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What Jazz Musicians Expect from Jazz Journalists and Critics. Pt 4
This is Part Four in our ongoing series of dialogues with jazz musicians where we ask the burning question: WHEN YOU READ MUSIC JOURNALISM AND MUSIC CRITICISM WHAT QUALITIES ARE YOU LOOKING FOR IN THE WRITER AND THE WRITING? Our contributors for this post are the masterful trombonist Wycliffe Gordon and one of our most deeply ...
What Jazz Musicians Expect from Journalists and Critics - PT. 3
NEA Jazz Master Benny Golson is one of the most erudite musicians, a true master of elocution and language. A man of abundant wisdom and wit, Golson is one of the most agreeable people in the music. When posed with our dialogue question, it seems this is a subject Benny has been contemplating for some time; ...
Will Facebook Music Kill Last.FM?
About ten years ago, third-year computer science student Richard Jones wrote the code that would eventually earn him $38 million. His creation, AudioScrobbler, was a simple plug-in that tracked what people were listening to on various programs including iTunes and used that information to build an online profile of their listening habits that could be shared ...
How Artists Deal with All the Hate...
HATE: the internet is full of it. Technology is amplifying it. And if you grow large enough, you'll get plenty of it. But how do you effectively deal with it as an artist, without letting it interfere with your creativity and fan connectivity? That was one of several topics debated at the Scion Music(less) Music Conference ...
What Jazz Musicians Expect from Journalists and Critics - PT. 2
Last week we kicked off an ongoing series of dialogues with jazz musicians, in preparation for an upcoming presentation, relative to whether they read jazz journalism & criticism, and if so we asked them this simple question: WHEN YOU READ MUSIC JOURNALISM OR CRITICISM WHAT QUALITIES ARE YOU LOOKING FOR IN THE WRITER AND THE WRITING? ...
What Jazz Musicians Expect from Music Journalist/Critics
As one who has written about jazz in a variety of publications, from periodicals to books, I've had many occasions to hear musicians' various criticisms of those who by profession or sidebar occupation most often stand in published “criticism" of them—be that favorable or unfavorable. I've had my share of back-and-forths with artists over things I've ...
Nick Mango on the Fine Art of Indie Vinyl Releases
Vinyl enthusiast Nick Mango recently shared some insights on releasing albums on vinyl including issues with preorders, the relationship between vinyl and digital releases and increasing the collectability of test presses. Given the fact that vinyl has returned as a specialty item, it's definitely worth considering putting out such a release if you've built a strong ...
Email Newsletter Tips for Keeping Fans Close from Bandzoogle's David Dufresne
Though text messaging is an increasingly popular way to reach music fans who've opted-in to your contact list, email is still a solid contender for reaching fans. In fact, according to a recent Pew Internet study, 64% of of respondents age 18 to 29 “send or read email on a typical day." So, since email is ...
Jazz + Photography = Now
In your lifetime, as in mine, both jazz and photography have gradually won acceptance as fine arts. Having been intimately involved with both, I see underlying similarities between these two “modern" forms. The special energy of the fleeting moment is as crucial to photography as it is to jazz. Perhaps Zen painting or action painting should ...
Welcome to HMV, Your Technology Superstore...
It's sad: if you want your music retailer to survive, it probably helps to sell less music. This is a diversification process that started years ago, but the disastrous plunge in CDs is causing drastic product shifts at larger retailers like HMV (and even indie shops). In the latest stab at survival, HMV is nowopening 150 ...
