There was a time in my life when I quoted Fight Club religiously. Any remark could be deftly answered with a snarky remark from the movie, demonstrating my discontent with our capitalistic and materialistic society rewarding personality rather than character. At that time I had an extreme amount of entitlement for my skills and what [...]
Tag Archives: Music
SXSW 2009: by the Numbers, Part 1
February 21, 2009 – 12:37 am
A widely held view by those in the mainstream and college music Industry is that SXSW is one of if not the most important yearly event for breaking new bands. A list of the bands on national PR and press radar is generated around the yearly event held in March in Austin, TX. Parties celebrating [...]
Bandcamp: ONLINE PRESENCE 2/1 Recap
February 2, 2009 – 1:09 am
Today’s Bandcamp was a perfect demonstration of the wealth of knowledge that individuals in the Houston Music Community are holding. Through an open discussion about online presence, tips, tricks and best practices for bands were unlocked. Every attendee walked away with a fresh outlook on utilizing the internet for active or passive promotion of their [...]
Bandcamp: ONLINE PRESENCE
January 31, 2009 – 11:31 am
Your website is one of the most important tools you have as an artist. It’s a place for people to discover and listen to your music, contact you, purchase your merchandise and more. Your website acts as a promoter, publicist and dj and it does all this 24/7 for anyone in the world. In addition [...]
Preventing and Bouncing Back from Music Equipment Theft
December 14, 2008 – 9:15 pm
Equipment theft will always be an eventuality for touring and recording musical artists. Even the most popular musicians are not above this situation as can be seen from a simple Pitchfork search. Theft can be traumatic, costly and seemingly strikes at inopportune times, when gear is located in the least safe places, on tour, in [...]
Bandcamp is coming to Houston on October 19th
October 6, 2008 – 5:40 am
On October 19th, members of the Houston music scene will converge on Caroline Collective to discuss the Houston music scene, how to improve it, local government’s role in artist support and to teach each other tips and tricks they’ve pulled together on the road… Over the past several years of being a contributor and a [...]