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10 Most Creative People in Music Business According to Fast Company
As part of an issue on creativity, business magazine Fast Company has named the The 100 Most Creative People In Business" and it's 10 Most Creative People In The Music Business" are: DeAndre Soulja Boy Tell'em" Way, 18 year old rapper/producer Tim Westergren, Chief Strategy Officer & Founder, Pandora Alexandra Patsavas, Owner, Chop Shop Music ...
Report Says Music Sales 83% Digital by 2013
US sales of recorded music will drop to $5.52 billion in 2013 according to the new eMarketer report Digital Entertainment Meets Social Media. This downward trajectory will extend a pattern that began in 2000, when physical sales started to decline after rising dramatically during the heyday of the CD. ...
Jazz Gospel Central Debuts with Interviews from Top Artists and “Key” Information
The genre of Gospel Jazz is growing by leaps and bounds. The unique merging of two highly expressive and improvisational African American forms of music has spawned a variety of gifted artists such as Angella Christie, Ben Tankard and Kirk Whalum. It’s with these artists and this music in mind that Founder and Editor-In-Chief, Terrence Richburg, ...
Jamie Cullum Supports UNICEF's Water and Sanitation Campaign
Jazz singer and songwriter Jamie Cullum recently travelled to Ethiopia to witness UNICEF's work in the areas of health, nutrition, HIV and AIDS, child protection and water and sanitation. During Jamie's busy visit, he saw the impact HIV and AIDS is having on young people in Addis Ababa and in rural Ethiopia. He also saw UNICEF's ...
Music and the Creative Class: Why Place Matters to Music and Music Matters to Place
(Part 3) In previous installments of Music & The Creative Class, I explored the importance that musicians and the business that follow them play in the growing Creative Class that is reshaping America and much of the developed world. Not only does music add flavor to a neighborhood or city, as they have in Nashville, Memphis ...
The 10 Commandments of Music 2.0
Thou Shalt Not Worship False Prophets - Neither a record deal or auto-tune are your saviors. Thou Shalt Worship Only One God - He (or she) is called The Fan. Thou Shalt Giveaway Free Music - Like Jesus and the loaf of bread, give your flock a gift that multiplies ...
Tina Marsh, Austin's Avant-Jazz Leader, Gravely Ill
The founder of the Creative Opportunity Orchestra, a musicans' cooperative of composer-improvisers on the model of Chicago's AACM, is suffering late stage breast cancer. Beautiful Tina Marsh, age 55, whose disease was successfully treated in the '90s but recurred in 2008, is resting in a private home, with friends close by. A pure-voiced vocalist who ...
An "Understated" Report from NARM
Guest Post from Scott Cave of Red Velvet: The tone at this year's NARM conference is understated when compared to last year's 50th anniversary gathering, yet another indicator of the depressed economy. While decreased sponsorship dollars may have put a damper on the amenities and glitz of the event, the quality of the content and opportunity ...
Jazz Attuned to the Pace of a Calm, Steady Heartbeat
The South African jazz pianist Abdullah Ibrahim harbors no fondness for disruption. A calm, steady heartbeat nourishes his music, fulfilling a meditative urge. When he works in a solo setting — as on “Senzo,” a gorgeously recorded album released last year on Sunnyside — the result is usually a flowing experience, proceeding without pause from beginning ...
Jazz This Week: Peter Bra Tzmann, St. Louis Stompers, Linda Presgrave, "Simply Sinatra," Adaron "Pops" Jackson, and More
Whether you like your jazz to be old-school, modern or free-form, there's something for you this weekend somewhere around the St. Louis area. Here's a brief look at the local jazz and creative music highlights for the next several days:Tonight, the St. Louis Stompers will perform traditional New Orleans-style jazz in a free concert ...


