I’m just back from NYC and am incredibly excited to share the great word from Tuesday’s New Music Seminar event. I attended to support Martin, assist with Tour:Smart & r3 needs during and after the event, and soak up some true musical wisdom.
If you’re not familiar, NMS is an event that was birthed in 1980 in NYC when just over 200 people met at a rehearsal space to discuss the problems of the music business. It garnered much success for 15 years, spawning most major music events in the word including SXSW, Winter Music Conference and Canadian Music Week. In 1995 it abruptly ended and now in 2009 we sees its triumphant return!
This year’s seminar took place during one day at the luxurious Skirball Center for the Performing Arts at New York University, near Washington Square Park. I attended the panel featuring Martin, called “Your Live Show and Tour – Simple Steps to Cut Through the Glut and Reach the Magic 300 Ticket Mark.” Other panelists included:
* David Cooper, Foxman/Direct to Fan
* Marty Diamond, Paradigm Agency
* Lisa White, 9:30 Club, Washington DC
* Don Will of hip-hop group Tanya Morgan
Dave Lory, producer and director of the New Music Seminar, moderated the panel which focused on crucial tips and techniques artist must acquire to make it in touring. Martin was definitely the highlight of the 1.75 hr. engagement, while he delighted and surprised audience members through his frequent wit-emissions and muffin-slinging antics (luckily, he didn’t nail anyone in the face this time, as per SXSW ‘09).
The queue was long for those who longed to ask pressing questions during the Q&A, which followed an energetic discussion among panelists, interspersed with Martin’s Tour:Smart presentation. Notes & Q&A’s from event, will be in the next blog posting.
Until Part 2….
-Brooke
7/24/09
One of this week’s core projects has been the planning and development for tomorrow’s Free Friday – Haque Session. I’ve never soldered before, or admittedly never even picked up an x-box controller, so I’m looking forward to learning some new skills at the event.
It’s been busy in the last few days – we all digested screen-printing, made some great shirts, coordinated Haque education, visited the most excellent Trick Drums in my hometown of Arlington Heights, IL, absorbed a beat brokering lecture by Jamaal James and furthered the awareness of the Haque event using various channels of promotion.
If you’re not busy at 7:00pm tomorrow (Friday, 7.17), come on down to Invisible Records to experience our very first Haque Session! Learn more and RSVP here!
-Brooke
7/16/09
Hello Friday, July 10, 2009 at r3. ‘Tis a lovely day filled with ice cream trucks and all around good company. FYI – I plan to update this space with websites, images, events, happenings, music-related ideas and other things that I am currently enjoying. Roll on, you say?
1. China & Twitter
“Twitter was created and tailor-made for a country like China.” – Gordon Chu, China Media Report, July ‘09
As we’ve been learning the in’s and out’s of micro-blogging and other social media devices at r3, I was curious what China thought of one specific site: Twitter. Turns out, they adore it.
CHINA MEDIA REPORT 0707
2. SoundCloud
Artists are now starting to turn to SoundCloud to get the word out about their music. SC allows you to automatically embed the songs you upload, plus no file-size limit. See ya Myspace…
soundcloud threatens myspace
3. Facebook Demographics
45% of Facebook’s US audience is now 26 years old or older.
Wondering who’s using Facebook these days?
US Facebook Demographics
-Brooke
7/10/09
r3 student Max Goldberg called into Brian Babylon’s monday magic on Vocalo (89.5 FM) today to promote Martin’s RELIGION OF MARKETING gallery event this Tuesday, July 7 at 7:00pm. Did you hear his call? Let us know on Twitter – @educ8r3
Vocalo.org is an affiliate of Chicago Public Radio. It’s a user-driven radio station anyone can add to. It’s a new station, just launched last fall, and r3 will be working with Vocalo to spread awareness from here on out. Check it out at www.vocalo.org.
-Brooke
7-6-09
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