Was cruising around on twitter which I do way to often and came across a great post, just didn’t like the title. There are so many groups of musicians out there, but if they aren’t signed to a label, a major label, well they are considered “unsigned”. It doesn’t matter if they gross over $100,000 or more, they are still “unsigned”, a word which just bugs me. I prefer independent, but that doesn’t really sum it up for me either – is there a new word that one could use when describing a band or artist who is out there making things happen without a label?
Enough of my rant. There is a new tool out there for bands and artists (I guess that is what I will use now) looking for radio play. You can sign up with Slacker.
Check out Matt Rosoff’s cnet’s post here.
SoundExchange will be at SXSW and they have lots of $$$ for the artists listed below. When I go through this list, I see a lot of bands I know – and I will be bet you do too. Do them a favor and let them know they are on the list and they have $$$.
To learn more about SoundExchange click here. If you are on the list and at SXSW go to their booth. Information is below.
| 2AM Club | Golden Triangle | Pegi Young |
| 65daysofstatic | Good Old War | pEneLOpe[s], The |
| 9th Wonder | Grady | Pharoahe Monch |
| Aa | Grand Analog | Pictureplane |
| A-Alikes | Grass Widow | Pines, The |
| Abe Vigoda | Grimy Styles | Pink Nasty |
| Acrylics | Gringo Star | Pirate Love |
| Adam Tensta | Ha Ha Tonka | Pivot |
| Adventure | Harlem | Plastician |
| Alina Simone | Hauschka | Pomegranates |
| All Smiles | Henry Clay People, The | PowerSolo |
| Alpha Rev | Here We Go Magic | Pretty Lights |
| Amaral | Hey Champ | Princeton |
| American Bang | Hickoids | Psalm One |
| Amplified Heat | Hill Country Revue | Quest For Fire |
| Anamanaguchi | Hollerado | Rachael Cantu |
| Anix, The | Holy Ghost! | Rafter |
| Anni Rossi | Home Video | Rainbow Arabia |
| Anuhea | honeyhoney | Rainbow Bridge |
| Arms | Hood Internet, The | Rakaa |
| Asteroids Galaxy Tour, The | Hot Panda | Rapid Ric |
| Atomic Bitchwax, The | Hot Pink Delorean | Reading Rainbow |
| Awesome Color | Howlies | Real Estate |
| Bad Veins | Huecco | Red Cortez |
| Bajofondo | I See Stars | Reflection Eternal |
| BALANCE | Ian McLagan & the Bump Band | Resplandor |
| Balkan Beat Box | Ian Moore | Rob Roy |
| Balmorhea | Idiot Pilot | Robert Francis |
| Band of Heathens, The | Illa J | Robert Gomez |
| Band of Skulls | illScarlett | Rosi Golan |
| Bang Bang Eche | Jacka, The | Roxy Cottontail |
| Banjo Or Freakout | Jaguar Love | Royal Bangs |
| Banner Pilot | Japandroids | Ruby Isle |
| Beach Fossils | Japanther | Ruby Suns, The |
| Bear Hands | Jason Collett | Rural Alberta Advantage, The |
| Ben + Vesper | Javelin | Rwake |
| Best Coast | Jemina Pearl | Rye Rye |
| Best Fwends | Jennifer Knapp | Salome |
| BettySoo | Jeremy Jay | SambaDa |
| Big Sean | Jeremy Messersmith | Sarah Jaffe |
| Bitters, The | Jern Eye | Sarah Jarosz |
| Black Helicopter | Jesca Hoop | Sasquatch |
| Black Watch, The | Jessica 6 | Scott H. Biram |
| Black, The | Jill Barber | Seabear |
| Blue Aeroplanes, The | jj | Sean Price |
| Bobby Bare Jr | Joe Pug | Sebastien Schuller |
| Bomba Estereo | Joey Ryan | Seedy Seeds, The |
| Book of Black Earth | John Biz | Serena-Maneesh |
| Boom Pam | Johnny Flynn | Serengeti |
| Born Ruffians | Jonna Lee | Sgt Dunbar & the Hobo Banned |
| Bowerbirds | Joshua James | Sharon van Etten |
| Boxer Rebellion, The | Jukebox the Ghost | She & Him |
| Brandon Jenkins | Junius | Skyzoo |
| Brazos | Kaiser Cartel | Slaraffenland |
| Brendan James | Karnivool | SLEEP of Oldominion |
| Brian Posehn | K-Drama | Slim Cessna’s Auto Club |
| Brimstone Howl | Kid Sister | Small Black |
| Broadfield Marchers | Kill the Client | Smith Westerns |
| Broken Records | Kingston | So Cow |
| Capsula | Kiss Kiss | So Many Dynamos |
| Carolyn Mark | Krayolas, The | Soft Pack, The |
| Carolyn Wonderland | L.A.B. | Soko |
| Carrie Rodriguez | Le Castle Vania | Solange Knowles |
| Casiokids | Les Savy Fav | Solillaquists of Sound |
| Caspian | Li’l Cap’n Travis | Somi |
| Casxio | Light Pollution | Son Lux |
| Cataracs, The | Lights | Sounds Under Radio |
| Catherine MacLellan | Linda Kiraly | Speak |
| Cave Singers, The | Linus Of Hollywood | Spring Standards, The |
| Centro-matic | Lions | Steel Train |
| Charles Hamilton | Little Black Dress | Steps, The |
| Charlie Parr | Little Girls | Steriogram |
| Chevelles, The | Liturgy | Steve Aoki |
| Chew Lips | Local Natives | Still Flyin’ |
| Chicharones, The | LoCura | Still Life Still |
| Chief | Lonely Forest, The | Strange Boys, The |
| Classixx | Looptroop Rockers | Strong Arm Steady |
| Clutters, The | Lord T & Eloise | Suckers |
| Coal Men, The | Love Language, The | Suidakra |
| Coal Porters, The | Love Of Diagrams | Summer Cats |
| Coast, The | Love of Everything | Tacks, the Boy Disaster |
| Coathangers, The | Lovely Feathers, The | Tanya Morgan |
| Cobra Skulls | Low Anthem, The | Tedashii |
| Cocktail Slippers | Low Frequency In Stereo, The | Temper Trap, The |
| Computer Club | Lyrics Born | Th’ Legendary Shack Shakers |
| Craze | Mackintosh Braun | That Ghost |
| Crystal Antlers | Mad Juana | Thee Oh Sees |
| Crystal Fighters | Magno aka Magnificent | These Are Powers |
| Cymbals Eat Guitars | Major Lazer | These United States |
| Cynics, The | Maldita Vecindad y Los Hijos del Quinto Patio | Think About Life |
| Daedelus | Man or Astro-Man? | This Bike is a Pipe Bomb |
| Dan Black | Maps & Atlases | This Will Destroy You |
| Danielson | Marco Polo & Torae | Those Darlins |
| Dappled Cities | Marty Willson-Piper | Through the Sparks |
| Darker My Love | Matias Aguayo | Tim Brantley |
| Darren Hanlon | Matt Pryor | Tim Easton |
| Dead To Me | Matthew Mayfield | Titus Andronicus |
| Deadstring Brothers | Melismatics, The | Tiye Phoenix |
| Deep Dark Woods, The | Members, The | Tom Brosseau |
| Deleted Waveform Gatherings | Memory Tapes | Tommy Keene |
| Delta Spirit | MEN | Torche |
| Diamond District | Mi and L’au | Toro Y Moi |
| Dinosaur Bones | Middle Class Rut | Toxic Avenger, The |
| Diplomats of Solid Sound | Middle Finger Salute | Trampled by Turtles |
| Dirty Little Rabbits | Middleman | Transfer |
| Division Minuscula | Miike Snow | Treasure Fingers |
| Dixie Witch | Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson | Trek Life |
| DJ Enferno | Minipop | True Widow |
| DJ Sun | Miss Derringer | Truth Universal |
| DM Stith | Miss Li | Turbo Fruits |
| Dorrough | Modern Skirts | Twin Tigers |
| Dosh | Monarchs | Two Star Symphony |
| Doug Wamble | Moondoggies, The | Ty Segall |
| Drums, The | Morning Benders | Tyvek |
| Dum Dum Girls | Mother Hips, The | Uffie |
| Dyme Def | Mozella | Ugly Beats, The |
| Efterklang | Muck and the Mires | Uglysuit, The |
| Eisley | Muffs, The | Unwed Sailor |
| Electric President | Murmansk | Useless ID |
| Elk City | My Dad is Dead | UUVVWWZ |
| Elliott BROOD | Nawal | Venice is Sinking |
| Empire Isis | Negrita | Very Best, The |
| Envy On The Coast | New Roman Times | Volovan |
| erik hassle | NewVillager | Wallpaper |
| Ettes, The | Night On Earth | Washed Out |
| Everest | Ninjasonik | Watson Twins, The |
| Evergreen Terrace | Niobe | Wave Machines |
| Failsafe | Nneka | Wax Fang |
| Fall of Troy, The | No Age | We Were Promised Jetpacks |
| Fat Pimp | No te va gustar | White Denim |
| Findlay Brown | Novas, The | White Mice |
| Flying Lotus | Now On | Whitsundays, The |
| Fool’s Gold | Obi Best | WhoMadeWho |
| Forecast, The | Odawas | Wild Moccasins |
| Francis | Oddisee | Winter Gloves |
| Free Blood | Ola Podrida | Wiz Khalifa |
| Free Energy | Olof Arnalds | Wolfgang Gartner |
| French Miami | One Be Lo | Wooden Birds, The |
| Fresh & Onlys, The | One Night Only | Woodhands |
| Frightened Rabbit | Orphaned Land | Woods |
| Fucked Up | Outasight | Wye Oak |
| Funeral Pyre, The | Pac Div | xx, The |
| Gates Of Slumber, The | Pack A.D., The | Yakuza |
| General Elektriks | Pack, The | You Say Party! We Say Die! |
| Ghinzu | Pains of Being Pure at Heart, The | Yppah |
| Girl in a Coma | Parlour Steps | Yuppie Pricks |
| Girls Guns and Glory | Parry Gripp | Zeus |
| Glint | Parties, The | Zillionaire |
| Glossary | Pase Rock | Zoroaster |
| Goes Cube | Pattern Is Movement | |
| Golden Bear | Peanut Butter Wolf | |
| Golden Filter, The | Pearl Harbor |
Labels and Copyright Holders:
| 429 Records | Fire | Planet Mu |
| 6 Hole Records | Flying Nun Records | Planetary |
| Adventure Music | Four Music | Plug Research |
| Aeronaut | Fractured Discs | PPM Records |
| Afternoon Records | Frank | Princess Records |
| Ajana | Frenchkiss | Quannum |
| Alive | Get Hip Recordings | Quarter Stick |
| Alpha Pup Records | Glurp | Rainbow Quartz |
| Alternative Tentacles | Gomma Records | Raptivism |
| Amp | Greentrax | Record Collection |
| Anticon | Ground Control | Red Bull Records |
| Aporia Records | Guerilla Funk | Red Scare |
| Arclight Records | Halftooth Records | Restless |
| Arena Rock | Hardly Art | S.I.N. |
| Astree | Heyday Records | Saboteur Records |
| Au-Go-Go | Homestead | Saustex Media |
| Azra Records | Honeymilk | SCR |
| Bart | Hypnotize Minds | Self-Starter Foundation |
| Baudelaire Label | IHeartComix | Sidecho Records |
| BCD Music Group | In the Red | Siltbreeze Records |
| Bear Family Records | Indie Records | Sincerely Yours |
| Bismeaux Records | Invisible DJ | Skrocki Records |
| Bizarro Records | Invisible Records | Skybucket Records |
| Blacksmith | Ironworks Music | Skyclad |
| Bomb | Jet Set | Slumberland |
| Bomb Hip-Hop | Kelp Records | Smalltown Supersound |
| Bomber | Kemado | SMC Recordings |
| Breakbeat Science | Kindercore Records | Smith |
| Breezeway Records | Kingston Records | Smith Music Group |
| BrianPosehn.com | Kitsune | Smooch Records |
| Brick | Kompakt | Sones del Mexside S.A. de C.V. |
| Burly Time Records | L.A. Underground | Sound Wave Records |
| Burnt Toast Vinyl | Line | Sounds Familyre |
| Camera Records | Locomotive Music | Southern |
| Captain O! | Loud Minority | Southern Lord |
| Chicken Ranch Records | Low Down Music | Special Music |
| Clickpop Records | LTM | Split Rock |
| Copasetik | Lujo Records | Spook City |
| Cordless Recordings | Magic Bullet Records | Stereo Deluxe |
| Cosmic Flux Musiq | Manhattan Records | Stonegarden Records |
| Curuja Songs | Manifesto Records | Stroudavarious Records |
| Custard | Maple Music Recordings | Suave House |
| Cyrano International, Inc. | Mavis | Suave Records |
| Decca Label Group | Meteor City Records | Suicide Squeeze Records |
| DFA | MIA | Sumerian Records |
| Digital Hardcore | Mochilla Music | Summer Break Records |
| Dine Alone Records | Moshi Moshi | Surefire |
| Dionysus Records | Moving Shadow | Suretone |
| Dopamine | MRI Associated | Swishahouse |
| Draft Records | Music World | Tacksdisastrous Music |
| Drive-Inn Productions | National | Take Root Records |
| Eclectone Records | Nature Sounds | Tee Pee |
| EEC | Necropolis | Terrorbird |
| EFA | Nine Mile Records | Thump Records |
| Eighth Dimensions | Norton Records | Times Beach Records |
| Eleven Thirty | Oarfin Records | Toolroom |
| EM | One Louder | Traffic Ent. |
| Emperor Jones | One Percent Press | Troubleman Unlimited |
| End Records, The | Orfeon | Up Above Records |
| Engine Room | Paper Bag Records | Utensil Recordings |
| Estrus | Past & Present | Vapor Records |
| Eulogy Recordings | Pattern is Movement | Wagram Records |
| Fanatic | Peacefrog | Warm |
| Fast Music | Perriello Productions | Waveform Corporation |
| Film Guerrero | Pet Rock Records | Western Vinyl |
This list only includes artists pre-registered to showcase at SoundExchange. Even if you’re not on the list, you may alreayd have royalties waiting to be claimed. Check out www.soundexchange.com to register or stop by booth 400 at SXSW to find out more.
I was so excited when I read about the new video game, “PowerGig” on Digital Media Wire. I don’t own an Xbox or a PlayStation, well not yet anyway. You see, I have small children at home and if we purchase video games and all of the accessories, I want the games to have a purpose or some sort of educational value. PowerGig will have just that. Unlike most video games that deal with music, PowerGig will have a real 6 string guitar controller. I have longed to buy RockBand, but each time I play the game I feel a little frustrated with my playing. I love the music, but I am often frustrated with the controller.
I’ve gone to the PowerGig page to learn more and I just found a landing page with background music of a band warming up, kind of what you would hear if you were a band loading into the back door of a club, so no information there.
I also jumped over to the seven45Studios page too – again, to learn more information, but it looks as though the best information can be found here, their press release.
I am hopeful this game will be as great as I think it will be and that they will add more instruments too.
Hey, if you need a game tester, pick me, because this is a video game I will love and encourage my friends and family to buy.
Artists are pioneers. They create something out of nothing. Turns out this pioneering spirit is also good for business. Last week Rocco Landesman (Chairman, National Endowment for the Arts) was on the Diane Rhem Show . He announced a new grant initiative with the NEA’s Mayor’s Institute on City Design. Click here to read about the qualifications for applying for this grant and to find extensive list of participating states and cities click here. Artists, contact your Mayor and find out how you can partner with your community to create an arts district.
I will have the honor of participating at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service in San Francisco, CA from June 22 through June 24th. The White House administration along with many other service organizations will be gearing up for a summer of service. Check out www.serve.gov to see what you can do to help. Please click on the video in the upper right hand corner of this blog to learn more.
I stumbled across Roy Christopher’s blog after he friended me on Facebook. After wandering around his website I found Teaching Copyright . Looks very informative for all ages. Paul D. Miller’s book would make a wonderful companion piece. Read on.
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Digital Music Forum East. Should be a great event – with music start-ups lined up to tell their story. Looking forward to learning more about Red Velvet and Choruss.
This conference is always jammed pack with new information and interesting people to meet. Check out in NYC on February 25th and 26th. www.digitalmusicforum.com
