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News: Interview

April 15, 1452: It's the Renaissance, Man!

April 15, 2010

1452: Leonardo da Vinci, one of the greatest multitalented artists in our history, is born in the Tuscan hill town of Vinci. Painter, sculptor, anatomist, architect, engineer, geologist: The labels don't even begin to describe him. Da Vinci's influence is so diverse that few haven't heard of him or his work -- the paintings of Mona ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Jazz Tinged with Sorrow as Well as Somber Beauty

April 15, 2010

Melancholia comes naturally to the Polish trumpeter Tomasz Stanko. Over the last decade, especially, during a late-career renaissance--Mr. Stanko, a pioneering figure in European jazz, is now 67--he has distilled his art into a tersely controlled expression of sorrow. His dark-hued trumpet tone reveals itself in murmurs; he often begins a note with sibilant shooshes of ...

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News: Interview

A Jazz Pianist Who Has Honed His Style While Hiding in Plain Sight

April 15, 2010

Sam Yahel played his own song “Truth and Beauty" around the middle of his early set on Tuesday night at the Village Vanguard. In the past hes recorded it on Hammond organ, in a different group, with saxophone and drums. Here he was playing it on the piano, with the bassist Matt Penman and the drummer ...

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News: Technology

Myspace Launches Events and Ticketing Platform

April 15, 2010

How does MySpace plan to stop the outward flow of traffic to Facebook and Twitter. Apparently, by connecting with them and an ongoing series of launches rather than a single splashy makeover. And today's announcement might have actually given artists and music marketers a reason to keep their MySpace profiles more up to date. Late on ...

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News: Interview

Interview: Nancy Wilson (Part 4)

April 15, 2010

As Nancy Wilson's visibility and popularity grew in the early 1960s, so did her workload. In the days before scandals were built into marketing plans and stadium concerts provided artists with instant mass exposure, pop singers had to work tirelessly in hotel supper clubs and recording studios. They also hoped their singles would win AM-radio airplay ...

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News: Music Industry

Thursday: Zubatto Syndicate Plans to Jazz up Seattle's Crocodile Nightclub

April 15, 2010

There are no chairs to sit in when you listen to music at the Crocodile. An open floor has always worked best for the kind of music and audiences the famous rock club is known for. Since opening in 1991 the Belltown club closed late in 2007 and reopened under new owners in early 2009 the ...

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News: Technology

How to Use Twitter to Promote an Album or Tour

April 15, 2010

3 Rules & 2 Tools For Twitter Success There's no denying that Twitter use is exploding (even @hypebot has 6400+ fans) or that it should be a part of an viral music marketing campaign. But beyond tweeting what you had for lunch to your 37 uber-fans, how do you build a following on Twitter and best ...

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News: TV / Film

Film Looks at Struggles of Indie Records Stores

April 15, 2010

“An elegy for a vanishing subculture ...a lively, bittersweet film that examines - with caustic humor, brutal candor, and, ultimately, great affection - why roughly 3,000 indie record stores have closed across the nation over the past decade..." - Johnathan Perry, Boston Globe “I Need That Record! The Death (or Possible Survival) of the ...

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News: Music Industry

Bandsintown Partners with Emi, Shazam and Reverbnation

April 15, 2010

Ticket aggregator and event notification platform Bandsintown has added music discovery app Shazam, EMI and ReverbNation to its partner network. The company has also added former Warner Music Group EVP and former Ticketmaster UK Director, Paul Vidich to its board of advisers. Bandsintown gathers info from more than 100 different ticketing companies in 160 countries, and ...

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News: Recording

Pete Francis New Release, "The Movie We Are In", Coming May 18th

April 15, 2010

New York City based singer-songwriter Pete Francis is set to release his new album The Movie We Are In on May 18. Pete decided that a new approach was key for his next record. Instead of his usual self-produced style of album making, he uprooted his life and assembled an entirely new crew with in Los ...