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News: Education

New Berkleemusic Jazz Voice Course Online April 5

February 26, 2010

Berkleemusic, the online continuing education arm of Berklee College of Music has just announced Jazz Voice, a new online course for the April 5 term. It'll be taught by Jan Shapiro, the chair of the Voice department at Berklee College of Music. She has presented vocal clinics around the country and toured extensively, performing in jazz ...

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News: Recording

Vocalist Petra Van Nuis & Guitarist Andy Brown to Release Their First Duo CD, "Far Away Places," March 30

February 26, 2010

Since settling in Chicago in 2004, vocalist Petra van Nuis and guitarist Andy Brown have established themselves as artists of note in a variety of musical settings. Petra has recorded two well-regarded albums of her own and gigs regularly with a trad jazz band, while Andy, a top-call sideman, has released an album documenting his artistry ...

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News: Technology

dropcards.com: New Look, Even Better Tasting!

February 26, 2010

Kyle Bylin (@kbylin), Associate Editor In January, Dropcards unveiled their new download card platform. Then, late last week, they held a short webinar to take people through a tour of the new features they added. I was in attendance, and while I was not familiar with the inner workings of their previous site, I became quite impressed with their ...

News: Technology

Sellaband Saved, May Be Back Online Today

February 26, 2010

After declaring bankruptcy in Dutch court earlier this week, fan to artist funding site Sellaband has been saved by a German investment group who are moving the site to their home country and promising to have it back online today. Exactly why the site went dark and how the new owner plans to change SellaBand is ...

News: Technology

Google Begins Indexing Facebook Pages

February 26, 2010

It took a while, but Google is now indexing Pages from Facebook, Google said today via a tweet on its official account. Unlike individual profiles, Facebook Pages were designed for organizations, businesses, celebrities, and bands to provide updates. Now, those will be part of Google's real-time search results, which were first announced in December at its ...

News: Technology

In Defense of Adobe Flash

February 26, 2010

Flash is going through a pretty tough time right now. Apple's Steve Jobs, reportedly, hates it. Consumers seem to think it's bloated and unsafeat least that's the commonly held wisdom. For me, though, Flash is one of the Web's more sublime technologies, one I've known and used for more than 15 years. It was 1994 or ...

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News: Technology

iTunes: Over 10 Billion Songs Served

February 26, 2010

Apple has passed the 10 billion songs sold mark on iTunes. The 10 billionth song, “Guess Things Happen That Way" by Johnny Cash, was purchased by Louie Sulcer of Woodstock, Georgia. As the winner of the iTunes Countdown to 10 Billion Songs, Louie will receive a $10,000 iTunes Gift Card. iTunes is the number one music retailer ...

News: Birthday

Jazz Musician of the Day: Lea Freire

February 26, 2010

All About Jazz is celebrating Lea Freire's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Lea FreireLEA FREIRE\'s “Cartas Brasileiras" (Brazilian Letters - 2007) is receiving the enthusiastic applause of either public and critic, in many languages... more Website | Videos | Articles Follow Lea Freire ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Tom Petty Plans "Mojo" Tour

February 26, 2010

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers on Thursday revealed plans for a North American tour in support of their upcoming release of Mojo (Reprise), their first studio album in eight years. Produced by Live Nation, the tour will kick off May 6 in Raleigh, NC, the beginning of a 36-city trek across the U.S. and Canada. Joe ...

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News: Interview

Bobby Shew on Buddy Rich (Part 1)

February 25, 2010

In the spring of 1966, Timothy Leary praised the virtues of LSD, an H-bomb was lost at sea in Europe and Gemini 9's two-man crew began the first of its 47 orbits of Earth. And if these events weren't spacey enough, Buddy Rich, at age 48, decided to start a big band. Not a trendy rock ...