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Soon I'll be live with a new podcast

Here's how I'm thinking about the next podcast that I will launch: It has video, which is a first for me, despite the video being quite simple (and in my...

Comments on the Regina Folk Fest dissolution

Verbatim from Facebook as I try to learn more:  Casey PeartSo brutal. Without recognition and civic bolstering of these cultural events, our city becomes a less desirable place to live,...

What I learned from the "show" I attended last ...

15 people in a tiny room free of charge can be more valuable than 40 people in a 100-seat venue who paid cover charge. You can play only one set...

Even more on small label deals

I've gone back-and-forth on what to issue as my first standard record label agreement. First, I considered outright buying a guaranteed number of copies from an artist, covering their cost of...

"Well-promoted"

A new entrant in Vancouver live music listings called ShowHub reached out to me to tell me about this sentence from their homepage: "Vancouver has an incredible jazz scene that...

Jazz at the Bolt post-festival chat

I did a postgame again this year, like I did last year -- except this one won't get crossposted to the Rhythm Changes Podcast, so here's a link to the...