Jes Skolnik wrote a great guide to pitching publications in the digital/ social media world.
Hey New Zealand friends, here is your opportunity to own 300 boomboxes. Check out this ridiculously awesome slice of music history. The seller won't split up the collection so be prepared to make some room for them all.
Photos of DC's Girls Rock! showcase taken by Farrah Skeiky are heartwarming and inspirational.
Fader recently spotlighted 7 queer bands from the U.K. worthy of your attention. I already knew I LOVED Shopping but that Cruising video!
Say what you will about Kickstarter (haters gonna hate), these numbers tell us that they are making a positive impact on the creative community. With Molly Neuman Hernandez (Bratmobile, The Peechees) at the helm of their music division, I would expect nothing less.
Backyard report: local Richmond, VA record label Grave Mistake has a new Earth Girls (Chicago) release coming August 12th. The Le Sigh debuted a new track this week; prepare for some quality Pop on 11. In other local news, RVA Magazine featured Samantha Brodek, a pen and ink artist whose macabre work has appeared on many an album cover or band shirt.
Meet Sarah Robbins from Alright/Faye/ Self Aware Records. Charlotte, NC is my new favorite and this lady is one of the main reasons why.
I have worked at records stores on and off for more than two decades. You wouldn't believe the things customers say and do within the walls of the shop. Luckily a record store clerk has written them all down and is willing to share. Anyone who has worked retail will appreciate these tales.
Kelley Deal from The Breeders is making scarves. It looks like she already sold out so you better bookmark this page because winter is coming.
Did you know women are winning the symphony chair game? More than 50% of the chairs in the top American 250 orchestras are filled by women.
Imagine putting your heart and soul into making music only to have it hijacked by someone like Donald Trump for the Republican party. These musicians say enough is enough.
Could this be the end of the vinyl boom? Duh.
Scotland has a music festival called Pandora where women were the primary focus.
This exhibition of Japanese portable record players appeals to me on every level.
Awe yeah! Another interview with the Latina DJ crew Chulita Vinyl Club.
The Indietracks festival is this weekend (Saint Etienne, The Aislers Set, The Spook School, Comet Gain) is also fundraising for Sarcoma UK, a charity Camera Obscura's Carey Lander was involved in before she passed of this cancer last year. If you aren't able to make it to the festival, you can still donate to the cause.
This Chicago group of women in music are creating their own safe spaces. Los Angeles also has a version of this, meet PLAG (play like a girl). This is a growing trend and I love it.
Showing posts with label safe spaces. Show all posts
Showing posts with label safe spaces. Show all posts
Friday, July 29, 2016
Friday, June 3, 2016
Feminist Friday : A Weekly Round Up
Safe show spaces only happen when we make it so. Here are a few highlights from Fuse.TV but a shout out to Beach Slang who are also a part of this movement and not mentioned here.
Dear Gibson Guitars, women are very important part of your history so please don't ignore it. I have always stood on team Gibson as a player but that could easily be changed.
What is the deal with cis male bands who pick mis-gendered names? It's not an ironic choice to me as an actual woman in music who has dealt with so many hurdles over the decades.
Hutch from the Thermals wrote a darn fine personal account about the frustrating aspect of band life when it comes down to trying to hold down a day job because music doesn't really pay. Note: band press which looks like popularity does not equal actual money coming in for human beings who make art. Social media likes do not translate into something creatives can pay the bills with.
However sexual assaults at concerts are still happening and at festivals, in mass.
It turns out that when nobody shows up to an author's reading, it feels just like a band with no audience.
The weirdest thing I read this week related to Kim Gordon, a coyote, and a Whole Foods parking lot.
NYC, I am very sorry your record stores are having a hard time keeping doors open. Our small city of Richmond, VA has kept more than 7 around for years now so perhaps it is time to visit us.
I very much enjoyed this piece by NPR about the forgotten women of Classical music.
Drummer wanna get some? Here are 10 funk beats I wish I knew how to play.
When you say stupid things, we are here to tell you and if it happens to be in front of a large audience, so be it.
Kickstarter as a possible A&R source? Molly thinks so.
Compact Discs and why we can't quit you quite yet.
Since 2011 these Muslim ladies have been blending their culture with hip-hop dance and it is beautiful reminder that music and art connects us all as humans.
Music-tech start ups are getting it all wrong according to Jim McDermott
Manko madness in Japan, art from the other down under.
Does your skin get off on music? Learn about skin-gasms here.
Dear Gibson Guitars, women are very important part of your history so please don't ignore it. I have always stood on team Gibson as a player but that could easily be changed.
What is the deal with cis male bands who pick mis-gendered names? It's not an ironic choice to me as an actual woman in music who has dealt with so many hurdles over the decades.
Hutch from the Thermals wrote a darn fine personal account about the frustrating aspect of band life when it comes down to trying to hold down a day job because music doesn't really pay. Note: band press which looks like popularity does not equal actual money coming in for human beings who make art. Social media likes do not translate into something creatives can pay the bills with.
However sexual assaults at concerts are still happening and at festivals, in mass.
It turns out that when nobody shows up to an author's reading, it feels just like a band with no audience.
The weirdest thing I read this week related to Kim Gordon, a coyote, and a Whole Foods parking lot.
NYC, I am very sorry your record stores are having a hard time keeping doors open. Our small city of Richmond, VA has kept more than 7 around for years now so perhaps it is time to visit us.
I very much enjoyed this piece by NPR about the forgotten women of Classical music.
Drummer wanna get some? Here are 10 funk beats I wish I knew how to play.
When you say stupid things, we are here to tell you and if it happens to be in front of a large audience, so be it.
Kickstarter as a possible A&R source? Molly thinks so.
Compact Discs and why we can't quit you quite yet.
Since 2011 these Muslim ladies have been blending their culture with hip-hop dance and it is beautiful reminder that music and art connects us all as humans.
Music-tech start ups are getting it all wrong according to Jim McDermott
Manko madness in Japan, art from the other down under.
Does your skin get off on music? Learn about skin-gasms here.
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