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Renowned Filmmaker/Composer Gabriel Judet-Weinshel Debuts 'Unpinnable Butterflies' Music Project (Due Sept. 24 Via Sonablast!)

Renowned Filmmaker/Composer Gabriel Judet-Weinshel Debuts 'Unpinnable Butterflies' Music Project (Due Sept. 24 Via Sonablast!)

Source: 1888 Media

Unpinnable Butterflies is the overarching project name for songwriter and film composer Gabriel Judet-Weinshel. When Grammy-nominated producer and composer Scott Healy (American Steel, Ricky Martin, Phoebe Snow) first heard a collection of Gabriel’s demos and agreed to produce the songwriter’s first record for indie imprint sonaBLAST! Records, Gabriel found himself again surrounded by musical luminaries, as Healy assembled an all-star cast of some of New York City’s greatest session players and special guests. His debut, The Exile of Saint Christopher, ...

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Recording

exo-X-xeno Collaborative Project Blasts Off With Expansive Single, Onward Love

exo-X-xeno Collaborative Project Blasts Off With Expansive Single, Onward Love

Source: Glass Onyon PR - William James

On January 15, 2021, progressive rock project exo-X-xeno launches its debut single of aspiration and hopefulness, called “Onward, Love.” The song release, along with a companion inspirational promo video, pushes the prog rock boundaries of space and time with expansive, melodious vocals and sonic instrumental layering- all accomplished with a star-studded roster of musical greats. About exo-X-xeno Founded by composer, vocalist and guitarist Craig Maher, exo-X-xeno is a musical constellation consisting of bassist and backing vocalist Billy Sherwood (Yes, Toto ...

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Website

Sponsor a Jazz Near You eBlast and Drive Traffic

Sponsor a Jazz Near You eBlast and Drive Traffic

Source: All About Jazz

Have an event or album to promote? Sponsor a weekly Jazz Near You eblast and reach concert goers in your area or consumers worldwide. Generate results Though subscriber counts vary by city, one constant remains: Jazz Near You sponsors generate high volume ad impressions and clicks. We present a 728x90 pixel up to 970x290 pixel banner and include a short sentence of supportive text underneath it. Both banner and text appear at the top and at the bottom of each ...

Event

Rock Meets Classic 2014 Blasts Off

Rock Meets Classic 2014 Blasts Off

Source: Phillip Woolever

The 5th edition of the “Rock Meets Classic" tour blasted off in Berlin this week for this season's extraordinary collaboration, mixing a fresh improvisational format with some of the heaviest power chords in popular music history. As usual, the tour's electric, rocking foundation comes from the Mat Sinner Band, with the Bohemian Symphony Orchestra Prague providing the strings. A series of twenty shows throughout Germany and Switzerland offers many fans of varied backgrounds a chance to experience a truly special ...

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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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Festival

DC Jazz Festival Closes with an Absolute Blast!

DC Jazz Festival Closes with an Absolute Blast!

Source: The Independent Ear by Willard Jenkins

The 7th annual DC Jazz Festival, under the prescient guidance of Charlie Fishman and Sunny Sumter (who though still a young woman, insists she has “retired" as a jazz vocalist, but we still hold out hope...) closed last Monday evening with the DC tour appearance of “A Night in Treme." Assembled to take a good chunk of the exceptional music component of David Simon's brilliant HBO series “Treme" on the road and bring us outlyers a nice taste of vivid ...

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Education

New Orleans Traditional Jazz Camp lets music lovers learn new techniques, have a blast

New Orleans Traditional Jazz Camp lets music lovers learn new techniques, have a blast

Source: Michael Ricci

All day, as computer consultant Dean Booth deals with manufacturers, he looks forward to heading down to his basement in Hudson, Mass., to practice his tuba. His wife watches TV in the room above, knowing he's there because she sometimes feels the floor vibrate, he said. “This is my escape from manufacturing companies," said Booth, 55, as he wiped down his sousaphone on Tuesday after an afternoon rehearsal, part of this week's New Orleans Traditional Jazz Camp. The camp, in ...

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Technology

Tips for Collecting, Blasting, and Loving Your E-Mail List

Tips for Collecting, Blasting, and Loving Your E-Mail List

Source: We All Make Music

Bands hear it all the time: your e-mail list is extremely important; an e-mail is more valuable than a Facebook Like or a Twitter Follower; e-mail allows bands greater access to fans; the only piece of information more valuable than an e-mail is a phone number. All of this is true, of course. E-mail addresses are more than just contact information. Each e-mail address you collect offers an opportunity to sell a concert ticket, a new record, a t-shirt, and ...

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Music Industry

Rhapsody CEO Blasts Apple: New App Store Terms "Economically Untenable"

Rhapsody CEO Blasts Apple: New App Store Terms "Economically Untenable"

Source: HypeBot

After Apple announced new 30% commission rates that, as Kyle Bylin wrote, could kill subscription music, I wondered who would risk Apple's legendary rath and speak up. Yesterday, John Erwin, the President of Rhapsody, America's biggest subscription music service with 750,000 subscribers, weighed in bravely calling Apple's new app store terms “economically untenable" and hinting at future legal action. Here's the full text of President John Erwin's statement: “Rhapsody is the leading digital music subscription service in the U.S.,with 750,000 ...

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TV / Film

Blast from the Past: Mark Cantor's Jazz Films

Blast from the Past: Mark Cantor's Jazz Films

Source: Riffs on Jazz by John Anderson

I had the pleasure ofattending Mark Cantor's “Jazz on Film" presentation on January 22nd here at theJewish Community Center of San Francisco and it was a blast from the past.Cantor is a jazz film archivist who has collected over 4,000 reels (yes, actualfilm) of vintage jazz performances. He shares programs of these rare films atpresentations all over the world, including The National Academy of RecordingArts and Sciences, The International Association of Jazz Record Collectors,Monterey Jazz Festival, Academie du Dance (Paris, ...

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