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- The Veayo Twins Win MAMM SLAMM
Posted: Wednesday, May 2nd 2012
Sometimes it only takes two to rock, think The Black Keys or The White Stripes. On April 28th, The Veayo Twins, a local duo with sweet vocal harmonies and keyboard, guitar and drum skills, WON the 2012 MAMM SLAM - Maine’s High School Rock Off, at Asylum. This dynamic duo beat out 11 other bands for $1000 in cash, recording time, gigs, studio tours and TV and radio appearances. Katherine Veayo also won Best Alternate Instrument: Keyboard!
“Winning MAMM SLAM helped boost my confidence and has made my passion for music blossom,” states Katherine Veayo. “It’s made me more confident about myself, my music and my artistic ability…and makes me more determined than ever to follow my dream of being a well known musician,” adds Kristen Veayo.
The Veayo Twins’ easy listening acoustic set heavily emphasizes original melodies that revolve around relationships, life experiences, and overcoming obstacles. The sisters and their music are in a national documentary film called “Bullied To Silence,” which premiered on April 16th at The Boston International Film Festival. Gigs includes the Jonas Brothers softball challenge in New Britain Stadium, New York City's historic Webster Hall, Patriots Place at Gillette Stadium, and Boston's Hard Rock Café. Kristen & Katherine have opened for Nashville’s Grammy award winning country rock band, Emerson Drive. They have been featured on CBS TV, Fox TV, 92Moose, WKIT, and WTOS radio shows. For more, go to TheVeayoTwins.com.
"Katherine and Kristen have been working very hard for a number of years and it definitely shows. It was a very close competition this year, and the girls' hard work really paid off," says Jeff Shaw, executive director and founder of MAMM.
Individual Awards
Best Guitarist: Kyle Richardson, Saint Monday (South Portland High School)
Best Bassist: Antonio Macomber, The Stolen Mural (Casco Bay High School, Portland)
Best Drummer: Drew Harmon, The Stolen Mural (Scarborough, Cheverus)
Best Singer: Nate Harvey, Beware of Pedestrians (Gorham, Waynflete)
Best Alternate Instrument: Keyboard: Katherine Veayo, The Veayo Twins (Hall Dale High School)
The MAMM SLAM is generously supported by MaineToday Media, Coffee By Design, AO Guitars, Maine Magazine, WCYY, WBLM, Crooked Cove and The State Theatre. For more information about the event, call 207-899-3433 or email info@maineacademyofmodernmusic.org. Check out more on Facebook: MAMMrocks, Myspace: maineacademyofmodernmusic and Twitter: @mammrocks.
Press Contact: maineacademyofmodernmusicpr@gmail.com, 207-781-2598.
- Hear four industry experts talk about putting out vinyl records
Posted: Tuesday, April 10th 2012
A free on-demand webinar from the Portland Music Foundation's "Music as a Profession" Series
On March 28, the Portland Music Foundation held a webinar, "How and Why to Put Your Next Record out on Vinyl," that was jam-packed with useful information for our members. Now, the recording of that webinar has been posted so that anyone can listen in for free.
Listen to it here (skip to the 3:15 mark to avoid some talking amongst the webinar panelists that we couldn't figure out how to clip off). It runs about an hour.
The panelists were:
Billy Fields, Senior Director of Sales and Account Management at Warner/Elektra/Atlantic, who spoke about trends in the industry, who the people are that are buying vinyl and how you can reach them, and whether vinyl might be a good idea for your band. The sales numbers he provides for vinyl records are pretty fascinating.
Jay Millar, head of marketing and communications at United Record Pressing, based in Nashville, which is one of the premier record manufacturers in the country, and the place where Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, and many, many others had their records pressed. He gives just about every detail you could want abotu about how to optimize the vinyl-pressing experience. Plus, he runs his own all-vinyl label so he knows the other side as well.
William Ethridge, head of Eternal Otter Records, talked about his experiences working with United Record Pressing, why he decided to print many of his label's records on vinyl, and what his lessons learned have been from putting records out this way. Lesson number one: Give yourself LOTS of lead time.
Chris Brown, head of marketing at Bull Moose Music, spoke about Bull Moose's experience with vinyl from local and independent artists and passed along a number of tips for those looking to sell their vinyl through the Bull Moose chain and other independent record stores.
If you're considering going the vinyl route with your next record, you absolutely need to hear this Portland Music Foundation webinar. It's free. So why wouldn't you check it out?
- Do YOU want to be on THE X FACTOR?
Posted: Monday, March 26th 2012
Announcing FOX 23's The X Factor Audition Pass Contest!
Think you have what it takes to be the next big thing in music? Do you have the look? The voice? The attitude? Well then The X Factor wants you! Try out for The X Factor Audition Pass Contest. See below for details.
There will be 4 categories and 4 winners. The categories are:
-12-29 years old Male vocalists
-12-29 years old Female vocalists
-30+ years old vocalists (male and female)
-Groups
Bring grandma, grandpa, that weird old aunt who is stuck in the 80's and the rest of the family to try out!
There are two ways to enter:
1. Submit a 1-minute video of yourself singing acapella to Fox 23's website, www.myfoxmaine.com. Submissions will be received from March 27th through April 16th.
2. Live auditions will be held at The Big Easy (55 Market Street, Portland, ME) from 9am until noon on Saturday, April 28th.
The finalists will be selected from the online submissions as well as the live auditions. Finals take place on the afternoon of April 28th at The Big Easy with judges from the Portland Music Foundation.
The 4 lucky winners will go to The X Factor Auditions, Season Two, at the Dunkin Donuts Center in Providence, Rhode Island on Thursday, May 10th to skip the lines, (actually two steps) and audition in front of show producers. Winners will be provided with transportation and hotel for the night of May 10th in Providence.
Best of luck from Portland Music Foundation, Dispatch Magazine, WBLM, Time Warner Cable of Maine, and Fox 23!
- Webinar: Why and how to put your next record out on vinyl
Posted: Thursday, March 22nd 2012
The next installment in the Portland Music Foundation's "Music as a Profession" Series
Wednesday, March 28, at 6:30 p.m.
Maybe you've heard about the "analog renaissance" or the "return of vinyl." While CD sales have been falling steadily, vinyl sales have seen increases of 33 percent (2009), 14 percent (2010), and a whopping 39 percent in 2011. Some 3.9 million vinyl LPs were sold last year, which Nielsen claims is the most vinyl albums ever sold in a single year.
Potentially the best news from those numbers for independent artists is that 71 percent of those vinyl records sold last year were sold in independent music stores, places where you can actually get your own records placed.
So, is putting your next album out on vinyl something you should be looking at? How much more expensive is it to press vinyl than get CDs printed? How many should you have made at a time? Which styles of music are most likely to sell vinyl and which bands are having the most success with vinyl releases?
Well, this webinar has the answers.
Jay Millar will join us from United Record Pressing, based in Nashville, which is one of the premier record manufacturers in the country, and the place where Elvis, Jerry Lee Lewis, and many, many others had their records pressed. He'll talk about your options, what you need to do to optimize your music for vinyl, and all the manufacturing details.
Billy Fields, Senior Director of Sales and Account Management at Warner/Elektra/Atlantic, will talk about trends in the industry, who the people are that are buying vinyl and how you can reach them, and whether vinyl might be a good idea for your band.
William Etheridge, head of Eternal Otter Records, will talk about his experiences working with United Record Pressing, why he decided to print many of his label's records on vinyl, and what his lessons learned have been from putting records out this way.
Chris Brown, head of marketing at Bull Moose Music, will talk about Bull Moose's experience with vinyl from local and independent artists and the lessons he'd pass along to those looking to sell their vinyl through the Bull Moose chain and other independent record stores.
If you're considering going the vinyl route with your next record, you absolutely need to be in on this Portland Music Foundation webinar. Sign up to be a member now to get an invite to participate.
Please join by Tuesday, March 27, to get an invite to the webinar.
- Lift Festival: An Independent Promoter Spotlight With Pam Koslov
Posted: Tuesday, March 6th 2012
"Do it for the music, do it for the fans, and give them every opportunity to enjoy themselves." is the most important advice Pam Koslov, executive producer for the inaugural LIFT Festival, slated for March 16-17, 2012 at Whaleback Mountain in Enfield, NH gives to other independent promoters who are looking to start their own festival. Koslov is first and foremost a music FAN. This core love of music combined with a passion for winter sports, and experience gathered from working behind the scenes at major festivals like Gathering of The Vibes, Catskill Chill, Phish's SuperBall IX, Nateva, Bonnaroo and more lead her on a quest to create her own "elevated" outdoor winter music experience.
LIFT Festival, is a two-day event that features a mountain side outdoor music stage, and combo ticket & lift ticket packages giving attendees the ability to experience a first class music festival in a outdoor environment whilst enjoying day & NIGHT skiing & riding. While this is not a wholly new concept as many northeast mountains have been hosting national bands for years, what makes LIFT Festival special is the synthesis of these components, a deep commitment to creating the ultimate fan experience and the use of cutting edge branding.
The dance heavy festival lineup features acts like Ghostland Observatory,Conspirator, Paper Diamond, Lettuce, Danger, Break Science, Michetti and more. Koslov spoke on the phone with the PMF (while on the mountain of course) about how she & her team put the festival together and offered some tips and encouragement for other first time promoters looking to produce their own festival.PMF: What originally gave you the idea to create LIFT Festival?
PK: My team & I are passionate music fans and have either attended or worked at every major festival across the country and developed deep relationships as a result of these transformational experiences. We also shared a love of mountain sports and it came to the point where we all shared a vision and had the determination, time & resources to create our own festival. We originally had chosen Vermont for our location but due to the devastating floods caused by Hurricane Irene, we had to change gears. We had two main criteria when searching for our new site. The new site had to have the ability to have the concert mountain side and it had to have night skiing/riding. We found Whaleback Mountain, they had the right site, and the night skiing and most importantly wanted to partner with us.
PMF: Ideas are often hard to implement - tells us a bit about how you started and what are some things promoters should consider?
PK: Well first & foremost it's all about your team. It's important that would be promoters put together a team of like minded individuals with like minded goals, aspirations but varied abilities and let them do their job. It won't work to have 5 people on the team that are all good at the same thing, at the same time you can't micro manage every aspect of the festival. Our core team consists of an Executive Director, Site Operations Director, Production Manager, Public Relations Director and a Social Marketing Director. Another key thing for first timers is set expectations and budget low. Most festivals fail because in their first year they went too big on one aspect of the festival (usually talent) and then cut corners elsewhere to compensate.
PMF: Speaking of budgets, you hired Learned Evolution (one of the most cutting edge branding/marketing companies out there), to build your brand & website. Learned Evolution not only works with major bands & festivals but also massive global brands like Twitter, Vimeo and Evian. What lead to you choosing them and what part of your budget should festival promoters allocate to branding & marketing?
PK: I knew the people at Learned Evolution from various festival where we were on staff and their work at Brooklyn Bowl. I think their work spoke for itself. I met with them and we went through a unique discussion and from a few tidbits and general concepts or "vibes" I told them were in my head, they were able to extrapolate the website and branding you see today. It was really remarkable. They have several levels of service from ala cart design to full time development, design, implementation and servicing - obviously the more you ask them to do the more it costs. We had them build our brand and our website and design it in a way that gave us the ability to maintain & sustain the site. As far as how much of your budget to allocate to branding, every event is different but I would not be afraid to have roughly 15% of your budget be allocated solely for branding. Branding your event is EVERYTHING. It is the first impression, it is the initial feel or vibe of your event and that vibe sets the tone for how the fan feels about your event on whole. You have to look at your branding as a first year investment, and if your do it right, that branding will transfer to year 2 and beyond. You won't have start from scratch. Also if you cut corners and don't invest in developing a well thought out and meaningful brand, you will have a hard time convincing others to get behind your event, whether its convincing sponsors to support, media to write, bands to play , or fans to buy tickets.
PMF: Start up capital - it's the number one challenge for many small independent promoters. What are some suggestions on how promoters can get funding? What can festival investors expect to make when investing?
PK: Start small, have good business plan, branding that evokes an emotional response and a core team with abilities to execute a festival in place FIRST before you go looking for investors. Once you have all these things in line finding investors is just like any other sales job you have to be good at sales and understand how to present a compelling argument that the investor is putting their money with a competent company that has they resources, skill & knowledge to pull off the event and offer a reasonable rate of return for the risk. Nothing is a sure thing and you have to be prepared for the very real chance the festival will lose money in its first year. You have a responsibility to make your investors aware of the risk. If you are upfront about risks and have a well thought out plan that addresses those risks, there are people out there who have money and want to be involved in creative events music events. In a very general sense in your first year it would be reasonable for an investor to expect get their money back plus 2-3% over what they would make if they had the money in the bank.
PMF: How do you acquire corporate sponsors?
PK: Corporate sponsors are not likely to give money to a first year event, they are much more likely to give you in-kind product. If they see that the festival is successful and their product(s) are getting exposed to their desired target demographic in a meaningful way, then in year two, they may be more apt to give money.
PMF: In closing what is your final suggestion to PMF members who are thinking about starting their own festival?
PK: If it's not fun DON'T DO IT
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The LIFT Festival will be held at Whaleback Mountain, conveniently located alongside Interstate 89 in Enfield, NH (just about the same distance from Portland as Sugarloaf!)
For more information visit: www.liftfest.net
Join the conversation:www.facebook.com/liftfest
LIFT Festival Tweets: @LIFTfest- Tips on playing better gigs
Posted: Tuesday, March 6th 2012
Last Wednesday, the Portland Music Foundation held a webinar on booking better gigs, hosted by Skyline Music VP Mark Lourie, and featuring Charlie Levy, owner of Stateside Presents; Ryan Dolan, talent buyer for Empire Dine & Dance; and Jason Spooner, who's been touring the country consistently for the past five or six years.
Over the course of an hour conversation that included a number of answers to questions put forward by attendees, the panelists covered topics like how often you should play your hometown; what the different models of building a touring career are; how to approach a booking agent; what agents and talent buyers are looking for in a band; and much, much more.
You can listen to a recording of the event, for free, right here (please excuse the background noise for the first few minutes - we had some technical difficulties).
Tonight, Mark Lourie is available for a free follow up chat to answer any other questions you might have about booking. Again, the chat is open to the public and you can register for the chat session here.
If you have other suggestions for webinar topics, or would like to get involved in a panel discussion, email info@portlandmusicfoundation.org.
Our next webinar, focusing on how to get your album printed on vinyl, and whether you should or not, will be March 28, at 6:30 p.m.
- Webinar: How to Book Better Gigs
Posted: Friday, February 24th 2012
Wednesday, Feb. 29, at 6:30 p.m.
Frustrated with trying unsuccessfully to land what you consider to be the right gig for your band? Talent buyer won't return your emails or phone calls? Feeling like you should be able to get into clubs that won't even give you the time of day?
Maybe you're doing it wrong.
The Portland Music Foundation brings together a panel of experts to discuss the principles of booking like a professional, how you can play the right room for your band, and how you can work your way up the venue food chain.
Here's who's talking:
Mark Lourie - VP, Skyline Music. Mark is responsible for booking gigs for nearly 80 touring bands throughout the Western United States, including acts like the Grammy-winning Rebirth Brass Band, the Smithereens, Leon Redbone, Roger McGuinn, and many other household names.
Charlie Levy - owner of Stateside Presents, in Tucson, Arizona. Stateside operates 16 venues in Arizona, of many different sizes.
Ryan Dolan - Booker for Empire Dine & Dance, and former new media coordinator for Live Nation and tour manager and drummer for the Sheila Divine.
Jason Spooner - Head of the Jason Spooner Trio and solo artist, who last year played shows in more than half of the 50 states and has shared the stage with the likes of BB King, Little Feat, Michael Franti, Sara Bareilles, and many more.
If you're a musician looking to book gigs, you'd really be foolish to miss this webinar. It will last roughly 90 minutes, and allow for all participants to ask questions via chat and listen to the presenters speak their answers. All PMF members will receive an invite. Sign up now to get an invite!
Please join by Tuesday, Feb. 28, to get an invite to the webinar.
- Answers to your questions about the media
Posted: Thursday, January 26th 2012
Last night, the Portland Music Foundation held our first-ever webinar, and it went great! We had about 15 people listen in live, getting their questions answered in real time, and we've already had another dozen or so listen in to the recording that we posted on Facebook a few hours ago.
Many thanks to Robbie Kanner of Dispatch and Aimsel Ponti of the Portland Press Herald and PMF secretary Sam Pfeifle of the Portland Phoenix. If you want to listen to the webinar (Sam screwed up and forgot to record the introductions, but give it a chance - there's an hour's worth of good advice there), go ahead and click here.
Also, while Alexandra Cavallaro, the Events Editor of the Boston Phoenix, wasn't able to make the webinar, she was kind enough to answer all questions we had sent in via good old Microsoft Word. Here are her questions and answers. (And, don't forget, for local press contact information, you can head to our resources page.)
How much lead time before an event is right for trying to get preview coverage?
For preview coverage I like to get info about an event at least two weeks in advance. As far as trying to get an artist an interview or feature, for the Phoenix ’s purposes, we need to have that info a mont h in advance, if not more, since the story calendar books up fast, and long in advance.
Any guidelines for what to put in the subject line?
I prefer that it’s kept short and simple. Nam e of the band/event, the date (that’s important) and preferably something unique/interesting that tells me why I should be interested before I even open the email.
Does a band need to do a press release per gig? Or, can they give you their whole calendar just once?
For listings, it’s more helpful (and less inbox-clogging) for a band or venue to send out a full show schedule in one email. But if a band has something special/big going on...an album release show or opening for a big name band, etc,. I definitely think an ind ividual press release is a good idea, so the event doesn’t get lost in the big shuffle. Definitely DON’T send out a press release every mont h for your mont hly stand at a bar. I have to say I find those emails incredibly infuriating. If you send out one that lets us know it’s a mont hly gig, we’ll get it on the calendar.
Do you like information sent to you personalized?
Absolutely. If an email seems like it was spammed out to everyone on some PR person’s contact list, I’m not all that interested in reading it. Something as small as opening with “Hey Alex, hope all is well” or referencing the last time we communicated/worked together makes a big difference.
If a band would like to have you review their CD, would you prefer that they send a copy of it with their promo kit? Or, is it just as effective to send an e-mail that has links to the music and bio?
I prefer an email with links to an album stream. If they offer to mail a hard copy, too, that’s cool, but online listening is definitely easier.
How does one go about asking to have a venue reviewed in which their band performs frequently?
I think if you’re trying to score a venue review, you’re going to have to provide an interesting angle for why. Why do we/our readers care about this? We don’t tend to review venues unless they’ve just opened or been reno vated, so that’s probably a tough sell for us, anyway.
What is the proper etiquette when communicating with the press?
I almost always prefer email. Nobody likes being put on the spot by a PR person calling and pushing their band over the phone. It can be intrusive and interruptive. Once you’ve set up a line of communication through email, though, and you’re already working together in some capacity, I’m ok withy a follow up call.
Would your answers be the same for radio and TV? If not, what?
I think so . . . not really my area of expertise. I think it’s always a good idea to be as un-intrusive as possible and to get your info out there in the cleanest, most straightforward way possible. And to always make sure your press release is geared towards the publication in some way/personalized and not some generic mass email that most people will automatically delete.
- How to work with the media? Just ask them.
Posted: Thursday, January 19th 2012
The Portland Music Foundation is going virtual: We'll host our first webinar, January 25, at 6:30 p.m., with a discussion focusing on "How to Work with the Media" featuring these fine folks:
Alex Cavallo - 8Days a Week writer for the Boston Phoenix
Aimsel Ponti - Music Writer for the Portland Press Herald
Robbie Kanner - Dude who runs Dispatch Magazine
Sam Pfeifle - Music Writer for the Portland Phoenix
These media members will give you advice on what to put in your email to get noticed, what should be in your "press kit," how to get your album reviewed and your show mentioned, and lots more.
You can ask as many questions as you want. You can chat with other people on the webinar. You can watch it later in recorded fashion.
So, how do you get in on this action? All PMF members will be emailed an invitation. So, join up for 2012 if you haven't already.
- Portland Music Foundation Year in Review
Posted: Saturday, December 31st 2011
The Portland Music Foundation, founded in June 2006, spent the large part of its first year-plus of existence in finalizing its organization and the goals for that organization. In 2008, following a successful kick-off event in Oct. 2007, the organization really hit its stride, gaining 501c3 status, landing a major grant with the Maine Arts Commission, and delivering on a number of promised benefits for its membership and for the community at large. In 2009, the organization was able to focus on its primary mission, educating, inspiring and inciting its members, with much of its infrastructure in place and building on the grant-aided “Music as a Profession” series begun in 2008. In 2010, the PMF continued this educational series, making all of the content member-only, making it the biggest driver in membership acquisition. The group also added a board member, finally gave the go-ahead to a first major web overhaul, and began in earnest its outreach efforts toward the venue-owning and promoter community.
Now, in 2011, we embarked on our single largest undertaking ever, a Portland showcase at the CMJ Music Marathon, and used it to significantly raise the profile of the Portland music industry. We also did our best to make ourselves more known to the political and business community, extended our boards with new members, and reached out further to the state’s young and future musicians. All the while, we continued our long-standing educational series.
As a recap, in the 2011, the PMF has:
• Seen its membership grow from 152 members to 176 dues-paying members.
• Held seven educational seminar nights on topics ranging from how to organize your CD-release event to making the most of your out-of-town gig to a history lesson on the fiddle from virtuoso Mark O’Connor and fiddle maker Jonathan Cooper.
• Hosted a Portland showcase, with seven PMF member bands, at the CMJ Music Marathon in New York City.
• Hosted, with PACA, a mayoral debate at the State Theatre.
• Created the Portland Downtown Live Music Map, which features 15 live music venues, mostly along the Congress Street corridor, and printed 10,000 of them.
• Teamed with the Maine Academy of Modern Music for a second year of the Rock Off, now called the MAMM SLAM. PMF board members served as judges and provided advice sessions to the five finalist bands.
• Teamed with the Maine Academy of Modern Music on the “Kids Are Alright” series, which ran eight Wednesdays this summer, attracting hundreds of very young music fans to watch local bands at SPACE.
• Hosted the Boston chapter of the AES for a tour of significant recording and engineering facilities in Portland, plus a little social mixing.
• Hosted a bowling mixer at Bayside Bowl attended by about 75.
• Worked to educate our membership about LD 901, a bill that would have made it illegal for people under the age of 21 to ever set foot in an establishment classified as a Class A Lounge. This could have seriously affected the all-ages music scene. With representation from the PMF and many others at the Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee meeting, the committee voted unanimously to kill the bill.
• Added Mayo Street Arts and Xpress Copy as sponsors
Membership, which costs $20 annually, currently offers the following benefits:
- Free admission to all PMF-organized events, including educational seminars.
- 20% off advertising in the Portland Phoenix (contact the paper for exact rates).
- 20% off advertising at WBLM & WYCC (contact the Citadel Communications for exact rates).
- $10 off the hourly rate at The Studio.
- 10% off the hourly rate at Port Media.
- 20% off Satronen Sound services.
- 10% off all Drum Shop purchases.
- A free lesson with the Maine Academy of Modern Music.
- 10% discount on all printing services as well as exclusive PMF-only design packages at The Arm Factory.
- 20% discount on graphic design and mastering services with each duplication order at Crooked Cove Records
- $50 discount on the Portable Vocal Booth and a 10% discount on any room kit at Real Traps
- 15% discount on an entire project budget at Rocking Horse Studios
- special pricing of $2.50 per disc at Rokbird Flying Discs
- 10% off piano tuning and vinyl-to-disc transfer at Marco Polo Music
- 10% off an entire recording project with Drum Show Productions
- 10% off local-music-themed sandwiches at Mike’s Rock & Roll Deli
- Special “student” pricing for events held by Portland Ovations
- 20% off print/copy services and exclusive PMF promotion packages at Xpress Copy *
- 20% off recording time at Mayo Street Arts*
* Benefits added in the last 12 months
In addition, membership allows entrance into all PMF educational series and events, which will resume in January 2012.
• Received coverage from Huffington Post, the Examiner, 92.3 CBS Radio New York, the Wild Honey Pie, Yahoo! Music, Firstpost.com, BumperShine.com, Eardrum.com, EatSleepBreatheMusic.com, Songkick.com, FearsMag.com, Altsounds.com, the Free Press, the Portland Press Herald, the Portland Phoenix, HillyTown.com, Dispatch, and many others
Board and Leadership:
Board of Directors:
Adam Ayan, Engineer, Gateway Mastering
Jim Begley, Engineer, the Studio, Port City Music Hall
Chris Brown, VP, Bull Moose Music
Sam Cousins, Photographer
Mark Curdo, Owner, Labor Day Records; Host of “Spinout,” local and indie program on WCYY
Will Etheridge, Owner, Eternal Otter Records; Musician, Panda Bandits
Herb Ivy, Station Manager, WBLM, WCYY
Mark Lourie, Skyline Music
*Patrick May, Skyline Music; Musician, Dead Sessions
Lisa van Oosertum, CEO, Omnirox Entertainment
***Sam Pfeifle, Music Writer; Musician, the Grassholes
**Amanda Stewart, Diversified Communications
SuperFrank, Owner, Dispatch Magazine
Lauren Wayne, General Manager, State Theatre
*President; **Treasurer; ***Secretary
Board of Trustees:
Spencer Albee, Musician
Bryan Bruchman, HillyTown.com
Charlie Gaylord, Creator, Greetings from Area Code 207; Founder, Cornmeal Records; guitarist at large
Ceci Gilson, PR, 317 Main Street
Holly Nunan, Music Writer, Dispatch
Todd Richard, Musician, founder www.wepushbuttons.com
Chad Sclove, Common Good Ventures
Jeff Shaw, Founder and Executive Director, Maine Academy of Modern Music
Josh Thelin, Engineer, Gateway Mastering; Musician, Trails
Sue Tran, Founder, Portland Buy Local
Jon Wyman, Engineer, the Halo
