Two Takes on the Music Biz. . .
Something different today-two very cool comments on music and the music business. The first, from a recent Chris Rock interview in Rolling Stone and his take on then music and rap business today. He might...
Category: The Western Front
A Different View of NYC
I have in recent weeks passed thru midtown NYC a couple times. Midtown is different from my usual haunts down in the Village, or over in Williamsburg Brooklyn, and now and again an occasional race...
Get Your Ass to the Bar-A Call to Arms. . .
What do you do on Wednesday night? Really, does much of anything happen on Wednesday night? Nothing. Well it does now! Wednesday nights at Westchester Sports Bar and Grille is the night for original rock...
I Might have seen the Future and it is a Sports Bar
This past week I have been making calls, trying to find a venue to do the next batch of shows, tied to the Feast of Noise ‘Rocks’ CD Compilation. The calls continue and we are...
Music Is Not Bought – It is Shared!
I had this brilliant revelation this morning after writing the last blog – a bit of wandering down memory lane and commenting on how Halo, a first person shooter video has stolen the imagination of...
HALO – The Thing that Does have the Kids Going
This week we saw the release of Halo 3. a first person shooter video game running on the Microsoft X-Box and involving a certain “Master Chief”, an almost unstoppable one man force who rallies the...
The CD is Done!
Finally after 4 months of numerous emails, phonecalls, promises, thoughts, and doubts the Feast of Noise compilation CD is done! It ended up with 15 bands, and an hour of music! It includes a few...
Rock 45-One Rough Friday Night
The Wild West has promoted a few shows, and we have had a few challenges along the way. Bringing a crowd in is always a challenge. Breaking even at the end of a night, much...
YouTube, The Closer, and Darth Vader
When did YouTube open its doors? I guess 2006. Not really sure, but I do know that YouTube is there. I go to three sites routinely on the web. The first is Google. If I...
Changes
Went to the city last Friday, June 22nd. Went in to see GSX over at Don Hills. I have seen the band a few times and they always put on the show. It was just...