UNION SQUARE, MANHATTAN:Welcome to the indie city. No, we’re not talking about Chicago, but the big — and often scary — habitat that exists for the independent music community.
For the times that this place feels more like a jungle, the national NYC-based organization American Association of Independent Music Read more...
For all of you composers, sound designers and recording engineers/mixers out there who’ve pondered getting into the music-for-games game, a crash-course conference coming up in NYC could be that extra push you need to go for it.
GameSoundCon is a two-day symposium for composers, sound designers and recording professionals (and Read more...
Artist: Electric Six
Song: “Countdown to the Countdown”
Why I Luv It: As my loyal readers already know, anytime I get an opportunity to push high quality American rock n roll, I’m gonna’ do it, so you shouldn’t be surprised that this week I’m getting behind a brand new song Read more...
WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN: New York City hip-hop is no longer dominated by the mixtape artist / major label dichotomy. Flourishing in that space between the artist selling tapes out of his trunk and the international corporate superstar are rising multi-hyphenate artists like Brooklyn native DotDaGenius.
A classically trained pianist and Read more...
Artist: Soundgarden
Song: “Gun”
Why I Luv It: In recognition of the quintessential cultural taste-maker Perry Farrell and his annual music and arts festival Lollapalooza, the 10th installment of this “Music Seen” blog will profile a song from one of the bands the helped launch this popular Read more...
