A selection of livestreams/shows from the infinite sea of events in NYC this week: Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020 @ 7pm – Roomful of Sky presents “Music at Mary O’s” @ Facebook/Instagram/YouTube. Join the folks at Roomful of Sky for a virtual round-robin of songwriters from 7-9pm featuring: Samantha Echo, Jason Vitelli, Meghan Pulles, Phil Robinson, […]
September
20
The Localist: How to Write an Album, Part 6 – About-ness in Song and Album Writing
posted by bigcityfolks
In Part 4, we looked at a more expansive conception of what a “hook” is, describing good songwriting as involving a multiplicity of hooks in each song. But a good song isn’t just a random series of layered hooks, no matter how densely packed. The hooks support one another in a determinate way that helps […]
September
07
BCF Select Livestreams/Shows – Week of 9.7.20
posted by Robert Bock
A selection of livestreams/shows from the infinite sea of events in NYC this week: Tuesday, Sep. 8, 2020 @ 8pm – Jim Knable @ Luna Stage. Luna Stage in collaboration with the Andrew Goodman Foundation will have a livestream release of the first single “Don’t Wait” off of Knable’s upcoming concept album, Songs of Suffrage. […]
August
31
BCF Select Livestreams/Shows – Week of 8.31.20
posted by Robert Bock
A selection of livestreams/shows from the infinite sea of events in NYC this week: Tuesday, Sep. 1, 2020 @ 9pm – Chris Q. Murphy @ Facebook/Instagram. Singer/Songwriter Murphy continues his Tueday night livestream on two platforms. This week his special guest is Ali Aslam. Aslam recently dropped his single, “Wise Man and The Fool”. (Event) […]
August
24
BCF Select Livestreams – 08.24.20
posted by Robert Bock
A selection of livestreams from the infinite sea of events in NYC this week: Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020 @ 4pm – Bert Lee @ Facebook Live. Bert Lee hosts a livestream for folks across the pond at 4pm with a replay at 7pm. (Event) — Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020 @ 7:30pm – Karen Dahlstrom @ […]
August
17
BCF Select Livestreams – Week of 8.17.20
posted by Robert Bock
A selection of livestreams from the infinite sea of events in NYC this week: Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020 @ 8pm – The Belle Curves @ Facebook Live. Singer/Songwriter Delaney Hafener hosts a livestream where all tips go to a different organization each week. This week all donations will be going to The Loveland Foundation. (Event) […]
August
03
BCF Private Encore: Bert Lee (From the Vault)
posted by Robert Bock
As we continue to grapple with quarantine and social distancing, we find ourselves heading into the “Private Encore” Vault! Here is another video from last year when Song Club was still being hosted at Fawkner in Brooklyn. We were lucky enough to visit with Renaissance Man: Bert Lee. Bert currently hosts two livestreams a week […]
July
13
The Localist: How To Write an Album, Part 5 – The Process of Overwriting
posted by bigcityfolks
If you take the next ten songs that you write and make those ten songs an album, then you will have a mediocre album. If your feeling is that those ten songs are absolute bangers, then you have set your sights too low on what a banger is. On the other hand, if you acknowledge […]
June
29
The Localist: How to Write an Album, Part 4 – A Manifold of Hooks
posted by bigcityfolks
In Parts 1 thru 3, we looked at some more abstract aspects of album writing. Essentially, when you decide to write an album intended for release to the public, you are intending that the public listen to your album. However, asking the public to listen to your album places non-insubstantial burdens on you to put […]
June
17
The Localist: You Are Essential If You Make Yourself Essential
posted by bigcityfolks
A few days ago, a meme was being passed around showing a picture of a survey indicating that artists were deemed the “least essential” job, eking out the title by a slim margin over Telemarketers. (71% to 69%). The survey was not done in the United States – it was a survey of 1000 citizens […]
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