Rhythm Changes Update

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Connor Lum, back from the ships, starts Jazz at the Bolt

The saxophonist's chordless trio is the first set on Saturday; he tells us where he's at

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6 hard lessons

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The Vancouver Folk Music Festival is seemingly dissolving

The 2023 festival is canceled, and the non-profit is planning to dissolve for good.

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Music business

A complete guide to my FACTOR Artist Development grants

Here's my guide to both grants I wrote and received, now that they're fully complete

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CD Baby, what are you thinking? Re: DIY Musician Podcast

All 5 of the DIY Musician Podcast 2023 predictions are misses; also, I make a prediction

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Lore

Top 10 Updates of 2022: gig reviews, launches, interviews

Is it fun and insightful? Can't get it anywhere else? Does it bring you local artists?

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Live music

Table for six, please

From a gig, a story about "online presence": a term that sanitizes the concept to death

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Interviews

Juno Hamilton on playing at Frankie's After Dark & Tyrant

At After Dark, a trio with Jesse Cahill & Ethan Birnie; at Tyrant, Juno is the leader

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Teighan Couch, welcome to Vancouver (at 2nd Floor Gastown)

The Ottawa-born, VIU-studying vocalist plays with Sharon Minemoto for Saturday brunch

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You're too old for this, part 2 featuring Rollie Pemberton

The no good, very bad Cadence Weapon tour outcome; tour economics is a trending topic

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Rhythm Changes Update

The Coastal townhall: future of the festival & the board

Watching something that happened in our scene within the past week so you don't have to

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Music business

Why this album, Maybe Eventually, might be my last

Soon, the best musicians won't make albums. The reason is obvious in book publishing

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The tragedy of music industry advice books

It's all In-The-Office-Mix & no YouTube; learnings from the 2006 book Get Media Airplay

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Live music

Let's talk about tomorrow

Here's what a great day in a local scene looks like

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Reviews

That photo? This music? It's primed for nostalgia

Mathieu Soucy titled his first album, Recollecting, for the future

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Why didn't Colin Sankey make a full band album?

Reawakening has 2 ensemble tracks; the rest are solo bass

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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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Numeracy in music

They really think we're that gullible

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Music business

Jazz Office Hours episode 2: producer's notes

Episode 2 of the Jazz Office Hours podcast is out now

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Lore

That's fewer than us

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Lore

Who would be a great future guest on our podcast?

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Lore

Summer vacation

Plus, we have over 50 updates to date

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Music business

I have 258 of these left

How to move them?

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Numeracy in music

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