>So's media attention. You can bet your bottom $ that there are guys doing
>exactly what you crave, and probably lots of 'em, but that they're nowhere
>near an effective publicist.
this made me think of of a recent article i read about cdbaby.com. with things like the industry's moves against napster, new cd encryption scheme's, minor (i wish it was major) publicity about the 'trap' of most major label recording contracts, etc.....i've been wondering what people think about the future of distribution setups like cdbaby.
i think it's a cool thing mostly because it keeps the major labels completely out of the loop. on the other hand, maybe the exposure will always be limited to folks like me who are always rooting around for something new.
mark
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"Music is spiritual. The music business is not." - Van Morrison
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Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2002 11:20:20 -0500 (EST)
From: Ken Waxman <mingusaum@yahoo.ca>
Subject: Re: dick hyman
All:
Hyman is a studio musician cum traditional jazz guy
who worked every part of the music biz from being the
music director of the Arthur Godfrey radio (!) show to
playing modernistic jazz.
During the 1950s he had some success under the
pseudonym Knuckles O'Toole and turned out some
corny-stride-ragtime albums. He has offered his
version of different jazz styles for projects like
Leonard Feather's Encyclopedia of Jazz and live
performances where he tries to show the styles of
everyone from Scott Joplin to Cecil Taylor. He also
arranged music for some of Woody Allen's films.
Having studied with Teddy Wilson, he's most
comfortable in a swing-mainstream jazz piano style and
has played countless so-called jazz parties,
Dixie-swing sessions on CD and is a proficient solo
pianist. If the local straight jazz/piano bar in your
burg specializes in bringing in the type of guys who
played with the big bands or in the first Dixie
revival -- in the late 1940s before Wynton -- he may