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Honoring and updating a classic saxophone sound and spirit
Bandleader Woody Herman's Second Herd in the late 1940s featured a stunning saxophone section known as the Four Brothers. It featured tenormen Stan Getz, Zoot Sims and Herbie Steward, plus baritone saxophonist Serge Chaloff. The sound was swinging and vibrant as the four players dug into crisp unison lines and took turns passing solos to one ...
Sony Sells $250M Spotify Stock, Labels Eye $3B Windfall
The three major label groups own Spotify stock now valued at as much a $3 billion. That's led to speculation about what the major record labels will do with their equity stake, now that the music streamer has started trading publicly, as well as, how they will share their windfall with artists. Earlier this week, Sony ...
Essential Growth Strategies for Artists [Part One]
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In this issue of W. Tyler Allen's GROWTH column, he explores essential growth strategies for artists and the concept of growth marketing as it applies to advancing your career goals in the music industry. Guest post by W. Tyler Allen of the TuneCore Blog [Editors Note: We’re kicking off a recurring column, titled GROWTH, written by W. Tyler Allen, ...
How Much Does Streaming Earn U.S. Record Companies? [CHART Year To Year]
Revenues from recorded music in the United States grew from $7.5 billion in 2016 to $8.7 billion in 2017. In 2017, subscription and ad-supported accounted for 65% of U.S. recorded music revenues, up from less than 10% in 2011. 2017 was also the first time in years that physical sales eclipsed download revenues. RIAA statistics ...
Cecil Taylor Is Gone
Cecil Taylor, a pianist who fashioned his music from myriad styles and sources, died yesterday in New York. He was 89. From his earliest recordings in the mid-1950s with bassist Buell Nieidlinger, drummer Dennis Charles and soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy, Taylor pursued daring and swam upstream against jazz orthodoxy. This is how critic Ben Ratliff put ...
The future of jazz is in good hands
Miami-area pianist Brandon Goldberg has soaked up jazz like a sponge takes on water. And he’s been doing so for more than half of his 12 years. He’s a normal kid, polite, poised and eager to learn at every opportunity. Those traits serve him well. That he found his way to jazz – and loves it ...
YouTube's New TrueView Advertising Feature Could Mean More Revenue For Artists
While artists have experience some frustration with YouTube's changes to its ad policy of late, a new form of advert known as TrueView for Reach could start pulling in significantly more ad revenue for artists and bands. Guest post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.o YouTube has rolled out a new variety of advert that may end up bringing ...
London Calling: What the US Can Learn From The UK About Defending Local Music And Arts Communities
The UK has earned a reputation as a musical powerhouse, churning out globally renowned groundbreaking artists, bands and DJs. But how?- with the backing of the government. At a time when the Trump administration is adamant on pulling public funding for local artists, community projects and public radio, McIntyre details what the US can learn from the ...
Which Music Streamer Pays Best? It's Not Spotify [CHART]
Which music streaming service pays musicians and songwriters the most most per stream? As Spotify goes public, Apple Music picks up steam and YouTube prepares to launch a new paid music service, Statista dug into the latest stats to find out. Overview: While Spotify cut new lower royalty deals with the major labels, other music streamers like ...
How To Achieve Longevity In The Music Industry
Maintaining popularity in the music industry is no easy task, with a song or artist that's at one moment topping the charts suddenly becoming passé the next day. Here we look at how artists can achieve longevity in the turbulent music business. Guest post by Emily O'Connell of BandBasher Longevity is something that artists cannot take ...
