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The infamous “Erotic Poetry & Music Festival” turns 21 this year, making it one of the oldest community arts festivals in Detroit. The festival is an “eclectic celebration of the erotic arts” featuring provocative poetry and sexy art, music and dance performances. It promises to be an evening you won’t forget!
Ever wonder what the music of Pink Floyd would sound like polka style? Well find out for yourself when Toledo’s own POLKA FLOYD, “Pink Floyd done Polka style” tribute band celebrates their CD release party on Saturday, February 9 at the New Dodge Lounge in Hamtramck.
Well, this is a very special day indeed. Michiganbands.com would like to give a extra-special welcome to our latest band links submission, Mark Farner (original artists/modern classic rock). For those of you who may be too young to remember or not quite versed in the annals of classic rock history, Mark Farner was the lead singer/songwriter and guitarist for a Grand Funk Railroad - one of the bands who helped put Michigan on the map with songs like "I'm Your Captain", "American Band", "Foot Stompin' Music" and turned classic covers into mega-hits like "Some Kind Of Wonderful" & "The Loco-Motion". Mark went on to write more hits on his own and created The Mark Farner Group which is still pumping out great music and touring to this day. I caught Mark Farner's performance at Mt. Clemen's Stars & Stripes festival last June and, just like Iggy, you'd never know that thirty years had passed - amazing performance! In 2006, Mark Farner - The Rock Patriot released "For The People", the first full-length record he'd released in more than a decade and proof that he's just as fresh and topical as ever. - Mitch
Phase One (Submission Phase) of the 2008 Detroit Music Awards is underway. You do not need to be registered or logged in to participate in phase one. Use the 
Michiganbands.com would like to welcome Gun Shot Amy, as self-described punk/indie/screamo band from Owosso, Mi. This young trio is comprised of Sean Woodsworth on guitar/vocals and screams, Jordan Sovis on percussion, piano and screams and Jordan Erwin on bass - who apparently doesn't scream. Always on the prowl for that next gig, the band has included an easy to use e-mail form on their myspage page for anyone in need of a supporting act on their bill. In the meantime, Gun Shot Amy will be participating in the Owosso Battle of The Bands to take place on January 18th. We wish them luck and welcome them to MB. Oh yeah, you can also find Gun Shot Amy in our Original Artists/ power pop & punk category in the "Band Links" section. 
Jonah "Nadir" Omowale has been named the Micihgan correspondent for MTV's "Choose Or Lose" campaign for the 2008 Presidential election cycle. In collaboration with The AP Online Video Network, the emmy-winning political program has chosen a citizen journalist from each state to file weekly political stories throughout the year. As part of MTV's "Street Team '08" he will contribute weekly, multi-media reports (short form videos, blogs, animation, photos, podcasts) that will be distributed via a soon-to-launch WAP site (wireless application protocol), MTV Mobile, Think.MTV.com and to the more than 1,800 sites in the Associated Press Online Video Network. 
The concert was established for local artist Chris Neale, who grew up in the Paw Paw/Kalamazoo area, to raise money for hospital bills. The name DATERAID arises from Chris' nickname growing up where he was called 'Dater', because before changing his last name to Neale, it was Date. Chris, who lives in Texas, was diagnosed with liposarcoma, a cancer of the soft tissue. Doctors removed a 10-pound tumor from his abdomen that had caused a great deal of pain. Following his week-long hospital stay he had amassed around $50,000 in hospital bills, and he did not have health insurance.
Cortney Harding has posted a story for Billboard (Reuters wire) about five websites that are most likely to make a significant impact on how indie bands do business in 2008. New and inventive models are emerging that will help you mon
Robert Levine has a story over at RollingStone.com about the continuing loudness wars, the limiting of dynamic range and what RS calls, "The Death Of High Fidelity." It started in the CD era and continues in the iPod era, meaning that there is an entire generation of listeners out there who genuinely don't know what they are missing as far as sound is concerned. Are you crushing the life out of your music in order to get that volume fix? - Mitch
There's a great article over at Wired Magazine called, "David Byrne's Survival Strategies For Emerging Artists - And Megastars" that should be required reading for anybody pursuing a music career in the current market. Byrne details existing and emerging label and distribution models and includes a number of graphs and even audio to fascinating conversations about the business, where it's been and where it's going. - Mitch
