Comments On: Richmond's Jazz Scene: A Plan Comes Together

Comments On: Richmond's Jazz Scene: A Plan Comes Together http://www.styleweekly.com/richmond/richmondandaposs-jazz-scene-a-plan-comes-together/Content?oid=1360644 Comments On: Richmond's Jazz Scene: A Plan Comes Together en-us Copyright 2013 Style Weekly. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, Style Weekly readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact Style Weekly. Colby.Rogers@pilotonline.com (Style Weekly Webmaster) Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:00:01 -0400 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 07:15:00 -0400 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss <![CDATA[Re: Richmond's Jazz Scene: A Plan Comes Together]]> There is no more positive advocate of the VCU Jazz Program than Antonio Garcia. As “Musical Nexus” noted, and the nurturing presence of the university is absolutely central to the local scene (a “musician magnet and pump that is the source of most of the players and a fair portion of the audience…”) But, in the piece, the details of VCU policies, curricula and controversies were not “overlooked” but deliberately avoided. The focus was on the admirable cadre of young, post-college musicians who are building careers who are based Richmond but have far wider ambitions.

Making a living in the arts has never been for the faint of heart. It is certainly not now, in the midst of a digital revolution that is rapidly dissolving the hierarchical old forms- record labels, distribution networks, broadcast networks- and replacing them with a chaotic mix of blogs, social networks, and DIY recording. Where there was once a solid if narrow path to success there is now an almost infinitely broad, largely unmapped and constantly changing competitive landscape.
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