September 19, 2024| Interesting Bits| Barb Dye
Since COMBO has several members from Adams City High, we thought they might be able to help out with... Read More → Adams City High School Theater Looking for Theater History
August 29, 2024| Interesting Bits| Barb Dye
Photo: Ron Spitzer | By Carla K. Johnson, AP | In the 1980s and ’90s, Ron Spitzer played bass and drums in... Read More → After a Stroke, This Musician Found His Singing Voice Again with Help From a Special Choir
Photo: Steve Hartman | During a 2019 classical music concert at Symphony Hall in Boston, a 9-year-old boy... Read More → How a Young Boy’s Shout of “wow” Still Resonates in the Classical Music Community 5 Years On // Little Boy Joyfully Dances to His Favorite Song, ‘I Like to Move It’
August 22, 2024| Interesting Bits| Barb Dye
By Christian Brooks, BBC News | Some music fans now know 15-second sped up snippets of songs better than the... Read More → TikTokers are Speeding Up Songs – But Are We Forgetting the Originals?
July 25, 2024| Interesting Bits| Barb Dye
Photo: Andy | CBS’s On the Road with Steve Hartman, presented the story of Gabe Scott and Andy Gullahorn,... Read More → Every Week, Gabe and Andy Take a Walk – and “High Five” – for 10 Years Now
July 11, 2024| Interesting Bits| Barb Dye
Photo: Pussy Riot | Press release On July 4th, Pussy Riot staged the performance of RAGE at Berlin’s Neue... Read More → Pussy Riot Staged RAGE Takeover at Neue NationalGalerie in Berlin
July 4, 2024| Interesting Bits| Barb Dye
By Daryl Robertson, LouderSound/MusicRadar | Confused about the terminology surrounding live sound? Here’s... Read More → Loudness Explained: Volume and Decibel Levels Defined for Live Music Fans
June 27, 2024| Interesting Bits| Barb Dye
By Andy Greene, Rolling Stone | In the summer of 2018, Richie Castellano and his buddies posted a remarkable... Read More → Jon Anderson Is Playing Seventies “Yes” Classics Again — With a Band He Found on YouTube
May 30, 2024| Interesting Bits| Barb Dye
Photo: Kelsey Lartius Miguel | I’d love to share my thoughts on this! I started offering booking to... Read More → Re: COMBO Members Rob Roper and John Riger Comment on Our Post “From Musicians Contact: Is There Any Such Thing as a ‘Booking Agent’ Anymore?”
May 23, 2024| Interesting Bits| Barb Dye
Photo: Rob Roper | Rob and John took time out to mention their personal experience with Booking Agents and... Read More → COMBO Members Rob Roper and John Riger Comment on Our Post “From Musicians Contact: Is There Any Such Thing as a ‘Booking Agent’ Anymore?”
By Matthew Kronsberg, Bloomberg | When Breakaway Records opened almost 16 years ago in Austin, the vinyl... Read More → Cassette Tapes Are Getting a Boost From an Unexpected Source
May 16, 2024| Interesting Bits| Barb Dye
Photo: Sterling Howard, founder of Musicians Contact | Musicians Contact says (as does COMBO): We get a lot... Read More → From Musicians Contact: Is There Any Such Thing as a “Booking Agent” Anymore?
May 9, 2024| Interesting Bits| Barb Dye
Photo: Nadya | David Byrne of Talking Heads to present Nadya Tolokonnikova of Pussy Riot the Dynamic... Read More → David Byrne Presenting Nadya Tolokonnikova, Pussy Riot Creator, With Dynamic Achievement in Arts Award May 16th
May 2, 2024| Interesting Bits| Barb Dye
I asked folks what was wrong with the local music scene. Here’s the results from those comments. I... Read More → Eric Means Conducts a Survey Asking “What is wrong with the local music scene?”
April 30, 2024| Interesting Bits| Barb Dye
By Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone || At the crossroads of an intense creative period and a personal tragedy,... Read More → Vinyl in the Sun: Inside the First Solar-Powered Record Pressing Plant // The Vinyl Revival: How Records Came Back From The Dead
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