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- Their cut-and-paste world | Brand X | Los Angeles Times
“if you surfed L.A.’s public access airwaves in the 1990s, you might have come across a paunchy, balding man who loved dancing to John Phillips Sousa marching songs while wearing nothing but a Lone Ranger mask and an American flag Speedo. But that’s not the weird part. The titular star of “Dancing With Frank Pachowski” surrounded himself with a semicircle of elderly people who sat and watched stone-faced as he performed. “It’s absolutely brilliant,” declares Nick Prueher. Five years ago, Prueher and his pal Joe Pickett — both former writers at the Onion — created the Found Footage Festival, a traveling show of video oddities that they’ve culled from thrift stores, garage sales and garbage bins. The fourth incarnation of their show, which has its West Coast premiere at M Bar tonight and Friday, features nearly 60 videos…”
- The Seattle Phonographers Union « Amaranth Arthouse Music – “The group eventually came out. After a brief introduction the performance began. Each performer played a part in the building and decreasing soundscape through samples ranging from everyday noises to political speeches. The genius in this form of concert is the ability to shuttle the listener to wherever their imagination, following the lead of the music, takes them… I noticed midway through the gig that the outer seating wasn’t the best spot, since a speaker sitting directly behind you takes away from the stereo experience. Therefore, I took the opportunity of changing to a middle aisle seat from a couple who had left the show. It made quite a bit of difference. I checked my watch after what seemed like 20 minutes and almost 90 minutes had elapsed. The show soon came to a close. Its hard to explain the show in detail, four months later, but the collaboration and improvisation of the group really worked. I highly recommend checking these folks out.”
- Sequenza21/ » We Wuz Robbed -
On hearing that no musicians or composers were awarded the 2009 MacArthur Genius Award/Grant, Scott Unrein replies: “I had a tee-ball coach who would always say, “hey genius, put a little hustle in it.” I think that’s enough of an application to ensure I’ll be in the running next year. Good luck, suckers.”
- Calder Quartet performs at University of Maryland – washingtonpost.com -
“This has almost certainly been good for their career (earning appearances on Leno and Letterman, along with several programming awards), but on the basis of Sunday afternoon’s concert at the University of Maryland, one wonders whether it has given them a helpful context for rendering the great masters. In a thoroughly conventional program of Stravinsky, Janácek and Schubert, the Calder displayed good basic ensemble skills but a blurry, generalized musicianship, everything sounding the same”
- The Savvy Musician: Building a Career, Earning a Living, & Making a Difference -
“THE SAVVY MUSICIAN, by Dr. David Cutler, is a thorough and comprehensive book created to help you 1) build a career, 2) earn a living, and 3) make a difference. It examines critical elements often overlooked or misunderstood by musicians, such as entrepreneurship, product development, branding, marketing, networking, the new recording paradigm, personal finance, funding, relevance, and legacy. This book helps you take control of your career by discovering opportunities that are both prosperous and meaningful.”
- Coffeeloop -
Coffeeloop exists to create new experiences for a new musical era. To find the pulse of contemporary music. But what does that mean? What do you think of when you hear the words “classical music”? For most people, ideas like old and traditional come to mind. Yet the best experiences in our lives we would often describe as new, or exhilarating. “It needn’t be this way. Coffeeloop aims to bring experience back to classical music, not with fireworks or laser shows (though we don’t rule those out), but with engagement. Engagement with you, and between the audience, the critic and the performer. There is enough excitement to go ago around — in fact, the more we share, the more there is for everyone.”