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Help Build a List of Music 2.0 Powered Artists

June 20, 2009

Yesterday, I started a list of artists that have built successful careers without the help of a major label. The goals are to prove that its not only possible but actually happening and to offer these artists as examples that others can learn from. The submissions so far have been great, but ...

Alberta Cross: Hear This Now!

July 31, 2009

Alberta Cross Give Away New Song “Leave Us And Forgive Us" Debut LP Broken Side of Time Due September 22 on ATO Records Alberta Cross Last month we told you about Alberta Cross' upcoming debut LP, Broken Side of Time, set for release September 22 on ATO Records. We really, really liked the EP ...

Tea Leaf Green: Clark Talks Band/Defends Mathis

August 13, 2009

Tea Leaf Green Guitarist Josh Clark Posts on Message Board, Talks Band and Defends Bassist Reed Mathis Tea Leaf Green In a very candid move, Tea Leaf Green guitarist Josh Clark has posted a note to the band's message board defending bassist Reed Mathis. The whole note resonates but the main point, as Clark ...

Focusing the Spotlight: A Little Bit More About Darwin Noguera

September 4, 2009

7 Christmas Gifts for Every Musician on Your List

December 19, 2009

Give a musician a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a musician to fish; and you've fed him for a lifetime Musicians are hard not hard to buy presents for. Most need almost everything from a gift card to the supermarket to coins for the laundromat. But if you follow the ...

A Few More Thoughts on Jazz Tribute Shows

February 3, 2010

As I mentioned in my last post, there's been some negative talk about jazz musicians playing tribute shows to other jazz musicians recently. Journalist Phil Freeman discussed the idea in this Twitter conversation, jazz blogger Peter Hum took a little shot in this post, and trombonist Vincent Gardner wrote the most extensive piece on the subject ...

How I've Kept My Band Together for 3 Years

February 10, 2010

Recently I had two experiences that made me think about how fortunate I am to have a band that has been playing together for three years now. The first was an interview I did with Jason Crane for The Jazz Session, an online show focusing on in-depth interviews with jazz musicians. The second was seeing Chris ...

Moral Panics and Music Journalism

February 22, 2010

Kyle Bylin (@kbylin), Associate Editor I am not a murderer. Therefore, to be accused of such an atrocity does elicit a certain degree of animosity within me. Yet, Nathan Harden has done just that. In an essay that recently appeared on The Huffington Posttitled The Generation That Killed Rock 'n Roll, he outright blames ...

Free Tour Marketing Handbook from Artist Farm

March 26, 2010

Music marketer and manager Ben Coe of wonderfully named Artist Farm has released a free tour marketing handbook that really is a must read for any artist or music industry professional interested in marketing live performances. It's filled not just with great ideas but a time line for implementation. “This is being released with no strings ...

Remembering Herb Ellis: A Few Thoughts on the Passing of This Jazz Guitarist Great by Andrew Vaughan

April 9, 2010

Last week, it was reported on Gibson.com that jazz legend Herb Ellis, a much respected and loved member of the Gibson family, had passed away at the age of 88. Ellis was one of the best of a generation of modern-day players inspired by Charlie Christian, probably the most influential electric guitar player in jazz history ...