The Marlowsphere Blog

“Adam”: Virtuoso Bass Player (Beijing) & Festival Organizer
The Marlowshpere (#32) This week’s blog is a continuation of profiles, from early September, of...

Putting It All Together: The Profitable Artist (Part 2 of 2)
The Marlowsphere (#31) Last week’s blog pointed to futurist John Naisbitt’s “Hi-Tech/Hi-Touch” projections with respect...

High Tech/Hi Touch in Action: Social Media’s Impact on Today’s Working Musician (Part 1 of 2)
The Marlowsphere (#30) The 2012 Association of Performing Arts Professionals (APAP)/JazzTimes/Jazz Journalists Association (JJA)/Chamber Music...

“We’ve Got Rhythms”: Where The Heritage Ensemble Gets Its Spin & Groove
The Marlowsphere Blog (#29) Last week I posited that in today’s music world no music...

What Is World Music and How Did We Get Here?
The Marlowsphere (#28) In his 2005 book The World Is Flat: A Brief History of...

Pay to Play: Why Some Club Owners Should be Shown the Door
The Marlowsphere (#27) For the last few weeks I’ve been writing about indigenous jazz musicians in...

Ms. Joey Lu: Shanghai Jazz Singer/Pianist
The Marlowsphere (#26) This week's blog is a profile of Ms. Joey Lu from my forthcoming...

Chinese-American-born, Shanghai, China-based Guitarist Lawrence Ku
The Marlowsphere (#25) This week’s blog is the third in a series of profiles of indigenous...