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Does the Symphonic Orchestra Model Work?

Michael Kaiser | Posted 11.09.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Musicians, Kennedy Center Arts Management Institute, Symphony, Orchestras, Kennedy Center, Entertainment News
Michael Kaiser

While supply and demand must be used to evaluate salaries, the salaries for orchestral musicians are virtually always less than the salaries of the stagehands who set up their music stands and chairs!

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Daryl Hall & John Oates Interview, Part 2: Daryl Hall and the "War" with his Generation

Jon Chattman | Posted 10.06.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Duo, Lorne Michaels, 500 Days of Summer, 1980s, Maneater, You Make My Dreams Come True, BB King, Snl, Hall & Oates, Daryl Hall & John Oates, Musicians, Bob Dylan, Ray Charles, John Oates, Daryl Hall, Entertainment News
Jon Chattman

Arguably the biggest music duo of all time have said they're able to coexist and churn out hits and perform because they don't drive each other crazy and let each other do their own thing.

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Social Marketing for Celebrities: Five Lessons from Neil Young

Andrew Cherwenka | Posted 11.15.2009 | Media

Read More: Marketing, Social Media, Musicians, Twitter, Facebook, Social Media Marketing, Celebrities, Neil Young, Media News
Andrew Cherwenka

Canada's legendary mutton-chopped musician was leveraging 5 key principles of social marketing decades before the Internet came to be.

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Molly Jenson and the House Concert Phenomenon

Mark Joseph | Posted 09.04.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Jon Foreman, Switchfoot, Molly Jenson, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Home Concerts, Sean Watkins, House Concerts, Fiction Family, Glen Philips, Concerts, Musicians, Entertainment News
Mark Joseph

Money doesn't pass through the hands of a booking agent and fans get a chance to hear their favorite artist in an intimate setting and hang out with them a bit.

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The Untouchable Michael Jackson

Rebecca Walker | Posted 08.11.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Icon, Michael Jackson, Pop Music, Musicians, The Artist's Life, Entertainment News
Rebecca Walker

We use his death, as we used his life, as a mirror. There is no room for Michael. It is still, tragically, all about us.

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Music Video On A Shoestring: Heat Stroke, Heart and Social Media to the Rescue

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 07.30.2009 | Media

Read More: Atlanta, Ticketmaster, Linda Bolley, Herman Put Down the Gun, Youtube, Indie Music, Musicians, Georgianne Nienaber, Music, Sonia Tetlow, Facebook, Paul Sanchez, MySpace Music, Lee Kennedy, Echomusic, Media News
Georgianne Nienaber

In today's atmosphere of music industry giants swallowing the little Indie guys, a little band from Atlanta proves that all it takes is heart to produce art and great PR.

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Internet Famous

Jonathan Coulton | Posted 07.30.2009 | Media

Read More: Singer-Songwriter, Singer, Youtube, Musicians, Pandora, Songwriting, Internet Fame, Internet Music, Podcast, Rock Star, Media News
Jonathan Coulton

Is this poorly-dressed, shaggy fellow a famous rock star, or is he just an unemployed guy in a crappy rock band? They want to know, is it actually my job to be a singer/songwriter?

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"How Do You Expect Me to Live on $10 Million a Year?": Famous Musician Bankruptcies

Shawn Amos | Posted 07.13.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Willie Nelson, Musicians, Bankruptcy, Tom Petty, Cyndi Lauper, MC Hammer, Isaac Hayes, Fleetwood Mac, Stax Records, Marvin Gaye, Entertainment News
Shawn Amos

Musicians burn through more cash than the Federal Reserve; Mick Fleetwood estimates he spent $8 million on cocaine alone.

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On My Mind: The State of the Music Business

John Mellencamp | Posted 04.22.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Walmart, Record Companies, Mellencamp Music Industry, Record Labels, Music Business, Music Industry, John Mellencamp, Bob Dylan, Entertainment Business, Musicians, Music, Entertainment News
John Mellencamp

Had the music industry not been decimated by a lack of vision caused by corporate bean counters obsessed with the bottom line, musicians could still create music rather than having to market it as well.

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The Trumpeter Tipples

Ivan Katz | Posted 04.06.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Bill Kerr, Musicians, H.L. Mencken, Brass Players, Drunkenness, Association of British Orchestras, Entertainment News
Ivan Katz

The notion that a musician will drink to "calm the nerves" or deal with performance anxiety is as antiquated as the idea that a steel worker needs gin as an "eye opener" before his shift at the mill.

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Obama and the Arts

Chris Campbell | Posted 02.27.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: George Bush, Economy, Brooklyn, George W. Bush, Obama Administration, Artists, Sam Cooke, Music, Hipsters, Arcade Fire, John Coltrane, Dive Bars, Obama's Cabinet, San Francisco, Fenway Park, John McCain, Ken Kesey, Entertainment, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Jenny Lewis, Musicians, Bob Dylan, Barack Obama, Afghanistan War, Iraq War, Wilco, Art, The Godfather, Wall Street, Common, William Faulkner, Quincy Jones, Obama the Godfather, Bruce Springsteen, Entertainment News
Chris Campbell

Most industries are adapting and evolving during these uncertain times, but the arts have been in flux for years and years, long preceding Bush and Wall Street's dismantling.

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The Rapture of Debbie

Kim Morgan | Posted 02.27.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Gwen Stefani, Avril Lavigne, Deborah Harry, Blondie, Madonna, Debbie Harry, Women, Video, Rock N Roll, Musicians, Music, Rock and Roll, Rock Stars, Celebrities, Entertainment News
Kim Morgan

A punk rock Marilyn Monroe long before Madonna boy-toyed with that image, Debbie Harry might possibly be the most beautiful woman in rock history.

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Why Do Musicians Mistreat Their Pets?

Andy Pemberton | Posted 02.15.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Paris Hilton, Jaws, Beyonce, Mickey Rourke, Musicians, Hollywood, Actors, Chicuahua, Entertainment News
Andy Pemberton

What kind of dog you prefer, they say, speaks volumes. Pit bulls are favoured by the insecure, teacup dogs by the frilly. But how you treat those animals says a lot more.

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The Need for a Performance Right

Ann Chaitovitz | Posted 02.07.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, Congress, Songs, Entertainment, Performance Pay, Economy, North Korea, Radio, Telecommunications, Royalties, Iran, Musicians, Singing, Iraq, Music, Performance, Entertainment News
Ann Chaitovitz

Because we do not have a performance right, performers, labels, and our economy) lose more than 100M dollars annually that is collected overseas for the broadcasts of U.S. recordings.

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Jammin' Generosity Gets Guitars to Young Rockers

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 07.09.2008 | Living

Read More: New Orleans, NOLA.Com, Chris Rose, Times Picayune, The Giving Life, Nomrf, New Orleans Musicians, New Orleans Musicians Relief FUnd, Musicians, Living News
Karen Dalton-Beninato

Today nola.com's Chris Rose described the New Orleans Musicians Relief Fund guitar transfer (story here). Next month our charity is passing along a do...

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