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I've been on the air in Colorado since 1978. The Colorado Playlist is broadcast on 30 FM frequencies in the state. I am also a musician, talent buyer and business consultant. Email me at coloradoplaylist@gmail.com

The Colorado Sound S8 EP24 June 2014

(Sunday, June 22)  A very typical summer weekend for me.  Lots of great music, mostly outdoors.  Sorry no video or pics this week.  Never even thought to take the camera out to be honest.

Thursday night = emceed Bohemian Nights Thursday Night Live in Old Town Fort Collins for Selasee & the FaFa Family.  KILLER show!  New album due out this summer.  Here’s the band recorded live at Cervantes in Denver this past March.  

Friday night back at Oskar Blues (Longmont) to mix for my friends Gasoline Lollipops.  Congratulations to them for being selected as one of the SpokesBUZZ bands for 2014

Saturday I was in Denver at 7AM for the Westword Music Showcase.  I mixed at RoosterCat … an incredibly interesting day of sounds (not all of which can be considered music by any stretch of anyone’s imagination).

COMING IN JULY = The Colorado Sound coming to Denver/Boulder via KUNC.  Day and time details will be announced week of July 7th at www.kunc.org   Debuting in conjunction with KUNC’s debut => “Offstage …Beyond the Music with Chris K.”  1st up = my very incredible friend Chris Daniels.  First cuts are done.  There will definitely be two parts to this episode, and maybe three.  Chris had a lot to say, and a lot of stories to tell.

VIDEO PICK of the WEEK

FULL DISCLOSURE:  Ryan D White is a consulting client of mine.  On his behalf I serviced his music to media and civic buyers and agencies.  All said though .. I love this song, and did before he was a client.  And yes, this is a LIVE performance of this song 🙂

PLAYLIST S8 EP24 June 2014

(D) = LP/EP or single release debut
(N) = new song from previously debuted LP/EP

Freddi / Henchi and the Soulsetters “I Want to Dance Dance Dance” from Crown Princes of Funk: The Last Set (2010)
Flash Cadillac & the Continental Kids “Good Times Rock & Roll” from Best of Flash Cadillac and The Continental Kids (2010)
Drew Emmitt “Up Where We Are” from Across The Bridge (2005)
(N) String Cheese Incident “So Far From Home” from Song In My Head (2014)
Glitta Kings “Twice Broken” from Girls in High Heels Shouldn’t Dance On Glass Tables (2014)
Chemistry Club “Navigator” [single] (2013)
Matt Skinner Band “Ashes To Ashes” from Native Stranger (2013)
Drag the River “Wichita Skyline” from Drag The River (2013)
Patti Fiasco “Oil” from Small Town Lights (2013)
Matthew Moon “Silver Lining” from I Am the Wind (2013)
Dressy Bessy “Who’d Stop The Rain” from Electrified (2005)
Fierce Bad Rabbit “Matter Of Time” from Maestro & the Elephant (2013)
GogoLab “Tumbleweeds” from Border Patrol (2013)
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band “House at Pooh Corner” from Greatest Hits (1990)
Poco “Crazy Love” from The Essential Poco (2005)
Zephyr “Heartbeat” from Heartbeat (1982)
(D) Sofie Reed “Red Hen” from Red Hen (2014)  
Calder’s Revolvers “See To Believe” from Sunday Morning (2014)
You Me and Apollo “Don’t Sleep for Free” from Sweet Honey (2014)
Katie Herzig “Drug” from Walk Through Walls (2014)
OneRepublic “Love Runs Out” from Native (2013)
Vices I Admire “The Wicked Sun” from Fables (2013)
Halden Wofford & the Hi Beams “Hippie In My House” from Midnight Rodeo (2006)
Mollie O’Brien and Rich Moore “Train Home” from Love Runner (2014)
Toad In the Hole “Wiser” from APT 203 (2013)
Jeff Brinkman “Kiss” from Strange (2012)
Brad Goode “Nightingale” from Tight Like This (2010)

NEW ADDS – KUNC

Just received notice from KUNC music director Benji McPhail that he has added the following Colorado cuts to rotation.

Katie Herzig – Drug
Katie Herzig – Walk Through Walls

Mollie O’Brien & Rich Moore –  Train Home
Mollie O’Brien & Rich Moore – Love Runner

Musketeer Gripweed – End Of The Day

String Cheese Incident – Can’t Wait Another Day
String Cheese Incident – Song In My Head

You Me And Apollo – I Don’t Want To Be Loved

Young Ancients – Live A Little
Young Ancients – Nobody Loves You

When An Industry Ends What Happens Next?

In March, iTunes reported a negative growth in new music submitted for the first time in history.  Apple Admits That Fewer Artists Are Releasing Music on iTunes…

In June, elitedaily.com reported “How One Generation Was Single-Handedly Able To Kill The Music Industry.”

In 2000, no one I knew could have imagined smartphones, or iPads, or nearly ubiquitous wi-fi and broadband technologies, sufficiently powerful and cheap enough to allow for unfettered streaming of audio and video content.  NO ONE could have imagined YouTube, or the impact it would have on how we discover new music.

We used to talk a lot about bringing down the industry.  We used to talk a lot about how everyone who wanted to should be able to do music.  Today, you can make a recording for almost nothing.  Today, you can buy an instrument for the cost of the software to power it.  Today all you need is an iPhone.

WOW …

Today the industry as we knew it has become something else – and it feels weird for a lot of us.

How many cds have you purchased this year?  How many singles or albums have you downloaded (and paid for)?  How many small local shows have you attended this year?  How many Colorado acts have you seen live, or purchased recordings from?

If music is free to consume, how do we cover the cost of getting it to the consumer?

That’s a hard question to answer.