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Ian Rogers on Publishing, Trusted Sources and Connecting Content with Audience
This guest post comes from Topspin CEO Ian Rogers who blogs at Fistfulayen. I encourage you to spend some time with Cory Doctorow's thoughtful piece from The Guardian re: the changing role of publishing in hopes it will cause you to consider what publishing really was, and what it might become. Cory mentions “publishing" as it ...
Time to Declare War on Aftermarket Ticketing?
It's hard to wage a morality war against high-priced concert tickets, especially when fans are voluntarily paying through the nose. But concert ticketing—especially aftermarket ticketing—is oftentimes a shady affair, one that could be bad for the longer-term health of this sector. And, for festivals that rely on their brand name and reputation to attract repeat attendees ...
Latinos and the Grammys: The Death of Musical Diversity?
On Wednesday April 6th, The National Academy Of Recording Arts And Sciences announced a “restructuring" of The Grammy Awards, a move that included the elimination of the Latin Jazz Grammy. This unfortunate decision undermines the integrity of Latin Jazz and disregards its importance as a major piece of the cultural landscape in the United States. I ...
Are You Building a Band or a Business?
This guest post comes from Jason Spitz, a marketing & ecommerce expert with a serious music obsession. Follow him on Twitter at @jasonspitz. If you want to make music, start a band. If you want to make money, start a business. It's that simple. Bands and businesses are two different entities with different objectives. If your ...
Why NXNE is Better Than SXSW
Mention South by Southwest to any band, and they will know exactly what you are talking about. Mention North by Northeast (a.k.a. NXNE), however, and you might get some puzzled looks. But for a young band, if I had to pick between SXSW and NXNE, there is no doubt in my mind that I would skip ...
Rick Rubin: Music Biz Could Be Bigger Than Ever
Recorded music sales continue to struggle and the leadership at the top of Sony Music is shifting, but Rick Rubin continues to exhibit the Zen master attitude that's helped to make him a legendary force in music both as a producer and recently as co-chairman of Columbia Records. The music industry “could be a bigger business ...
Blue Memories - un ricordo di Pierpaolo Faggiano
by AAJ Italy Staff
La rituale impaginazione degli articoli di All About Jazz Italia, anche se materialmente fattibile, risulta oggi impossibile. Abbiamo appreso da qualche ora la sconvolgente notizia della scomparsa di Pierpaolo Faggiano, da anni collaboratore di All About Jazz Italia. L'attuale mondo telematico rende possibile arrivare nelle case di migliaia di lettori. E consente di stringere amicizie con ...
The Importance of Knowing What You "Sound Like..."
“So what do you sound like?" Almost every new artist will get asked this question at some point, and yet it is something that many artists resist thinking about. Those same artists will say things like “We do our own thing!" or “We don't sound like anyone else," or “We don't want to be categorized." However, ...
More Road Music: Canon for Canyon Country
After that 15-hour drive to Detroit last September, I swore I'd never do such a trip again. But the opportunity to explore the national parks of southwest Utah was too tempting, and besides, we were breaking up the drive into manageable segments, round trip from the Bozeman, MT area. I was warned there would be absolutely ...
8 Reasons Why Vinyl is Cleaner Than the Cloud...
Think digital is actually good for the environment? Less CDs, plastic, paper inserts, and physical shipping are all positive developments, but digital (and its hyped-up cloud) comes with heavy environmental baggage. iPads, smartphones, and Beatsby Dre headphones all get dumped into landfills eventually, and the cloud is arguably filthy: just a few months ago, Greenpeace gave ...
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