COMBO President Barb Dye will be presenting a “DIY Band Management” Workshop in Fort Collins at the Higher Ground Rehearsal Studios on Saturday, November 7th, from 1:30 to 4:00 p.m. The class will cover what duties a manager should accomplish and what duties others should handle in order to advance the career of a band or of solo artists. A job description would include some booking, bookkeeping, laws, copyrights, trade name registering, different types of contracts, and lots more.
The class is free to attend but pre-registration is requested due to packets of information being handed out and we need to know how many to prepare.
Call Jahna Eichel at 646-215-1337 or e-mail her at info@highergroundrehearsalstudios.com,
or send an e-mail to Barb Dye at President @ coloradomusic.org
What: DIY Band Management Workshop
Where: Higher Ground Rehearsal Studios, 208 Commerce Drive, Fort Collins, CO, 970-692-6295
When: Saturday, November 7th
Time: 1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. (Please be on time as the class will start promptly at 1:30)
Cost: Free!
The class is open to ALL AGES! Now is the time to get some general knowledge about the “Business of Music” before you step in a lot of do-do somewhere down the road!
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COMBO SONGWRITING CONTEST WINNERS’ SHOWCASE THIS SATURDAY AT HERMAN’S HIDEAWAY
COMBO and Herman’s Hideway will be presenting a showcase of the winning songwriters for COMBO’s recent 2015 Songwriting Contest. The showcase is scheduled for Saturday, November 14th and will start at 6:30 p.m., lasting for one hour. Confirmed so far and playing their songs will be Robbie Roberts (When You Turn Around), Jeffrey Dallet (Gypsy Jewel), Marni Green (Blessings), Amy Kress (Silent Words), and Joel Ashmore (Come Over).
Tickets for the show may be obtained from the performing winners or by calling COMBO at 720-570-2280 by Tuesday, November 3rd and leaving a message. We will make arrangements to get the tickets to you in time for the show!
Herman’s Hideaway is located at 1578 South Broadway, Denver.
http://www.hermanshideaway.com
Contact Barb Dye at President@coloradomusic.org for tickets!
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TIME AGAIN FOR OTIS TAYLOR’S ‘TRANCE FESTIVAL‘
It has been another year, and Otis is once again having a concert and workshop at eTown in Boulder. This year’s event will be held on Saturday, November 7th. Tickets are available now at:
http://trancebluesfestival.com
The daytime workshop is for musicians of all levels. For both workshops and the concert, people will learn from Otis and his band, special guests who are Colorado pros, and also banjo master Tony Trishka.
Chuck Campbell (of Campbell Brothers, The Slide Brothers, and the Experience Hendrix Tour) signed up to participate in the workshop and festival. You’ll have the opportunity to meet Mr. Campbell as well.
Want to play with a legend? Join international blues artist Otis Taylor in his home town of Boulder, Colorado—the city nestled between the mountains and reality—for the extraordinary Trance Blues Jam Festival. Unlike traditional music festivals where the audience is mostly passive, you are the rock star at the Trance Blues Jam Festival (TBJF). TBJF encourages and inspires people to be active participants. The point is to create music together. Led by Taylor’s infectious mastery, fed by his band’s passion, and wed with your musical expression, the trance jam is where you get to live your musical dreams.
The TBJF is designed for players of all types, all ages, and all ability levels to join in. It’s all about creating music together, not someone showing how well they can shred the guitar. It doesn’t matter what you play. Last year’s festival included vocalists, guitars, harmonicas, oboes, banjos, flutes, cellos, drums, violins, recorders, tambourines, maracas, mandolins and more.
All Saturday events are held at eTown Hall in Downtown Boulder (1535 Spruce Street).
Workshop participants will join with Mr. Taylor and the Visiting Artists for both the morning and afternoon sessions. The evening performance will feature the Visiting Artists. Participants will find a wide variety of dining options available for lunch and dinner in Downtown Boulder.
Saturday Night
Evening Performance with Otis Taylor the Visiting Artists and Select Participants 7-9PM
The highlight of the weekend will begin at 7PM as Mr. Taylor, the Visiting Artists and select participants take the stage at eTown Hall for the evening performance. Evening-only passes include audience admission to the performance. During the workshops, Mr. Taylor will invite some participants to bring their instruments and join him on stage during the evening performance. All workshop participants will be admitted to eTown Hall for the performance of course!).
© 2015 Otis Taylor Trance Blues Jam Festival
Taylor has received an impressive 16 Blues Music Award nominations and won twice. His previous 13 albums have earned three DownBeat readers’ poll awards plus two of the magazine’s Critics Choice honors, and Taylor was awarded France’s prestigious Académie Charles Cros after two earlier nominations, winning the Grand Prix du Disc for Blues. His music has appeared in the Hollywood blockbuster Public Enemy, starring Johnny Depp, and in the Mark Wahlberg vehicle Shooter. He was also a fellow in the Sundance Institute’s Film Music Program.
— The New Yorker
For additional information please contact Joe_K at joekess@yahoo.com
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DENVER OPEN MEDIA’S ‘OPEN MUSIC SESSIONS’ THIS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6th
Join DOM for this month’s Open Music Sessions on Friday, November 6, featuring a live musical performance by Wynn Walent and The Folks.
Wynn Walent and The Folks
Wynn Walent recently finished a benefit record, with all proceeds going to St. Luke Foundation for Haiti.
The show will also include a performance by a local comedian.
The event begins at 6 pm, with the live show and concert beginning at 8 pm. Join us for this FREE event, complete with food and drinks!
Please join our Facebook event and share us!
Friday, November 6
Doors open at 6 pm
Live Show 8 – 9 pm
Denver Open Media
700 Kalamath Street, Denver, CO