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David Byrne Gives Music Career Advice
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 There's a great article over at Wired Magazine called, "David Byrne's Survival Strategies For Emerging Artists - And Megastars" that should be required reading for anybody pursuing a music career in the current market. Byrne details existing and emerging label and distribution models and includes a number of graphs and even audio to fascinating conversations about the business, where it's been and where it's going. - Mitch
Click "read more" below for the link to Byrne's article.
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Mud Coffee with Blender Magazine Present Crud's New Year's Freak
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 Detroit - Mud Coffee with Blender Magazine present Crud's New Year's Freak on Monday, December 31 at the Magic Stick.
This decadent New Year's Eve soiree features live music by acclaimed Detroit electro rockers Crud, plus special guests Cybertrybe (riveting industrial rock), plus the twisted puppetry of The Gepetto Files. Additionally, Karen Neal and Mike Hard of God Bullies fame will debut their new indie band They Never Sleep. Adding to the holiday mayhem will be barfly poet Jimmy Doom as Baby New Year, and “fancy schmancy” burlesque by Death in Heels. DJ Topkat will also be spinning between acts. With sampling, drink specials and giveaways by Mud Coffee and Blender Magazine, party goers are in for an exciting and memorable night of live music, performance and fun!
Click "read more" below for details and linkys.
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Terry Lee Bolton Videos Available On Y'All Wire, Digital Rodeo
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shotgunbolton writes:
 Hey everyone. I am so excited to tell you that my new video, "American Man", is now at Y'all Wire.com the internet's hottest place for Country Stars, Country Music & Country Videos. My video appears among country music royalty like Hank Williams Jr. & Kid Rock, Dixie Chicks, Trace Adkins, Faith Hill, Tim Magraw, Rascal Flats, Jerry Lee Lewis, Shooter Jennings, LeAnn Rimes and so many others I can't type them all. Plus, we're hosting a 100,000 Play Celebration contest over at Digital Rodeo where my Big 'Ol Train audition video for RockStar SuperNova has been posted. Click "read more" below for all the links and info. - TLB
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 The saying goes, "never look a gift horse in the mouth". It's supposed to be bad form, but in this case you're going to find a whole lot more than a good set of teeth. Gifthorse is an odd band to come out of Detroit amidst a sea of hip-hop hucksters and garage rock wanna-bees, but imagine a careful blend of CSN, The Eagles, Bare Naked Ladies, Stone Temple Pilots and a dose of The Grateful Dead thrown in for good measure. That's a holiday recipe that will keep your innards warm while the cold wind blows down the Cass Corridor. Definitely not a sound you'd expect to spring from the urban decay of po'town, but then considering how many people have already left Detroit, nobody should be surprised it produced at least one "Tumbleweed" - which is the title of their debut album. There's some real good stuff here. - Mitch
Click "read more" below for the link.
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Happy Christmas (War Is Over) ?
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 Graham Strachan, former lead singer of Robb Roy and current lead singer of National Ghost, just reminded us via e-mail that war is over / if you want it . No, he's not referring to the apathy of American citizens when it comes to demanding accountability from their so-called leaders, he's referring to a cover version of Happy Christmas by John Lennon & Yoko Ono he recorded with Robb Roy & Friends a back in 2002 to benefit childhood cancer research. The CD is no longer available, but you can still hear this rare recording on Graham's website. Chris McCall lends her lovely voice to this track as well as Graham's three daughters. There's other voices mixed in there too; in fact, if you listen very carefully you can hear yours truly warbling his way all the way through. - Mitch
Click "read more" below for links to the song and the story behind the song.
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MB Welcomes Wake Of Destruction
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 I just finished watching the documentary No End In Sight about the disastrous post-invasion fiasco in Iraq that we're suffering to this day. Invading a country is easy, but occupying it turns out to be a tricky bitch. Anyway, when my attention finally shifted back to MB, I found it fitting that the next band we were to welcome was WAKE OF DESTRUCTION, a heavy-metal band out of Lapeer, Mi. There are other disturbing coincidences: both the re-construction of Iraq and Wake Of Destruction began in 2004 but didn't really get off the ground until 2007 (wait, did the re-construction of Iraq ever get off the ground?); both the Iraq War and WOD were conceived in a basement - one at The Pentagon and the other at guitarist Scott Warnke' house; Iraqis shed red on a daily basis and WOD played their first gig at The Red Shed in Caro, MI. Do we really need any more proof that their time has come? - Mitch
Click "read more" below for a link and a poster to their New Year's gig at The Machine Shop.
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Music Review: Making Me Wonder by Lime Regal
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 Though I never received the disc I was told to expect from Lime Regal, I was so anxious to get my ears on it I ponied up the cash and downloaded it from iTunes. Now that the Lansing-incubated, Detroit-forged band is receiving attention from all quarters, they probably don't need the support of little old MB. But unpopularity has never stopped me from sharing my opinions about the local music I really dig. Lime Regal's six-song ep "Making Me Wonder" is definitely now on that list.
Click "read more" below.
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 Michiganbands.com would like to welcome ThreePeace (sic), a "skunk rock" band from Empire, MI (that's the first knuckle of the pinky finger on your Michigan mitten) whose musical goals are nothing less than achieving world peace by channeling The Divine via the unifying third beat of reggae music.
Having survived a near-fatal car accident, a career-ending back injury and subsequent major spinal surgery, and a divorce - Leftee and Big R decided their lives were spared for a reason. So they hired session drummer Martin Sheehan and purged their souls with their first release, "Empire of The Sun". Since then, ThreePeace has set out to create some positive vibes in the tradition of their heroes Daniel Lanois, Bob Marley and The Police with "For The Love of The Rastaman" (available at CD Baby & iTunes) and are planning their third release for 2008. Click "Read More" below for their links.
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5th Annual ''Home For The Holidaze'' Benefits Area Homeless
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 The holidays are now upon us and it is time once again for the fifth annual showcase "Home for the Holidaze" - a singer-songwriter music showcase and benefit for area homeless shelters. The event brings together local singer-songwriters and former Detroit musicians who are home for the holiday season. It is a chance for them to perform for a good cause as the proceeds from the event will go towards food donations to area homeless shelters. We also accept pet food donations to be distributed to the local animal shelters, Almost Home (almosthomeanimalrescue.org) and Cinder Fund (cinderfund.org).
This year we are teaming up with Charity Music (charitymusic.com) a local non-profit organization that provides musical instruments to less fortunate children in the community to help foster their musical interests and talents. We will be accepting donations of used musical instruments to distribute to these kids. Any donated used instruments from school band instruments to guitars can be put to good use. Click "read more" below for artists and information.
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Annual Michigan Artists Holiday Event and Benefit
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 Are you ready to "Christmas" party? Make sure you put the annual Michigan Artists Holiday Party on your list.
This year’s event will be held at the Token Lounge in Westland and will feature music by The Howling Diablos, Flop House, Broke and False City.
Admission is just $10.00 and is restricted to over 18 years only. There will drawings for gifts and raffles all night. A portion of the proceeds go to help needy families.
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