Listening to the Full Books
AllAboutJazz just recently published an article on listening to the Live at the Jazz Standard Full Books. Mark Corroto details his experience going through the 7 GB, 22 hours of music in 20 sets...
View ArticleApps You Can Use
When the first iPhone’s came out, I didn’t really subscribe to the hype. But when I began traveling a bit more, connectivity was a necessity. Now, with iPhone in hand, I can honestly say that this...
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Dada Machinations :: Fulcrum Point
My friend and fellow musician Joe Darnaby has helped put together a lot of the logistics for this show including piecing together the propellers for this one-time performance tonight at the Harris...
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How do you listen to music?
Our community here at Greenleaf has always and continues to shape what we do. Our store, FLAC files, our subscriber system were all developed with support and feedback from you. In the past, we’ve...
View ArticleFull Album Streaming
First, thanks to all who took part in our survey and sent us emails regarding CDs vs Digital vs Vinyl. We appreciate you taking the time to tell us your thoughts. Keep them coming. For those who are...
View ArticleOlive’s Podcast
Our favorite DJ announced his podcast awhile back. The podcast features some great dub selections from his 7″ collection–one that I would think would be hard to contend with. An update came a couple...
View ArticleTiered Internet Pricing
A couple days ago, I heard a segment on All Things Considered about how AOL and a couple other internet providers are developing and rolling out a tiered pricing system. The deal is that the more data...
View ArticleEverSave
It had been awhile since I had done any studio work, but in the past couple weeks, I’ve been mixing some live material with a couple buddies. It’s certainly nice to be back in that process again,...
View ArticleThree-Strikes Anti-Piracy Law
Following file-sharing legislation gives me a headache. From TorrentFreak: In an attempt to reduce piracy, the French have passed a new law requiring Internet service providers to cut off Internet...
View ArticleReverbNation: Sponsored Songs Program
I just caught wind of this thanks to Andrew Durkin. From Hypebot: ReverbNation today announced that about 1000 of its almost 400,000 artist members will be eligible to participate in a new revenue...
View ArticleOnline Sheet Music
Greenleaf has been offering sheet music with our recordings for awhile and the soon to be released Spirit Moves is no exception. There’s a good article about artists and online sheet music sales at...
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Lituus: Lost and Found
Scientists have recreated a long lost relative of the trumpet. From Pallab Ghosh of BBC News: New software has enabled researchers to recreate a long forgotten musical instrument called the Lituus. The...
View ArticleMusic Business Roundup
As reported at Howard Mandel’s Jazz Beyond Jazz blog, Jazz Times is rumored to be folding. HM: “…it’s laid off employees, notified writers of waits for May payments, not shipped its June issue to the...
View ArticleJazz: ‘High Speed And Broadband Ready’
Dave first contribution to NPR’s A Blog Supreme was published this morning. Below is an excerpt. And here is a direct link to his post. Jazz: ‘High Speed And Broadband Ready’ Last week I played one...
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Flutes Offer Clues to Stone-Age Music
From the Times. At least 35,000 years ago, in the depths of the last ice age, the sound of music filled a cave in what is now southwestern Germany, the same place and time early Homo sapiens were also...
View ArticleNiches Brew: Musicians Creating a Way Forward
This is part of the series Jazz in the Digital Age at NPR’s A Blog Supreme. Niches Brew: Musicians Creating a Way Forward More and more folks in the music industry are singing the blues these days. A...
View ArticleBeck’s Latest
Beck has been doing a lot lately. Mostly with his website actually. If you haven’t seen any of his new features, you should check it out. There’s the Record Club feature that has been updated...
View ArticleNew digital formats: CMX and Soundparts
Always interested in new formats around here. CMX was just announced and it looks pretty cool to me, though I haven’t seen any details on sound quality and the like. Here’s what “a label insider” told...
View ArticleMicro-philanthropy
From the NY Times: A Few Dollars at a Time, Patrons Support Artists on the Web. Kickstarter is a funding platform for artists, designers, filmmakers, musicians, journalists, inventors, explorers… DIY...
View ArticleDithering
A newish series of posts from Sasha Frere-Jones at the New Yorker called Dithering hit last week. The introductory post points to a Pitchfork article I hadn’t yet seen titled The Social History of the...
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