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Walter Smith III / Matthew Stevens / Joel Ross / Harish Raghavan / Marcus Gilmore: In Common

Read "In Common" reviewed by Roger Farbey


Eschewing the traditional desire for their compositions to be individually attributed, this group of five virtuosos has instead determined to retain a collective responsibility for their music. This is a brave philosophy but it works remarkably well. In this spirit, “freefive" is a tentative improvised duet between Walter Smith III on tenor saxophone and Matthew Stevens on guitar. Things take off on the swinging “Unsung," Stevens' crystalline guitar tone now channeling Bill Frisell. “YINZ" is a more obvious ...

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Trends

What Music Has In Common With Bookstores And Swiss Watches [Jack Kelly]

What Music Has In Common With Bookstores And Swiss Watches [Jack Kelly]

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Despite their turbulent sales histories and brushes with obsolescence, print on paper books and Swiss watches have both managed to make impressive rebounds and have of late shown steady profitability. Here we look look at some important takeaways that could potentially apply to the music industry. Guest post by Jack Kelly of the Adva Mobile Blog An excellent article in the December 6, 2017 Boston Globe presents an interesting instructive for the music industry. Bookstores are opening at an increasing rate, up ...

Music Industry

Inside Music Analytics: Chris Stapleton Has More In Common With Etta James, Van Morrison, Otis Redding Than You Think

Inside Music Analytics: Chris Stapleton Has More In Common With Etta James, Van Morrison, Otis Redding Than You Think

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In this piece Glenn Peoples looks at the rise of Chris Stapleton's cross genre success with is cover of “Tennessee Whiskey" and how the soulful country number has been able to capture the attention of audiences typically more focused on R&B/soul legends. Guest post by Glenn Peoples, Music Insights and Analytics at Pandora, of Medium “Tennessee Whiskey” plays well with songs in the country, Americana, singer-songwriters, rock, R&B, and soul genres.  Stapleton’s music has a close relation to Etta James ...

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Music Industry

What Whore Houses, Meth Labs And YouTube Have In Common [Op-ed by Maria Schneider]

What Whore Houses, Meth Labs And YouTube Have In Common [Op-ed by Maria Schneider]

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In this op-ed from Maria Schneider, the five-time Grammy-winning composer/bandleader explores the alarming similarities between the operations of YouTube and more conventional criminal organizations. Op-Ed by Maria Schneider on Music Technology Policy [Editor Charlie sez: We’re pleased to publish this guest post on YouTube written by Maria Schneider, a five-time GRAMMY-winning composer and bandleader, a board member of the Council of Music Creators, and an active supporter of MusicAnswers.org.]  By Maria Schneider OK, I know: that title really hits below the belt. I apologize. After ...

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Career

The One Thing That Pretty Much Every Failed Artist Has In Common

The One Thing That Pretty Much Every Failed Artist Has In Common

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By Shaine Freeman on Sonicbids Blog A career in the music business can be one of the toughest, most frustrating paths to take, especially if you're a musician whose dream is to top the charts and sell out stadiums. It's an industry where the overwhelming majority of musicians experience failure more often than success. For the sake of defining what success is, in this case I'm talking about earning a living creating music, as opposed to the fantasy lifestyle that most people think of when they imagine what ...

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Music Industry

What Sex and Great Music Really Have in Common

What Sex and Great Music Really Have in Common

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Scientists say that our brain reacts to great music similar to way it reacts to sex. In both of these situations, the experience of pleasure that we have is mediated by the release of the brain's reward chemical, dopamine. This finding is based on the results of experiments done by analyst Valorie Salimpoor of McGill University in Montreal, Canada. Music produces an intellectual reward, because the listener has to follow the sequence of notes to appreciate it. For the study, the participants ...

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Music Industry

What Record and Comic Stores Have in Common

What Record and Comic Stores Have in Common

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Reporter Jason Snell attended this year's Comic-Con to see how the iPad and other devices were affecting the comic industry; he found they seemed convinced that “the coming digital comic revolution, in which devices such as the iPad eliminate the need for reading printed media, will end up driving readers into comic-book stores in search for the good stuff--on paper." This sound familiar? A presenter told the audience that comic shops are cultural centers; they could thrive in the iPad ...

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Book / Magazine

A Tale of Two Industries: What Do Books and Music Have in Common?

A Tale of Two Industries: What Do Books and Music Have in Common?

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Kyle Bylin, Assoicate Editor

In recent news reports, it's becoming more and more apparent -- that at a time when the record industry is reeling from changes that it barely understands -- other industries are beginning to experience many of the same transformations. Take, for instance, the recent pricing war between Wal-Mart and Amazon - where 10 book titles were dramatically discounted by the big-box retailer and Amazon, including many others, followed suit by decreasing their prices ...

Music

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In Common

Whirlwind Recordings
2018

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