Blog 52: Band Management: Compilation Album Release

I am managing “Band A” for one year. One of the nicest aspects has been meeting up with Kafadan Kontak Records and Tolga Ozbey. “Band A” is on KK Records, and the label invited us to be part of a compilation album, called “Let’s Commit Suicide” – which they put out on Christmas Day, which is also funny as hell, if you like dark dark humor.
It’s a compilation album of songs by Suicide, the earliest of the punk and electronic bands from the downtown NYC art scene in the early 70s. (Thanks to Edward Madill for producing/engineering/mixing – he’s got that magic.)
It’s been a nice end to 2019. “Band A” also made it onto the Asheville music scene’s “Year In Local Music,” compiled by Loose Fit on Asheville FM and DJ Ernesto Yermoli. As the year comes to a close I want to appreciate these curators – like Ernesto and Tolga. I remember 5 – 6 years ago on the Asheville scene when it seemed like Eron Rex was out every night, taking photos, video, connecting bands, putting out his zine – ThrAsheville zine. Curating is an art. Eron got the whole Asheville scene rolling. He helped to tell the story of the early years. Tolga is connecting these garage rock and punk rock bands across the globe through his label. Loose Fit understands the significance of the local scene happening right now. And Holy Crap Records will be running our end of the year top 10 – next week on the podcast. It has been the best year. DIY underground music is the best art form. So rich in attitude and guts and creativity and beauty. Thank you. Thank you.