Archives for January, 2009
The right idea…
Saturday, January 31st, 2009
On Wednesday night this week I went to the Women In Music Tuned On Music Industry Seminar – hosted by Punch Records.
My neurons had been ignited that afternoon, as Cynthia the General Manager at Punch had phoned to say that Bobbie and I had been successful in getting some funding from the BASS 09 [...]
Crate Diggers Essentials…
Sunday, January 18th, 2009
I am going to Amsterdam shortly with my Boy-fly and am planning a light dig in some local wax retailers; Distortion, Concerto and Outland Records. To be honest I am of the age where “crate digging” using the correct definition – actually traveling to record stores and spending hours sifting through piles of (apparently dusty) [...]
Novelty record boxes for your 45s
Tuesday, January 13th, 2009
Thought that I would share this with you, it is a record box that I bought from Ebay a few months ago for about 15 slippers. It isn’t the most practical of boxes because it is made out of shiny cardboard with a plastic lid and handle, but it features my homeboy & girl – [...]
Tune on to FREE seminars from Punch and free musings from me…
Friday, January 9th, 2009
Here is some information that Ammo from Punch records sent through to MAMA HQ this morning. Punch have curated a series of FREE seminars discussing various facets of the music industry. These seminars should be mightly helpful for performers, DJs, promoters, artists, musicians and programmers and run throughout January to April 09 at The Symphony Hall on [...]
Happy Birthday Blue Note Records!
Wednesday, January 7th, 2009
Blue Note Records celebrates its 70th birthday this week. The label was born on January 6, 1939 when a young jazz fan named Alfred Lion recorded two of his favorite boogie-woogie pianists at a New York studio. That first session (Albert Ammons and Meade Lux Lewis – The First Day) proved to be the start [...]
Ohio Players founder Robert Ward RIP
Wednesday, January 7th, 2009
The Ohio Players founder Robert Ward passed away on Christmas Day at his home in Georgia. He was 70. Ward, a noteworthy blues guitarist, is credited with forming the Ohio Untouchables, who later changed their name to the Ohio Players after Ward left the band in 1965. Without Ward, the group went on to become [...]