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Real Band Names That Sound Totally Fake
By freelance music writer Tyler Hayes (@thealbumproject). By now you must've seen the video from Jimmy Kimmel, catching people lying about being into bands playing at Coachella that the interviewer just made up. How long must it have taken to come up with band names that they knew were fake? Here are some band names that ...
Eventbrite Raises $60 Million for Indie Ticketing
Self-service ticketing platform Eventbrite has raised $60 million in new financing led by Tiger Global Management and new investor T. Rowe Price. After this round, the company's total funding is $140 million. While still a small player compared to Ticketmaster, today's investment comes after months of rapid growth for Eventbrite: 100 million tickets sold across 179 ...
Clarke-Boland: "Jazz is Universal"
The big band era didn't come to an end at the end of World War II. People just stopped dancing to them. In the late '40s fans went to theaters and concert halls to hear bands, and in the '50s they listened to them on LPs. In the early '60s, with the rise of pop-rock in ...
Weekend Extra: Stan Getz's Model Behavior
here may have been times—no, there were times—when Stan Getz worked overtime to be unpleasant. Zoot Sims had his reasons for describing Getz as “an interesting bunch of guys.” It is not likely that Sims had in mind moments like those in this video. Rifftides reader Jeff Chang sent a tip about a film Getz made ...
Can Understanding the Brain Help You Sell More Music?
By Eliot Van Buskirk of Evolver.fm. A McGill University study found that activity in the brain's nucleus accumbens reflects one's willingness to buy music after hearing it for the first time. It's hardly surprising that a part of the brain also known as the “reward center" would be responsible for deciding whether to buy (or like/favorite/collect) ...
Mike Reed: Great expectations for Constellation
For anyone who values innovation in music, the next few days could mark the beginning of a significant era in Chicago. On Monday, Chicago jazz drummer and music producer Mike Reed will launch Constellation, a performing arts center that will feature an array of music—from experimental jazz to classical avant-garde — plus dance, film and other ...
Concord Music Group Sold to Wood Creek Capital
Concord Music, one of the largest independent label groups in the U.S., has been bought by Wood Creek Capital Management, a division of MassMutual Financial Group. The acquisition is being made on behalf of funds which Wood Creek advises, and an individual investor group that includes members of Concord's senior management and industry veterans Steve Smith ...
Supreme Court Ruling Paves Way for MP3 Re-Sales
Yesterday's Supreme Court ruling in favor of a student who had friends buy textbooks in Thailand for re-sale in the U.S. is likely to have wide ranging impact on the re-sale of MP3's and other digital goods. Startup ReDigi is already testing the waters, and both Amazon and Apple have filed patents that show strong interest ...
Amazon Talking to Major Labels About Streaming Music Subscription Service
I've wondered when Amazon would join Google and Apple in the quest for entry into streaming music. According to Greg Sandoval at The Verge they are now talking to major labels about the possibility of something along the lines of Spotify, a streaming music subscription service like Google's building, as opposed to a web radio approach ...
Streaming Music Services Seek to Empower Artists
By Brenna Ehrlich (@BrennaEhrlich) for sidewinder.fm, a music and tech think tank. When it comes to artists and digital music services, the common lament among performers nowadays could be equated to Chicago's unofficial motto: “Ubi Est Mea?" Or, if you don't speak Latin, “Where's mine?" In the midst of contention over royalty fees and streaming music's ...
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