Balanced Breakfast is curating our first Music Festival this September. Our vision is an event that feels like Noise Pop & Creative Mornings had a baby and called it Balanced BreakFEST.September 20-22nd, 2018.(3 days, from Thursday to Saturday.)This event will have badges & tickets.It will be predominantly Bay Area Bands.We will include most Mission venues.(El Rio, Knockout, Make-Out Room, Revolution Cafe, Amnesia, Elbo Room, and Delirium.)If you’re curious what our events look like ... here is a link to our 3-day showcase last year at SxSW. It featured 24 prominent bands from Austin, San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anfOdZs44OM
Now announcing the set times for the 6th Annual Phono del Sol Music and Food Festival.
12:00pm Doors open
1:00 – 1:35pm Dick Stusso (Potrero Stage)
1:35 – 2:10pm Hot Flash Heat Wave (Mission Stage)
2:10 – 2:45pm The She’s (Potrero Stage)
2:45 - 3:20pm The Seshen (Mission Stage)
3:20 – 4:00pm Adam Vida (Potrero Stage)
4:00 - 4:40pm Mr. Little Jeans (Mission Stage)
4:40 – 5:20pm Born Ruffians (Potrero Stage)
5:20 – 6:10pm Alvvays (Mission Stage)
6:10 – 7:00pm Chairlift (Potrero Stage)
Be sure to come out this Saturday, July 9 and enjoy a day of music, local food trucks and a diverse range of vendors. Save $10 if you buy your tickets online!
We are 4 weeks away from the 6th Annual Phono del Sol - San Francisco's premiere non-profit music and food festival! Join us for a day in the sun with Chairlift, Alvvays, Born Ruffians, Mr Little Jeans, Adam Vida, The Seshen, The She's, Hot Flash Heat Wave, and Dick Stusso at San Francisco’s first skatepark, Potrero del Sol from 12pm to 7pm on Saturday, July 9th. Festival tickets are just $40 adv/$50 door. 10 food trucks, art vendors, and more! Make it a whole day and have brunch with us before at Cease & Desist with a special performance by Travis Hayes Busse!
The 20th Street Block Party lineup is here! @MiamiHorror__ @ChicanoBatman and so much more! www.20thstreetblockparty.com (at Mission District, San Francisco)
Growwler at The Independent in SF tonight, June 24. With Red Beans & Rice horns joining us, plus Royal Jelly Jive + Kendra McKinley. RSVP below & get advance tickets: http://bit.ly/1YoJXe0 (at The Independent)
Phono del Sol: Where did our missing flamingos go?
STORY PULLED FROM THE BAY BRIDGED
Illustration by Cassidy Miller
Author: Jody Amable
Since Phono del Sol Music Festival began in 2011, our mascot has been a big pink flamingo (whom we've since named Pedro del Sol). Over the years, we've decorated the park in tribute to Pedro, festooning the grounds in tropical-themed decor and creating our now-famous flamingo fountain, where dozens of plastic lawn flamingos burst out of the fountain at the entrance to the festival.
We love it. You love it. But every year, we are left with a suspicious flamingo deficit.
Since we wouldn't dream of accusing our patrons of stealing our supplies (plastic flamingos are expensive, you guys), we're assuming the flamingos became sentient and wandered off the grounds, a la Toy Story, lured by San Francisco's world-famous beauty and culture.
We've received some tips over the years as to their whereabouts, and this year, we will finally answer the question, once and for all: Where did all our missing flamingos end up?
We'll be assembling a search party at Potrero del Sol Park on July 9. Until then, follow the adventures of Pedro and friends on The Bay Bridged's Facebook and Instagram.
GET YOUR TICKETS RIGHT NOW!!!!
For more Phono del Sol news in the coming weeks, stay tuned to The Bay Bridged on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.
The Bay Bridged and
Tiny Telephone Proudly Present
Phono del Sol Music
and Food Festival
Chairlift, Alvvays, BORN ruffians, Mr. Little Jeans, Adam Vida (fka A-1), The Seshen, The She’s, Hot Flash Heat Wave, Dick Stusso
Saturday Jul 9, 2016
$20 - $85
Potrero del Sol
Doors: 12:00 PM (ends at 7:00 PM)
All Ages
The sixth annual Phono del Sol Music & Food Festival is San Francisco’s premier nonprofit festival showcasing San Francisco Bay Area music and food. Taking place on July 9, 2016, the all-day, all-ages festival features nine of indie music’s top bands, ten food trucks and a full day of fun in San Francisco’s Potrero del Sol Park.
Participating food trucks include Bacon Bacon, Curry Up Now, Doc’s Classic Food Truck, DUM Indian Soul Food, Kokio Republic, Mozzeria, Whisk on Wheels, El Sur, Frozen Khusterd, and Sajj Street Eats.
For more information about the festival, visit PhonoDelSol.com.
Radiohead’s Kid A at The Independent – An UnderCover Tribute
Three Nights (Same show each night)
Friday-Sunday, June 3-5
Times: Doors 7:30 PM, Show 8 PM
10 Bands (one song per band)
1) Everything In Its Right Place – Disappear Incompletely + Brass Magic [ElectroJazz]
2) Kid A – Gamelan X [Gamelan / Bali / World Fusion]
3) The National Anthem – Meernaa [Neo Soul Prog Rock]
4) How to Disappear Completely – Elizabeth Setzer & La Tania Baile Flamenco [Flamenco]
5) Treefingers – Gojogo [Indian Classical / World Ambient]
6) Optimistic – Bang Data [Hip Hop / Cumbia / Rock / Urban Latino]
7) In Limbo – BATTLEHOOCH [Shape-shifting Orchestral Rock]
8) Idioteque – Kid Beyond / Classical Revolution / L.L. Aspect [Strings & Beats]
9) Morning Bell – The Hurd Ensemble [Electronic / Classical]
10) Motion Picture Soundtrack – Guavalove feat. Mooncandy [Experimental Pop]
Illustrated Notes by: Stefan – SF Intercom
Typed Notes by: Jeff Watkins
LIVE MUSIC MARKETING
Moderator: Kevin Lyman – 4Fini/Vans Warped Tour
Gabe Benveniste – Sonic Living
Julia Hartz – EventBrite
Ian Hogarth – SongKick
Zack Darling – Zack Darling Creative Associates
Aaron Siuda – Live Nation
I switched into this panel about halfway through from another.
Another great show that features a cool local app called Crossfader and lots of Bay Area Bands.
Check out this cool app I featured at the beginning of my show:
Crossfader
By DJZ
Description
Crossfader is a giant dance party. Listen to a non-stop party mix, curated live by the world’s largest community of DJs. And when you want to take a turn, just hold down on any song and start DJing yourself.
Download: https://itunes.apple.com
Also connect on Twitter: @crossfaderapp
Photo and Article by: Jeff Watkins
iCloud is here. Now what?
iCloud is here. More importantly for us in the music biz, iTunes Match seems to allow people to synch their music on all of their devices together for just $24.99. I think it’s safe that we should begin with the assumption that iCloud will be a game changer and prepare ourselves. If not, at least we learned something along the way.
Some background on the product…there’s two aspects of iCloud that affects musicians. iCloud for iTunes will automatically synch music bought directly from Apple to all of your devices (MacBook, iPhone, iPad). Cool for fans, but my guess is that Apple wouldn’t let go of their traditional $0.33/song fee and doesn’t change much for the creators of that music. iTunes Match takes all of your existing music (whether you bought it on iTunes, ripped it from a CD, or obtained it in some other form), loads it into iCloud and synchs it with all of your devices so that you can access it anywhere, anyhow. If the major labels did well in negotiating license deals for this, iTunes Match should lead to a new revenue stream for artists. Details on how much (if anything) you’ll make will probably come later.
As a fan… this is amazing. I hate having to manage all of my music over multiple devices. I would love to go to a streaming service like Rhapsody, but I want what feels like my music and I don’t want to pay $9.99/month for something that I’d lose if I ever stop paying them. iTunes match seems to use my music, is way cheaper, and I wouldn’t lose the music if I stop paying, just the service.
Apple continues to change paradigms. I believe iCloud and iTunes Match could shift fans’ perception of what they want from their music by delivering something different in a clean manner. Just like tablet competitors have benefited from Apple’s iPad, music cloud services like Rhapsody, Pandora, and Google could grow as the music cloud industry gains some exposure.
So what does this mean for the indie musician? All of a sudden, knowing the revenue structures of various forms of cloud services could be more important. At the moment, cloud services like Rhapsody and Pandora don’t make up a huge chunk of a lot of band’s income. If Apple can change the public’s perception of cloud music services, a larger percentage of your monthly check could be coming from one of them (and depending on how well the record labels negotiated with Apple, hopefully you’ll be getting an added check from iTunes Match). You need to make sure your music is there to be listened to and that you’re set up to receive money you’re entitled to.
iTunes Match
No idea if they’ll be paying artists and songwriters or how much if they do. However, make sure you’re set up just in case. Sounds like Apple has done all of the legwork for you. If you’re on iTunes, you’ll be on iTunes Match. Digital Distribution companies like CD Baby, IODA, inGrooves, and TuneCore will get you there. Shop around to find the service best for you. For songwriters, make sure you’re on Harry Fox.
Subscription Streaming Services (ie. Rhapsody)
Streaming services pay you a percentage of their monthly revenue based on how many times you are played. You’re looking at a % of a cent per play, but they can add up, especially if the added attention from iCloud increased their revenue.
Once again, sign up for a digital distribution service and Harry Fox.
Online Radio (Pandora and Live 365)
Royalties from these types of services are mandated by law and are MUCH simpler for the artist. Just sign up with SoundExchange and you’re good. If you’re not signed up…you don’t get any money, even if 1,000,000 people listen to your song.
If you’re a songwriter, make sure you’re part of ASCAP, BMI or SESAC so that you’re paid the publishing share for online radio streams.
Locker Services (mSpot, Google, Amazon)
To be honest, how can these survive after iTunes Match? Apple has made their system so much simpler that I can’t imagine these will exist much longer, but who knows. These are basically just big external hard drives in the sky that you take 2 days to upload your music to. As Larry Kenswil pointed out at SF MusicTech, the artist gets nothing from this and is just for the convenience of the fan. Compared to Apple’s announcement today, these already look a little outdated and just don’t provide enough other than cheap storage. Don’t worry about these since they won’t pay you anyway, unless you want to cheaply store all of those songs you got off the Pirate Bay.
I know this is a lot of information if you’re starting from scratch. Hopefully most of you have set up a lot of this and are getting the money you deserve and are serving your fans well by being where they are going. I’ll get more details in upcoming INDIE CHECKLIST segments to help you guys set yourself up better in the digital landscape. Until then, I’d love to hear your guys’ thoughts either on here, twitter, or Facebook about how you think Apple’s announcement today will affect you as a musician and you as fan!
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What a great show … filled with loads of crazy. This Sunday I hosted my “Friends w/o Benefits.” BHA! And SF Band Witchdream Mansion.
Tons of silly indeed!!! :)
Here are the artists:
Friends W/O Benefits
About:
WHITE TRASH NINJA and Cadet Edac are …YOUR…Friends W/O Benefits
From: San Francisco
Artists We Also Like: Fugazi, LCD Soundsystem, Blink 182, the Dismemberment Plan, Wu-Tang Clan, Q And Not U, American Nightmare
Basic Info:
WEB: http://www.fwobband.com
EMAIL: [email protected]
TWITTER: cadetedac
Instagram: punkrockskatenerd
Witchdream Mansion
About: sound convulsions & audio paroxysms
From: BerkeleyBasic Info
Basic Info:
WEB: http://www.witchdreammansion.com & http://witchdreammansion.bandcamp.com
EMAIL: [email protected]
GENRE: acoustic folk rock
LISTEN LIVE SUNDAYS 6-8PM
http://50.7.98.106:8450/live
I met Nick in January at an open mic at The Candy Shop in NY. To my delight he was from SF. We met up at my art studio, this is what he had to say about survival.
What advice do you have for Bay Area Bands?
Don’t ever give up.
What bands are you currently following in the Bay Area?
The Beats, The OC’s, The Father Jay O’brien
What is your favorite venue to play in SF?
The Bizarre Cafe in the Richmond.
Advice for playing at The Bizarre Cafe:
Just remember it’s an intimate location, and everybody is there to commune with you.
___________________
Letters and Numbers
Genre: Indie
Band Members: Nick Haughton
Record Label: Track Records
Contact: info [at] lettersandnumbersmusic.com
Website: www.lettersandnumbersmusic.com
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