Monthly Archives: April 2019

April 30

The Localist: The Northeast Megalopolis Pipeline

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You may know of the northeast megalopolis as the socio-geographical designation of over 50 million inhabitants on the eastern seaboard, which includes the cities of (at least) Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington D.C. I’ve always been fascinated with the possibility of setting up a more formalized musician pipeline between the cities – […]

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April 29

BCF Select Shows – Week of 4.29.19

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A selection of shows from the infinite sea of events in NYC this week: Monday, Apr. 29, 2019 @ 8pm – Niall Connolly & Friends @ New York Beer Company. The Monday Night Sessions return to Hell’s Kitchen this week for its One-Year Anniversary with the Cork-born singer/songwriter and his colleagues. (Event) — Tuesday, Apr. […]

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April 22

BCF Select Shows – Week of 4.22.19

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A selection of shows from the infinite sea of events in NYC this week: Monday, Apr. 22, 2019 @ 8pm – Niall Connolly & Friends @ New York Beer Company. The Monday Night Sessions return to Hell’s Kitchen this week with the Cork-born singer/songwriter and his colleagues. (Event) — Wednesday, Apr. 24, 2019 @ 9pm […]

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April 15

BCF Select Shows – Week of 4.15.19

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A selection of shows from the infinite sea of events in NYC this week: Monday, Apr. 15, 2019 @ 8pm – Niall Connolly & Friends @ New York Beer Company. The Monday Night Sessions return to Hell’s Kitchen this week with the Cork-born singer/songwriter and his colleagues. (Event) — Tuesday, Apr. 16, 2019 @ 9pm […]

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April 11

The Localist: How to Find and Vet a Publicist

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Let me start out by stating an obvious truth. You do not need a publicist or publicity or marketing in order to be a legitimate musician or artist. There are plenty of musicians that pay for publicity that the world would be better with them not doing so. There are also plenty of musicians whose […]

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April 08

BCF Select Shows – Week of 4.8.19

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A selection of shows from the infinite sea of events in NYC this week: Monday, Apr. 8, 2019 @ 7pm – Niall Connolly & Friends @ New York Beer Company. The Monday Night Sessions return to Hell’s Kitchen this week at a special 7pm start with the Cork-born singer/songwriter and his colleagues. (Event) — Tuesday, […]

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April 07

The Localist: Monetizing Payment in Exposure

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A common complaint from musicians in the modern era is that people asking for music services too often seek to pay musicians in exposure in lieu of actual money. Musicians usually react to such offers by pointing out that exposures aren’t a form of literal currency, and so, for instance, exposure can’t be used to […]

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April 02

The Localist: The Social Acquaintance

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I have a non-musician acquaintance who unfriended me on Facebook a few years ago. In fact, I think it was for the best, because our interactions were becoming increasingly awkward and strained. Prominently featured amongst that awkwardness was their growing resentment that things were going well for me, socially speaking. Not that I’ve achieved anything […]

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April 01

BCF Select Shows – Week of 4.1.19

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A selection of shows from the infinite sea of events in NYC this week: Monday, Apr. 1, 2019 @ 8pm – Niall Connolly & Friends @ New York Beer Company. The Monday Night Sessions return to Hell’s Kitchen this week with the Cork-born singer/songwriter and his colleagues. (Event) — Monday, Apr. 1, 2019 @ 8pm […]

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