ACA Inside and Out
(NSB)
10.30.2009 | 11:49 PM •
Composer-musicians, Terri Hron, Sergei Tcherepnin,
Cecilia Lopez, and David Kant performed on the open
studios night at Atlantic Center for the Arts
Elliott x 7, Muybridge
Meets Music (Orlando)
10.26.2009 | 11:46 PM •
An in-camera multiple exposure.
Elliott Sharp Concert
(Orlando)
10.26.2009 | 11:43 PM •
As part of ACA's outreach program, one of the master
artists, composer and musician Elliott Sharp,
performed in Orlando, at
Timicua White House, a
private residence which hosts regular jazz
concerts.

Caribbean Idol Singing
Contest (NSB)
10.25.2009 | 08:39 PM •
For the next couple of weekends, the Dolphin View
Restaurant and Bar is featuring a Caribbean Idol
singing contest. A nice evening of free Bob Marley
and $1 drafts.
Michael Jackson Birthday
Party (Prospect Park)
08.30.2009 | 11:13 AM •
RIP: Michael Jackson
1958-2009
06.26.2009 | 11:07 AM •

A few hours after I wrote of Farrah Fawcett, Michael
Jackson’s death stole the limelight. While his last
years were just so sad, I will always remember him
for
Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get
Enough and
ABC. A half-decade older
than I, his music was always there in the
background as I came of age. So his passing also
brings back waves of nostalgia. I can understand
why Madonna and Quincy Jones wept when they heard
the tragic news. Such an amazing,
once-in-a-lifetime talent!
Anything is Drummable
05.11.2009 | 11:19 AM •
Drummers are usually pretty eager to show off their
chops. Case in point: an Italian drummer who calls
himself Vadrum, an alias for
Andrea Valdrucci, who’s been
improvising drumkit parts to tunes you never
thought drummable. Above it’s Rossini’s
William Tell (which he
corrals with mocking triplet beats), but he’s
most popular on YouTube for his renditions of
Super Mario,
The Simpsons, as well as
many other pop and metal
covers. He’s also exquisitely massacred
another fine Rossini,
The Barber of Seville.
A Special Night of
Music
08.03.2008 | 11:02 PM •
A perfect night of good vibes at Prospect Park with
an
African Guitar Music
festival, barbecued chicken, and a
rainbow...


Horn Band in Subway
01.07.2008 | 07:20 PM •
Brass and drums inside Union Square station.
Musicians and
Royalties
12.21.2007 | 04:27 PM •
How can an artist make a living in a digital world,
especially a musician? With the RIAA like the
Catholic Church, spending vast amounts of resources
on litigation, and even hinting that they may have to
decrease royalties to artists to cover their costs,
musicians should be thinking about viable
alternatives to the big media company model of
trickledown economics. David Byrne has a thoughtful
piece called
Survival Strategies for Emerging Artists—and
Megastars over at Wired. There's also an
interesting sidebar
conversation between DB and Radiohead's Thom
Yorke on how RH is marketing
In Rainbows,
first as a pay what you wish download, then as a
packaged CD in January.