Rootfire Mixtape 003 showcases artists from around the world who contribute to the progressive roots music scene. Connecting mid-‘90s John Brown’s Body with upcoming artists like The Skints and Stick Figure, and incorporating New Zealand heavyweights Fat Freddy’s Drop and The Black Seeds, producer Brendan Dane, better known as… Read More
In December 2010 Creative Allies hosted a logo design competition for Rootfire. Over 70 designs were submitted (see them) during the 3 week campaign. To spark ideas we sent designers a few pencil drawings, a New Orleans Cook Book, Sankofa bird, and a playlist of music. …… Read More
For over 100 years the expectations of how bands and fans connected was relatively well defined.
Until the last few years, fans could bring a band into their lives in 2 direct ways:
1. Fans could buy music and feel an intimate connection with the bands they loved by purchasing records.…… Read More
The Grateful Dead cracked a recorded music shell by allowing fans to tape their shows. Addresses were traded in parking lots and new friends mailed bootleg recordings to each other via the USPS. In 1971 A call for all freaks to unite was added into the liner notes of… Read More
#WriteItDownMakeCoolShitHappen
#1 Mailbox: mobile email app. Worth signing up to get on waiting list. There are about 420k people in line ahead of me and I signed up a few weeks ago. Likely it will take a month to get access to it, but the buzz on this is very… Read More
Pitching + Social Media Week DC Highlights
By Curtis Bergesen
Last Thursday I attended a Social Media Week event in Washington DC named “Social Media and the Local Music Scene: Engaging local audiences and re-envisioning social networks.” The event took place at VeraCruz Gallery and was hosted by Listen… Read More
For the last few years we have worked to build momentum for The Green in Aotearoa (New Zealand). Ranging from album distribution, to hiring radio pluggers and publicists, to sending promotional t-shirts, we have tried to spread The Green’s music and good energy around the country.… Read… Read More
Hot Water Music
January 22, 2013
9:30 Club, Washington DC
By Curtis Bergesen
.@HotWaterMusic could rip @930Club in half with their emotion alone!
I tweeted this last night, while seeing Hot Water Music at the 9:30 Club, in Washington DC.… Read More
