Results for "Video / DVD"

Advance Look: A New Topspin Platform [video]

March 16, 2011

Topspin opens its direct to fan platform to the greater artistic community on Wednesday with the promise of a more straightforward interface and a number of upgrades.  This online promotional video offers an advance peak. Look closely and you'll see a number of design changes, as well.  We'll have details including prices and an interview with ...

Happy Birthday Nat Cole

March 16, 2011

Today is Nat King Cole's birthday. He would have been 92. The pianist and singer was an inspiration to nearly all piano players coming up in the 1940s, and he was all class throughout his life. Cole made everything look easy, even appearing on television. One of his many gifts was the ability to come through ...

D.I.Y. Bootcamp: Sound Exchange [video]

March 15, 2011

EXCLUSIVE: The great folks over at Scion A/V have produced a series that provides a tour of tools that make a D.I.Y. music career work. Today, Shane German of SoundExchange, the non-profit performance rights organization that collects statutory royalties from satellite radio, internet radio, cable TV music channels and similar platforms explains how virtually any artist ...

STLJN Saturday Video Showcase: Paying Tribute to Ray Brown

March 13, 2011

This week, let's take a look at some videos previewing the tribute to bassist Ray Brown that will play at Jazz at the Bistro starting next Wednesday, March 16 through Saturday, March 19. The band is led by bassist Christian McBride, who was a protege of Brown's, and includes ...

Sat Eye Candy: Steely Dan

March 13, 2011

WHAT DID THAT DILDO SAY? This week Steely Dan announced their 2011 tour plans, beginning July 2nd in Seattle and ending with a two-night bang in Boston in late September (find full tour dates here). There was a LONG stretch where the idea of live Steely Dan seemed a fiction, a folk tale from the bombed ...

"Then the Morning Comes" by Smash Mouth

March 12, 2011

While working on a project, I happened to stumble across a cool little tune performed by pianist David Benoit on his 2002 album Fuzzy Logic. The song is “Then The Morning Comes" and it turns out it was originally performed by Smash Mouth from its hit 1999 album Astro Lounge, the one that has the big ...

Jimmy Heath: "I Walked with Giants"

March 11, 2011

Last month as part of the 2nd annual Mid-Atlantic Jazz Festival, the great NEA Jazz Master Jimmy Heath was on hand to perform with the Whit Williams Quintet. His performance once again showed how there's nothing quite like veteran mastery. Jimmy's relaxed brand of swinging brought a fire to that bandstand no matter what the tempo. ...

Cannonball Adderley - "Jive Samba" (1963)

March 10, 2011

D.I.Y. Bootcamp: Rightsflow Licensing and Royalty Service [video]

March 9, 2011

EXCLUSIVE: Scion A/V has produced a video series that provides a tour of the tools that make a D.I.Y. music career work. Hypebot will feature one a day for the next few weeks; and today Michael Kauffman of Rightsflow explains his mechanical licensing and royalty payment technology platform for online music services, record companies, distributors and ...

Leila Adu presses her luck with mysterious music video for "Fortuna" single

March 8, 2011

Leila Adu caps European leg of Ode to the Unknown Factory Worker Tour with debut of “Fortuna" ..."Leila Adu is a Revelation..."—Robert Wyatt, legendary founder of Soft Machine and Bjork collaborator “Leila Adu is a rebel-inspirer. And not in the way that calls for the raising of fists, or the hurling of sharp word-blades. Her defiance ...