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Ok people who go see live music, you didn’t think you’d be off the hook, did you? You guys are the lifeblood of the musician. Without your support, we would never go out and perform. What would be the point? But, that doesn’t excuse you from acting like a normal human being […]

In keeping with my series on the do’s and do not’s at live music shows in smaller venues, I give you my top 10 rules for those stalwart employees of smoky (depending upon your ordinances), dingy rock bars. You chose to work there. The least you can do is try and make the […]

I started thinking about the complexities of playing music in local clubs and re-read my post on things said to musicians at gigs. I realized there are things that should be law when it comes to gigs and not just for musicians but for bar employees and music fans as well.
I’ll start with the […]

…why does music sound so bad these days?
Before you start making with the wise cracks, this has nothing to do with the quality of bands or even the quality of songs. There are a BUNCH of new bands I really like with songs I love. It’s just the way they choose to SOUND […]

Those of you who read this blog know that I am a musician and I like to write about music industry issues. For some time now, I’ve been conflicted about writing those things here simply because I prefer to keep my personal blog about stuff that I do or funny things that I find […]

As a musician who performs fairly often in a band that is not terribly well-known (yet), I’ve gotten used to things like bar managers who complain about lack of alcohol sales, people who promise to show up but don’t (I have a system for this I’ll reveal at some later date), sound that goes wrong, […]

I’ve been working as a musician in Houston for over 20 years. It not only makes me an old fogie of the music community, but a veteran of the difficulties that come with navigating the local music scene.
Saturday night, orange is in did a show at a new place on the north side called […]

I was reading this article in Business Week today about how MTV might need to be concerned about a new venture by Universal called the International Music Feed.
Besides the obvious question of why anyone would want to compete with a dying network loaded with reality shows, I have to wonder what Universal actually hopes to […]

I’m just guessing based on this quote from the story on Cinematical.
Cowell says: “The story is told through the eyes of those 10 contestants. We want it to be the musical version of Rocky — an underdog story, a feel-good film. Fame was all about young people wanting to be famous, and in order […]

American Idol popster and fellow Texan Kelly Clarkson started her career with major success. She followed up her AI win with a massive selling first release and managed to come up even bigger with her follow-up going for more of a rock, albeit mainstream, sound in the process.
I’ll admit that “Since U Been Gone” […]