Results for "Video / DVD"

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Stanley Jordan in Concert, Times Two

October 1, 2011

It's shaping up to be a good week to be a jazz guitar fan in St. Louis. Tomorrow night, George Benson (who we covered in this space last week) will be in town to play at the Touhill Performing Arts Center, and then on Wednesday, Stanley Jordan comes to ...

Anita O'Day: Memories of You

September 27, 2011

One of my favorite Anita O'Day recordings (and there are many) is her rendition of Andy Razaf and Eubie Blake's Memories of You. I'm particularly partial to her languid recording of the song for The Gene Krupa Story in 1959. Here's O'Day in the movie (wait for the priceless line: “Not bad—if you like talent"). And ...

Pink Floyd: "The Greatest Gig in the Sky" Youtube Stream

September 27, 2011

STREAM “THE GREATEST GIG IN THE SKY" FULL CONCERT FROM WEMBLEY 1974, WITH REMASTERED AND REMIXED AUDIO DIRECT FROM SOUNDBOARD As part of the “Why Pink Floyd?“ remasters campaign kicking off this week, fans can join Pink Floyd for a once-in-a-lifetime streaming event, “The Greatest Gig In The Sky," powered by YouTube. For the first time, ...

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: George Benson, Guitar Player

September 25, 2011

For this week's video showcase, we train our gaze on guitarist and singer George Benson, who will be back in St. Louis to play next Sunday, October 2 at the Touhill Performing Arts Center as part of Jazz St. Louis' “Legends of Jazz" concert series. Before Benson became a ...

Interview: Kristen Thomas on the Important Work of the Future of Music Coaltion [video]

September 25, 2011

On a new episode of This Week In Music, Ian Rogers interviews Future of Music Coalition's Kristin Thomson about about their initiatives in support of indie music. The Future of Music Coalition is a national nonprofit organization working on policy issues that matter to indie artists and labels.  FMC is the in the midst of an ...

Sick of Too Many Social Networks? Join Not Google+ [video Parody]

September 22, 2011

MuthaWit pours it on for URB ALT Festival 2011 with release of spicy music video "Wasted (Fill My House With Salt)"

September 20, 2011

New York, NY: Multi-national experimentalists MuthaWit celebrate the September 25th launch of URB ALT Festival 2011 with the immediate release of their maniacally paced video “Wasted (Fill My House With Salt)." Nodding towards the legendary Stanley Kubrick, video directors Bighead Scientists showcase live band footage mixed with the studio based antics of MuthaWit singer/songwriter/producer Boston Fielder. ...

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Fall 2011 Jazz Preview, Part Three

September 18, 2011

This week, we offer the third and final installment of our video overview of the fall 2011 schedule of touring jazz and creative music performers coming to St. Louis. (Part one can be seen here, and part two is here.) On Friday, October 28, New Music Circle will present ...

Must See: A 3 Minute Trip Through the Stats That Changed the Music Industry [video]

September 16, 2011

From the fall of vinyl and the explosion in CD sales to the rise of digital music, and the effect of piracy to the most expensive guitar ever sold (a Fender Stratocaster for $2.7 million), this zippy video from PR and social marketing firm Simply Zesty is a roller coaster of both fun and disruptive events ...

Nielsen Study: More Video Engagement, Not View Counts = Higher Sales

September 16, 2011

midem has released an exclusive white paper from Nielsen that looks at the reach of official music videos as well as the correlation between both views and engagement in relationship to digital download sales. The executive takeaway is that increased views do not always correlate with increased sales but higher engagement does correlate with higher sales. ...