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Former MOG, Beats CEO Raises $5m, Launches Chosen - "The Voice" Meets the Web

Former MOG, Beats CEO Raises $5m, Launches Chosen - "The Voice" Meets the Web

Source: HypeBot

David Hyman, former CEO of Beats Music, has taken the lid off of his most recent startup venture, Chosen. The first of it's kind, Chosen is recreating the concept of hit TV shows like American Idol, X Factor, and The Voice by bringing the main stage to the consumer's pocket. By making competition accessible to any and every musician with a desire to be discovered. Having just raised $5 million dollars to further explicate their vision, Chosen is anticipating a strong ...

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New England Conservatory’s Hankus Netsky Chosen As One Of The Forward 50

New England Conservatory’s Hankus Netsky Chosen As One Of The Forward 50

Source: Braithwaite & Katz Communications

50 American Jews who had the greatest impact in 2013 Netsky, Chair of NEC’s Contemporary Improvisation Department, cited for being a “mentor (to) generations of Jewish musicians” and “a quiet but powerful force affecting nearly every corner of contemporary Jewish music." Hankus Netsky, chair of New England Conservatory’s Contemporary Improvisation program, has been selected for The Forward 50, 50 American Jews who’ve had the greatest impact on the world in 2013. The list is chosen by the editorial staff of ...

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Paul Adams Album Sleep The Dreaming Flute Chosen Native Flute Album Of The Year By The Zone Music Reporter

Paul Adams Album Sleep The Dreaming Flute Chosen Native Flute Album Of The Year By The Zone Music Reporter

Source: Glass Onyon PR - William James

Asheville, NC: Paul Adams album SLEEP The Dreaming Flute was voted Native Flute album of the year at the Zone Music Awards show in New Orleans on May 11th. He has made a career building instruments for some very well known musicians, and composed 10 critically acclaimed albums as a guitarist, Flute Player, and Multi Instrumentalist. SLEEP was recorded for gentle spirited man dealing with Parkinson,s Disease, and sleepless nights. “I created slow dreamy songs using Native American Flutes and ...

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Paul Lieberman's "Ibeji" Chosen As All About Jazz Download of the Day Highlight

Paul Lieberman's "Ibeji" Chosen As All About Jazz Download of the Day Highlight

Source: Paul Lieberman

The opening track from Paul Lieberman's new CD Ibeji has been selected one of only 12 selections by All About Jazz in celebration of their 7 millionth free download. This puts Paul in the company of Avishai Cohen and Bill Frisell among others. A Big Thank You to Michael Ricci & Dave Sumner at All About Jazz for the honor, and for all of their tireless work to help keep the music flowing, and to Joel A. Martin, Rufus Reid, ...

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Recording

Trombone Shorty's "Hurricane Season" Chosen as MTV's Real World New Orleans Theme Song - Backatown Still #1 Contemporary Jazz CD for 9th Straight Week

Trombone Shorty's "Hurricane Season" Chosen as MTV's Real World New Orleans Theme Song - Backatown Still #1 Contemporary Jazz CD for 9th Straight Week

Source: CHC Network

Trombone Shorty's “Hurricane Season" from his major label debut Backatown (Verve/Forecast) has been chosen as the theme song for MTV's Real World New Orleans. The show premieres June 30, 2010 and runs for 13 episodes.

Backatown is #1 on the Billboard Contemporary Jazz Album Chart for the 9th straight week since it's release! Thank you for your support! Catch the band live on stage as they tour across North America and at upcoming shows in Japan and Brazil this Summer. ...

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Education

Ten American Bands Chosen to Tour the World

Ten American Bands Chosen to Tour the World

Source: All About Jazz

Jazz at Lincoln Center and the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Educational & Cultural Affairs have announced the names of 10 ensembles that will tour with The Rhythm Road: American Music Abroad program in 2009. American music groups from throughout the United States specializing in jazz, urban/hip hop and other American roots music including blues, bluegrass, Cajun, country, gospel and zydeco were invited to apply for the opportunity to travel abroad to promote cross-cultural understanding, particularly to countries not regularly ...

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Recording

Tamela D'Amico Chosen for "Playfabulous - The BLVD"

Tamela D'Amico Chosen for "Playfabulous - The BLVD"

Source: All About Jazz

The Blvd lounge at the Beverly Wilshire - A Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills, California has launched its own album by Prescriptives Music entitled PLAYFABULOUS - The Blvd. Three tracks by jazz vocalist Tamela D'Amico from The Tamela D'Amico Album have been chosen for the product to play at The Blvd. Other notable artists also fill the CD. Track listing is as follows: 1. A Garden in the Rain - Sarah Vaughn 2. Fascinating Rythym - C. Valentine 3. ...

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Ayler Records Announces Jeffrey Hayden Shurdut as First Living Artist Chosen for Box Set

Ayler Records Announces Jeffrey Hayden Shurdut as First Living Artist Chosen for Box Set

Source: All About Jazz

November 2007, Sweden -- Jeffrey Hayden Shurdut (New York City) is chosen as the first living artist to have a box set released by the Scandinavian record label Ayler Records.

Shurdut's Box Set documents the artist's journey into Environmental Tuning with the players who have been a part of his revolutionary vision.

This very unique box will include collaborations with Joe McPhee, Blaise Siwula, Brian Osborne, Daniel Carter, Luther Thomas, Sonny Simmons, Frode Gjerstad, Lukas Ligeti, Tom Chess, Marc Edwards, ...

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Music Industry

Steve Wilson's "Tortola" is Chosen as HLSCC President's Official Song

Steve Wilson's "Tortola" is Chosen as HLSCC President's Official Song

Source: Seth Cohen PR

"Consistent, Incisive Rhythmic Dexterity..." Dr. Michael E. O'Neal, President of H. Lavity Stoutt Community College in Tortola, British Virgin Islands, has honored Steve Wilson by choosing the saxophonist's song “Tortola" as the “official song of his Presidency." “Tortola", from Wilson's Soulful Song CD (MaxJazz,) was written after his second trip to the island in 2002. Dr. Michael O'Neal, who was then Vice-President of H. Lavity Stoutt Community College, chose this tune as the “Song of his Presidency" when he was ...

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Performance / Tour

Paddy Milner chosen to launch new Jazz venue in the UK

Paddy Milner chosen to launch new Jazz venue in the UK

Source: All About Jazz

Young piano playing singer Paddy Milner has been chosen to be the first “Rising Jazz Star” to launch a new Jazz Club at The Princess Hall in Aldershot. He will perform with his band on Friday 30th September 2005. The Hall, run by David Phillips, has a superb reputation for programming the finest live entertainment. The new jazz club will be held in The Princes Suite beneath the main auditorium and will feature artists on their way to international fame ...

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