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So Gracenote and Next Big Sound Are Teaming up to Help Launch Even More Streaming Music Services?
Yesterday Gracenote announced a partnership with Next Big Sound to bring additional data and features to Gracenote's new Rhythm platform which launches in February. I spoke earlier in the week with Gracenote President Stephen White who discussed Rhythm and helped me to understand who would want such a thing given how many music services are currently ...
Lost Photo: Max and Prez
Last week, Lars Westin, a JazzWax reader in Stockholm, sent along an amazing photo that has never seen the light of day—or too much of it. The photo features (from left) drummer Max Roach, drummer Jack Norén (a Swedish-American Chicagoan who played and recorded in Sweden with Stan Getz, Charlie Parker and many others), tenor saxophonist ...
Harry James: 1958-'61
In the late 1950s and early 1960s, right around the time that Count Basie's New Testament Band was hitting its stride, another band was also at the top of its game—the Harry James Orchestra. The albums that James recorded from 1958 until 1961 were exceptional examples of updated swing—thanks to a confluence of events, including the ...
8 Mind-Blowing Facts About Music Business in Japan
By Lee Parsons, Founder of Ditto Music. As founder of Ditto Music, an online music distribution service. I was recently asked to undertake a learning expedition to Japan and present my company to the Japanese music market. Here are 8 facts that will blow your mind about the Japanese Music Market: It is ILLEGAL to sell ...
SoundCloud Closes $60 Million Round, in Talks with Major Labels
Audio platform SoundCloud has closed a series D funding, raising $60 million ot a total valuation of $700 million. The round was led by led by Institutional Venture Partners along with the Chernin Group. In an statement, SoundCloud said it will use the money “to grow more rapidly in product, personnel and expansion in mobile efforts,” but the company also likely ...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, January 24-30
You can find jazz in all sorts of venues this week, from classic club settings to hotel lounges to the tiniest gallery space. And you can also find some jazz memorabilia to reinforce your memories of perhaps the most beloved venue of all. Big Gigs This Week Friday, January 24. Whenever Patty Peterson is on stage, ...
Lively Raises $2 Million for Concert Recordings Available After the Show
Lively's concert recording service allows bands to offer both audio and video recording of the show after it's over using a mobile app for delivery. They'd already raised half a million over the summer and now they've added to their investments with another 2 million or so. A number of services have related offerings and it ...
Why Indie Musicians and Indie Radio Stations Should Work Together
In the fall Paul Riismandel wrote an “immodest proposal" in the hopes of encouraging indie radio stations and indie musicians to work together. He points to a natural fit between non-commercial radio and indie artists and proposes at least one possibility for connecting the two. The larger point is that indie radio and indie musicians could ...
Next Big Sound Analyzes 2013 Music Data
A special report from Next Big Sound. Looking at the online music industry data for 2013 in aggregate across sources ranging from the major social networks, streaming services, sales figures, and key events for more than a million artists, we reveal an industry that is decidedly lopsided. In our rankings of the most popular artists across ...
Day in the Life of a Modern Day Music A+R
By INDMUSIC's Channel Manager Arshan Sadri. Leading A&R for YouTube's Largest Music Network sounds like a made up job, or at least one that most people didn't know existed until about three years ago. Over the last few years, YouTube has become one of the largest and most talked about platforms for discovering music. From VEVO ...
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