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10 years after CapU jazz, here are 10 things I've learned

I enrolled back in September 2012

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These 110 words just went 4-for-4 on local gig bookings

Is it luck, or is there strength here?

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Jazz Office Hours episode 2: producer's notes

Episode 2 of the Jazz Office Hours podcast is out now

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I got more Reels views while on vacation than while here

More while leaving it alone than while I was uploading. Why?

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I have 258 of these left

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Boom times?

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9 concepts for Instagram

For musicians, Reels has changed Instagram for the better

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Instagram thoughts

Revised and republished: 3 reasons why it's not great for music

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Legibility

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Chart watch: healthy Bandcamp sales, wacky Facebook pages

This week on the Earshot jazz charts for Canadian jazz

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The pièce de résistance of jazz campus radio in Canada

What I've learned from all 20 albums I looked at

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What does it take to get on the community radio charts?

10 Canadian charting albums on national campus radio

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Session-style videos rarely match real concert footage

Okay, what do you think about these two kinds of videos?

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Pop music in the 21st century: English, Spanish, French

2 waves of change for the coming decades

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The Patreon problem

The platform serves 15,000 music creators but isn't growing much.

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Who's responsible for audience development

From a prompt by Jazzfuel

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My favourite quote about CapU jazz

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You're too old for this (in the best way)

The tweet by a band called Wednesday about a tour to SXSW

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Caity's razor

Avoid publicity expenses until someone's asking for it.

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Alright, Okay, You Win

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How much money did TD give to Coastal Jazz?

Estimating the jazzfest title sponsorship's value as it heads toward a breakup.

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What do you think about Facebook?

I wrote the word "Facebook" 11 times in this Update and now feel icky.

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Coastalgate: "uncertainty & chaos" at Coastal Jazz

I missed the genesis of a story that would spread to CBC News and The Globe and Mail, a couple months later.

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Celebrating old music killing new music

Is old music killing new music? The answer isn’t what you think: let’s talk about why it’s actually worth celebrating.

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The brilliant PR of Neil Young, Spotify & Joe Rogan

Different audiences want to hear different things, and I think this story is a brilliant PR move by all sides.