By Ryan Van Etten on 07/25/2010
New school and old school collide here. New Music Seminar in New York last week was a 2.5 day collision of industry minds talking strategy and technology in today’s music market. You’ll see a mix of photos from the discussions and performances which included the Artist On The Verge contest, where three bands from OurStage were voted on to perform and compete—Yonas, Comic Book Heroes, and HotSpur. 28 photos
Posted in Events, Music, Photo Journal | Tagged Alex Cameron, Alex Suarez, Ariel Hyatt, Artist On The Verge, Aspacia Lindstrom, Bill Werde, Bob Cramer, Colin Willis, Comic Book Heroes, Corrie Christopher, Courtney Holt, David Hoffman, DeadStock Ric, Eric Garland, Frank Cooper, Gwen Lipsky, HotSpur, iPad DJ, Jay Frank, Jesse Malin, Jim Glancy, Jim Moeller, Joe Kennedy, Just Blaze, Kelly Cutrone, Little Steven, Margaret Cho, Martin Atkins, Mike Doernberg, music industry, New Music Seminar, Next Big Sound, Nile Rodgers, Nimbit, NMS NYC 2010, NYC, ourstage, Peter Kafka, Phil Antoniades, photos, Rana Sobhany, Richard Yaffa, Santos Party House, Scott Klein, Soulever, Sound Around, Stephane Minier, Steve Ferguson, Steve Klein, Swizz Beats, The Fire and Reason, Tom Jackson, Tom Silverman, Vin Rock, Webster Hall, Yonas
By Ryan Van Etten on 06/25/2010
I’ll be representing VirtualMusic.tv at this year’s New Music Seminar in New York—a music business geared TED-like event. It’ll be my first time at NMS—I’m stoked to hear ideas and meet people. There’s a lineup of keynote speakers during the day and performances at night. I’ll recap with an editorial. If you’re going—I’d love to meet ya’. Tip: promo code nmsny10 might still work for 2-for-1.
Posted in Events, Music, Music Flux | Tagged conference, flashback, Madonna, MusicBiz, New Music Seminar, NYC, promo code, video
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
By Ryan Van Etten on 07/25/2009
Entertainment and transportation will likely mesh in the future. Transportation—our movement from one location to another—has always had a massive influence on our culture, lifestyle, and architecture. We ride. We fly. We travel. We move.
Posted in Design, Editorial, Transit | Tagged airport, arts, concept, Design, entertainment, future, hoax, idea, ideas, innovation, issues, modern, NYC, transportation, urban, venue
