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Working at the edge of the contemporary jazz scene MOTIV mix jazz improvisation with a modern big beat sound. Creating angular harmonies over break beats and funky drum & bass, two horn players and a four piece rhythm section produce a sound and vibe recently described as:

"...low slung funk with a top horn section - blowing free and funky with nods to 'Trane, Miles and The Art Ensemble of Chicago - this is way ahead of most sampladelic outings." - TimeOut ***

"Funky jazz for the 21st century - I can't believe how good this is for an indie release - great players... imaginative arrangements... great music." - Etherbeat Radio

"...some of the baddest, funkiest sounds ever." - Detroit Illharmonic Symphony

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Book / Magazine

'And All That Motive'—A New Jazz Mystery Audiobook by Joan Merrill

'And All That Motive'—A New Jazz Mystery Audiobook by Joan Merrill

Source: Joan Merrill

Joan Merrill, author of the Casey McKie jazz mystery series, announces the release of her latest audiobook, And All that Motive, narrated by longtime Bay Area jazz radio host Alisa Clancy. Set at a festival near San Francisco, And All that Motive has Casey racing against time to solve the killing of jazz singer Sid Satin and remove suspicion from her best friend, club owner and singer Dee Jefferson. Sorting through a raft of suspects, Casey unravels the mystery with ...

Radio

Why Would Anyone Invest In Post-Bankruptcy iHeartMedia? Because 'Radio Motivates Behavior' says Fred Jacobs

Why Would Anyone Invest In Post-Bankruptcy iHeartMedia? Because 'Radio Motivates Behavior' says Fred Jacobs

Source: HypeBot

At a time when more younger listeners are tuning out in favor of streaming and other forms of media consumption, broadcast radio giant iHeartMedia is hoping to raise $100 million in an IPO. If an aging audience isn't enough to scare off investors. the fact that iHeart is just emerging from a multi-billion dollar bankruptcy may do the trick. Not so fast, says respected media consultant Fred Jacobs of Jacobs Media. He's not alone in pointing out that by some ...

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Music Industry

I Second That Emotion: The Emotive Power Of Music In Advertising [INFOGRAPHIC]

I Second That Emotion: The Emotive Power Of Music In Advertising [INFOGRAPHIC]

Source: HypeBot

A new study out from Nielsen reveals that the use of music in advertisements has been shown to increase their effectiveness at tapping into the emotions of potential customers.  Guest Post from Nielsen.com Music is powerful. It can make us smile or cry, bring memories rushing back, and even inspire us to buy a product when it’s combined with the right advertisement. A recent study from Nielsen looked at effectiveness of more than 600 television advertisements, more than 500 of ...

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Recording

Coming Soon! Motema Music Proudly Announces The Release Of Joe Locke's Most Personal & Emotive Work To Date, "Love Is A Pendulum"

Coming Soon! Motema Music Proudly Announces The Release Of Joe Locke's Most Personal & Emotive Work To Date, "Love Is A Pendulum"

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity

Motema Music Proudly Announces The Release of Joe Locke's Most Personal & Emotive Work To Date Love Is A Pendulum Available May 26, 2015 Available for pre-order on iTunes Now! Featuring Joe Locke (compositions, vibes), Robert Rodriguez (piano), Ricardo Rodriguez (bass), Terreon Gully (co-­producer, drums) With Special Guests Rosario Giuliani, Donny McCaslin (saxophones), Paul Bollenback (guitar), Victor Provost (steel pan) and Theo Bleckmann (voice) Joe Locke is a musician's musician, an artist for the ages, a man who has been ...

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Recording

Motema Music Proudly Announces The Release Of Joe Locke's Most Personal & Emotive Work To Date, "Love Is A Pendulum"

Motema Music Proudly Announces The Release Of Joe Locke's Most Personal & Emotive Work To Date, "Love Is A Pendulum"

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity

Available May 26, 2015 Featuring Joe Locke (compositions, vibes), Robert Rodriguez (piano), Ricardo Rodriguez (bass), Terreon Gully (co-­producer, drums) With Special Guests Rosario Giuliani, Donny McCaslin (saxophones), Paul Bollenback (guitar), Victor Provost (steel pan) and Theo Bleckmann (voice) Joe Locke is a musician's musician, an artist for the ages, a man who has been gracing stages and studios with his immense talent, and uplifting spirit, since he was fifteen. Locke is a man who has gathered no moss as he ...

Technology

Online Street Teams: How to Motivate Fans to Spread the Word for You

Online Street Teams: How to Motivate Fans to Spread the Word for You

Source: HypeBot

Guest post by Moses Soyoola (@moseyshow), co-founder of Jamplify (@jampaigns), a promotional platform that turns fans into active promoters of artists' content. Whatever happened to street teams? It used to be that artists would have armies of kids in any given city beating the pavement to promote the artist and the artist's shows. These promoters would be rewarded with all kinds of perks and gifts like backstage passes, box sets, or VIP access. These artists realized that fan word-of-mouth is ...

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Music Industry

Music Ownership: eMusic's Molly Neuman Looks at Consumer Motivations

Music Ownership: eMusic's Molly Neuman Looks at Consumer Motivations

Source: HypeBot

For a large segment of music consumers, downloading music to own is something that's seen as music's past. But for an even larger share, owning and collecting is hugely important. Compounding the issues at hand, streaming has taken on different meanings to today's consumers, including streaming your MP3 files to a device from the cloud, or streaming to your desktop via an internet radio station, a la Pandora or eMusic Radio. Streaming a term that's talked about in the industry ...

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Recording

Emotive Explosions in Blastin' Sounds! Harry Bates Releases Incendiary, Intuitive and Eclectic Tracks

Emotive Explosions in Blastin' Sounds! Harry Bates Releases Incendiary, Intuitive and Eclectic Tracks

Source: Creativity in Music

CINCINNATI, OHIO — The Supreme Sounds From Blastin' Sounds is the upcoming release from Cincinnati native Harry Bates. It is due out early in 2012. Also known as Blastin Sounds, Harry is releasing several tracks early — with good reason he explains, “I want to enlighten as many people as I can to the fact that they have the ability to change the world." His tracks are filled with emotive explosions in Blastin' Sounds. As both a songwriter and performer, ...

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Recording

Gregg Robins Debut CD 'Everything That Matters' Offers Plain-Spoken, Emotive Rock with a Russian Twist

Gregg Robins Debut CD 'Everything That Matters' Offers Plain-Spoken, Emotive Rock with a Russian Twist

Source: Seth Cohen PR

Plain-Spoken, Emotive Rock, with Unexpected Instrumentation, as Gregg Robins Crafts a Personal Collection with a Russian Twist Debut CD, Dedicated to Singer-Songwriter's Three Daughters, is, Literally, “Everything That Matters" Underlying Patriotism of an American Abroad Fuels a Pair of Tracks; Album Out October 25th With plain-spoken, emotive lyrics and unexpected instrumentation, singer-songwriter Gregg Robins crafts a heartfelt debut CD dedicated to his three daughters. Robins, a Bronx transplant living in Russia, builds engaging songs that are direct and conversational in ...

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Performance / Tour

Marty Grosz's Bass Motives at Chautauqua (Sept. 18, 2010)

Marty Grosz's Bass Motives at Chautauqua (Sept. 18, 2010)

Source: Jazz Lives by Michael Steinman

My flippant title is not completely irrelevant. For starters, at jazz clubs and parties and festivals, there are performances ranging from humdrum to spectacular. And—not very often—there are performances that viewers and listeners know they won't ever forget. I take great pride in presenting one such episode: around four minutes long, quietly rocking rather than explosive, and performed before noon—an unseemly time of day for most jazz musicians. The band was officially titled Marty Grosz and “The Mouldy Figs," referring ...

"...low slung funk with a top horn section - blowing free and funky with nods to 'Trane, Miles and The Art Ensemble of Chicago - this is way ahead of most sampladelic outings." - TimeOut ***

"Funky jazz for the 21st century - I can't believe how good this is for an indie release - great players... imaginative arrangements... great music." - Etherbeat Radio

"...some of the baddest, funkiest sounds ever." - Detroit Illharmonic Symphony

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