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Jon Stewart
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About Jon Stewart
Jon is a journalist at St. Michael’s College in Colchester, Vt. His specialities are in musical arist profiles, reviews and multi-media video feature stories. He is also a freelance musician and photographer and world traveller. When he is not on tour, Jon resides in Madison, Conn.Lessons & Articles By Jon Stewart
Music’s Middle Class Part 3: Q&A With Producer/Musician Jamie Bright
By Jon Stewart
Jon Stewart’s multi-part opus, “Music’s Middle Class”, continues with an interview with Producer and Musician Jamie Bright, an ex-major label artist turned indie success story.
August 24, 2009 on 5:01 pm | In Articles, Interviews under business, independent, indie, interview, marketing, promotion | No Comments |Music’s Middle Class Part 4: Keepin’ It Real
By Jon Stewart
Jon Stewart’s several-episode long masterpiece, “Music’s Middle Class”, continues with a look at major labels, and their ability to fund and guide an artist’s career, vs. what an independent label can offer…
August 24, 2009 on 4:59 pm | In Articles, Music Business under business, independent, indie, marketing | No Comments |Music’s Middle Class Part 5: Q&A With Record Producer Peter Katis
By Jon Stewart
Jon Stewart’s epic poly-episodal piece, “Music’s Middle Class”, continues with an interview with producer Peter Katis, who most notably has worked with New York’s Interpol.
August 24, 2009 on 4:57 pm | In Articles, Interviews, Music Business under business, independent, indie, interview, labels | No Comments |Music’s Middle Class Part 9: The Web Of Change
By Jon Stewart
Jon Stewart’s tour de force essay, “Music’s Middle Class”, continues with Part 9: The Web of Change… a look in to how the internet’s ability to reach people has rewritten the rules for independent bands and artists.
August 24, 2009 on 4:55 pm | In Articles, Music Business under business, independent, indie, internet, marketing, promotion | No Comments |Music’s Middle Class Part 11: The Continuing Web Of Change
By Jon Stewart
It makes sense that Tim Westergren (Founder of the web radio site Pandora.com) would commend his competition, as that seems to be the nature of the Internet. Rather than musicians, Web site owners and fans working toward mutually exclusive goals…
August 24, 2009 on 4:54 pm | In Articles, Music Business under business, independent, indie, internet, marketing, promotion | No Comments |Music’s Middle Class Part 12: Give It Away
By Jon Stewart
“Know Your Rights! Give It Away Strategically” by Roland Tanglao
“If I die tomorrow, I’ll be happy that we didn’t carry on working within this huge industry that we don’t feel any connection with.”1 Thom Yorke, guitarist and lead singer, Radiohead
Despite years of declining CD sales and an industry revolution brewing on the Web, the big [...]
Music’s Middle Class Part 5: Q&A With Pandora Founder Tim Westergren
By Jon Stewart
The genome itself is a musical taxonomy. It’s a very large collection of musical attributes that collectively go into a song; it’s sound, melody, harmony, voice, and instrumentation broken down into their primary colors…
November 14, 2008 on 1:27 pm | In Articles, Interviews under business, internet, interview, marketing, pandora, pirating, radio, satellite | No Comments |Music’s Middle Class Part 4: Bands On The Run
By Jon Stewart
A trend among independent bands in the 21st century and the use of new media technologies has been the emphasis of giving out music online for free in order to attract fans and generate income and a fan base in the long term…
November 14, 2008 on 1:26 pm | In Articles, Music Business under bands, business, independent, indie, industry, marketing, piracy, pirating, promotion | No Comments |Music’s Middle Class Part 3: Confessions Of Guitarist Chris Michetti of RAQ
By Jon Stewart
Hailing from Burlington, Vermont, RAQ is self described as high performance rock and roll and has found a place in the jam band circuit.
November 14, 2008 on 1:25 pm | In Articles, Interviews under business, independent, indie, internet, marketing, promotion | No Comments |Music’s Middle Class Part 1: The Business Of Indie
By Jon Stewart
It’s 1957 and EMI is a primarily British record label when it decides to buy Capital Records based in the United States…
November 14, 2008 on 1:23 pm | In Articles, Music Business under business, independent, indie, industry, internet, marketing, promotion | No Comments |Music’s Middle Class Part 2: A Shift In Power
By Jon Stewart
In the 1960s, advancements within the music industry were rapidly evolving. During this time technical developments were put in place and recording of songs became more advanced…
November 14, 2008 on 1:17 pm | In Articles, Music Business under business, independent, indie, industry, internet, marketing, promotion | No Comments |Featured Lesson
The distance between two notes is actually something quite important... it's called an interval. Kristian...
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Primary Instrument: Guitar
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