MUSI2K at Parisoma
Illustrated Notes by: Stefan – SF Intercom
INTERVIEW WITH J SIDER
(RootMusic)
Moderator: Anu Kirk – Mog
J Sider – RootMusic, BandPage
Last night I attended Musi2k at Parisoma.
I really had no idea what to expect! I had never heard of Musi2k or Parisoma… and nobody I knew was talking about the event… I just saw it and decided I was in the mood to schmooze. (you know… brush shoulders with some creatives!)
SF MUSICTECH ROUNDUP: Live Music Marketing
Illustrated Notes by: Stefan – SF Intercom Typed Notes by: Jeff Watkins LIVE MUSIC MARKETING Moderator: Kevin Lyman – 4Fini/Vans Warped Tour Gabe Benveniste – Sonic Living Julia Hartz – EventBrite Ian Hogarth – SongKick Zack Darling – Zack Darling Creative Associates Aaron Siuda – Live Nation I switched into this panel about halfway through from another, [...]
HOW ICLOUD COULD CHANGE EVERYTHING
Photo and Article by: Jeff Watkins iCloud is here. Now what? iCloud is here. More importantly for us in the music biz, iTunes Match seems to allow people to synch their music on all of their devices together for just $24.99. I think it’s safe that we should begin with the assumption that iCloud will [...]
SF MUSICTECH ROUNDUP: Artist Revenue Stream
Illustrated Notes by: Stefan – SF Intercom Article by: Jeff Watkins ARTIST REVENUE STREAM Panel Includes: Bryan Calhoun; SoundExchange Dina Lapolt; Lawyer Robb McDaniels; inGrooves Marcus Whitney; Moontoast Dean Serletic; Emblem Music Group I was darn excited about this one coming into it. My hope was they would start with the assumption that everyone knows bands have [...]
SF MUSICTECH ROUNDUP: Music in the Cloud
Notes Drawn By: Stefan – SF Intercom
Article By: Jeff Watkins
Highlights from SF MUSIC TECH:
Uncertainty in Cloud Music Industry
Moderator:
Antony Bruno; Billboard
Panel Includes:
Jon Irwin; Rhapsody
Larry Kenswil; Lawyer
Daren Tsui; mSpot
Much of this panel seemed like executives trying to one up each other and talk about how their own companies were leading the way in the cloud revolution. Surprisingly, some of the most interesting comments came from the panel’s lone lawyer, Larry Kenswil.
INDIE CHECKLIST: SoundExchange
Photo and Article by: Jeff Watkins Sign up for SoundExchange. NOW. Over 45,000 artists have signed up so far. $614 million in royalties have been paid, $250 million of them just last year. If you’ve been around a while, you’ve probably signed up. If you’re a new band, though, this should be towards to top [...]
SF MUSICTECH ROUNDUP: Crowdjuke
article by: Jeff Watkins Crowdjuke, the answer to the Party Playlist Problem I spent the day yesterday at Sf MusicTech, an amazing collection of musicians, music execs, and the techies that have made the digital music landscape so exciting lately. We’ll be gradually getting out more articles to give details on the topics we tweeted [...]
MIDORI LONGO ON SURVIVAL
article by: Stefan – SF Intercom photo by: Midori! HIYA! So… I’ve been hearing a lot of good things about you recently. I’d love to get your thoughts on Surviving in a band in the Bay Area. Hello, Hello! Well, I think the most important thing I have learned so far is to create music that [...]
ARS NOVA ON SURVIVAL
article by: Stefan – SF Intercom photo by: Anna Larina Recently my Facebook news feed updated with 10 new photos of my friend Robert Eugene Bradley. I questioned him… and discovered he’s in a new band. Thus I thought… quiz time!!! Does your band get together and plan? (Plan) When we practice we usually talk about what [...]
DownDownDown ON SURVIVAL
article by: Stefan – SF Intercom photo by: Rus Anson I’ve caught up with Jayce Alexander Basques from DownDownDown. My hope was to discover how other bands could get down with the survival advice of DDD. Jayce Alexander Basques: “Ok… lemme answer. This is my take on these; the rest of DownDownDown may or may not agree [...]
PDNF ON SURVIVAL
article by: Stefan – SF Intercom photo by: Anna Larina I’ve got Zen here from PDNF with a little advice on how your band can survive and “NOT FIGHT.” The biggest thing I’ve learned from the last 8 months is that anything can happen. As a band you must be ready to roll with the punches. Everyone [...]
NOISE POP 2011 GAME PLAN
Photo by: Noise Pop Article by: Stefan Aronsen Noise Pop 2011 is finally upon us. I’m super thrilled… but at the same time find myself with a lot less money than I had last year. Thus… listed are the shows I recommend… keeping in mind you and I are both on a budget. “The Noise [...]
MUSIC EDUCATION #sfmusictech
Notes and Article by: Stefan – SF Intercom MUSIC EDUCATION Moderator: Greg Gordon – Pyramind, Founder & CEO Panel Includes: Mimi Fox – Jazz Guitarist / Educator / Homeless Youth Music Mentoring Project Mike King – Berkleemusic.com, the online school of Berklee College of Music, Director of Marketing Dr. Dee Spencer – San Francisco State [...]
CONNECTED DEVICES #sfmusictech
Notes and Article by: Stefan – SF Intercom CONNECTED DEVICES Moderator: Michael Papish – Rovi Corp, Product Development Director Panel Includes: Lucas Gonze – MOG, Product Manager Thomas Meyer – Sonos, Head of Earned Media (Community, Social, PR) Ty Roberts – Gracenote, CTO Geno Yoham – Winamp, Executive Director (more notes after event) (follow on [...]
MUSIC IN FILM, TV & COMMERCIALS #sfmusictech
Notes and Article by: Stefan – SF Intercom MUSIC IN FILM, TV & COMMERCIALS Moderator: Brooke Wentz – the Rights Workshop, Founder Panel Includes: Mat Kearney – Mat Kearney, Artist Todd Porter – Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, Producer + Music Supervisor Raj Ramayya – Strawberry Hill Music, Composer / Producer (more notes after event) (follow [...]
LEGAL ISSUES IN DIGITAL MUSIC #sfmusictech
Notes and Article by: Stefan – SF Intercom LEGAL ISSUES IN DIGITAL MUSIC Moderator: Cecily Mak, Esq. – Rhapsody International Inc., VP and General Counsel Panel Includes: Jan D’Allessandro – Topspin Media, Vice President Business Development and General Counsel Mark A. Lemley, Esq. – Stanford Law School Milt Olin, Esq. – Altschul & Olin, LLP, [...]
GLASS ELEVATOR ON SURVIVAL
With no further delay … all the way from Olympia Washington, I present: Glass Elevator.
Does your band get together and plan?
There’s really only one plan: to make music. As simple as that is, this is easy to forget. But life to us seems best to take it as it comes, and we make plans and change plans all along the way. With an album and our first West Coast tour on the horizon, we see the fruition of plans hatched yesterday and continue to make new plans for tomorrow.
THE FANCY DAN BAND ON SURVIVAL
article by: Stefan – SF Intercom The Fancy Dan Band is “singing to survive.” I caught up with them in order to bring you their take on Survival in SF. Does your band get together and plan? We do a lot of planning at band practices, just trying to get ready for our next show. [...]
JIMI HENDRIX IN SF
If you’re interested in getting Gered Mankowitz new book “The Experience: Jimi Hendrix at Masons Yard,” send me an e-mail (shows at sf inter.com) telling me what Jimi Hendrix meant to you, to music and to San Francisco. I will feature the best one on SF Intercom and… the book is yours!
THE SHANTS ON SURVIVAL
article by: Stefan – SF Intercom photo by: Lauren Wiest Back from tour…and here to shine a little on what bands should and shan’t do…THE SHANTS!!! Does your band get together and plan? We generally start our rehearsals with a quick band meeting to make sure everyone is on the same page about upcoming shows, [...]
SILIAN RAIL ON SURVIVAL
I have been following Local Record label Parks and Records for some time. Thus it is with great excitement that I bring you this interview from Local SF Band Silian Rail.
AXIUM ON SURVIVAL
article by: Stefan – SF Intercom Bay Area band Axium has been promoting, plugging-in and playing all over the US. In an effort to help you with your efforts I stopped them to ask how they do it. Does your band get together and plan? (Plan) ISM: It’s always a challenge to meet and discuss [...]
SONGWRITING INCOME: Recorded Music
article by: Jeff Watkins photo by: Alina Sherschneva This is for all you San Franciscan bohemians with songs in your hearts and aspirations to make a buck off of them. Everyone is sympathetic to the starving performing artist who gets screwed by the record company. But what about the songwriter? How does the tunesmith keep [...]
