Greg Porée On The Making of Phoenix

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We asked the jazz composer and guitarist Greg Porée to write about the process of recording his new album Phoenix, release date March 11, 2012. You can read his story in full-length here: The Making of Phoenix How does one …

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Announcing Greg Porée’s Official Album Release Date: March 11, 2012

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Phoenix is Greg Porée’s fourth studio album and most suitably bears the motto: “Like the Phoenix rose, let the music lift you as well!” With six original compositions and three exquisite interpretations of jazz standards, this uplifting and melodic jazz …

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Frances Livings’ Jazzoetry CD “During the Hours” ~ Now Available on CD Baby!

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During the Hours is the debut album of the London-born lyricist and songwriter Frances Livings. It features three of her previously unpublished poems. It was originally released in digital Form by Moontraxx on January 1, 2010. Since February 1, 2012 it …

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Moontraxx presents: Ipanema Lounge Project. A Tribute to Antônio Carlos Jobim

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* * * NOW AVAILABLE FOR JAZZ BOOKINGS! * * * Moontraxx presents: The authentic, sophisticated and hand-made music of the ‘Ipanema Lounge Project’! It will transport you to the contemporary bars and lounges of urban metropolis’ where Brazilian music …

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New Single Release ~ An Acoustic Meditation on Christmas

Released on November 1, 2011: ‘Glory Me’ is an acoustic meditation on Christmas: It is an engaging Christmas carol with melodic and harmonious female vocals and a wonderful, warm ensemble sound. ‘Glory Me’ is an acoustic, spiritual, folk-like and engaging …

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Is Facebook getting “Too Hard to Handle”? The Musician’s Guide to Private and Public Profiles.

Are you a musician who has “accidentally” used his/her private Facebook page as a semi public one? Is Facebook generally starting to drive you crazy? Have you reached your allowed maximum number of friends? Are you being tagged in pictures …

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Facebook and Spotify = Good News for Indie Artists?

Yesterday at the f8 tech conference in San Francisco, Spotify’s CEO Daniel Ek was on-stage and shared some interesting statistics about Spotify users that have connected with their Facebook account, like the online magazine Mashable reports: According to Ek, Spotify users …

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Facebook’s New Layout. “I’m Not In Love…”

“…or is this just a silly phase we’re going through?”, like the band 10cc sang. Have you been wondering why you have been feeling so little love towards the changes Facebook has been rolling out? It seems a little paradoxical that …

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Moontraxx. Who, Why and What?

Moontraxx is a girl! During the last twenty years, I have continuously had contact with various niches of the music business and industry, whether indirectly through other artists or by being engaged in many artistic ventures myself. One of my first …

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Are You Too Cheap? Thoughts on Free Music.

As a songwriter and label owner I find it actually quite depressing to read that Facebook is planning to offer music “for free”. There is no mention of music being streamed like on Pandora or on the traditional radio where …

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Google Chrome’s Music+ ~ Are You An Indie Artist or A Second Class Artist?

I subscribe to a couple of online newspapers, webzines and newsletters. Mashable, is one of them, an American news website and blog whose primary focus is social media news and developments. Yesterday morning, one headline especially caught my attention: “Facebook gets …

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Will QR Codes Help CD Sales At Concerts?

Have you ever missed a CD sale because you can only take cash or cheques? I bet you have! We have, most musicians and indie labels have. But fear no more, since the advent of smart phones, mobile and extremely …

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