I was talking with a musician the other day about why it’s so hard to find places to play lately. We’re in another real estate surge nationwide, which means that all the cheap spaces and run-down buildings that are great for rock and jazz venues can suddenly fetch double or triple their current leases upon [...]
WaPo’s Joshua Bell Busking Experiment
April 8, 2007 By Leave a Comment
UPDATE 4.9.07: Some experienced buskers brainstorm about ways Joshua could have upped his collections that morning — some really great ideas! For anyone who’s ever made more money from subway busking than from a club gig, here’s a fascinating experiment from the Washington Post. To see if average working Americans would make time in their [...]
Athens House Concert Venue Gets Shut Down by Code Enforcement
December 13, 2005 By Leave a Comment
I wrote about this in Host Your Own Concerts, but we’ve got an example of it here in Athens, where lots of folks host house concerts, backyard parties, and tailgates with live music. House concerts typically work best in a controlled space, where you know at least half the folks on the invite list, and [...]
Revenge of the Singer/Songwriter: The LIVE Shuffle
September 2, 2005 By 1 Comment
Over the past few months, I’ve been advising artists to make some waves by forming collectives and staging great collaborative events. Philadelphia’s Mick Choder just upped the ante — in reaction to the Shuffle Nights at clubs in town, he’s pulling together FIFTY singer/songwriters to play in an all-night “Live Shuffle” as part of Philly’s [...]
CD Release Party Gets One Philly Band a Jail Sentence
August 29, 2005 By Leave a Comment
Host Your Own Concerts
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