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Paul Simon | S.F. | Review

May 3, 2011

By Dennis Cook Miles apart, though the miles can't measure distance Worlds apart on a rainy afternoon But the road gets dirty and it offers no resistance So turn your amp up and play your lonesome tune Paul Simon is not a big guy. I knew this before walking into ...

Amazon MP3 Explains Why It's Smart to Lose Money Selling 69 Cent Tracks

May 3, 2011

Last week Amazon began selling more that half the songs in its Top 100 for 69 cents. Industry observers speculated then that the internet giant cut prices (and according to our sources continues to pay labels regular wholesale) to grab market share from iTune's . But their strategy is more complex, according to Craig Pape, the ...

Amnesiac Quartet Joins ARC Roster

May 1, 2011

The Paris, France-based contemporary jazz ensemble, Amnesiac Quartet has joined the roster of the Artists Recording Collective (ARC). Both entities anticipate a productive and positive relationship and business association. About Amnesiac Quartet Established in 2006 by Sébastien PAINDESTRE, AMNESIAC QUARTET is the only Jazz group dedicated solely to the music of RADIOHEAD. Apart from being one ...

Rethink Music Recap: From Board Rooms to Ballrooms, Missing Connections

April 29, 2011

In some ways, music industry conferences are all the same. Over the course of several keynotes, panel discussions, and presentations, a gallery of experts, industry veterans, and insiders discuss topics related to sales, licensing, touring, and copyrights while subtly selling themselves. At the inaugural Rethink Music, a large portion of the audience seemed to hunger for ...

Pitchify: Spotify's Music + Pitchfork's Taste

April 28, 2011

Love them or hate them, it's tough to deny that online music review outlets Pitchfork Media and Drowned In Sound are tastemaking kings when it comes to influencing trends in new music. Combining long-form reviews, analysis, and commentary with user-friendly number ratings, both Pitchfork and Drowned In Sound provide one-stop, easily navigable guidance in the often-daunting ...

Charlie Haden's Quartet West Turns 25

April 28, 2011

This year marks the 25th anniversary of Charlie Haden's band Quartet West. What started out as a simple gig in Santa Monica has developed into one of the greatest jazz groups in the past quarter century. In marking this milestone, the band has just released their seventh recording Sophisticated Ladies which includes half instrumentals from the ...

New England Jazz Hall of Fame to be Housed at WICN, in the Worcester Cultural District

April 28, 2011

WICN to Provide the Hall of Fame's First Physical Location, Providing Public Access to Historical Information about Jazz WORCESTER, Mass.,—The New England Jazz Alliance (NEJA), which operates the New England Jazz Hall of Fame, and WICN, “New England's NPR jazz and folk station," today announced that WICN will house the New England Jazz Hall of Fame ...

Eric Jackson and Dayla Santurri Talk About Boston's JazzWeek '11 on BNN

April 26, 2011

The Root's ?uestlove on Marketing Music Careers by Building Music Movements

April 23, 2011

In 2008, Derek Jennings interviewed The Roots' ?uestlove in a wide ranging discussion that included a section about building a movement with other musicians that has stayed with me ever since. ?uestlove described how big acts in popular music had always been part of larger music movements so that's what he and Roots' manager Richard Nichols ...

In Terms of Songwriter Royalties, 250,000 Youtube Plays = $8...

April 23, 2011

So says David Renzer, chairman & CEO of Universal Music Group Publishing, who shared the stat at a recent publishing forum (we just got our hands on the recording). “For every 250,000 streams on YouTube, that is the equivalent of one credit of ASCAP performing rights value," Renzer relayed. “One credit is less than $8, it's ...