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News: Interview

Interview: Med Flory (Part 2)

July 30, 2009

Throughout the 1950s, saxophonist Med Flory was known in jazz circles for his aw-shucks demeanor and aggressive ambition. After moving to Los Angeles in 1956 with his wife and singer Joan Fry, Med began landing a steady stream of work in the TV and movie studios of Burbank and Hollywood. He also continued to play in ...

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News: Music Industry

When the World is Your Stage....

July 30, 2009

Globalization Opens New Doors For Niche Artists For decades music executives and even artists themselves have shied away from many musical niches because their potential audience was too small to achieve an acceptable level of success. But now. with the global marketing and sales reach offered by the int coupled with affordable ...

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News: Book / Magazine

The 3 Biggest Reasons Music Magazines Are Dying

July 30, 2009

It's no secret that music magazines a rapidly becoming a relic of another era. Most blame a decline in advertising revenue coupled with the growth of free online music media. But ex-Blender staffer Jonah Weiner suggests there are other factors killing our once beloved music rags in his Slate piece “Spinning In The Grave“. There are ...

News: Event

From Donn Bennett Drum Shop

July 30, 2009

DRUMMERS!!!!! There is a lot going on at Donn Bennett Drum Studio in Bellevue in the next week. Original CHICAGO drummer Danny Seraphine, jazz great Winard Harper and swingster Donny Osborne will all be here. Space is limited for these events, some are already sold out. If you want to check these out it’s best SIGN ...

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News: Obituary

George Russell, Composer Whose Theories Sent Jazz in a New Direction, Dies at 86

July 30, 2009

George Russell, a jazz composer, educator and musician whose theories led the way to radical changes in jazz in the 1950s and ’60s, died on Monday in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston. He was 86 and lived in Boston. The cause was complications of Alzheimer’s disease, said his wife, Alice. Though he largely operated behind ...

News: Technology

Niche Social Sites Battle Facebook

July 30, 2009

What do you do when you're a small online social network trying to compete against a behemoth like Facebook? The answer may be to try to carve out a separate path by becoming a niche website for a specific audience base that advertisers, hopefully, want to target. While this is no easy challenge—given Facebook's intention to ...

News: Recording

STS9:Make It Right Remixes

July 30, 2009

By: Chris Clark It's a little past due but we finally got around to the newest remix compilation from Sound Tribe Sector 9. As was the case with their previous studio LP, Artifact and the ensuing Artifact: Perspectives, the five-piece jamband-meets-live-electronica act returns with Peaceblaster's aptly titled Peaceblaster: The New Orleans Make It Right Remixes. Centered ...

News: Technology

Twitter Unveils New Start Page

July 30, 2009

The micro-blogging site has once again moved away from its initial mission statement of utter simplicity, cramming a good deal of information onto the shiny new homepage. New additions include a search bar, a list of trending topics divided by the minute, day, and week, and the tagline, “share and discover what's happening right now, anywhere ...

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News: Technology

An Early Look at Firefox 4?

July 30, 2009

Firefox 3.5 just went gold, but that hasn't stopped Mozilla from showing vehemently non-final mockup screenshots of Firefox 4. Of the two design candidates, one bears a striking resemblance to new competitor Google's Chrome browser, with the tab controls way up above everything else. It's a design that Apple tried for Safari 4 beta and then ...

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News: Technology

Online Video Usage Exploding, Study Says

July 30, 2009

Hold on to your bandwidth – online video is growing in popularity, according to Wednesday data from the Pew Internet & American Life Project. About 62 percent of adults who use the Internet have watched video online, up from 33 percent in December 2006. Not surprisingly, online video is most popular among those aged 18 to ...