Tag: Angela Kerr
Driftin’ Suns Successful Kickstarter Launch Prompts Local Buzz
Denver band raises $8,205 before deadline with RISE TO UNITE: Seasons EP Crowd Funding Project DENVER – Locally owned musical performance company THE DRIFTIN’ SUNS, LLC announced the successful funding of their RISE TO UNITE Kickstarter Crowd Funding project launched on April 9, 2014. The 30 day campaign to raise $8,000 was successfully funded on the […]
BUZZpreneur of the Month: Kevin Shipley, MusicMunch Management
by Angela Kerr and Leah Parker. Kevin Shipley has been strumming a guitar since he was 6 years old. He grew up in San Francisco and was surrounded by the hard rock and blues scene of the late ’60s, at such historic venues as the Fillmore West and Winterland. He was drawn to playing bass […]
Own It Music Mastermind: Networking and the Music Business
by Angela Kerr and Leah Parker Another sold out crowd attended the April 8th “Designing Your Band,” presentation, featuring Adrienne Osborn and Justin Long from Performance High. In addition to an informal conversation, handouts on how to incorporate your band, band roles and responsibilities (creative, functional, and organizational), and a sample band partnership agreement were […]
CREATE / CMB Networking Column Designing Your Band—April 8, 2014
by Angela Kerr akerr@coloradomusicbuzz.com Leah Parker cfi@msudenver.edu The room was packed. Attendees frantically scribbled notes on March 4, 2014, as panelists Keith Schneider, co-founder of Colorado Music Buzz Magazine, and Mike Blecha, owner of Kinnon Entertainment, shared their thoughts on topics ranging from band chemistry (it’s like a marriage) and how to build a […]
Buzzpreneur of the Month- Adrienne Osborne of Performance High
by Angela Kerr & Leah Parker AKerr@ColoradoMusicBuzz.com Since joining her first band in 2007, Adrienne Osborn has been in nearly every type of band structure you can imagine: a 7-person consensus-driven band, one truly 50/50 joint-venture band, one band that was 50/50 on paper but not in reality, a 5-person democratic band, two bands where […]
The Sweet Spot, April- Catapulting The Driftin’ Suns
by Glenn Sawyer Glenn@thespotstudios.com After devoting way too much of my young life to watching VH1’s Behind The Music, there was a period of time that it seemed like being a musician was all about partying and having fun. After trying this technique out myself for several years it soon became clear that being successful […]
The Lyric: “Stolen Valentine” by Damon Wood’s Harmonious Junk
Featuring Damon Wood’s Harmonious Junk – Stolen Valentine by Angela Kerr – akerr@coloradomusicbuzz.com photo credit Jim Mimna Damon Wood’s Harmonious Junk consists of Damon on Guitar and Vocals, Brian Efros on Bass and Rob Buehler on Drums, originally formed in December of 2001. When not performing music, Damon provides guitar and bass guitar lessons, Rob […]
Mastermind Series Overview & How To Truly Make It In the Music Business—March 4, 2014
by Angela Kerr and Leah Parker AKerr@ColoradoMusicBuzz.com cfi@msudenver.edu The word is out! Registration for the March 4 Own It Music Mastermind series is almost full. Momentum for the kick-off is building steam and the development of the series is gaining the attention of industry professionals and audience alike. The panel lineup for the first session […]
Lakewood Grill- History in the Making
by Angela Kerr AKerr@ColoradoMusicBuzz.com “The Lakewood Grill was built in 1950 and attained their liquor license in 1951,” according to Myette Keranen a tenured veteran and bar tender who has devoted ten years to the company. As a matter of record, the building originally was constructed in what was then unincorporated JeffcoCounty which finally became […]
BuzzPreneur: Mike Blecha of Kinnon Entertainment
by Angela Kerr and Chelsea Schraeder AKerr@ColoradoMusicBuzz.com chelsea@kinnonentertainment.com Originally from a small farm town in eastern Colorado, Mike Blecha is now based out of Denver, where he has his finger on the pulse of the local scene. Mike has been in the music industry his entire adult life, originally in high school, when he joined with […]
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