Best New Bands » New Music Seminar http://www.bestnewbands.com News, Reviews and Interviews Wed, 07 Feb 2018 02:08:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 New Music Seminar’s Class Of 2014: Top 100 Artists On The Verge http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/new-music-seminars-class-of-2014-top-100-artists-on-the-verge/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/new-music-seminars-class-of-2014-top-100-artists-on-the-verge/#comments Wed, 19 Feb 2014 05:00:00 +0000 New York – New Music Seminar today announced this year’s Artist on the Verge “Class of 2014” – a list of 100 trailblazing acts, with the opportunity to perform as part of this year’s event, June 8-10 in New York City.  The organizers call AOV the place to experience tomorrow’s superstars before they break.  (See

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  1. The New Music Seminar’s 100 “Artists on the Verge”: Where NMS & BestNewBands.com Agree The New Music Seminar, which BestNewBands.com will be attending next week, announced their list of the Top 100 Artists on the Verge this week, and there are a lot of familiar names on it. Here’s some of how NMS chooses...
  2. The 2013 New Music Seminar opens in New York Sunday The 2013 New Music Seminar opens in New York Sunday night and runs through Tuesday, the fifth year since the conference was resurrected in 2009, after its original 16-year run ended in 1995.  As with its original incarnation, the event...
  3. Tom Silverman, CEO of Tommy Boy Records, Talks New Music Seminar Tom Silverman, CEO of Tommy Boy Records, is hard at work on this summer’s New Music Seminar, which is coming up in July in New York City. He took a moment this week to talk to BlueComet.TV about the purpose...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/new-music-seminars-class-of-2014-top-100-artists-on-the-verge/feed/ 0 Day 2 Of 2013 New Music Seminar: The Independent Label Movement http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/day-2-of-2013-new-music-seminar-the-independent-label-movement/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/day-2-of-2013-new-music-seminar-the-independent-label-movement/#comments Thu, 13 Jun 2013 02:45:07 +0000 Day two of this annual schmoozefest continued with well-conceived panels but BestNewBands.com couldn’t help but wonder why the organizers filled the vast, vast majority of speaking roles with 30-45-year-old White men.  The lack of diversity was shocking in a Season One of Mad Men sort of way and “The Independent Label Movement” panel on Tuesday

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  1. The 2013 New Music Seminar opens in New York Sunday The 2013 New Music Seminar opens in New York Sunday night and runs through Tuesday, the fifth year since the conference was resurrected in 2009, after its original 16-year run ended in 1995.  As with its original incarnation, the event...
  2. Day One Of 2013 New Music Seminar: Singles vs Albums Year Six of the second iteration of the New Music Seminar brought an essential mix of industry sluggers and wannabees to the New Yorker Hotel amidst a heavy downpour as attendees filled the garment district’s notoriously lousy restaurants (White Castle,...
  3. Overheard at the New Music Seminar: The human side of the business At the New Music Seminar this week,  I heard the words “revolution” and “redefine” countless times. Everyone from the founder Tom Silverman of Tommy Boy Records to CEO of Pandora Joe Kennedy agreed that the old way of doing business...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/day-2-of-2013-new-music-seminar-the-independent-label-movement/feed/ 0 Day One Of 2013 New Music Seminar: Singles vs Albums http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/day-one-of-2013-new-music-seminar-single-vs-albums/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/day-one-of-2013-new-music-seminar-single-vs-albums/#comments Tue, 11 Jun 2013 02:04:30 +0000 Year Six of the second iteration of the New Music Seminar brought an essential mix of industry sluggers and wannabees to the New Yorker Hotel amidst a heavy downpour as attendees filled the garment district’s notoriously lousy restaurants (White Castle, anyone?) during breaks. But the real action was inside the three ballrooms as the organizers

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  1. The 2013 New Music Seminar opens in New York Sunday The 2013 New Music Seminar opens in New York Sunday night and runs through Tuesday, the fifth year since the conference was resurrected in 2009, after its original 16-year run ended in 1995.  As with its original incarnation, the event...
  2. The New Music Seminar’s 100 “Artists on the Verge”: Where NMS & BestNewBands.com Agree The New Music Seminar, which BestNewBands.com will be attending next week, announced their list of the Top 100 Artists on the Verge this week, and there are a lot of familiar names on it. Here’s some of how NMS chooses...
  3. Tom Silverman, CEO of Tommy Boy Records, Talks New Music Seminar Tom Silverman, CEO of Tommy Boy Records, is hard at work on this summer’s New Music Seminar, which is coming up in July in New York City. He took a moment this week to talk to BlueComet.TV about the purpose...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/day-one-of-2013-new-music-seminar-single-vs-albums/feed/ 0 The 2013 New Music Seminar opens in New York Sunday http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/the-2013-new-music-seminar-opens-in-new-york-sunday/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/the-2013-new-music-seminar-opens-in-new-york-sunday/#comments Sat, 08 Jun 2013 22:29:16 +0000 The 2013 New Music Seminar opens in New York Sunday night and runs through Tuesday, the fifth year since the conference was resurrected in 2009, after its original 16-year run ended in 1995.  As with its original incarnation, the event exists to “discuss and debate challenges in the music business” and foster ways to grow

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  1. Tom Silverman talks New Music Seminar & offers YOU 50% off registration! I sat down today to catch up with Tom Silverman, CEO of Tommy Boy Records and founder of the New Music Seminar. I talked to him about the Seminar last year, learning about the event’s history, and today we talked...
  2. Tom Silverman, CEO of Tommy Boy Records, Talks New Music Seminar Tom Silverman, CEO of Tommy Boy Records, is hard at work on this summer’s New Music Seminar, which is coming up in July in New York City. He took a moment this week to talk to BlueComet.TV about the purpose...
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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/breaking-news/the-2013-new-music-seminar-opens-in-new-york-sunday/feed/ 0 Yuna Shares Her Songwriting Process, Life As A Muslim Singer In The States http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/yuna-shares-her-songwriting-process-life-as-a-muslim-singer-in-the-states/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/yuna-shares-her-songwriting-process-life-as-a-muslim-singer-in-the-states/#comments Thu, 21 Jun 2012 03:16:39 +0000 Last week we presented part one of our interview up-and-comer Malaysian singer Yuna. Here’s part two of our conversation with the emerging singer/songwriter. What are the differences between American and Malaysian crowds? I guess it’s the way they perceive things? For example, the things they listen to in a song or what aspect of a

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  1. Malaysian Singer Yuna Is Making Her Mark In The States Yunalis Zarai, better known as Yuna, is one busy singer/songwriter who is a relative new comer to fans in the States. Her shows are filled with appearances by celebrities like Nicole Richie, Dave Chappelle and rapper Theophilus London, unusual for...
  2. Acclaimed British Singer/Songwriter Ben Howard Plays The States So far it’s been a busy 2012 for British singer/songwriter Ben Howard. April saw the release of the new artist’s debut record in the U.S., Every Kingdom and since then, he’s been touring vigorously. 2011 was a breakthrough year for...
  3. Catching Up With Nicki Bluhm Nicki Bluhm and The Gramblers were founded in San Francisco in 2008 by Bluhm, her husband Tim Bluhm (The Mother Hips) and longtime friend Deren Ney. They were soon joined by bassist Steve Adams (ALO), Dave Mulligan on rhythm guitar...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/yuna-shares-her-songwriting-process-life-as-a-muslim-singer-in-the-states/feed/ 0 Words and an impromptu in-home performance by Kris Orlowski http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/words-and-an-impromptu-in-home-performance-by-kris-orlowski/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/words-and-an-impromptu-in-home-performance-by-kris-orlowski/#comments Thu, 12 May 2011 17:00:00 +0000 I first met Seattle-based artist Kris Orlowski at the New Music Seminar back in February. We bonded instantly over the perilous state of the music industry and a shared affinity for sarcasm, and when I later visited his website I was amazed to find that I liked his music as much as the actual man

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  1. Words with Thousands: “What you hear is really what we are” photo by Victoria Holt I submitted some questions for the Seattle-based duo Thousands last week, and when I got guitarist/vocalist Kristian Garrard‘s responses I wanted to immediately write back with more questions for him and his counterpart Luke Bergman (The...
  2. Words with The Bewitched Hands of France photo by Melanie Elbaz French sextet The Bewitched Hands is a busy bunch. In addition to playing both CMJ and South by Southwest here in the US, they have plans to play several festivals in Europe over the summer. They recently...
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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/words-and-an-impromptu-in-home-performance-by-kris-orlowski/feed/ 0 Overheard at the New Music Seminar: The human side of the business http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/overheard-at-the-new-music-seminar-the-human-side-of-the-business/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/overheard-at-the-new-music-seminar-the-human-side-of-the-business/#comments Fri, 18 Feb 2011 18:00:00 +0000 At the New Music Seminar this week,  I heard the words “revolution” and “redefine” countless times. Everyone from the founder Tom Silverman of Tommy Boy Records to CEO of Pandora Joe Kennedy agreed that the old way of doing business is dead, and that the music industry was “rising from the ashes” with a wealth

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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/overheard-at-the-new-music-seminar-the-human-side-of-the-business/feed/ 0 The New Music Seminar’s 100 “Artists on the Verge”: Where NMS & BestNewBands.com Agree http://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/the-new-music-seminars-100-artists-on-the-verge-where-nms-bestnewbandscom-agree/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/previews/the-new-music-seminars-100-artists-on-the-verge-where-nms-bestnewbandscom-agree/#comments Thu, 10 Feb 2011 21:00:00 +0000 The New Music Seminar, which BestNewBands.com will be attending next week, announced their list of the Top 100 Artists on the Verge this week, and there are a lot of familiar names on it. Here’s some of how NMS chooses bands for the list: The NMS Artist on the Verge Top 100 is compiled based

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