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03 Sep, 2021

‘I’m Dean Jones’: 5 Questions about Narrative Albums with Gilbert Neal

Categories: Art and creativity, Music business •
Tags: album, close to the edge, d-sides orphans and oddities, dean jones, gilbert neal, i'll see you when i see you, mistakes of memory, narrative album, pink floyd, roger waters, single, the mayor of estes park, yes •
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by Wampus

Wampus sat down with singer-songwriter-multi-instrumentalist Gilbert Neal to talk about the besieged but enduring art form of the narrative album. — [Wampus]: Pop music today is focused on singles, almost… Read More →

30 Oct, 2012

Aux.78: Sun and Shadow Past the Border

Categories: Art and creativity, New music •
Tags: -9, album, aux.78, el paso texas, independent music, independent songwriter, indie, indie music, indie songwriter, loss of mystery, nicholas matta, portland oregon, singer-songwriter, sun and shadows, the sun decays them, wampus •
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If a hurricane strikes the office of your record label on the day of your album’s release, what do you call the album? The Sun Decays Them. The new album… Read More →

25 Jul, 2012

Album & Audience: Q&A with Kowtow Popof

Categories: Art and creativity, DIY, Identity, Life of the troubadour, Q&A •
Tags: album, audience, brothers quay, cat stevens, coaster, devaulation of content, exalted headband, harry nilsson, indie, indie artist, indie music, infinite suns, kowtow popof, live show, music video, scandanavian jazz, single, song, songwriter, splinters & threads, steel panther, tastes like armageddon, the beatles, twilight zone, wampus •
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As a contemporary songwriter, are you focused on making albums? Or just singles? Or are you emphasizing your live show, where you can reach your audience more regularly, with greater immediacy?… Read More →

29 Feb, 2012

Kickstarter vs. NEA: Paths to Indie Funding

Categories: Art and creativity, Music business •
Tags: album, art, artist, artist communities, artistic health care, arts education, arts funding, comics, community theater, creative, creative process, creative projects, creativity, crowdsourcing, culture wars, dance, design, fashion, festival, film, folk art, food, funding, funding path, games, indie artist, indie artists, indie band, indie filmmaker, kickstarter, literature, local arts agencies, media arts, museums, music, national endowment for the arts, NEA, neum, opera, paths, photography, publishing, record, technology, theater, traditional art, united states, visual arts, yancey strickler •
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by Wampus

Have an album you’re ready to record and release? A film you want to produce and screen at festivals? How are you going to pay for it? Talking Points Memo (TPM)… Read More →