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Making Albums, Expectations, Demo Recordings, Distribution
Jazz Office HoursMaking a jazz album, from demo to distribution to performance, is a game of expectations. Whether artistic, financial, or personal, expectations keep you on track and help you remember why you're in the game.
Topics:
- First question: How to release a jazz album (01:17),
- What are realistic financial expectations for making an album? Taking entrepreneurial risk, investing up-front in production, and building a music career over time (11:44),
- Cory takes an honest look at the growth of Rhythm Changes and of his radio show, Condition Blue (17:41),
- Best-of-2022 highlight: establishing a level of care (24:44),
- Next question: How to get gigs by sending demo recordings to booking agents (25:54),
- Choosing the right live music venues for your band (29:45),
- Making a personal connection with venue booking agents (36:16),
- Storytime: the early-2000s distribution deals that established Cellar Music (39:47),
- New Cellar Music releases by Sheila Jordan & Brian Charette on July 15, 2022 (48:06).
Links:
- YouTube - All Things Must Pass (Tower Records documentary) - Cory said he enjoyed this movie about the famous record store business so much, he watched it three times.
- Bloomberg - CD sales in Japan (2020) - CD sales have still been a huge part (over 70%) of the recorded music market in Japan, even as recently as 2020.
07/07/22 • 54 min
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