Comments on: How Would YOU Help the Miami Music Scene?

By: Geo

Geo — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:42:09 +0000

Letting local musicians/artists/producers and engineers, know about great studio facilities that help promote their work & can give them an excellent recording, also helps out with the younger less experienced & more driven talents to strive upwards while giving them a proper studio experience.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:57:54 +0000

Kids are the driving force behind any music scene, considering they have nothing better to do, but we’re not allowed in the places where the people we’d want to see are performing.

If it wasn’t 21+, I’d go see A-Trak, Deadmau5, Benny Bennassi, Lil Jon, GS Boyz, etc…

Tips on sneaking in anyone?

And what’s the deal with LIV?
I’ve obviously never been but I only hear negative things about it…

By: David

David — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:19:49 +0000

What about some synergy with Gibson Guitars? I happened upon a big art launch they are planning with oversized guitar models decorated by local artists when walking into one of the office buildings in the Design District…..
Getting a major guitar brand behind a battle of the bands type event could be huge. Just my 2 cents.

By: Alice

Alice — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:57:31 +0000

Geat! another bureaucracy

By: Lolo

Lolo — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:40:44 +0000

Diego – Agreed, and one of the things discussed at the meeting was a meeting of venue owners and promoters. Sweat will definitely keep you posted on that.

Dave – The “universal index” of local musicians is officially in the works. There’s already a fantastic Miami Production Guide for the film industry that’s an incredible resource and the local music industry definitely deserves the same treatment.

Bowker – A collective venue is a great idea and Ft. Lauderdale just got one courtesy of the Independent Working Artists Network or IWAN. It’s called The Bubble and a bunch of great people are working on it. Miami definitely could use something like that. Sweat does hold a lot of in-store shows, meetings and events but we’re only so big at the moment.

Christian C. – I agree about drink prices needing to be reasonable (Studio A would’ve done way better with a couple bucks knocked off their cocktail prices), and part of the “fiasco” at the door at Vagabond stems from our ridiculously cheap drink special from 10 to midnight weekly. We always advise getting their earlier to avoid the door AND take advantage of our $1 beers. Miami in general could learn to be a little less late!

Tom – The Miami Marine Stadium has been named a national historic landmark and there is a group dedicated to restoring it as a viable entertainment/water sports venue in Miami. Their site is marinestadium.org

Eddy – True words about bands needing to hustle more! If you’re a local band without a logo, some tees or merch and at least SOME sort of demo CD or something to sell, what are you waiting for??

Thanks for all the great comments! The meeting made a lot of headway and doled out a lot of tasks for us to work on. I’ll definitely keep everyone posted on what’s happening.

By: Maurice Pierre

Maurice Pierre — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 02:07:13 +0000

Well…not an easy thing to do with how poorly the economy is at this time. But, I think one solution would be is for artist to promote their shows to people they would not ordinarily promote to. Hopefully new fans will spread like wildfire, thus stimulating the scene to grow and flower a bit more.

By: Eddy Davis

Eddy Davis — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 20:56:38 +0000

I feel there are great initial ideas presented here, including incentives for local radio stations to present more local acts on air, a “tourism” guide of the local music scene (updated monthly ideally), and an official Miami music festival. The idea of a festival is not new, but with the involvement (and financing) of the local gov, it would make it a lot easier to book a few big name national/international acts (to draw out-of-towners and those Miamiams who would maybe never attend a “local show”) and then sprinkle in an assortment of Miami’s best acts to open and close the shows.

There are really a wide assortment of quality music acts in Miami. There are also a nice chunk of venues and promoters striving to push live music. Yeah, we lack a kick-ass mid-sized venue (RIP Studio A), but if you’re in a band and can’t get a gig, you’re not trying hard enough!

By: tom

tom — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:52:54 +0000

I think the old Key Biscayne stadium, with fundraising and renovation, would be a dynamic and unique venue. Just a thought. We have so many empty buildings and lots, guerilla venues would be cost effective. Keep up the work!

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