John Richards, host and producer of The Morning Show for KEXP, creator of InternationalClash Day, wrote the influential essay “Getting Airplay. ” Holy Crap Records Podcast interviews John about how bands can get their music played on the radio.
I am managing “Band A” this year – because I believe in “Band A” and because I’m interested in exploring the current music business world. The goal is: 1) get “Band A” onto a minor label, 2) get “Band A” to play a music festival, and 3) to get “Band A” a hundred people at […]
This is the “4 Questions in 5 Minutes” video with Tristen Colby of The Styrofoam Turtles. His best advice for bands trying to break out and reach a bigger audience: play all the time and check oil levels on your vehicle if you’re touring all the way up in Wisconsin….
“Band A” is on the radio! I am managing “Band A” for one year, interviewing a bunch on experts in the video series “4 Questions in 5 Minutes,” and then using the best advice to promote “Band A.”
I’m in the business of band management. I have one-year to move “Band A” onto a label, get them on the festival circuit, invited by KEXP to play live at their studio… Hey I’m not the smartest, but I pay attention and follow trends through Holy Crap Records and the The Asheville Rock Collective. What are the best local bands doing to take those first steps to recognition and infamy?
John Cage staged the first happening – an immersive art experience at Black Mountain College in 1952. This happening led to Andy Warhol and Lou Reed’s “Exploding Plastic Inevitable,” Ken Kesey’s “Acid Tests,” and the world of performance art.
“Band A” – the band that I am managing – will be playing at one of the major breweries in the Asheville area on June 6th. The idea is to make this a large splashy event, an album release party, a happening on stage, performance art!!!
Introducing The Styrofoam Turtles and their latest song “pipe.” We will be interviewing Tristen for our “4 Questions in 5 minutes” video series this week.
I am a band manager this year. It was a slightly “Murray” experience this weekend. Murray is the band manager for “Flight of the Conchords.” Someone who believes in the band – and then sets them up with shows in aquariums and elevators.