It is interesting what has happened in the music business on one side you have iTunes with 10% of the market on the other you have "big box retailers" with about 28% of the market and in the middle you have the artist/label.
You may ask, "So what?", well the issue is almost 40% of the music in the US is now sold through retailers that use music to sell hardware (iTune) or create foot traffic (Best Buy/Wal-Mart). On the surface this seems like a "So What?" well the issue is that all three of these retailers have reduced the value of music (iTune to $9.99/.99 the other two as low as $6.99 to increase traffic).
All this is happening as we "suggest" our indie retail partners sell the very same title for $13-$18 - this is the partner that helped really break an artist - create a local following. We need to create a balance between the two types of retailers . . . but how? Well maybe we should give our mom and pop partners an incentive in the form of touching the artist - exclusive content - well anything they want to help break our artists.
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Friday, May 25, 2007
AC/DC Lives With Lisa
Here is the band blowing the roof off of Joe's Pub for a second straight SOLD OUT Performance . . . how many of you were at the show . . .
Nissan Had It Right
Revolution Get Down . . . this is why The BellRays are the greatest live bands on planet earth . . . well with Star Time maybe even the Universe!!!
BellRays "Vodoo Train"
This performance is from The F.O.R. Benefit (Friends Of Richie) took place at Safari Sam's in Hollywood, on Saturday March 31st 2007.
Richie Hass is an amazing multi-instrumentalist musician. Alumnus of Zoogz Rift's band, he is best known these days for playing in Saccharine
Trust and also with Joe Baiza's Universal Congress - probably the top vibraphonist in Southern California.
Richie was recently diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a cancer of the bone marrow, and since he is a self employed musician, he has no health insurance.
The LA music community was rocked back on their heels by this news. Everybody loves Richie. So a group of musicians, together with the IMF, put together this benefit in Richie's honor. And while the benefit was held in Richie's honor, he has opted to donate the proceeds to the International Myeloma Foundation for much-needed research to find the cure for this disease.
To donate or learn more about The International Myeloma Foundation:
http://www.myeloma.org/main.jsp?type=...
Richie's my space page:
http://www.myspace.com/forbenefit
Richie Hass is an amazing multi-instrumentalist musician. Alumnus of Zoogz Rift's band, he is best known these days for playing in Saccharine
Trust and also with Joe Baiza's Universal Congress - probably the top vibraphonist in Southern California.
Richie was recently diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a cancer of the bone marrow, and since he is a self employed musician, he has no health insurance.
The LA music community was rocked back on their heels by this news. Everybody loves Richie. So a group of musicians, together with the IMF, put together this benefit in Richie's honor. And while the benefit was held in Richie's honor, he has opted to donate the proceeds to the International Myeloma Foundation for much-needed research to find the cure for this disease.
To donate or learn more about The International Myeloma Foundation:
http://www.myeloma.org/main.jsp?type=...
Richie's my space page:
http://www.myspace.com/forbenefit
Late Late Show
This is from the eve of the release of "Have A Little Faith" . . . The BellRays helping America "Tell The Lie" . . . I guess Washington, DC listened . . .
Tuesday, February 06, 2007
BellRays & NASCAR
Well folks it finally happened - NASCAR Nation found The BellRays Nation - and it is really cool.
Take a look at this video - send it to your friends NOW!
Take a look at this video - send it to your friends NOW!
Monday, January 22, 2007
BellRays DVD
Does everyone know that The BellRays have a full show DVD?
Well they do, it is of a great live set at The BarFly in London - four camera shoot with great sound.
Baby Sue review:
The Bellrays - @ The Barfly (DVD, Punkervision / Music Video Distributors)
We have been big fans of The Bellrays for years...but in all those years we had never managed to see the band perform until now. Wow. Wow. Wowwwww... The Bellrays once again prove that they are one of the best goddamn bands in the world. Captured live in a sizzling hot show at The Barfly in London, these four individuals are absolutely on fire...putting on a mesmerizing and intense show at this small club. Lisa Kekaula, Tony Fate, Robert Vennum, and Craig Waters put out so much energy in this performance that you'll have to see it to believe it.
For those unfamiliar with the band, The Bellrays play a unique blend of punk, rock, and soul...all spun together and spewed out with such intensity that you can't help but be affected by it. There's not another band on earth like 'em...and this concert is pure proof of this fact. Fate, Vennum, and Waters play their instruments like the earth is about to end (bringing to mind The MC5 and The Ramones)...while vocalist Lisa Kekaula provides the jarring and intense soul that propels the group up, up, up into the sky and beyond. Kekaula is quite possibly the best soul/rock vocalist of the twenty-first century. She screams, she whispers, she howls, she preaches...all of the while shaking her thing in a tight black dress that accentuates her every move. The lady is pure dynamite. She's big and she's sexy...and she's purely magnetic in every way imaginable.
There are so many highlights in this concert that it would be difficult to list 'em all, but we were particularly impressed by "Voodoo Train," "Pay the Cobra," "Street Corner," "Some Confusion City," "Revolution Get Down," and "Startime." These folks should already be incredibly famous.
But things being as they are (the public at large has shitty taste)...The Bellrays are still a cult band. But the cult continues to grow each and every year as new converts convert others...who convert others...who convert others... In our world, these folks are already big stars. They've got the goods and they DELIVER. Highly recommended. (Rating: 6++ out of 6)
Pop Matters gave the DVD 8 of 10 Stars
Well they do, it is of a great live set at The BarFly in London - four camera shoot with great sound.
Baby Sue review:
The Bellrays - @ The Barfly (DVD, Punkervision / Music Video Distributors)
We have been big fans of The Bellrays for years...but in all those years we had never managed to see the band perform until now. Wow. Wow. Wowwwww... The Bellrays once again prove that they are one of the best goddamn bands in the world. Captured live in a sizzling hot show at The Barfly in London, these four individuals are absolutely on fire...putting on a mesmerizing and intense show at this small club. Lisa Kekaula, Tony Fate, Robert Vennum, and Craig Waters put out so much energy in this performance that you'll have to see it to believe it.
For those unfamiliar with the band, The Bellrays play a unique blend of punk, rock, and soul...all spun together and spewed out with such intensity that you can't help but be affected by it. There's not another band on earth like 'em...and this concert is pure proof of this fact. Fate, Vennum, and Waters play their instruments like the earth is about to end (bringing to mind The MC5 and The Ramones)...while vocalist Lisa Kekaula provides the jarring and intense soul that propels the group up, up, up into the sky and beyond. Kekaula is quite possibly the best soul/rock vocalist of the twenty-first century. She screams, she whispers, she howls, she preaches...all of the while shaking her thing in a tight black dress that accentuates her every move. The lady is pure dynamite. She's big and she's sexy...and she's purely magnetic in every way imaginable.
There are so many highlights in this concert that it would be difficult to list 'em all, but we were particularly impressed by "Voodoo Train," "Pay the Cobra," "Street Corner," "Some Confusion City," "Revolution Get Down," and "Startime." These folks should already be incredibly famous.
But things being as they are (the public at large has shitty taste)...The Bellrays are still a cult band. But the cult continues to grow each and every year as new converts convert others...who convert others...who convert others... In our world, these folks are already big stars. They've got the goods and they DELIVER. Highly recommended. (Rating: 6++ out of 6)
Pop Matters gave the DVD 8 of 10 Stars
Saturday, January 20, 2007
Have A Little Faith Top 25 Album of 2006
According to Jim DeRogatis from Sound Opinions & the Chicago Sun-Times placed "Have A Little Faith" at Number 23 on his year end list. You can hear The BellRays
interview and live performance on Sound Opinions HERE.
BONUS TRACKS:
TIME
THIRD TIMES THE CHARM
BellRays In The Studio
The BellRays are in the studio Jan/Feb with a few producers to choose who will make the next BellRays record. They have over 40 songs written with more to come - this record will be groundbreaking.
More Aussie TV for Lisa
Lisa will appear on Rockwiz - air date TBD - Lisa will be performing a BellRays track and a classic soul track - do yourself a favor and don't miss this!!!
What they say about ROCKWIZ - “Part concert, part pub trivia, part stand up routine, part cabaret- RocKwiz is simply brilliant television” - Who Weekly
Julia Zemiro and Brian Nankervis host Australia’s most original music trivia quiz show, in an unadulterated display of rock nerdery!
Recorded live in the Gershwin Room at the legendary music venue, St Kilda’s Esplanade Hotel, the show features 2 mystery music guests and 4 punters selected from the pub audience, pitted against one another, in five fast and furious rounds of fearsome music trivia all for the ultimate prize… the honour of winning!
What they say about ROCKWIZ - “Part concert, part pub trivia, part stand up routine, part cabaret- RocKwiz is simply brilliant television” - Who Weekly
Julia Zemiro and Brian Nankervis host Australia’s most original music trivia quiz show, in an unadulterated display of rock nerdery!
Recorded live in the Gershwin Room at the legendary music venue, St Kilda’s Esplanade Hotel, the show features 2 mystery music guests and 4 punters selected from the pub audience, pitted against one another, in five fast and furious rounds of fearsome music trivia all for the ultimate prize… the honour of winning!
Lisa of The BellRays will appear on Spick & Specks
Set your DVR/Video tape machines to tape Spick & Specks on Feb 27th - for those of you outside Australia Spick & Specks shows on Wednesday evenings and is ABC's hottest show just over 1.2 million viewers in the mainland capitals.
The BellRays in Australia
Tickets for all shows on sale January 22nd.
FEBRUARY
Wednesday 28th: Auckland, AUT University, Vesbar Marruee St, City Campus
Public Tickets: $30.00 from Real Groovy and Fast & Loose. AUT students: Free Entry with AUT University ID. Other Tertiary Students / bcard Holders: $15 doorsales only
MARCH
Friday 2nd: Melbourne, Spanish Club
Tickets $30.00 + bf available from www.webtickets.com.au, the Corner Hotel box office, phone: 03-94279198, www.cornerhotel,com, Polyester Record Store and Missing Link Record Store.
Co-presented by Beat Magazine.
Saturday 3rd: Perth International Arts Festival, Becks Verandah Bar
Tickets $30.00 + bf on sale now from BOCS: Online: www.bocsticketing.com or phone: (08) 9484 1133
Country callers (Australia only): 1800 193 300
Sunday 4th: Sydney, Laneway Festival
Tickets $82.50 + bf from Moshtix: Online www.moshtix.com.au or phone: (02) 9209 4614 and all Moshtix outlets.
Wednesday 7th: Adelaide, Fowlers Live
Tickets $22.40 + bf available online from www.fowlerslive.com.au or venuetix Also Venuetix phone charge: (08) 8225 8888 and and all CIB outlets - phone charge: (08) 8231 0824
Thursday 8th: Brisbane, The Zoo
Tickets $30.00 + bf available online from: www.thezoo.com.au. Also Rocking Horse and Skinny's Record stores
Co-presented by Rave Magazine.
Friday 9th: Sydney, Gaelic Club
Tickets $30.00 + bf available from www.moshtix.com and all moshtix outlets.
Co-presented by Drum Media
Saturday 10th: Meredith, Golden Plains Festival
Tickets $169.90 + bf from www.goldenplains.com.au.
FEBRUARY
Wednesday 28th: Auckland, AUT University, Vesbar Marruee St, City Campus
Public Tickets: $30.00 from Real Groovy and Fast & Loose. AUT students: Free Entry with AUT University ID. Other Tertiary Students / bcard Holders: $15 doorsales only
MARCH
Friday 2nd: Melbourne, Spanish Club
Tickets $30.00 + bf available from www.webtickets.com.au, the Corner Hotel box office, phone: 03-94279198, www.cornerhotel,com, Polyester Record Store and Missing Link Record Store.
Co-presented by Beat Magazine.
Saturday 3rd: Perth International Arts Festival, Becks Verandah Bar
Tickets $30.00 + bf on sale now from BOCS: Online: www.bocsticketing.com or phone: (08) 9484 1133
Country callers (Australia only): 1800 193 300
Sunday 4th: Sydney, Laneway Festival
Tickets $82.50 + bf from Moshtix: Online www.moshtix.com.au or phone: (02) 9209 4614 and all Moshtix outlets.
Wednesday 7th: Adelaide, Fowlers Live
Tickets $22.40 + bf available online from www.fowlerslive.com.au or venuetix Also Venuetix phone charge: (08) 8225 8888 and and all CIB outlets - phone charge: (08) 8231 0824
Thursday 8th: Brisbane, The Zoo
Tickets $30.00 + bf available online from: www.thezoo.com.au. Also Rocking Horse and Skinny's Record stores
Co-presented by Rave Magazine.
Friday 9th: Sydney, Gaelic Club
Tickets $30.00 + bf available from www.moshtix.com and all moshtix outlets.
Co-presented by Drum Media
Saturday 10th: Meredith, Golden Plains Festival
Tickets $169.90 + bf from www.goldenplains.com.au.
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