May 2009
3 posts
Who is the best new artist you’ve discovered?
Wow, as if Scott Bacon read my mind – literally. Two weeks ago when I was writing the last journal entry on my first musical memories, I thought: “I hope the next journal is to write about a new artist that we listen to.” In fact, anyone that read my previous entry would already know who I am going to talk about it since I mentioned her several times in it despite the fact she couldn’t be any...
What was your first musical memory?
Strictly speaking, the first “music memory” I have is going to see the Boar’s Head when I was but a wee 6’5” redhead. It’s a yearly Christmas musical they do at my Grandmother’s church. It was kinda tradition. I don’t really remember much more about it than that which makes for a fairly boring journal if I leave it there.
You know what? Rather than just draw out some lengthy, forced expose on...
You are in charge of organizing a music festival. ...
Taking all of the previous festivals that i’ve either been to or seen the lineup for as the a priori distribution, it would appear that the overwhelming majority of festivals can be classified into one of two categories: a festival to sell out or a festival geared for a specific genre. A festival to sell out is something like Lollapalooza or Boonaroo or Bamboozle or Coachella or Virgin or...