Livestream Event: Emerging Bands, Top Bloggers Unite at Knitting Factory for LYVA Music Fest 2010

Continuing our series on virtual concert experiences, we’re pleased to bring you another Livestream event with a New York and worldwide focus. Digg Digg

Weekly Wrap-up: Running A Hot Chocolate 5K Is Like Writing A Concert Review

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Yesterday, Colleen and I ran in the Hot Chocolate 5k in downtown Chicago with 30,000 other crazy people in 30 degree weather. Like most 5k races, it was a mixture of pleasure, competition, and self-determination. Even better, it was just like writing a concert review or a blog post. Read on to see how you, [...]

17 Questions Music Bloggers Should Ask Before Writing Your Next Post

Is Your Music Blog… pushing boundaries… helping people… changing minds… reflecting who you really are… starting new conversations… letting loose and having fun… putting the spotlight on others… asking the important questions… following a clear mission… taking risks… or does your music blog only feeding the hype machine… playing by the rules… flailing and wandering… [...]

The Real Story of Live Fix That I Haven’t Told You (Until Now)

Usually I’m the one asking questions when it comes to live music culture, but this time Frank from Windy City Rock graciously flipped the script on me and asked some good questions about why I started Live Fix, how we mix social media with live music, and what the future looks like for concert fans. [...]

How To Start Your Own Live Music Blog Pt 3: Who’s in Your Community?

We’re in the homestretch my friends. It’s been a great race that started with Lap One’s creativity tips to help you find your creative muse and develop your blogging muscles. And continued with Lap Two as I shared the story of Live Fix and suggested blog publishing tools you can use to start your own [...]

How To Start Your Own Live Music Blog: Part Two

When began our race with Lap One’s inspirational and creativity tips to help get you started and keep your blog running even when it gets tough and your creative side gets fried and your blogger legs start to wobble and burn. Now it’s time for Lap Two. And since every blog has a story, I’ll [...]

How To Start Your Own Live Music Blog: Pt. 1

It’s time to take another special blogging detour from our usual concert adventures.  What sort of diversion are we going to take this time? Well, in this three-part series I’ll share some tips, tools and a story that you can use to start your own blog, whether it’s about live music or anything else.

Book Review: Trust Agents: How Music Bloggers and PR Can Build Better Relationships

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Like I did on Do You Know How To Pitch To Bloggers?, I’d like to share with you another helpful set of tools that music bloggers and PR folk can use to make better connections on the web via new and social media.

Alternate Version Blogfest: The Adventures of Johnny Rawkriter

It’s time for another Live Fix detour! And like the last one, I’m sure you’ll enjoy this Alternate Version Blogfest diversion, too. We’ll stretch our imaginations and take a fictional journey into the world of Johnny Rawkriter to see what he finds in two different sci-fi and horror-suspense live concert scenes.

Live At Blogworld and New Media Expo 2009

This article originally appeared in Popmatters. Whether you were ready for it or not, Social and New Media changed our cultural landscape—online and offline—in 2009. At the beginning of the year, experts speculated that social networking platforms and communities like Facebook and Twitter would impact our lives like never before, both sociologically and economically. Then, [...]

Do You Know How To Pitch To Bloggers?

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Chris Brogan’s post this week about “how to reach out to bloggers” was so right on that I have to share it with you. Much of what Brogan said is universal for all bloggers and it’s comprehensive. But I’d like to add to his thoughts and continue the conversation by providing a helpful more specific [...]