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Off to Toronto & NXNE

By , on June 18th, 2010 | Happenings

Leaving in a few hours to go to Toronto to attend NXNE. OK, bummed I’ll miss some of the World Cup matches but there’s a great line up and Toronto is always a fun place to visit (at least this time of the year). There’s several hundred Sonicbids bands playing so choosing who to see will be tough.

Besides the music, the thing I’m the most excited about? The “Boot the Boot In” charity soccer match on Sunday we are sponsoring. Here’s my quote from the press release: “I’m a football fan, a music fan and a networking fan. An event that combines all three? Count us in! Really, Sonicbids is proud to be a sponsor of the NXNE Put The Boot Charity Match. It’s a great cause at a great event. See you on the pitch.” I think the guys from Broken Social Scene are playing so that should be fun.

I’m also doing a panel called “DIY Starter Kit”. . . . → Read more

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Heading to SanFran MusicTech Summit

By , on May 15th, 2009 | Happenings

I guess I’m getting addicted to the Virgin America wi-fi thing (hence the writing of this post is occurring at 30,000 feet above ground).

I am en route to San Francisco to attend and speak at the SanFran MusicTech Summit on Monday. I’m on a panel titled “Reaching Fans” which kicks off bright and early at 9:20 AM. Hope you can attend – and if you are, by all means come up and say hi. sanfrancisco

We are also hosting a member dinner on Tuesday for artists from the Bay Area (Kimberly is also joining me). I really look forward to it, it’s been a few months since I’ve had the chance to host one of these -– and they’re always insightful. Many of the features that we launched these past few months are a direct result of these dinners and feedback from members.

This is the ninth one we’ve hosted following Toronto, New York, Seattle, Berlin, London, Seville, Groningen and Cannes (I kinda . . . → Read more

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Eurosonic & Groningen Member Dinner

By , on February 8th, 2009 | Happenings

If you want to know that Eurosonic’s like, here’s my quick and dirty:

250 awesome European bands playing in just about every nook and cranny imaginable. Picturesque Dutch town with cool Harry Potter-like buildings. Lots of tall good-looking people on bicycles, talking on mobile phones (cars not allowed). Smoke everywhere. Weird hot-dog vending machines in every street corner. Lousy Dutch weather. Music to die for, all through the night in jam-packed venues. Great beer.

There you have it. Maybe this is what SXSW felt 20 years ago (sans good looking people on bicycles maybe).

Really, I love this event. This my second time at Groningen and what I love about Eurosonic is the artistic integrity behind every music programming choice, and the fact that every festival producer that attends it commits to book at last one of the bands performing (and gets paid for it).

Like the last two years, this year we paid €500 – €1,000 towards the travel costs for 8 selected bands, and I managed to catch quite a few of them. (This is a program . . . → Read more

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