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Ralph J. Gleason's Jazz Casual
by Toby Gleason
(This article was first published at All About Jazz in May 1999) Various ArtistsJazz CasualRhino / WEA1999In 1959, Ralph Gleason had made his reputation as one of the leading Jazz critics of his generation; writing out of his Berkeley home for the San Francisco Chronicle ...
Extending the Power of "Free" to Live Performances
The practice of offering free access to your recorded music has now become commonplace. The free single, or even free album download, has been around for what seems like eons, and although bands offering free live shows has always been accepted, the embracing of this endeavor could not be more timely than now. Venues offering pay-to-play ...
The True Language Of Jazz
by David Arivett
Recently, there has been an upsurge in sales and interest in jazz recordings from the past--especially the 1970s. In a recent Jazz Times magazine article, “1970 Is Happening (Again)," Lee Mergner points out that “at the time rock and funk were, depending on your perspective, destroying or invigorating jazz." Trumpeter Miles Davis, pianists Herbie Hancock and ...
5 Social Media Fails by Musicians
Artists have a myriad of possibilities when it comes to social networking. The way these are utilized is often woefully misguided and as a result artists become their own worst enemy. Musicians so often fail to realize the fact that potential fans are not interested in what your music means to you, they are only interested ...
Ethan Kaplan: Culture is a Product
Guest post by former Warner Bros. Records digital exec Ethan Kaplan of Live Nation Labs. He blogs at Black Rim Glasses. A year ago I walked out of the Warner Bros. Records building, put a box in my car and drove home. I left with a collection of memories, but also a sense of unfinished business ...
Topspsin CEO Ian Rogers: "Direct to Fan is Not a Rich Band's Game"
Guest post by Ian Rogers of Topspin. On a panel at SF MusicTech on last week, I made reference to a fact we first published back in 2010: while the split between digital and physical sold on Topspin by number of units is 50/50, it's 75/25 physical/digital by total dollars. This demonstrates a lesson I first ...
There's Just One Territory for Releasing Music Now: The World
I came across this on Bravewords.com this morning: Starting at roughly 8:00am EST on Thursday, February 2nd, VAN HALEN's new album A Different Kind Of Truth will reportedly be available via the Australian iTunes store (12:00 midnight on February 3rd Sydney time). Go to www.apple.com/au/itunes for more information. A Different Kind Of Truth, will be released ...
INgrooves CEO Robb McDaniels on Music Streaming: Setting the Record Straight
It's a format change—that's why it is stoking so much fear and anxiety in the marketplace. The ability to “access" your media and stream it to any device, anywhere is simply the logical progression of technological development that has led us from vinyl to cassette to CD to download to stream. With each of these format ...
Agile Music: Artist Creativity and Music Formats in the Age of Mass Customization
Today I want to talk to you about a concept called Agile Music, a framework for understanding how artist creativity, industry business models and music products must all undergo a programme of radical, transformational change. I'm going to start by outlining the catalysts for this change. This time last year on this very stage I argued ...
Ian Rogers: Instead of SOPA, Here's How to Combat Piracy While Encouraging an Open Internet
Guest post by Ian Rogers of Topspin Media. Last week's Internet-wide SOPA/PIPA protests divided the Internet between content owners looking for stronger anti-piracy tools and technologists who believed the proposed legislation was an overreach. Those opposed said SOPA/PIPA opened the door to content companies taking down sites such as Tumblr and WordPress based on infringement by ...
