HeyJaredThe Side People
Interviewing all the people who make the jazz world go 'round. And other fun music stuff.
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- Sep 27, 2026
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The Writer’s Dilemma / An answer to Meg Okura (opens the original)
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Reviews, features, interviews and trend pieces in print magazines, newspapers, radio, and online are how people my age or older, discovered music before the internet flourished and social media came about. Of course we also made discoveries in our homes from our parents’ or siblings’ music collections, at school band, music lessons or in record stores (remember those?). Plus good-old word-of-mouth. <a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4hoU!,f
The Side People: Eva Mikusch + September 29 - James ‘Blood’ Ulmer Memorial at St. Peter’s Church in NYC (opens the original)
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Eva Mikusch is the founder and head of kunst+ (Kunstagentur Eva Mikusch), a Vienna-rooted booking and management agency that represents a roster of jazz and creative musicians — as the agency puts it, “outstanding music from Austria and beyond.” kunst+ puts Austrian artists on tour throughout Europe and represents a group of international musicians touring the continent. Its current roster includes Lakecia Benjamin, David Helbock, Marta Sánchez, Camille Bertault, Wolfgang Puschnig, Alun
Personal Taste (opens the original)
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I’ve been loathe to do this, but I have a worldwide attentive audience here. Many of you have subscribed since my essays on the state of the media and how to approach marketing. Perhaps you have no idea of my personal taste. So why shouldn’t I tell you about what I’m working on, and why I think they’re worthy of your ears. Plus I’ll let your ears feast on some of the non-client sounds I’ve been digging lately.It’s ironic that on the one hand, I told you that traditional press outreach may
The Side People: Danny Melnick (opens the original)
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Business Blast: "Festival Culture" (opens the original)
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The last seven weeks, I’ve been busy. It’s a miracle I got the article out on Modibo Keita out, which, by the way, I got wonderful feedback on and was able to shine the spotlight on someone doing something big, whom most had never heard of. I missed the Montréal International Jazz Festival, as expected, but I can’t imagine having made it with this workload.1<a class="image-link image2 is-
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