Artists Recording Collective
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Artists Recording Collective (ARC) is an independent music label brand and 21st Century music business model that was created by professional
musicians for professional musicians. It provides a platform for member projects and activities to reach a global audience. Based largely on using the Internet
, digital music distribution
and related technologies, Artists Recording Collective provides an alternative to the traditional recording industry and music promotion business models.
ARC was founded on December 7, 2007 by Chris Burnett
, Erica Lindsay
, and Sumi Tonooka, all of whom are active professional musicians, producers and educators. Their collective motivation was in response to the inherent need for a professional
platform for their own projects. Subsequently, Artists Recording Collective formally launched its first commercial CD recording release (Long Ago Today by jazz pianist, Sumi Tonooka with drummer, Bob Braye and bassist, Rufus Reid
) in early 2008 to critical acclaim and national radio chart success.
The initial business model platform, planning and strategic operation was largely based upon the experiences of co-founder, Chris Burnett
, who had been successfully promoting his own music using the Internet since the middle 1990s - first via various MIDI music networks and usegroups; then, ultimately at MP3.com
from 1999-2003. It must be noted that MP3.com
was the first major online music distribution website in the world.
In February 2009 the Artists Recording Collective was contacted unsolicited to be featured in an article that was ultimately published in the March 2009 issue of Down Beat
magazine. The article can be considered objective validation of the ARC business model tenants in context. And when considering the major impact and weight this particular publication bears upon the professional field of jazz music, along with its significant international readership and monthly subscribers.
Artists Recording Collective was featured in the March 2009 issue of Down Beat
. Other feature articles and reviews published in major print publications include: JazzTimes
(US), JazzWise
(UK), JAZZ PODIUM (DE), All About Jazz-New York (US), Jazz Improv NY(US), and others. Feature articles and reviews at leading music portals and digital publications include: All About Jazz
, JazzReview, All Your Jazz, eJazz News, LA Jazz, Jazz.com, and many others.
Co-founding Members:
Member Artists and Labels:
Professional
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musicians for professional musicians. It provides a platform for member projects and activities to reach a global audience. Based largely on using the Internet
Internet
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard Internet protocol suite to serve billions of users worldwide...
, digital music distribution
Digital distribution
Online distribution, digital distribution, or electronic software distribution is the practice of delivering content without the use of physical media, typically by downloading via the internet directly to a consumer's device. Online distribution bypasses conventional physical distribution media,...
and related technologies, Artists Recording Collective provides an alternative to the traditional recording industry and music promotion business models.
ARC was founded on December 7, 2007 by Chris Burnett
Chris Burnett
Chris Burnett is an American saxophone player, composer, veteran of US military jazz bands and band leader. Born in Olathe, Kansas, Burnett's family moved relatively frequently during his early childhood due to his father being a member of the active US military service...
, Erica Lindsay
Erica Lindsay
Erica Lindsay is an American saxophone player and composer. Erica Lindsay is an American jazz - saxophonist and composer....
, and Sumi Tonooka, all of whom are active professional musicians, producers and educators. Their collective motivation was in response to the inherent need for a professional
Professional
A professional is a person who is paid to undertake a specialised set of tasks and to complete them for a fee. The traditional professions were doctors, lawyers, clergymen, and commissioned military officers. Today, the term is applied to estate agents, surveyors , environmental scientists,...
platform for their own projects. Subsequently, Artists Recording Collective formally launched its first commercial CD recording release (Long Ago Today by jazz pianist, Sumi Tonooka with drummer, Bob Braye and bassist, Rufus Reid
Rufus Reid
Rufus Reid is an American jazz bassist, educator, and composer. He lives in Teaneck, New Jersey.-Personal history:...
) in early 2008 to critical acclaim and national radio chart success.
Business model
The Artists Recording Collective business model is configured so that member artists retain control of all aspects of their business as professional musicians and does not profit from the work of its member artists and labels in the manner that most traditional record businesses and virtual record labels do. Another goal of the business model is to validate the contention that superior talent will thrive by finding its own inherent audience when given the opportunity to do so outside of traditional corporate filters. It puts much of the control in the hands of the listener and buyer.The initial business model platform, planning and strategic operation was largely based upon the experiences of co-founder, Chris Burnett
Chris Burnett
Chris Burnett is an American saxophone player, composer, veteran of US military jazz bands and band leader. Born in Olathe, Kansas, Burnett's family moved relatively frequently during his early childhood due to his father being a member of the active US military service...
, who had been successfully promoting his own music using the Internet since the middle 1990s - first via various MIDI music networks and usegroups; then, ultimately at MP3.com
MP3.com
MP3.com is a web site operated by CNET Networks providing information about digital music and artists, songs, services, community, and technologies. It is probably better known for its original incarnation, as a legal, free music-sharing service, popular with independent musicians for promoting...
from 1999-2003. It must be noted that MP3.com
MP3.com
MP3.com is a web site operated by CNET Networks providing information about digital music and artists, songs, services, community, and technologies. It is probably better known for its original incarnation, as a legal, free music-sharing service, popular with independent musicians for promoting...
was the first major online music distribution website in the world.
In February 2009 the Artists Recording Collective was contacted unsolicited to be featured in an article that was ultimately published in the March 2009 issue of Down Beat
Down Beat
Down Beat is an American magazine devoted to "jazz, blues and beyond" to indicate its expansion beyond the jazz realm which it covered exclusively in previous years. The publication was established in 1934 in Chicago, Illinois...
magazine. The article can be considered objective validation of the ARC business model tenants in context. And when considering the major impact and weight this particular publication bears upon the professional field of jazz music, along with its significant international readership and monthly subscribers.
Brand
Artists Recording Collective has become an internationally recognized brand and professional recording label that emphasizes promoting and facilitating the distribution and utilization of the works created by ARC members. It is now widely recognized as the first model of its kind for the purpose of promoting artistic works through both, the Internet and traditional media resources.Artists Recording Collective was featured in the March 2009 issue of Down Beat
Down Beat
Down Beat is an American magazine devoted to "jazz, blues and beyond" to indicate its expansion beyond the jazz realm which it covered exclusively in previous years. The publication was established in 1934 in Chicago, Illinois...
. Other feature articles and reviews published in major print publications include: JazzTimes
JazzTimes
JazzTimes is a magazine that dates back to Radio Free Jazz, a publication founded in 1970 by Ira Sabin when he was operating a record store in Washington, DC. It was originally a newsletter designed to update shoppers on the latest jazz releases and provide jazz radio programmers with a means of...
(US), JazzWise
Jazzwise
Jazzwise Publications Limited is a UK-based specialist jazz music publisher and education company. It was founded in 1984 as a mail-order company promoting jazz and improvisation through catalogues and short courses and workshops for musicians...
(UK), JAZZ PODIUM (DE), All About Jazz-New York (US), Jazz Improv NY(US), and others. Feature articles and reviews at leading music portals and digital publications include: All About Jazz
All About Jazz
All About Jazz is a leading jazz music website for enthusiasts and industry professionals based in Philadelphia in the United States.Founded by Michael Ricci in 1995, the Web-Site is maintained by a volunteer staff of writers, editors, and musicians, and provides coverage of all genres of jazz from...
, JazzReview, All Your Jazz, eJazz News, LA Jazz, Jazz.com, and many others.
Member Artists and Labels
Artists Recording Collective member artists and labels include:Co-founding Members:
- Chris BurnettChris BurnettChris Burnett is an American saxophone player, composer, veteran of US military jazz bands and band leader. Born in Olathe, Kansas, Burnett's family moved relatively frequently during his early childhood due to his father being a member of the active US military service...
- saxophonist, composer, educator - Erica LindsayErica LindsayErica Lindsay is an American saxophone player and composer. Erica Lindsay is an American jazz - saxophonist and composer....
- saxophonist, composer, educator - Sumi Tonooka - pianist, composer, educator
Member Artists and Labels:
- Anthony E. Nelson, Jr. - saxophonist, clarinetist, composer and recording artist
- B.J. Jansen - baritone saxophonist, composer, International Woodwinds artist/endorser
- Bill Caldwell - saxophonist, composer, educator (Wichita State UniversityWichita State UniversityWichita State University is a NCAA Division I public university in Wichita, Kansas with selective admissions. WSU is one of six state universities governed by the Kansas Board of Regents. The current president is Dr. Donald Beggs....
) - Brandon Draper - percussionist, composer, educator
- Bruce Gertz - bassist, composer, Berklee College of MusicBerklee College of MusicBerklee College of Music, located in Boston, Massachusetts, is the largest independent college of contemporary music in the world. Known primarily as a school for jazz, rock and popular music, it also offers college-level courses in a wide range of contemporary and historic styles, including hip...
professor and recording artist who performs and records with Jerry BergonziJerry BergonziJerry Bergonzi is a jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and educator. Bergonzi received a B.A. Degree in Music Education from the University of Massachusetts Lowell and is the founder of Not Fat Records....
, George GarzoneGeorge GarzoneGeorge Garzone is a saxophonist and jazz educator residing in New York city.Saxophonist George Garzone is a member of The Fringe, a jazz trio founded in 1972 that includes bassist John Lockwood and drummer Bob Gullotti, that performs regularly in the Boston area and has toured world wide. The...
, Phil Grenadier, among many others - Bruce WilliamsBruce WilliamsBruce H. Williams is an American radio host, entrepreneur, writer and former politician. His nationally-syndicated talk show, The Bruce Williams Show, aired throughout the United States for 29 years, until ending production in March 2010...
- saxophonist, composer, educator - Dr. Christopher WhiteChris White (bassist)Chris White is an American jazz bassist.White was an occasional member of Cecil Taylor's band in the 1950s, credited on the 1959 Love for Sale album...
- saxophonist, composer, educator (Radford UniversityRadford UniversityRadford University is one of Virginia's eight doctoral-degree granting public universities. Originally founded in 1910, Radford offers comprehensive curricula for undergraduates in more than 100 fields, and graduate programs including the M.F.A., M.B.A...
) - Courtney Lemmon - vocalist and recording artist
- Dan Arcamone - guitarist, composer and recording artist
- Don Aliquo - saxophonist, composer, educator (Middle Tennessee State UniversityMiddle Tennessee State UniversityMiddle Tennessee State University, commonly abbreviated as MTSU, is a public university located in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States....
) - Donald HarrisonDonald HarrisonDonald Harrison, Jr. is an American jazz saxophonist from New Orleans, Louisiana.-Biography:Harrison studied at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts and Berklee College of Music. He played with Roy Haynes, Jack McDuff, Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, Terence Blanchard and Don Pullen in the...
, Jr. - saxophonist, composer, producer who has worked with such artists as Art BlakeyArt BlakeyArthur "Art" Blakey , known later as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina, was an American Grammy Award-winning jazz drummer and bandleader. He was a member of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community....
, Eddie PalmieriEddie PalmieriEddie Palmieri , is a Grammy Award winning Puerto Rican pianist, bandleader and musician, best known for combining jazz piano and instrumental solos with Latin rhythms.-Early years:...
, among many others - Gene PerlaGene PerlaGene Perla is an American jazz bassist.Perla studied piano at the Berklee School of Music and the Boston Conservatory before switching to bass...
- bassist, pianist, composer, educator (Lehigh UniversityLehigh UniversityLehigh University is a private, co-educational university located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of the United States. It was established in 1865 by Asa Packer as a four-year technical school, but has grown to include studies in a wide variety of disciplines...
and New School) and sideman to such jazz artists as Sonny RollinsSonny RollinsTheodore Walter "Sonny" Rollins is a Grammy-winning American jazz tenor saxophonist. Rollins is widely recognized as one of the most important and influential jazz musicians. A number of his compositions, including "St...
and Elvin JonesElvin JonesElvin Ray Jones was a jazz drummer of the post-bop era. He showed interest in drums at a young age, watching the circus bands march by his family's home in Pontiac, Michigan....
among others - George Kahn - Los Angeles based jazz pianist and composer
- Jeff Siegel - New York based drummer and composer
- John Blake, Jr.John Blake, Jr.John Blake, Jr. is an American jazz violinist. He has performed most prominently as a sideman in groups led by Grover Washington, Jr. in the late 1970s) and McCoy Tyner , as well as led his own groups.-External links:*[ allmusic's inventory of his record appearances]**...
- jazz violinist, recording artist and educator and sideman to such jazz artists as Grover Washington, Jr.Grover Washington, Jr.Grover Washington, Jr. was an American jazz-funk / soul-jazz saxophonist. Along with George Benson, John Klemmer, David Sanborn, Bob James, Chuck Mangione, Herb Alpert, and Spyro Gyra, he is considered by many to be one of the founders of the smooth jazz genre.He wrote some of his material and...
, McCoy TynerMcCoy TynerMcCoy Tyner is a jazz pianist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, known for his work with the John Coltrane Quartet and a long solo career.-Early life:...
among others - Dr. Keith Calmes - guitarist, composer, educator, author (Mel Bay PublicationsMel Bay PublicationsMel Bay was a musician best known for his series of music education books. His Encyclopedia of Guitar Chords remains a bestseller.-Childhood and early life:...
) - Dr. Lee Shaw - Albany based pianist, composer and educator
- Dr. Zane Forshee - guitarist, composer, educator, author (Fulbright Scholar)
- Loren Pickford - Grammy Nominated saxophonist, composer and educator
- Mark Taylor (french horn) - recording artist and former member of Henry ThreadgillHenry ThreadgillHenry Threadgill is an American composer, saxophonist and flautist. Threadgill came to prominence in the 1970s leading ensembles with unusual instrumentation and often incorporating a range of non-jazz genres....
ensembles - Matt Otto - Kansas City/Los Angeles based saxophonist, composer, educator
- Michael Jefry Stevens - NYC/Memphis based pianist, composer, educator and touring artist
- P.M. Records (Ed BickertEd BickertEdward Isaac "Ed" Bickert, CM is a Canadian jazz guitarist.-Early life:Second youngest of his family, Bickert was born in Hochfeld, Manitoba; his family moved shortly after he was born to Vernon, British Columbia...
, Elvin JonesElvin JonesElvin Ray Jones was a jazz drummer of the post-bop era. He showed interest in drums at a young age, watching the circus bands march by his family's home in Pontiac, Michigan....
, Doug RileyDoug RileyDoug Riley, CM was a Canadian musician. Born in Toronto, Ontario and informally referred to as "Doctor Music", he spent two decades with the Famous People Players as its musical director, besides his participation on over 300 album projects in various genres...
, Bug Alley, Pat La Barbera, Bernie Senensky, Sonny GreenwichSonny GreenwichSonny Greenwich was born in Hamilton, Ontario on New Years Day of 1936. He is a Canadian Avant-garde jazz guitarist. He has played in major Canadian and American cities including a concert at Carnegie Hall. He has performed with such 'greats' as Charles Lloyd, Wayne Shorter, Pharoah Sanders, McCoy...
, David Liebman, Nina SimoneNina SimoneEunice Kathleen Waymon , better known by her stage name Nina Simone , was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, and civil rights activist widely associated with jazz music...
, Steve Grossman, Kathryn Moses, Stone Alliance, Johnson/Abercrombie/Hammer, Open SkyOpen SkyOpen Sky is a progressive rock album by Iona. Released in 2000.Recordings were made again at various locations during 1999 and 2000:*Chapel Studios, Lincolnshire- *Visions on Albion, Yorkshire -...
, Don ThompsonDon Thompson (musician)Donald Winston Thompson, OC is a Canadian jazz musician who plays bass, piano, and vibes. Thompson formed part of the Toronto Quartet of Paul Desmond during the mid seventies, and that effort produced two stellar albums. Other personnel on those dates, mostly at Bourbon Street in Toronto, were...
, Carlos "Patato" Valdes) - Reptet - Seattle, Washington based progressive music ensemble
- Richie PrattRichie PrattRichie Pratt is a professional musician. He embarked upon a career as a professional musician on the New York scene in the early 1970s, it was as much due to unanticipated intervention as anything else...
- former NFL player; and professional drummer for Lionel HamptonLionel HamptonLionel Leo Hampton was an American jazz vibraphonist, pianist, percussionist, bandleader and actor. Like Red Norvo, he was one of the first jazz vibraphone players. Hampton ranks among the great names in jazz history, having worked with a who's who of jazz musicians, from Benny Goodman and Buddy...
, BroadwayBroadway theatreBroadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...
, FilmFilmA film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects... - Stan Kessler - Kansas City based trumpet player, composer and band leader and sideman to such artists as Karrin AllysonKarrin AllysonKarrin Allyson is an American jazz vocalist. She has been nominated for three Grammy Awards, and has received positive reviews from several prominent sources, including The New York Times, which has called her a "singer with a feline touch and impeccable intonation."-Career:Allyson grew up in...
, Bobby WatsonBobby WatsonBobby Watson is an American post-bop jazz alto saxophonist, composer, producer, and educator. Watson now has 26 recordings as a leader. He appears on nearly 100 other recordings as either co-leader or in a supporting role...
among others - Toni Gates - Kansas City based vocalist
- Trace Elements - San Francisco based ensemble
- Will Matthews (musician) - guitarist for the Count Basie OrchestraCount Basie OrchestraThe Count Basie Orchestra is a 16 to 18 piece big band, one of the most prominent jazz performing groups of the swing era, founded by Count Basie. The band survived the late '40s decline in big band popularity and went on to produce notable collaborations with singers such as Frank Sinatra and Ella...
External links
- Artists Recording Collective - official portal website
- Artists Recording Collective - official label website
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