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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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March 25

BCF Select Shows – Week of 3.25.19

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A selection of shows from the infinite sea of events in NYC this week: Monday, Mar. 25, 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, Mar. 26, 2019 @ 7pm […]

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March 24

The Localist: Live Auto-tune

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I was at a show last week at a popular local songwriter spot, and the performer was using live auto-tune on the vocals.  I’ve seen musicians at spots like this use live auto-tune over the years.  Sometimes when you move close to the singer, you can hear a second (de-tuned) pitch coming from the vocalist, […]

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March 18

BCF Select Shows – Week of 3.18.19

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A selection of shows from the infinite sea of events in NYC this week: Monday, Mar. 18, 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, Mar. 19, 2019 @ 7pm […]

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March 11

BCF Select Shows – Week of 3.11.19

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A selection of shows from the infinite sea of events in NYC this week: Monday, Mar. 11, 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, Mar. 11, 2019 @ 8pm […]

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March 04

BCF Select Shows – Week of 3.4.19

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A selection of shows from the infinite sea of events in NYC this week: Monday, Mar. 4, 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, Mar. 4, 2019 @ 8pm […]

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March 01

Premiere: “Songbird” by Evan Alexander Moore

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Politics is an infamously difficult beast to tame with music, but Evan Alexander makes a play at this challenge with his upcoming release, The Perennial Millenial. (release date tbd). As part of that release, Evan premieres the first single, entitled “Songbird”, off of that record with Big City Folks. While much modern political songwriting goes […]

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February 25

BCF Select Shows – Week of 2.25.19

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A selection of shows from the infinite sea of events in NYC this week: Monday, Feb. 25, 2019 @ 8pm – Niall Connolly & Friends @ New York Beer Company. The Monday Night Sessions return to Hell’s Kitchen this week with the Cork-born songwriter and his colleagues. (Event) — Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019 @ 9:30pm […]

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