Foo Fighters: Live on Facebook Friday, October 30th

The 4-1-1:

Live Performance from Studio 606
Friday Oct 30th 7PM (PST) | 10PM (ET)
http://facebook.com/foofighters

[Image via Foo Fighters Facebook Page]

Hang Out With THRICE!

Via Blurt:

Win Tickets and Prizes for Exclusive Thrice Party!

BLURT to offer a chance for 5 winners (and their guests) to hangout with the band before each of Thrice's headline U.S. tour dates

DETAILS CLICK HERE

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10/27 NEW RELEASES

Atreyu: Congregation Of The Damned
Between The Buried & Me: Great Misdirect
Day To Remember: Homesick [Rerelease]
Wolfmother: Cosmic Egg

8/27 New DVD Release: 36 Crazyfists "Underneath A Northern Sky"

36 Crazyfists new DVD "Underneath A Northern Sky" will be released tomorrow. They are offering a pre-order here: http://ferretrecords.merchnow.com/search/?q=36+Crazyfists.

You can order the DVD/T-Shirt Combo for $24.99 or just the DVD for $16.99.

"Underneath A Northern Sky" was filmed at their January 9, 2009 show in Anchorage, Alaska - which is where the band got their start. The DVD will be the band's first ever.

The Clincher, Faith Buried In Flames, & Sins Of The Father Halloween Eve - Grand Island, NE

3 Bands & 4 Ladies Going Head to Head with Feather Pillows.

Featuring... The Clincher, Faith Buried In Flames, & Sins Of The Father

Friday October 30th, 2009 at Gibby's Pool Hall in Grand Island, NE. 807 W 4th St. $6 bucks at the door, must be 21 or over. No minors! Show starts at 8pm.

Visit: www.myspace.com/dillonsdiabolicaldesigns for more info!

1 Year Ago...Time Slips By

Deadsy - "Better Than You Know":

Happiest day I've had. I miss talking to & hanging out with my friend.

BLUE OCTOBER ANNOUNCES THE CANCELLATION OF THE PICK UP THE PHONE TOUR 2009 DUE TO LEAD SINGER’S HOSPITILZATION

From WCYY:

(New York, NY – October 22, 2009) The Pick Up The Phone Tour 2009 has been canceled due to the hospitalization of Justin Furstenfeld, lead singer of the tour’s headlining band Blue October. Furstenfeld, who was also the spokesperson for Pick Up The Phone Tour 2009, is being treated for suffering from an extreme mental anxiety attack. His doctors have ordered that the tour—which was committed to reducing the stigma associated with mental health, depression, and suicide—be canceled to allow for his recovery.

READ FULL ARTICLE HERE

Let the 30 Seconds to Mars Promotion Begin!

Just received word today that I will be receiving some promotional stickers for 30 Seconds to Mars. Nice! Can't wait to get this promo ball rolling again for my home slices.

Their new single "Kings & Queens" is being played in heavy rotation at radio stations across the nation. Last night it took the number one spot on L.A. station KROQ's "Furious 5 @ 9" segment and on Wisconsin's FM102.1's Online 5 @ 9. Pretty freakin' sweet for only being out 2 weeks!

Haven't heard "Kings & Queens" yet? Go listen here!

New Foo Fighters "Wheels"

Poignant lyrics. How can you not adore Dave Grohl? Seriously.

NIN's "Pretty Hate Machine" Turns 20

Excerpt from RollingStone.com:

After over three months of dormancy, Trent Reznor’s Twitter page was resurrected last night as the Nine Inch Nails frontman celebrated the 20th anniversary of his debut album Pretty Hate Machine. “Happy birthday, old friend. Pretty Hate Machine turns 20,” Reznor wrote, his first tweet since quitting Twitter following a July 17th message that read, “I believe I’ve done all I care to do here at this point. Flesh and reality and silence are calling.” Reznor’s call out to his first LP helped make #PrettyHateMachine a Twitter Trending Topic last night.

READ FULL ARTICLE HERE

Slipknot's "Snuff"

SlipKnoT - Snuff
by sasko1234

I couldn't face a life without your light.


::SNUFF - LYRICS::
Bury all your secrets in my skin.
Come away with innocence, and leave me with my sins.
The air around me still feels like a cage
And love is just a camouflage for what resembles rage again...

So if you love me, let me go.
And run away before I know.
My heart is just too dark to care.
I can't destroy what isn't there.

Deliver me into my Fate -
If I'm alone I cannot hate
I don't deserve to have you...
Ooh, my smile was taken long ago,
If I can change I hope I never know.

I still press your letters to my lips
And cherish them in parts of me that savor every kiss.
I couldn't face a life without your light,
But all of that was ripped apart, when you refused to fight.

So save your breath, I will not care.
I think I made it very clear.
You couldn't hate enough to love.
Is that supposed to be enough?

I only wish you weren't my friend.
Then I could hurt you in the end.
I never claimed to be a Saint...
Ooh, my own was banished long ago,
It took the Death of Hope to let you go

So break yourself against my stones
And spit your pity in my soul.
You never needed any help...
You sold me out to save yourself...

And I won't listen to your shame.
You ran away, you're all the same.
Angels lie to keep control...
Ooh, my love was punished long ago,
If you still care, don't ever let me know...
If you still care, don't ever let me know...

READ IT: Conclusion About Music Today by Bob Lefsetz

From genius that is The Bob Lefsetz Letter (LINK):

CONCLUSION

No one seems to realize you can’t get rich anymore [in the music business].

You can’t sell enough albums, you can’t sell enough high-priced tickets.

The music industry is functioning like it’s still the 1990s when a revolution has taken place.

It’s not about stopping P2P theft, that won’t make album sales go up dramatically. The public just doesn’t care. Who could, about manufactured crap or stuff that’s too hip for almost anybody’s room.

And they may never care, not for years.

So it’s back to the bunker.

Yes, you’ve got to be in it for the music. You’ve got to love to play. You can’t want to become rich, because even a Top Forty hit generates little cash. It’s about having a career. But those with careers are not flying private and buying Lamborghinis unless they made it in the seventies. And no one wants to overpay to see those dudes one more time.

Major labels have fired the worker bees. It would be like Facebook being run by an overpaid Mark Zuckerberg, and him alone. But these big tech companies have tons of infrastructure. There’s no infrastructure at a major anymore.

And with a tech company it’s all about scale. Can it grow?

The majors are anti-scale. It’s how can we cut enough overhead and get enough rights so we can still pay our presidents millions? This is a recipe for the future?

And the formerly brain dead touring industry can’t see there’s a problem. Used to be the agents and promoters lived on the backs of the record companies. The labels spent to build stars that people wanted to see. Now, the labels don’t have that kind of money, albums don’t sell well enough, hell, they want some of that touring industry money themselves!

So what does the touring industry do? Raise prices!

But the audience has had enough. And they don’t want to see new bands, why should they? It’s more fun to play games on your iPhone, cruise for dates on Craigslist, which is positively free.

If the money is coming back, music has to drive the culture. Going to the show must be a monthly occurrence, not a once a year event.

Breaking bands takes a long time. Oh, you can try a short cut, with a hit single, but that doesn’t generate a career.

So, the turning point has come. Everybody in it for the money is experiencing his last hurrah. Finally, the stage is set for new players, doing it only for the music, to rebuild the industry. Because there’s just not enough money in it for the old powers to continue to reign. And only interested in the biggest sellers, who don’t sell crap anymore, they’re leaving a ton of crumbs on the table.

Majors should get out of new music production, they do it poorly, the risk to reward ratio is horrible. They should just be catalog houses. When will they admit this to themselves?

Live Nation’s problems are worse. There are no stars to fill their buildings. A merger with Ticketmaster brings talent, but does one expect Irving to just hand over acts on bad terms? And those ancient acts can’t sell tickets like they used to.

Holy fuck. While everybody’s been focusing on people stealing the music, the whole business imploded. The album model has been destroyed. You’re better off selling one hit single on iTunes and having no album! The concept of a hit driving fans to hear the other nine tracks is laughable. People know the rest is crap. They’ve learned this over decades. It will take years to convince them otherwise. But you’ve got to start with great music, that’s the only way out of this. And there’s just not enough of it. Because the industry is leaving the consumer out of the equation. Labels sell to radio and indies are so busy trying to look hip, most people don’t pay attention. A sorry state of affairs, but not terminal. Just like Facebook eclipsed MySpace almost instantly, music could be revived again. But not by Rupert Murdoch and those fucks at MySpace, they’re too old wave, but by innovators. You might decry Twitter, but there’s more action there than there is on this chart. Twitter is everything music used to be…immediate, thrilling, satisfying, educational…and you could be a part of it! Interscope doesn’t care about fans, it cares about lifestyle, that of its executives, and the fans know it. I don’t see Jimmy inviting Black Eyed Peas fans into the building to romp and participate. It’s us versus them in the music business whereas online we’re all in it together, the customer is truly king.

History has wiped the landscape clean. We’re at the dawn of a new age. Thank fucking god.

Who is Bob Lefsetz and why should we give a shit what he says? Find out -- Bob's Bio

Revolver's Hottest Chicks in Metal Issue on Stands Now

FROM REVOLVERMAG.COM:

Includes an exclusive double-sided poster of Halestorm’s Lzzy Hale and Landmine Marathon’s Grace Perry! Also in this packed issue, Lamb of God frontman Randy Blythe gives a personal look at the experiences that shaped his life, Five Finger Death Punch tell us about their unlikely route to the top, Warbringer get in the van and show us what makes them Road Warriors, the story behind Suffocation’s classic Effigy of the Forgotten art work, and much, much more!!!

[Image via revolvermag.com]

Sick Puppies Acoustic Performances & Interview from UGO Studios

11/10/09 - GWAR at The Bourbon in Lincoln, NE!

GWAR
Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 7:00pm

The Bourbon Theatre
1415 O St.
Lincoln, NE

Tickets are $20 pre-sale and $23 day of show.

Get online tickets at:
https://www.etix.com/ticket/online/performanceSearch.jsp?performance_id=1089609

Find GWAR online at:
http://www.gwar.net
http://www.myspace.com/gwarofficial

Ezra:
http://www.myspace.com/ezralincoln

Bloodcow:
http://www.myspace.com/bloodcow1

Dirtfedd:
http://www.myspace.com/dirtfedd

Jonah Rocks! 4 Year Old Drummer

This little guy is amazing. Had to share with you all. Be sure to watch his videos!

www.jonahrocks.com/video.htm

[Image via www.jonahrocks.com]

10 Tips for Artists to Promote Their Music Online

This article from gogoyoko.com gives bands some ideas on what they should be doing online to promote themselves. This list is a good start, but not the end all be all to online promotion. This list will get you going, but bands need to go above and beyond in this day and age to make a vicious impact. It's all about doing the legwork: blood, sweat, tears and fan interaction.

Here's their list:
1. Get a blog
2. Facebook Profile
3. Twitter
4. MySpace Profile
5. Social Bookmarking
6. FLICKR
7. Tumblr
8. Online Video
9. LinkedIn
10. Make these all work

READ FULL ARTICLE HERE - Each point above is explained in further detail.

10/13 NEW RELEASES

Blessthefall - Witness: MySpace Page
HORSE The Band - Desperate Living: MySpace Page
Mayday Parade - Anywhere But Here: MySpace Page
Relient K - Forget And Not Slow Down: MySpace Page
The Fall Of Troy - In The Unlikely Event: MySpace Page

SOURCES: Alternative Press New Releases

[Images via Amazon.com]

ARTICLE: Forrester to Music Industry: It’s the Consumer, Stupid

From the WIRED.COM article by Eliot Van Buskirk:

The music industry has come a long way in the past decade towards embracing the consumer: abandoning DRM for single-song downloads, releasing interactive applications, launching remix contests, streaming music to phones, and allowing video sites like YouTube to monetize infringement.

But music’s institutional disdain for its consumers persists, according to Forrester Research, which today released a $500 report called “Music Product Manifesto: The Product Features That Will Save Recorded Music,” by analyst Mark Mulligan. The report lists six “fundamental consumer rights” that the suits should keep in mind. They’ve been made before, but they bear repeating, because the industry continues to overemphasize the “business” part of the music business.

READ THE FULL ARTICLE - CLICK HERE

Chevelle/Halestorm In Omaha Was Excellent!

Here are some of my crappy phone cam pictures from the stellar concert Tuesday evening where After Midnight Project, Halestorm and Chevelle put on an amazing evening of rock.

Halestorm was strong -- musically -- per usual, but this was the 4th time I have seen them in 4 years and their set hasn't changed a damn bit: same coming out acapella on "It's Not You", same drumming bit, same drug of choice speech, etc. I don't really like canned set talk that they spoon feed audiences night after night. If you're a fan, it's a bit disheartening to pay money to see the same show on repeat. I hope they learn to vary things. In my opinion, a band looks sort of silly when they have a "bit" they do constantly and it is impersonal even though they are trying to be personal by doing the "bit". Cheapens the experience.

CHEVELLE = A-MA-ZING!

Chevelle played for almost an hour and a half! Lots of new material from their latest CD "Sci-Fi Crimes" including the single "Jars" as well as all the classics: "Red", "Comfortable Liar", "Send the Pain Below", "Forfeit", "Closure", "Vitamin R (Leading Us Along)", "The Clincher", "Well Enough Alone", "I Get It", "Don't Fake This" and so many more. Jaysus it was awesome. I have seen Chevelle a ton at this point and every show never disappoints and somehow still seems to get more and more stellar.

Halestorm:



Chevelle:

30 Seconds to Mars Debut New Single "Kings and Queens"

30 Seconds to Mars will release the first single "Kings and Queens" off their 3rd CD "This is War" **THIS TUESDAY OCTOBER 6th!!!** Be sure to listen in. The voices of those of us that got to help with the recording at The Summit in L.A. this past April (including moi) are present on the track.

F.Y.I.: The band has also delayed the release of their CD until December 8th.




www.thirtysecondstomars.com

9/29 New Releases

A.F.I.: Crash Love
Alice In Chains: Black Gives Way To Blue
Breaking Benjamin: Dear Agony
Hatebreed: Hatebreed
Kill Hannah: Wake Up Sleepers
Paramore: Brand New Eyes


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Flyleaf Debut Video For Their New Single "Again"

Flyleaf - New Music - More Music Videos