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Crowdfunding Campaign

Skipp Pearson Jazz Foundation Appeals To Jazz Community For Financial Support

Skipp Pearson Jazz Foundation Appeals To Jazz Community For Financial Support

Source: Michael Ricci

The Skipp Pearson Jazz Foundation, a not-for-profit, 501(c)(3), human services organization crafted to support senior musicians and vocalist in need is seeking monetary support to ensure the survival of all programming. More than any other age group, senior jazz players and performers suffered the on-going negative effect of COVID-19. During the height of the “global" pandemic the Foundation suffered the human loss of 91 artists. It may be of interest to know, the Foundation supported 57 artists through COVID-19. Beyond ...

Career

3 Things You Can Skip For Your Next Photo Shoot

3 Things You Can Skip For Your Next Photo Shoot

Source: HypeBot

The prospect of a professional photoshoot can be intimidating for bands and artists not used to such things, particularly when there's a lot of money on the line. The good news is, there are a few things you can skip for your next photoshoot that will save you a good amount of precious cash. Guest post by Hugh McIntyre of TuneCore This a follow-up to last month’s guide for independent artists getting ready for a photo shoot. When the phrase ...

Music Industry

The Awkward Truth Behind Skip Rates

The Awkward Truth Behind Skip Rates

Source: HypeBot

With the ubiquity of music access and a lack of any need for patience, the term “skip-rate" has crept into the modern music industry lexicon, and some new data behind why and when consumers are skipping songs (and thereby not generating revenue for the artist) has many in the industry concerned. Guest post by James Shotwell of Haulix Think you have a hit song on your new album? Better make it track one. When you have access to everything all ...

Trends

Skip Rates: Why The First 30 Seconds Matter More Than Ever

Skip Rates: Why The First 30 Seconds Matter More Than Ever

Source: HypeBot

With the album on the wane and attention spans shorter than ever, the first 30 seconds of of a song matter more than.  Not only do they need to capture the listener's attention, but in streaming, they determine if the songwriter is going to get paid at all.  Skip rates can make or break a song, a record or even an artist's career. On a practical level, royalties don't kick in until at least 30 seconds of a song have ...

TV / Film

Skip Martin: TV Jazz Themes

Skip Martin: TV Jazz Themes

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers

One of the first arrangers and bandleaders to take on Henry Mancini's music was Skip Martin (above). In the summer of 1958, Martin, one of the most prolific arrangers of the swing era, recorded TV Jazz Themes with his “video all stars" for Los Angeles's Somerset label. The six Mancini selections on the album from the Peter Gunn private eye TV drama were recorded in advance of the show's first season, which began airing in September of '58. Which means ...

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Career

Indie Artists Can't Afford To Skip Streaming: A Look At The Numbers

Indie Artists Can't Afford To Skip Streaming: A Look At The Numbers

Source: HypeBot

In this illuminating look at a year in streaming, CD Baby CEO Tracy Maddux examines how indie artists are beginning to see appreciable payouts from online streaming services, although other revenue sources still remain important and valuable. Guest post by Tracy Maddux, CEO of CD Baby It was a watershed year for the half-million or so artists and labels CD Baby distributes worldwide in 2016. It was the year its artists' lifetime gross earnings crossed the half-a billion-dollar mark (yep, $500,000,000). But the ...

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Radio

Pandora Gets A Makeover: Replays, More Skips And Tour Dates Via Ticketfly And Songkick

Pandora Gets A Makeover: Replays, More Skips And Tour Dates Via Ticketfly And Songkick

Source: HypeBot

Ahead of the launch of its on-demand streaming music platform, Pandora has unveiled a new web platform and features designed to please both users and advertisers. Pandora released an overhauled web platform today that includes an enhanced user interface and intuitive features, while supporting a new ad structure and features including skips, replays and tour dates. The updates include: Now Playing View A fixed player bar has been added to the bottom of the screen.  Album art is featured, as well ...

Opinion

Could Half of Music Royalties Pay for Music We Would Rather Skip over Than Listen To?

Could Half of Music Royalties Pay for Music We Would Rather Skip over Than Listen To?

Source: HypeBot

By David Touve of Rockonomic In this post I am going to highlight what may be one of the great ironies of how we pay for music in the “music as a service” era: Upwards of half the money paid out in royalties by music services may be used to pay for music we would rather skip over than for that music we would rather listen to.* What we’ll discuss below is if nearly 15 songs are skipped during any hour (according to data released by Paul Lamere from ...

Career

Musicians: Skipping Time Management is a Major Mistake

Musicians: Skipping Time Management is a Major Mistake

Source: HypeBot

By Dave Kusek, former President of Berkleeonline and digital media consultant. His latest venture, the New Artist Model, is an impressive online course for musicians and others learning to navigate in the new music industry.  Today’s indie musician plays the part of the artist, the business professional, and sometimes way more, and as a result, many find themselves juggling entirely too many tasks. Now it’s all well and good that artists today can be 100% in control of their career. The problem comes ...

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Recording

Chicago-based Jazz Vocalist Milton Suggs Releases “Lyrical, Volume 1” New CD On Skiptone Music Label, July 24

Chicago-based Jazz Vocalist Milton Suggs Releases “Lyrical, Volume 1” New CD On Skiptone Music Label, July 24

Source: Milton Suggs

In 2010 with his debut album as a leader, Things to Come, vocalist Milton Suggs established himself as an artist to be aware of and watch closely. He cements that idea with a strong showing in 2012 with the first volume in an anticipated series of albums simply and appropriately entitled, “Lyrical.” Lyrical, Volume I was recorded in late 2011 and early in 2012 with some fine instrumental talent out of the midwest. Detroit pianist Michael Jellick, bassist Joshua Ramos, ...

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