4 emails and/or phone conversations and/or personal conversations this week all involving the same thing: Goat, where do I submit? In a Facebook conversation recently, I broke down the primary types of performance events regionally.
1. Bars/restaurants(think Oskar Blues, Baker Street Pub, Bar SS, Road 34, Ziggies, Eck’s Saloon, etc)
2. Theaters/concert venues (think Herman’s Hideaway, Fox, Aggie, Ogden, Fillmore, Pepsi Center, Red Rocks, Taste of Denver)
3. Private Events(weddings, parties, etc)
4. Municipal Events (Arvada Harvest Festival, Broomfest, Carbon Valley Music & Spirits Festival, Bohemian Nights @ New West Fest, Colorado State Fair, Boulder County Fair, etc)
5. Festivals(ticketed …Rocky Grass, Telluride Bluegrass, Warped Tour, etc)
Most of us who have played locally know how to reach out to the local bars, and smaller theaters/concert venues. That’s the bread and butter stuff… But, too often I hear confusion beyond that, hence the “goat, where do I submit?” Beyond that question is “how do I submit, and to whom?”
There is no single best way to approach this challenge. A large number of the folks who buy talent statewide do not have the level of technical sophistication at their finger tips to find out who’s who and what do they do, so they rely on their sphere of influence in their communities. That sphere of influence includes local community radio and members of other local media who might be familiar with bands in the region.
Six years ago the question had to do with getting Colorado music on radio, and out to media in general. I think we’ve done a good job of working on that puzzle with the media service package. This past year, right at about 30 titles were sent out to radio, tv, and print media statewide. Many of those albums received some airplay in some markets around the state. Beginning this month, I’m adding a new service, sending packages to municipal event buyers around the state.
Buyers will be making all their buying decisions between now and April. If you’d like to be in the game, now’s the time to do it. For more information, please email me at chriskmusic@gmail.com.
PS: no metal, hardcore, loud rock, or rap. Thank you.
Monday / Oct 28, 2013: Good morning. Not a lot of time this morning, and obviously not yesterday either considering this didn’t get done and posted til now. Full day of music yesterday in support of CAN’D AID FOUNDATION at Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids and Solids in Longmont. Felonius Smith, Grant Farm bluegrass, and Rocktin’ Grove killed it noon to five …and then we had our Sunday evening show upstairs in the loft with David Williams gypsy jazz featuring David and Enion Tiller. All in all a really magnificent day of music.
So, what do Glenn Frey, Joe Cocker, Joe Walsh, and Rick Derringer have to do with Colorado music history? Three are current or past residents in the state – and two were produced by a famous rock producer who had a label in Denver (Tumbleweed) in the 60s, who recorded the first two records to come out of Caribou Ranch, and who subsequently went on to become the Eagles producer in the mid-70s.
Video Pick of the Week:Danny Shafer and his family are among those who lost their home and possessions in Lyons this year. There have been numerous benefits in support of Danny, the Tillers, and the many others who have lost because of the floods. This video is from one of those benefits… grab the Kleenex kids.
PLAYLIST S7 EP39 OCT 2013
Glenn Frey “Smuggler’s Blues” from Solo Collection (1984) Joe Cocker “Hard Knocks” from Hard Knocks (2012) Joe Johnson “Ketchikan” from New West Sound (2013)
(N) Petals of Spain “Love (Really Breaks)” from Petals of Spain (2013)
(N) Equally Challenged “All My Love” from Equally Challenged (2013) Nathaniel Rateliff “Don’t Get Too Close” from Falling Faster Than You Can Run (2013) (D) Balue “Grow Up” from Quiet Dreamer (2013) Dressy Bessy “Anyone Can See” from Holler and Stomp (2008) Gromet “Sink or Sail” from Colorado Captain (2010) Whiskey Bottles “Fell In Love With A Stranger” from Grandville (2013) Alan & Martin “Missin’ Kissin’ You” from Only Boys Back Then (2012) Palmer Divide “Knockin’ At Your Door” from Shenandoah Train (2009) Keith Oxman “All Dudes” from Doing All Right (2009) Joe Walsh “Rocky Mountain Way” from The Smoker You Get The Player You Get (1973) Rick Derringer “Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo” from All American Boy (1973) (D) The Fray “Love Don’t Die” from Love Don’t Die (2013) Churchill “Ark In A Flood” from Change EP (2012) Jeff Brinkman “Halo” from Strange (2012) (N) Poco “Rockin’ Horse Blues” from All Fired Up (2013) Lisa Bell “Bring the Love” from The Italian Project (2013) (D) David Starr “Alive Again” from Alive Again (2013) String Cheese Incident “Tinder Box” from Untying the Not (2003) (N) Monocle Band “Water Sky” from Monocle Band (2013) (N) Taarka “Go to the Ledge” from Adventures in Vagabondia (2013) Tia Fuller “Ralphie’s Groove” from Angelic Warrior (2012)
9 years seems like some kind of milestone … I’m not sure why. Bohemian Nights AT New West Fest is 9 this year. New West Fest is 25. Perhaps it’s that New West West is 25 that’s the milestone. New West Fest is the official birthday party for the city of Fort Collins. There has been music at New West Fest over the entire 25 years, as I recall, but not always national it seems … and not always the focus. That much changed 9 years ago, when the Bohemian Foundation spun off Bohemian Nights.
I was at the first meetings for that inaugural season. The one thing that I remember being stressed then is the same thing that is stressed now – this organization and this event is about promoting COLORADO music. The nationals are here to support that effort. They are here to draw attention to our scene.
There are five major music festivals each year that focus on local/regional acts. FoCoMX (Fort Collins, April). CHUN Peoples’ Fair (Denver, June). Westword Music Showcase (Denver, June). Denver Post Underground Music Showcase (DPUMS, Denver, July). Bohemian Nights at New West Fest (Fort Collins, August).
A smaller one day event, The Capitol Hill Music Festival, launched this year featuring 20 local acts… including the Railbenders, Rebel Tongue, Take to the Oars, and Vices I Admire.
I am equally positive that there are other shows that focus on Colorado music regionally – such as the Carbon Valley Music & Spirits Festival, and others… but the five mentioned do stand out as being the major Colorado music events of the summer season.
Bohemian Nights has emerged as the premiere Colorado music event of the year – and one of the most well attended overall. It is the last major Colorado music event of the season… although the Capitol Hill Music Festival is also on Sat Aug 17.
Only the CHUN People’s Fair and Bohemian Nights at New West Fest are free to the public, and all ages throughout. A big emphasis is placed on youth as part of Bohemian Nights/New West Fest. The Kids’s Music Adventure is truly a unique one-of-a-kind experience for the kids and the adults who put it on. The Capitol Hill Music Festival also has a youth component to it; it’s a benefit for the Flobots initiative Youth on Record.
At over 70 acts, it’s the broad representation of diverse talent and the production elements, along with exquisite musician services that define the quality of Bohemian Nights. It’s about legends, award winners and Colorado Music Hall of Fame inductees as well as locally emerging talent. It is the crown that caps the season – the last final big event of the summer before school really starts …in a city increasingly known as the music capital of Colorado for the focus placed on local music by the city, the Downtown Business Association, stations like KRFC, KUNC, and Radio94.9, and the Bohemian Foundation. Seriously brilliant.
Thanks for 9 incredible years everyone.
An embed is not possible for this blog, so pls go directly to this YouTube page for an entire overview of Bohemian Nights at New West Fest …
PLAYLIST S7 EP29 SPECIAL EDITION BOHEMIAN NIGHTS AT NEW WEST FEST
how bout an 8 minute coffee break? 😉
Dan Treanor’s Afrosippi Band featuring Erica Brown “You’re Going to Miss Me” from Tangled Road Again (2013) Bad Brad & the Fat Cats “Eyes on the Prize” from Eyes on the Prize (2013) Ten Pound Elephant “Talk to Me” from Ten Pound Elephant (2012) Juno What?! “Take Control of Your Body” from Shameless (2011) The Epilouges “The Fallout” from Cinematics (2012) Head for The Hills “Breakfast Noir” from Blue Ruin (2013) Grant Farm “I Come From the Country” from Grant Farm (2012) Post Paradise “Digging Secrets” from Digging Secrets (2013) The Patti Fiasco “Small Town Lights” from Small Town Lights (2013) You Me and Apollo “Oh My Molly” from You Me and Apollo (2012) The Jekylls “You’re Probably Right” from The Sweet Factory (2012) Jon Wirtz “Country” from Tourist (2013) The Samples “Heaven” from Rehearsing for Life (2005) Darryl Purpose “Dreams of Life” from Next Time Around (2012) Chris Daniels “Better Days” from Better Days (2012) Finders And Youngberg “Driftwood” from FY5 (2011) El Toro de la Muerte “Things In My Head” from Dancer These Days (2011) Air Dubai “Warning” [single] (2013) My Body Sings Electric “Oceancrest” [single] (2013) SHEL “The Battle of Evermore” from SHEL (2012) Fierce Bad Rabbit “Shine A Light” from Maestro & the Elephant (2013) Otis Taylor “Blue Rain In Africa” from My World Is Gone (2013) Cassie Taylor “Out of My Mind” from Blue (2011) Adam Bodine Trio “Up ‘N Hear” from Up ‘N Hear (2011)
Chris K's Colorado Playlist 