Several shows have been announced in the past couple of weeks for the Omaha area, which is helping us to see the light at the end of this January drought. Actually, the “dead month” hasn’t been too horrible. There have been a couple of standout national shows, including last week’s packed Doomtree show and [...]
Read moreLOCAL LABEL SIGNINGS KICK OFF NEW YEAR By MarQ Manner There was a lot of good news in the Omaha music scene this week as two bands got singed to record labels with their roots based in Omaha. Last week, news came that Conduits not only got signed to Conor Oberst’s Team Love record label, [...]
Read moreHe’s My Brother She’s My Sister With Betsy Wells 9 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 12 The Waiting Room, 6212 Maple St. Tickets: $8 waitingroomlounge.com Now Playing … He’s My Brother She’s My Sister By MarQ Manner Robert & Rachael Kolar are finding not only their music and experiences evolving, but also their ride. The brother [...]
Read moreTHE MUSIC MARQET BY MarQ Manner There is a new business model out there for bands and musicians that totally eliminates the record labels. Will it work? I am not going to be breaking any news here as most people already know about Kickstarter, and recently I have run across the music centric pledge site. [...]
Read moreWhat do you do if you’re billions in debt? Let’s say you’re already paying $1 billion a year in interest on $18 billion in debt and $4.5 billion is due in 2014 yet your company only generates $200 million in net profit each year? If you’re Clear Channel radio, the largest radio conglomerate in the [...]
Read moreI swore that I wouldn’t write anything about the MAHA Music Festival until next year, but the organization has already made two announcements. No they are not band announcements, but they have announced the date the festival will be held as Saturday Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012. They have also announced that they will be keeping [...]
Read moreTicket scalping is being talked about on blogs and social media in Omaha. This past week, Smashing Pumpkins tickets went on sale for a show at the Slowdown that happened on Tuesday Oct. 11. The show announcement was big news around the Omaha music community even though Billy Corgan is the only original member of [...]
Read more2011 is turning out to be a year for the record books in recorded music – in a good way. Nope, none of the negative story lines about collapsing sales that we’ve read ad nauseum for the last six years. In fact, physical sales are down just a couple percent from last year (just 5 million [...]
Read moreNext week the annual Lincoln Calling festival begins at 10 different venues in the Capital City. More than 120 bands, artists and DJs, mostly from Omaha and Lincoln, are to perform Tuesday, Oct. 11 through Saturday, Oct. 15. Organizer Jeremy Buckley has stated that the lack of a corporate sponsor this year found them having to [...]
Read moreBy MarQ Manner Mitch Gettman has been impressing audiences on Omaha stages as both a solo artist and with his band that also bears his name for the past few years. After putting out an EP, Mitch decided to go into the much lauded ARC studios to record his debut full length with the idea [...]
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