But jazz musicians need to think about their audiences not just for the sake of their livelihoods, but even more so for the sake of their art.
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But other musicians have backed Napster, welcoming the opportunity to reach new audiences.
But the musicians did make a special appearance at NPR's Baghdad bureau.
But the musicians say the album, for which they wrote or co-wrote all of the songs, is actually very personal and autobiographical, more about their growth as women and mothers than any political statement.
But now the musicians who benefit from those royalty payments are fighting back.
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But millionaire rock musicians spend more time on the road than even the busiest CEOs, and they tend to choose wisely.
But when the musicians started receiving those initial edits last spring, no music was included, prompting them to rethink their choices and, for many scenes, write brand new music.
But it seems musicians are still flexing their muscles in the political sphere, only the protest comes dressed in different clothes, with a new hard-nosed approach that matches the nous of politicians.
Contrast that to four years ago, when the inaugural ceremony included Aretha Franklin but also classical musicians such as cellist Yo-Yo Ma, violinist Itzhak Perlman and others, and the Hollywood types were largely saved for the evening's balls.
All three men drove cabs for a living but they were serious musicians.
Some "control" parts of the prefrontal cortex shut down, deactivated, during improvisation but not when the musicians played a memorized score.
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But it was the musicians he played with there who inspired him to return home and share what he had gained.
I've sat in Studio 1A with a lot of amazing musicians, but it's not often that you feel like you're witness to a one-of-a-kind musical moment.
Selling millions of records is no longer realistic for most musicians, but aggregating revenue from pre-roll commercials on YouTube music videos, soundtrack rights and dozens of download and streaming services can be lucrative.
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"We know that musicians have differently adapted brains - some areas of the brain are larger than in non-musicians, but it's not so easy to think that they develop a new system, " he says.
Much has been made lately about the troubles piracy and industry changes have caused for artists and musicians, but many creative people are finding new audiences, new mediums and whole new spaces for creative interaction and growth.
Dr Mike Butera, the firm's founder, was keen to explain to us that this is intended not to replicate one specific device (though it does a great job of guitar, violin, banjo and more), but rather to enable musicians to be able to work in a way they want to.
Soundcloud started off as a way for musicians to share recordings but eventually spread out to be so much more, now utilizing technology that allows musicians to collaborate, promote and share their music as well as allowing listeners to find new music to listen to.
Musicians wanted freedom, but are now realizing that the labels, for all their inefficiencies, actually performed a function: they saved musicians from a fair amount of headache.
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Sometimes, the audience's interpretations mirror the musicians', but it's just as likely that they read into it what they want to see.
Aubert says Silversun Pickups' multiple residencies didn't get the band signed, but it did give the musicians an opportunity to play on a regular basis.
Paid for their time, the musicians left dejected but not discouraged.
But only a handful of musicians are famous enough to benefit.
The musical analysis in the book is limited--mostly annotated transcriptions of some Desmond solos by other musicians--but for the general reader there are scores of photos and the liberal use of Desmond's lifelong correspondence with his father, Emil Breitenfeld , an organist and arranger in San Francisco responsible for much of his son's musical education.
But when it came to the musicians he admired, he was genuinely modest.
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"Plaxo is like the indie band that the public doesn't know but was really influential with other musicians, " Parker says.
Ms. SUE EVANS: I was kind of used to seeing a lot of musicians come through, but he was a little different.
But Smith started over, with younger musicians, and began building a new and more sturdy Fall.
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