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This year, Miles Davis would have turned 90 years old. 25 years after his death, he’s still synonymous with Jazz, but you can find his fingerprints on so many other ideas.
Miles Davis’ visual data biography
Born May 26, 1926, died September 28, 1991. He would have turned 90 years young in 2016. A music phenomenon, a jazz legend.
Some paper biographies were probably published and ‘new’ album compilations were released (a deceased artist is... kind of a cash cow, you know). Besides, “A number of other projects are afoot as well, promising to add more interest to and raise his legacy higher than ever”, a quote we can read at http://www.milesdavis.com/biography/
In the mean time, we were questioning ourselves: aren’t those old school biographies outdated by now? OK, maybe not the paper copy as such, as we still should enjoy the smell and touch of paper; rather the full text artist’s career analysis some renowned music scientists can familiarise with.
What would you prefer as storytelling? A static page...
versus an interactive bio / story... Check the project here https://pudding.cool/2017/03/miles/
Album Colors of the Year 2015 showcases the rainbow of colors used in the year's best album covers.
Expect covers from The Decemberists (pink), Adele (tan), Snoop Dogg (green), Lana Del Rey (blue), Alabama Shakes (black), Bell and Sebastian (gray), Florence and the Machine (white) among dozens of others.
Tomorrow's music NOW - Musicians, submit your proposal to participate at the next Belgian Showcase Festival 'Glimps' in Ghent, 10th, 11th & 12th of December 2015.
Really, are you sure you are a real artist? Well, get over it.
Read Bob Lefsetz’ insights to your music career. You'll be surprised by his learnings.
1. Inspiration trumps execution.
Write a great song, it’s more important than knowing how to play it.
2. Audience is everything.
If you don’t want to reach as many people as possible, stop now. You’re too afraid to make it, you’re not a real artist. Artists believe in themselves and want to share their work, they believe it will change the world. You can only do this by having an audience, hopefully a large one.
3. Artists never stop learning.
Once you stop testing limits, once you revert to formula, your death warrant is signed.
4. Real artists ship.
If you’re trying to get it perfect, you’re on the wrong path. Life is imperfect, your goal is to reflect it. People relate to that which has rough edges, just like them.
5. Artists are insecure.
If you think you know everything and have all the answers you’re not an artist. An artist lives for feedback, and decodes and deciphers it to see if he’s on the right track. You don’t have to abide by criticism, but to avoid it is a mistake.
6. Artists want to get paid but are willing to leave money on the table.
Your goal is to get it right, your vision down. Sometimes this means you get paid less, or not at all. But if you don’t know your worth, no one else will.
7. True artists are humble.
They realize they’re part of a great continuum, inspired by the past and grease for the future. No one is forever, never forget that.
8. Artists are jealous, but the best channel that jealousy into their work.
It’s tough to see someone get more acclaim and make more money. But rather than be sour grapes, be inspired. No one likes someone who bitches, someone who complains someone stole their opportunity.
9. Risk.
You know when you do your best work. But take chances, you never know what will resonate with listeners. You’ve been doing it so long that you’re never going to do something bad, let the audience decide what is good.
10. Don’t try to be something you’re not.
Just because country is hot, that does not mean you should cut a record with a banjo. Just because TV delivers eyeballs, that does not mean you should be a judge. Do what you do, it’s your only chance of lasting success.
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Bob Lefsetz is the author of “The Lefsetz Letter.” Famous for being beholden to no one and speaking the truth, Lefsetz addresses the issues that are at the core of the music business: downloading, copy protection, pricing and the music itself.
His intense brilliance captivates readers from Steven Tyler to Rick Nielsen to Bryan Adams to Quincy Jones to EVERYBODY who’s in the music business.
Startup Café Brussels (Belgium) on April 22nd was a huge success. fandation®, represented by @danvidsky, was one of the participants and was challenged by Bruno M. Wattenbergh, COO of Impulse Brussels.
Trevor Jackson celebrates the art of physical music with ambitious new project
Trevor Jackson unveils new 12 track album - each track released on a different physical format.
F O R M A T is no ordinary album release - instead it charts the legacy of the physical music format, in a characteristically beautiful and uncompromising way, paying homage to physically released formats over the decades and also celebrating the artistry, design and individual experience of playing music via traditional methods.
The album is available in three sizes of vinyl (12, 10 and 7 inch), CD and mini-CD, reel to reel, USB stick, cassette, VHS, MiniDisc, DAT and 8 track. If none of those work for you, it'll also be available digitally in March.
As Jackson says: "Every copy of a physical recording is different, a real object that has its own little story - a one of a kind, personalised by the effort you put in to purchase it, each time you touch it, and the unique ritual that goes along with playing it."
This might seem like just a PR stunt, but it got us talking about it, so it worked.
The secret to good writing is having something to say. The secret to having something to say is to live an interesting life. What makes a story worth telling? If you feel like you can’t NOT tell it. If you HAVE to share it with friends over drinks and they get excited (or laugh hard) and ask a ton of questions.
Tim Ferriss, #1 NYT bestselling author and leading seed investor.
We are seeing the final triumph of capitalism followed by its exit off the world stage and the entrance of the collaborative commons
This is what political adviser and author Jeremy Rifkin predicts. Rifkin has advised the European Commission, the European Parliament and heads of state, including German chancellor Angela Merkel.
No one in their wildest imagination, including economists and business people, ever imagined the possibility of a technology revolution so extreme in its productivity that it could actually reduce marginal costs to near zero, making products nearly free, abundant and absolutely no longer subject to market forces.
There's an institution in our life that we all rely on every day that provides all sorts of goods and services that have nothing to do with profit or government entitlement and without it we couldn't live and that's the social commons. There's millions of organisations that provide healthcare, education, ministering to the poor, culture, arts, sports, recreation, and it goes on and on.
This isn't considered by economists because it creates social capital which is essential to all three of the internets, but doesn't create market capital. But as a revenue producer, it's huge and what's interesting is it's growing faster than the GDP in the private market system.
Read about the creation of the Collaborative Commons.
'The Drop' is a reference to both the release of new music and the massive drop in clicks after the release
We now live in a singles world. That means your strategy based on the album has to be revamped. Is this hard to believe for you as a diehard musician?
Global e-commerce company GeoRiot analyzed 500,000 clicks to albums on iTunes and found an interesting trend.
26% of clicks occur before the album release as potential pre-orders.
19% of clicks happen within 24 hours of release.
54% of clicks happen within 2 weeks of release.
20% of clicks happen after the release.
It's crystal clear that your fans' attention span is extremely short.
That said, a more profound strategy of releasing a digital single every 4 to 8 weeks, before the full album release, makes much more sense. That way there are many more events to generate interest, many more opportunities for your fans and listeners to be exposed to your music.
We even propose you shouldn't release a full album at all; or, use the full album as your PR tool towards pluggers and bookers only. Instead, work with an EP mindset.
A little more than 10 years after Apple opened the iTunes Music Store and shook the music industry, it appears as if music downloads are about to suffer the same fate that many other forms of music distribution have suffered. After global download revenues declined for the first time in 2013, the negative trend appears to continue in 2014.
According to Nielsen's mid-year music report, music downloads in the U.S. suffered double-digit declines in the first six months of this year, as music consumption continues to shift towards streaming.
In comparing the first half of this year with the first half of 2013, you can see that on-demand streaming (Spotify, Beats Music, etc.) is up about 50%. Add to that the increase of on-demand music through video services like YouTube (+35%), and you can see why digital album sales are down almost 15% and individual track sales are down 13%.
CD sales are even down by more than 19% from the same period, but that most likely would have occurred even without audio streaming becoming as big as it is.
The anomaly is still vinyl album sales, which are up a whopping 40% over the same time last year. Still, it remains a micro-segment in the global music industry.
