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HOW TO BUILD YOUR FANBASE AT SHOWS
posted: August 5, 2009
You’ve already learned how to build your fanbase online and start your own street team. Now it’s time to plug the knowledge you’ve gained sitting behind your computer into the real world. And for a…
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JAY SWEET'S Q&A WITH BEN KWELLER DURING FOLK FESTIVAL 50
posted: August 5, 2009
Fifty years ago the Newport Folk Festival founder George Wein set out to create a festival that embraced both commercial and noncommercial artists representing the totality of the folk world. In 1959, the festival showcased…
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UPDATES FROM OURSTAGE CEO, BEN CAMPBELL
posted: August 5, 2009
Dear OurStage Community, I’d like to start by thanking you all for your continued support and extraordinary passion for OurStage and the forum we provide. Last fall, when the global markets collapsed, we had no…
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METAL MONDAY: Q&A WITH ONE WITHOUT
posted: August 3, 2009
One Without, an OurStage act from Sweden and recent addition to Germany’s Lifeforce Records, is a band on the edge of stardom. A bit of a surprise coming from the heart of Gothenburg, known for…
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DRAMA KINGS
posted: August 3, 2009
Rock and theater have always been ardent bedfellows, ever since The Rocky Horror Picture Show did the time warp and Meatloaf did anything for love. Broadway has delivered countless rock musicals from anonymity to mainstream…
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AUGUST'S LETTER FROM THE EDITOR AT LARGE, JAY SWEET
posted: August 3, 2009
I’m sitting backstage at Folk Festival 50” a celebration of 50 years of music history in Newport, RI” listening to 90-year-old Pete Seeger headlining a sing-a-long with a phalanx of younger artists armed only with…
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