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CP S18 EP39 2024

The Milky Way, the Comet, and Venus setting over Escalante Canyon, courtesy of Clear Vistas Photography

Have you been to “COLORADO 2024” on Spotify? (sorry non-Spotify users) one hundred songs from one hundred artists/bands. When it hits one hundred, it’s one in one out. Every week, I tally the spins for each track. Here’s what was hot this past week. And it’s MUCH different than the radio spins posted below.

(1) 1. OneRepublic – Hurt
(2) 2. The Fray – Time Well Wasted
(3) 3. Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats – Heartless
(4) 4. Jeremiah Fraites (Lumineers), Gregory Alan Isakov – No Surprises
(7) 5. Lucy Daydream – Tear Me Down

MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEETING

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The Monday Morning Music Meeting is a way for you to let me know what you think of new music emerging from around the state. Results enter into which cuts stay in rotation, and which cuts make the final “best of” list.

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Dean Reed – Our Summer Romance (1962)
Gary Stites – Lonely for You (1959)
(D) The Regular – All My Friends Are Gone and They’re Never Ever Ever Coming Back (2024)
Euforquestra – Arizona to Georgia – While We Still Got Time (2022)
Zoe Berman – Edit Delete and Save – Freezing Heat EP (2021)
Frail Talk – little al – little al (2024)
The String Cheese Incident – Stay Through – Song In My Head (2014)
SHEL – The Battle of Evermore – SHEL (2012)
Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats – Call Me (Whatever You Like) – South of Here (2024)
(N) The Motet – Something Better (2024)
Dafna – Valentine – I Love You (2020)
Daniel Rodriguez – Mixtape – Vast Nothing (2023)
(N) Andrew Vogt – Behave – Optimistic Infinity House (2024)

16 Horsepower – Coal Black Horses – 16 Horsepower (1995)
Slim Cessna’s Auto Club – Hold On – Slim Cessna’s Auto Club (1995)
(D) The John Magnie Project – Far Country (feat. Erik Lunde) – Grocery Story (2024)
Tierro Band with Bridget Law – Opening (feat. Xerephine) – Everlasting Dance (2023)
Megan Burtt – Drugstore Brand – Witness (2024)
Churchill – Change – The War Within EP (2013)
Big Head Todd and The Monsters – Wipeout Turn – New World Arisin’ (2017)
Jeff Cramer – Lost in the Catacombs – Forever Morning (2024)
(D) Covenhoven – Only Time Can Tell (2024)
Faith Eliza – Animal Like Me (2022)
Alysia Kraft – Little River – First Light (2022)
Glenn Miller – In the Mood – In the Mood (1939)

THIS WEEK ON YOUTUBE (not all titles avail)

HOT SPINS WK OCT 20-26 2024

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Spin data pulled from the Colorado Playlist, 105.5 The Colorado Sound, Indie 102.3, 88.9 KRFC  and ten other stations that use playlist generator Spinitron, offering search functions for artists to track airplay at more than 300 stations and programs around the country.

ALL SURVEYED STATIONS STATEWIDE – 67 TITLES TRACKED
*includes spins on the Colorado Playlist
(1) 1. *NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATS – South of Here LP Apr-24
(2) 2. *MEGAN BURTT – Witness LP May-24
(4) 3. LO FI HO HUM – Garage Pop LP Aug-24
(D) 3. THE MILK BLOSSOMS – Open Portal LP Oct-24
(D) 4. *ANDREW VOGT – Optimistic Infinity House LP Jul-24
(D) 4. *JEFF CRAMER – Forever Morning: Pt. 1 LP Aug-24
(4) 4. KAYLA MARQUE – Midheaven LP AUG-24
(R) 4. WIREDOGS – Middle Life EP Sep-24

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CP S15:EP29 2021

MONDAY JULY 19 – I needed to wait until this morning for the official announcement for Bohemian Light Music Festival (formerly Bohemian Nights at New West Fest), the first of the three major Colorado-centric music events held over the summer.

This year’s event will be a smaller version of previous festivals, held over two days – Aug 14/15 – instead of three. Of course, it also means fewer acts than in past years: I count 45, down from what is normally about 70-75. Bohemian put together their own ’21 Bohemian Light Music Festival playlist.

Last week, the UMS announced its own scaled down lineup for Aug 27-29. I lost count of Colorado acts when I got over 95, a pretty hefty representation. Check out seventy-five of my favorites for the UMS on Spotify.

Adiel Mitchell, Heavy Diamond Ring, Kiltro, Los Mocochetes, The Milk Blossoms, The Still Tide, The Velveteers and Wildermiss are among the acts performing at both Bohemian Light and the UMS.

The annual Westword Music Showcase has moved to two days, Sept 17-18. Westword has not yet announced its Colorado lineup.

I’ll be featuring acts appearing at these events over the next several weeks.

TOP FIVE WK END JULY 17 2021

  1. LEFTOVER SALMON – Brand New Good Old Days LP (Mar-21)
  2. REVEREND FREAKCHILD – Supramundane Blues LP (Apr-21)
  3. THE CRUSH – Essential EP (Mar-21)
  4. DARKARTS – Story of Sirens EP (May-21)
  5. AMBAR LUCID – Get Lost In the Music EP (Jun-21)

TOP 5 and TOP 30 charts are pulled from published spins at 13 Colorado non-profit community/public and college radio stations.  Designed to benefit non-commercial public and college radio stations, record promoters and artists are among those most likely to benefit from the detailed search function.

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MONDAY MORNING MUSIC MEETING (MMMM)

HOUR 1

Serendipity Singers – Don’t Let the Rain Come Down (Crooked Little Man) (1964)
The Astronauts – Movin’ – Surf Series: With the Astronauts (1965)
(D) LVDY – Lean In – Gold (2021)

Kerry Pastine and the Crime Scene – Under Your Spell – City of Love (2019)
Reverend Freakchild – Hippie Bluesman Blues – Dial It In (2018)
Flobots – Me & You (Happy 2gether) (2021)
Big Head Todd & the Monsters – Fortune Teller (2021)
Born In The Flood – If this thing should spill – If this thing should spill (2007)
Jinx Jones – Bopalena – License To Twang (2001)
The 89s – Apple Of My Eye – Wash Away (2020)
(D) Thomas Harpole – Headlights (The 1916 Funk) – In Finite (2021)

Wildermiss – Carry Your Heart – Lost With You EP (2017)
The Still Tide – Keep It – Between Skies (2020)
Gerald Albright – Taking Control – G (2016)

HOUR 2

Bob Lind – Colorado Line – Since There Were Circles (1971)
Zephyr – The Radio Song – Going Back To Colorado (1971)
(D) The Velveteers – Charmer And The Snake – Nightmare Daydream (2021)

Kayla Marque – Mercy – Brain Chemistry (Right Brain) (2020)
Love Stallion – Big Rock Radio – Unforgettable Ride (2018)
Jay Silence – Rock n Roll – Grandma’s 45s (2021)
West Side Joe & The Men of Soul – Keep On Climbin’ – Keep On Climbin’ (2021)
Philip Bailey – Love Is Real – Love Is Real EP (2010)
Zuba – Planet Of Love – South Of Eden (1998)
(D) Erik Lunde – Long Time Overdue – Water From A Stone (2021)

Gabrielle Louise – Love On The Rocks – If The Static Clears (2016)
Johnny & The Mongrels – Louisiana Girl – Creole Skies (2020)
Emily Takahashi – Chicken Feather Blues – Not Spoken (2017)

THIS WEEK ON YOUTUBE

NOT EVERYTHING IN THE SHOW IS ON YOUTUBE

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HELP NEEDED

I cannot think of very many people in my life who have not complained about the money they earn.  Sure, I know some very wealthy people, and many who earn $90,000+ a year who seemingly have no complaints about cash flow, but for the rest of us – yeah, no.

Musicians are independent contractors – or, in other words, independent sole proprietorship based businesses.   They are not wage earners, and are therefore not subject to minimum wage laws.  As wage earners we very often do not think of the cost of running a business.  We really are only concerned about how much is in our paycheck, grousing if the “boss” makes a-whole-lot-more than we do, especially in very large companies where the disparity between the bottom and top are as great as we know it can be.

VERY VERY VERY few musicians have ever made a full time living at it.  My father and my maternal grandfather were both “professional” musicians, going back to the 1920’s trad-jazz era.  My father owned a jazz club in the 60s.  Neither of them ever made a full time living out of playing music.

There is really only room at the top for a very few – a very lucky few, because luck has a lot to do with it. Local musicians have also almost never made any money from recordings.  Most are fortunate to be able to recoup the cost of making the record – and instead rely on personal appearances to pay for the recordings and other necessary tools; profitability be damned.

We all like to go see our favorite band from high school and college.  Many of us like to see bands from other states and countries.  However, many people over the age of about 32 rarely go out to see a live local band unless they are personally connected somehow.

And yet in my personal experience most of the musicians playing those small rooms are over 35 .. and often over 40 years old. Many are still bemoaning the loss of the fans they remember seeing when they were 21-34 years old, who are now married with kids and full time jobs. – the very people who rarely go out to see live music, preferring a nice dinner out once a month and maybe a movie.  The 1.5 shows they see every year are those national and international acts they grew up with.

Wanna talk money?  That $5 we bitch about to see that local band in a local restaurant/bar = $500 if 100 people show up.  In the 15 yrs I’ve done sound and booked local rooms in this region that is a very BIG “IF.”  Not every band can draw 100 people – in fact, very few can, regardless of the room they play.

I cannot count the innumerable times I’ve stood and watched people walk away at a $5 cover charge.

Bar sales?  Assume $5.50 a beer.  Assume the average person in the room buys 2.25 beers (enough to earn you a DUI). That’s $12.37.  Multiple that by the BIG IF 100 people … = $1237.00 in bar sales.  If the band plays for 15% that’s $185.00  Let’s say there is no cover; will that change the scenario?  Not in my experience.  That average person in the room will still only drink 2.25 beers x $5.50.

The solution to earning more is to either get more people in the door, or increase the price of entry.  After all, movie theaters now get $10 – why can’t we?  Aren’t we worth it?