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Be Honest: Are You Scarfing Down McDonald's on the Road?

October 17, 2011

The road is so full of desperate food runs it's laughable, and so many end at places like McDonald's. Sound familiar? Well, there's now an app to solve that problem—that is, if you view Chicken McNuggets and a McFlurry as a problem. Which these guys definitely do. “As a touring band, you see those golden arches ...

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Jazz Arts Group of Columbus Releases National Data for Regenerating Jazz Audiences

October 17, 2011

The Jazz Arts Group of Columbus (JAG) has released findings from a 21-month research project focused on current and potential jazz ticket buyers across the U.S. and in Central Ohio. Funded in part by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (DDCF) with a $200,000 grant, the Jazz Audiences Initiative (JAI), is a first-of-its-kind study designed to explore ...

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Jazz Around Town: The Leaves Are Falling All Around, but There is Still Jazz to be Found ...

October 13, 2011

Thursday, October 13, 2011 Jazz & Wine Happy Hour with The Swooners @ Woodcliff Hotel & Spa, 5:30 pm Drew Moore & Steve Melcher, Serge and Friends @ Rabbit Room Restaurant, Honeoye Falls, 6:00 pm Bob Hanley @ Pittsford Grill, 6:00 pm The John Palocy Trio (Jazz Dawgs) @ Bistro 135, 6:30 pm Joe Santora Trio ...

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30 Top Indie Labels Partner for Music Discovery Site thenewrecord.com

October 12, 2011

Community building doesn't only happen on Facebook, and a new indie music discovery site founded by Bill Armstrong of Side One Dummy hopes to build a community of indie music fans more tied to the creators than to Mark Zuckerberg. To help make that happen, Armstrong assembled a unique partnership of 30 top independent music labels ...

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9 Critical Things You Should Know About Music Publicity Before You Make Your First Move

October 12, 2011

By Ariel Hyatt, a regular contributor to MusicThinkTank, whose Ariel Publicity is an indie music focused digital pr firm and educational experience wrapped up in one very cool package.. I just got back from teaching social media master classes throughout Finland, Norway and Iceland and many musicians asked me to help them understand what traditional publicity ...

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Just How Much Does Rhapsody Pay Artists?

October 12, 2011

Last week, Paul Resnikoff of Digital Music News asked some basic questions about how much the music streaming services pay labels/artists. He had a hard time getting detailed responses from any of the firms he contacted, including Rhapsody. Here's how I'm paid for my self-released albums in the Rhapsody catalog: 1. A penny per stream. For ...

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The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Jazz, October 14-20

October 12, 2011

I'll miss most of the music in town this week. My loss! Some cool things are happening. Highlights Can't think of a better horn to put in front of Peter Schimke, Billy Peterson and Kenny Horst than saxman Brandon Wozniak. He's been tearing up one ensemble after another since relocating to the Twin Cities about five ...

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Bjork to 'Takeover' eMusic

October 11, 2011

This summer eMusic debuted eMusic Radio featuring staff curated streaming music channels. Now Bjork is helping eMusic launch their new Artist Takeover program featuring Bjork's editorial selections in celebration of the release of her Biophilia album Bjork's new album, Biophilia, caught a lot of attention earlier this year for her decision to release mobile apps for ...

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RCA Hits "Refresh", Closes Arista, Jive and J Records

October 8, 2011

As part of a major rebranding and consolidation RCA is closing three of its most successful labels “In an effort to refresh RCA Records, all label imprints —J Records, Arista Records and Jive—will now be under the iconic RCA Records label," read a statement from RCA issued Friday. No word yet on more staff cuts, but most ...

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Jay Frank Launches DigSin: A Next Generation Free Digital Music Label

October 8, 2011

(At Digital Music Forum West today, Jay Frank is launching DigSin, a digital music company that offers subscribers all releases free. A departure from the usual record label model, DigSin will focus on single song releases from new artists with a goal of maximizing the listening audience. Ex-Yahoo! and MTV Networks executive, Frank is familiar to ...