"Still my beating heart, if ever I'm a part of what I nowadays try to resist. Oh yeah."
Alan K Stout, here’s to a great 9 years! Congrats buddy. Everyone in North Eastern Pennsylvania, come check this out.
For the past 10 years, this event has raised 100’s of thousands of dollars for local charities and tens of thousands have attended.
Everyone give Alan a big thanks for everything he does for local music.
Do you eat Chick-fil-a?
Do you support gay marriage?
Should either of these effect each other? Do corporations pay close attention to who they make donations to?
I have no answers, only questions. This is an interesting situation.
“I’m not sure you want to go down the “Nazi Road,” when you’re judging an organization by the worst things that have ever been posted on that organization’s website.”
Dear, Mr. Stewart: I love you.
A Degree in The Beatles?
Now, this is something I could get behind.
“A Canadian woman has become the first person in the world to graduate with a master’s degree in Beatles studies. She’s one of 12 students at a Liverpool university who enrolled in the program, which focuses on the Beatles’ music and their impact on Western culture.”
This article is wonderful. From all angles. The same goes for promoters, agents, etc. We’re not all out there getting rich off music. We love it and we’re just trying to get by.
“Why create music if it’s not a reliable means of supporting oneself or one’s family? Unfortunately, money makes the world go ’round and money and art have been forced into a tenuous, sometimes needy relationship. “Not to reduce the music industry down to money, but that’s how artists make their living and what makes it possible for them to be able to create,” Murphy says. “Money allows the artist to concentrate on their art so they don’t have to go home and get a job. So that money that you support them with really makes a huge difference in them being able to communicate their art with you more effectively.”
Bottom line: If you want to help a band, see them in concert and buy a T-shirt at their show. Consider buying a physical album instead of downloading it, and purchase it directly from the band instead of a mass retailer. And next time you call a band a “sellout,” it’s worth considering why they agreed to license a song to a commercial hocking beer or clothing. “If you can put your music in a car commercial, put it in the car commercial,” Rickly says. “I have so many friends that are in underground punk bands that never, ever do commercials. They’re viewed as these Holy Grail bands that never sell out—and their day job is writing jingles for commercials. It’s the same thing. People can call us sellouts all they want. I just wish we could sell out more. I’d have more free time to write music.” - Alt Press
A good friend of mine, Apache Chief. Great guy, doing big things. He’s out in LA right now on his grind. This is a new track he just e-mailed me. Exclusive, check it out.
Just scored some new dress/work shoes. If you’re going to buy something, why not throw some charity in? I love Toms and what they do.
But, I also love Nike. But, hate what they do.
Epic moral win.
