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Archive for May, 2008
New Review for DOCO!
May 20th
This is a new reveiw about the band DOCO … they are a band under the Indienink Music Label.
Read the review below and check them out in the Indienink Music Store
The Hotlist: Industry is a Disaster, but New Doco CD Sizzles
You can feel Trevor Booth’s frustration: “We’re not metal, we’re not
emo, we’re not punk, we’re not hip hop, we’re not roots rock, we’re not
power pop, we’re not a jam band, we’re not any single genre.
We’ve been
trying to make something new, and that’s costing us money.
“Since club owners can’t ‘silo’ us into a genre so they can package us
with lower level acts, they only give us the odd bookings when they have
open nights. We play lots of the ‘rep making’ clubs on Tuesday nights.
It sucks.
Why do we have to fit a silo to get work? I love playing
music.
Is it asking too much to want to make my living at it?”
Booth isn’t the only one who hates the mess that is the music industry
circa 2008.
Labels long ago abandoned artist development and the big
ones decided that suing music lovers was going to be their new business
model. Club owners have always been jackals.
And don’t even get us
started on radio.
The Net and mobile companies represent the future, and a lot of people
are busting their butts to innovate a way for genuinely talented artists
like Doco to make a living.
The really good news is that people like Booth are willing to fight to
the last man for their music.
And Doco’s new release, The Fossil Record,
just rages with a creativity that no single genre can contain.
By all
means, give them a listen at myspace/doco
CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE INDIENINK MUSIC STORE
Marlene ~ Indienink Music
Charlotte Pop Festival
May 16th
The first Charlotte Pop Festival is coming up this july 4th weekend. This is a great event that all the proceeds going to the World Vision “Support a Child”. There will also be a new CD featuring all the artists performing at the Charlotte Pop Fest. Please go and pre-order the CD for $10 plus shipping and handling What a great way to get lots of music (27 songs)
Please check out the artists and the Charlotte Pop Festival website…
