Psycho Depot Issue 380 Apr 3, 2004 Current # of subscribers: 195 (daily and digest) Subjects in this issue: Bucket, twice in one weekend! Bears DVD blurbs Fwd: BUCKET Ricky Nye/Queen City Blues Fest frenchmen and frigo ++ psychodots ++ Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 22:12:02 -0500 From: Mary Bosken Subject: Bucket, twice in one weekend! Bucket! Friday, March 26th @ Stanley's Saturday, March 27th @ Shady O'Grady's ++ psychodots ++ Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 23:27:42 -0500 From: Jeffrey A Burroway Subject: Bears DVD blurbs It's finally 'Spring 2004'...release that Bears "Live at Club Cafe" DVD already!! :-) --jeff b http://www.post-gazette.com/ae/20031219cafedvd1219fnp5.asp Rounder Records, one of the largest indies in the United States with distribution though major label Universal, confirms that it's in negotiation with Club Cafe to distribute its DVDs. With some 50 million DVD players in American living rooms since the medium's debut in 1997, it's the fastest-growing consumer electronics technology in retail history. And with the recording industry struggling to find a 21st century profit model, Cardamone believes that Club Cafe is poised at the brink of the next big thing. http://www.mergingmedia.com/news/default.html How was Merging Media, with a brand-new DVD label and no history of producing and promoting a music product on a national basis, able to sign artists such as Mr. Belew and Ms. Sobule? "Neither of them were on record labels," said Mr. Cardamone. "So it was easier dealing directly with the artist." <...> "I love the Club Cafe. I think that's a wonderful place to play," said Mr. Belew, who tours worldwide and resides in Nashville. "I like it because it's intimate." Meanwhile, the music industry continues to grind through a technology-inspired identity crisis, with companies large and small still working to find a way to profit from the downloading of music via the Internet. The changes have often left even performers such as Mr. Belew, who has also played with such music stars as David Bowie and Paul Simon when he's not playing with his own band, looking for new answers. While he has produced several albums with his band, the Bears, they no longer reach a sales benchmark large enough to attract the interest of major labels. Mr. Belew describes a music industry in which major labels aren't interested and can't make money on any act that can't sell at least 500,000 copies. "We're in the D.I.Y. category of people trying to figure this out themselves," said Mr. Belew. "In the music business right now, record labels are all but extinct." To adapt, he believes musicians need to find partners best able to understand the new opportunities. For him, Merging Media met that test. "We liked their ideas. We liked their offer," said Mr. Belew. "This is all new territory for the most part. The music biz is changing quickly and you need to find allies and work with them. These guys are good people and we had a good feeling about them." <...> Mr. Belew echoed the thought while admitting he has no idea what to expect from the first DVD release for the Bears on Club Cafe Live. "They're ready to rock," he said of Merging Media. "It's an unknown territory and nobody knows. That's kind of what excites me about it." ++ psychodots ++ Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 10:31:51 -0500 From: Mary Bosken Subject: Fwd: BUCKET Forwarding along a Bucket update. All for now.... Mary ______________________________ Begin forwarded message: > From: ohmybucket > Date: March 29, 2004 9:10:27 AM EST > Subject: BUCKET > > Hey Folks, > In these days of constantly changing technology, many people in the > "Bucket family" have switched internet service providers, including > the band > itself. We've been hearing from alot of folks that they no longer get > the > Bucket emails, and thanks to brilliant moves at the Cincinnati > Enquirer, > they can't count on the paper's local listings for gig info.. > So we're asking you to pass along our new email address, > ohmybucket@bellsouth.net, to anyone you know who was lost in the big > switch, > or anyone new who may be interested in being on the list. > Also, if there are any venues that you know of that would support > what we > do, let us know. We're always looking for new places to play. > Thanks, > Lee, Bam and Bob > ++ psychodots ++ Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2004 09:04:51 -0500 From: Mary Bosken Subject: Ricky Nye/Queen City Blues Fest City Beat Best of Cincinnati 2004 Awards http://www.bestofcincinnati.com/index.html Out and About section Best Attention to Detail: The annual Queen City Blues Fest does it right, bringing in strong national acts and featuring the best local musicians. But for the Blues afficianados they also offer side stages (Ricky Nye's piano stage, an acoustic stage and, new in 2003, a Gospel stage) and workshops (on local Blues history and various instruments). Always well organized and always a good time. ++ psychodots ++ Date: Friday, April 2, 2004 10:04 PM From: George Cunningham Subject: frenchmen and frigo Frenetic Faux French Friends: An update on Faux Frenchmen activity: Thanks to all for making Monday our favorite day of the week. This week's Tink's Monday features guest guitar ace Ted Karas. Tink's Mondays continue indefinitely, 6:30-9pm. This Month's First Tuesday show at the Vineyard Cafe Wine Room, Erie at Edwards in Hyde Park, commences this Tuesday, 4/6 at 7:30pm. We throw down, you avoid throwing up?! Directions at www.graveblankets.com, because Jeff Burroway is a fine man. Gypsy jazz fans: Don't miss the Little Chicago Jazz Society presenting violin virtuoso Johnny Frigo this Sunday, April 4, at the Hamiltonian in Hamilton, Ohio at 7pm. Frenchmen bassist Don Aren will be accompanying this Chicago legend, hailed by many as the premier jazz violinist in the country. Learn more at www.johnnyfrigo.com. Get show and ticket info from LCJS's Laura Halen at 513-863-8982. We Frenchmen eagerly anticipate our Sunday, June 13 Little Chicago Hamiltonian concert event. 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