How to write an effective press release
If your goal is to get more gigs and sell more music, making a great record is only the start....
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Your record label options (+ what to AVOID!!!)
We’re lucky in 2019 to have so many ways to record & release a new jazz album. The time from...
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2 Things You HAVE to Do For Your Next Album Release
If you’re releasing music, I’d assume that making some money, winning new fans, getting reviewed...
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Interview with music lawyer Robert Horsfall of Sound Advice
I don’t know about you, but there was a time when I assumed you only needed a lawyer if you...
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Focusyear, ECM & Jazz Greats 10 Questions with Wolfgang Muthspiel
©Laura Pleifer Over the last 3 decades, award-winning and critically acclaimed guitarist Wolfgang...
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Chatting to Nick Lewis of Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club
Nick Lewis is one of a 5-strong programming team at London’s legendary Ronnie Scott’s...
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Making Spotify Work For YOU
Spotify gets a bad rap in some circles for the percentages it pays out and the millions of streams...
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Artists to watch in 2019
We asked a bunch of jazz promoters from around the world for some of their artist tips for the...
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Informing & Inspiring the Jazz scene: Q&A with Mike Flynn of Jazzwise Magazine)
As the UK’s biggest selling jazz monthly, the award-winning Jazzwise magazine covers...
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London Jazz & Beyond
(Q&A with writer/editor Peter Bacon)
Peter Bacon is editor-at-large of London Jazz News – recently described as the most in-depth...
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Q&A with Merli Antsmaa from the Jazzkaar Festival in Estonia
Jazzkaar Festival in Estonia’s capital Tallinn is one of the biggest jazz festivals in the...
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How can you break into a new territory without an agent or network?!
The recent jazz musician survey I ran turned up so many common ‘pain points’ for...
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Keeping momentum with your tour booking
More than 300 musicians on the Jazzfuel mailing list recently took part in a survey to answer...
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Booking Agent vs Music Manager (the jazz musician guide)
In an ideal world, you’d probably have an excellent booking agent and a highly effective...
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Self-booking an international tour with jazz pianist Alan Benzie
For all the focus on finding an agent to help build your career as a jazz musician, there are some...
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Promoting your new album without a jazz publicist?
Whether you can’t afford a jazz publicist for your next release, or you just want to fill in...
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Tips from 40+ International Jazz Festival & Club Promoters
More than 40 jazz festival & venue promoters around the world took part in a Jazzfuel survey...
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15,000 jazz fans a year: Interview with Vilem Spilka of JazzFestBrno
[note from Matt: I’m handing over to my booking agency colleague & Jazzfuel social media...
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Q&A with Dave Douglas
“The Unassuming King of Independent Jazz”
Dave Douglas is a trumpeter, composer and educator with more than 50 recordings as a leader,...
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Q&A with Michael Fagien of Jazziz Magazine
Today’s interview is with Michael Fagien, the founding editor of America’s Jazziz...
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