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South by Southwest 2013 is still almost eight months away but you can start to make your plans now. Badges are currently on sale, hotel reservations are filling up quickly and airline tickets are still relatively inexpensive. Also, you can…
The 2012 London Olympics are finished and most of the athletes have gone home with their medals. And while the TELEFUNKEN Mix Olympics submissions are closed, we are still waiting to hear who’s mixes will take home the gold, silver…
I have a friend who, along with his band, has been working on a new album. He sent me a link to the songs to get a preview of the work. In addition to the strong songwriting and musical performances,…
The Olympics and music have intersected a couple of times for me. The first was back in 2004 when NBC used music from the Autumdivers‘ self-titled album during profiles of swimmers such as Michael Phelps and Natalie Coughlin. At the…
Some music videos are memorable for the song. Others stand out because of how they were made. Art Decade’s “Western Sunrise” falls into the latter category. Directed by Whitney Alexander, the animated video was created in part using Procreate on…
While putting together my SXSW 2013 Panel Picker, I came across this video from the band Art Decade called Western Sunrise. My panel suggestion is titled Apps & Ideas: Create and Promote Music on an iPad. A large part of…
Lately I’ve been noticing a number of artists posting video to promote their show at a specific venue. I’ve mainly seen this for shows at the Great American Music Hall (GAMH) but that’s because I follow them on both Facebook…
Many years ago I was taking a music promotion class at San Francisco State University. There were two guys in the class who were band mates. They both had T-Mobile Sidekicks that were connected to MySpace. During a class discussion,…
Happy Saint Patrick’s Day! Today our picks start with Fanfarlo at the Hype Hotel located at 504 Trinity Street. They’re scheduled to take the stage at 10:00 PM. A few years ago I enjoyed a set from Dawn Landes at…
Friday’s recommendation’s start off with The Mynabirds at Lamberts, 401 West 2nd Street at 9:30 PM. http://vimeo.com/21763581 Another San Francisco band, Loquat, will be playing at Maggie May’s starting at 10:00 PM at 3232 East 6th Street. Finally we have Scattered…
