JAZZFUEL BLOG
A collection of all the articles...JAZZFUEL BLOG
A collection of all the articles...
Interview with Patrik Lindgren of the Swedish Lira Magazine
If you're familiar with Jazzfuel already, you'll know that we try to talk to as many other 'industry' people as possible to extract great advice, strategies and insight that you can use as an independent musician. Of course, releasing music and getting international...
The Releasing / Gigging Cycle
There's a strongly held belief amongst some musicians that there's no real point releasing music if you can't tour it. To be fair, that's what musicians have been doing for many years. But unless you're a headline act, do you really promote your music by being 'on the...
Interview with Krzysztof Komorek of Donos Kulturalny
If you want to discover more about the thriving Polish jazz scene, Donos Kulturalny, by jazz journalist Krzysztof Komorek, is a great place to start! Krzysztof joined us for a short interview to share his long and varied experience in covering this music. He is not...
Interview with Tina Heine of Jazz & The City
Today's interview guest is Tina Heine who, after founding and running the Elbjazz festival in Hamburg for many years, now runs the Jazz & The City Festival in Salzburg, Austria. It's certainly not a conventional festival - with 'blind date' concerts, unusual gig...
Dave Liebman – Interview with a Jazz Sax Master
For today's interview we're joined by a real jazz legend with a career in contemporary music which stretches back nearly 50 years. NEA Master Dave Liebman emerged in the 70s performing saxophone (and sometimes flute) with artists including Miles Davis, Elvin Jones...
What is User-Centric Streaming (And Why Does It Matter For Jazz?)
This piece was written by Bas Grasmayer, founder and editor of the MUSIC x newsletter. Bas has previously worked as head of product for various...
Jazz Special (Danish Magazine) | Interview with Editor Cim Meyer
If you're looking to get your new music to the widest possible audience - as well as use it to get gig bookings later - press coverage is a very important focus. In order to run our own press outreach campaigns better, as well as advise musicians who go down the DIY...
Interview with Don Lucoff of DL Media
For today's interview we welcome Don Lucoff, a jazz music industry veteran who's worked with some of the biggest artists and labels in a career spanning more than 30 years. Don Lucoff is the founder and president of the American PR agency DL Media Music. Since the...
Post-COVID Gig Booking
This is a replay from the 1st Feb 2021 live Q&A session on post-COVID gig booking. Of course, no one can predict what's going to happen in the coming months, but here are some best-guesses and some focus on the things that we can be doing right now to better...
Takeaways from 40+ club & festival promoters: practical advice on getting gigs
Free download: The Jazz Promoter Survey
Takeaways from 40+ club & festival promoters: practical advice on getting gigs...