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Kaiser Chiefs BBC Interview: “Set Your Own Scene.”

Kaiser Chiefs BBC Interview: “Set Your Own Scene.”

By Ryan Van Etten on 04/13/2011

Kaiser Chiefs singer Ricky Wilson performs in 2005. – Photo: Andrew Kendall. “If you haven’t got a scene you’ve gotta’ set your own scene” said Kaiser Chiefs singer Ricky Wilson at 31:40 and “keep your ears peeled” for song ideas said drummer Nick Hodgson at 51:00 during their interview below with Steve Lamacq on BBC [...]

Posted in Discussion, Interviews, Music, Music Flux | Tagged Andrew Kendall, BBC Music, British music scene, history, indie rock, Kaiser Chiefs, music industry, MusicBiz, Nick Hodgson, photos, post-punk revival, Ricky Wilson, rock/pop, Steve Lamacq, tips, UK, video | Leave a response

Headliner.FM and Mike More [Interview]

Headliner.FM and Mike More [Interview]

By Ryan Van Etten on 03/27/2011

3OH!3 singer Sean Foreman performs in California in 2009. 3OH!3 reportedly reached “3.7 million fans via 304 different artists” through Headliner.fm. “Promotion on the social web was broken. We wanted to see if we could make it better.” –Mike More, Headliner.fm co-founder. This interview was a long time coming. Mike More (@mikemore)

Posted in Interviews, Music, Music Flux, News | Tagged 3OH!3, Bill Cromie, business, collaborative promotion, Facebook, fan trading, Headliner.fm, history, internet, Jonas Brothers, Mike More, music startup, MySpace, Nabbr, Nabbr history, promotion, recommendations, Sean Foreman, service, social media, social music, startup story, startups, status updates, syndication, Twitter, viral promotion | 1 Response

INTERVIEW: Tom Silverman, Tommy Boy/NMS Founder

INTERVIEW: Tom Silverman, Tommy Boy/NMS Founder

By Ryan Van Etten on 02/21/2011

Tom Silverman has made his entire career in the music industry. Circa the early 80s he founded Dance Music Report, the New Music Seminar (NMS) and Tommy Boy Records, now Tommy Boy Entertainment, whose roster includes hip hop staples De La Soul, Naughty by Nature, House of Pain, and more. [...]

Posted in Discussion, Interviews, Music, Music Flux | Tagged advertising, Afrika Bambaataa, album sales, albums vs. singles, arts, change, complete my album, culture, De La Soul, digital, Facebook, hip hop, history, hobbyists, innovation, iTunes, mp3 sales, music industry, music value, New Music Seminar, NMS LA 2011, Pablo Picasso, podcast, Tom Silverman, Tommy Boy Records | Leave a response

Dancing Graffiti

Dancing Graffiti

By Ryan Van Etten on 01/07/2010

The film Bomb It portrays graffiti as the “biggest art movement in humankind.” With any movement there is opposition and many see graffiti or tagging as mere vandalism. Art or vandalism—where do you spray the line? “Graffiti is energy” says Bronx graffiti artist T-Kid and “it represents life” says artist Pose 2. The same can be said about dance—

Posted in Activism, Music, Photo Journal | Tagged Adelaide, arts, artwork, B-boying, ballet, Bomb It, breakdancing, breaking, brooklyn, cities, culture, Dance, dancing, EDM, Elvis Presley, energy, Flamenco, gender, graffiti, hip hop, history, hosier lane, IDM, Josephine Baker, Keith Haring, laws, Lisbon, manchester, manhattan, Melbourne, Michael Jackson, movie, NYC, Paris, people, Photo Journal, photos, seville, sheffield, spinning, spray art, stencil graffiti, Street Art, tango, urban, valencia, world | 4 Responses

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