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Hypebot Assumes Stewardship of musicthinktank.com
We're honored to share today that we've assumed the stewardship of the respected Music Think Tank web site. We believe that the combined sites create the web's most viewed independent source of news and commentary serving artists, labels and the music technology sector. Over the last two years, MusicThinkTank.com has become the go to site for ...
All-Night Session: Abrams, Moran, City Winery Jam
Other cities may have more tightly knit jazz communities (Peter Margasak and Andrey Henkin have made pitches for the vitality of Chicago), but none come close to approaching the size and diversity of the New York scene. On any given night, there are around two dozen jazz shows in the city, and it's not uncommon that ...
Grand Opening Gennett Records Digital Archives
The Starr-Gennett Foundation and Indiana University East have partnered to make over 300 digital recordings available to the public. The Gennett Record label has national significance in the world of music and American culture. The public is welcome to attend the open house on the second floor of the IU East Campus Library from 5:30-6:30 p.m. ...
Gregg Allman Recovering After Liver Transplant
Gregg Allman, the guitarist in the Allman Brothers Band who has had chronic health problems related to Hepatitis C, had liver transplant surgery on Wednesday morning at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla. I feel pretty good, considering everything that's happened," he said in a statement. Mr. Allman, 62, had been on a waiting ...
Limewire Toasted: Begs RIAA for Mercy After Total Defeat
By Moses Avalon So, once again the RIAA, the trade organization investing millions in the rights of labels and their artists, has won yet another slam dunk victory in court against a major file-sharing profit machine, who was punch-drunk on venture capital and free love, free music, free something or other. SlimeWire LimeWire has totally lost ...
ASCAP Lawsuits Target 21 Venues in 13 States
As is does periodically, ASCAP (the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) yesterday filed 21 separate lawsuits against nightclubs, bars and restaurants in 13 states claiming infringement. According to the performing rights society, each establishment refused to obtain a license or pay the fees owed, but continued to perform ASCAP members' music without permission. A ...
The Thorny Trail to Triumph: Painting and Planning a Visual Artist Visa
Artwork by Carlos VegaToday I am listing in simple language what is needed to qualify for O-1 artist visa as a visual artist. We'll skip the Einstein" requirement and move on to the alternative list. Remember, you must fulfill at least 3 categories. Here goes: 1. Awards, prizes ...
So What: Local News, Notes and Links
Herein, we introduce a new occasional feature for StLJN - a quick wrap-up of links & short local news items of interest. (The title is from the Miles Davis song that leads off Kind of Blue. The notion of using said title was inspired by (read stolen from") the weekly Confirmation" feature of the Kansas City ...
The Loss of the Targeted Hang
My last post bemoaned the disappearance of local places to buy horns. Another aspect of moving instrumental sales online was the demise of places where you could do what you might call a targeted hang." That is, a place where musicians could indulge themselves with some serious checking in and screwing off, while convincing themselves they ...
Triadster to Crowdsource Artist Development, Marketing
What if a label could use crowdsourcing to figure out how to maximize an artist's appeal? When it comes to the decline of the major labels, a lot of people are upset about what that may mean for the future of artist development. Because it was ultimately funded by profit-minded executives, you could argue that artist ...


