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Okay so only one person wrote me about the contest so I think we will wait on that one for now. My post this month is about the terrible numbers for CD sales this past year. The major labels posted big losses and its only a matter of time until they wake up and smell the Internet coffee! Will the labels disappear? Will artists be in control of their fate? Will the writers still make money? I don't have a crystal ball but I have an opinion. I believe the answers are no, yes and yes. My belief i… Continue

Today I wanted to ask you guys some questions in my post. Mike and I are working on a contest for this website. We want to offer you, our subscribers, the chance to make musical history. We want to mount a contest--a friendly but serious contest. The contest will be sponsored by a company that makes a brand new style of eco friendly pallet and the owner wants to support jazz and the arts. The goal is for each artist on Smooth Jazz Space to submit to a new site we are building, a song or songs to… Continue

Can everybody say 4th quarter? In the record business we all know what that means--it means get your sales right now and hope its enough to get through Christmas. And to top it all off, you are up against major labels and every independent label and artist too. Sounds like fun huh? Well, one thing Mike Stewart and I have found is a way to help alleviate some of that pain by using the internet and marketing techniques to get people to buy more often. The most important aspect of this is a little… Continue

I want everyone to be aware of the changes to the network this weekend. The IP address will change so it is possible we will be down for a short time while I (scratching my head) figure out what to do to put it back on the air again. Thank you for your patience as I am a jazz player and marketer but certainly no server management engineer. Mike

I'm back from Nashville and working on the rest of the Michael Lee Austin project. It will be done and out sometime in the Fall. There is a lot of jazz in Vegas. Most of the Smooth Jazz Players play here and I consider it lucky that I live in a place where they like to come and perform so my kids and I can go see them. Las Vegas has been home to many famous jazz players especially back "in the day" with Frank, Sammy, Joey and Dean--Rat Pack guys---and all the other famous singers that used Big B… Continue