A3C Action Supports Artists, Grassroots Activists, and Nonprofits With Hip-Hop and Social Progress at Heart Hip-Hop is a springboard, a sounding board, and an inspiration for some of America’s most innovative, creative grassroots initiatives. The 14 year old organization dedicated to educating and empowering the artists and entrepreneurs that shape hip-hop culture A3C knows the […]
From Black & White Productions Comes Latest Collaboration From the Young Singer/Songwriter That Turns Up The Heat On The Concept of “From Boy to MAN” Merrick, NY (November, 2017) — “You’re gonna go in there as the boy you are now, but you’re gonna leave as the man that you need to be” says rapper […]
Where it all Began ASCAP On February 13, 1914 composer Victor Herbert was eating dinner at the Hotel Claridge in NY City when he heard the piano player in the restaurant playing one of his compositions. As he looked around the bustling restaurant, he realized that while the patrons were eating and spending money, they […]
PARTY 105.3FM PREMIERES “THE ED LOVER SHOW” MONDAY, JUNE 12TH EVERY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6-10AM ET New Show Hosted By Hip Hop Icons Ed Lover and Monie Love Long Island, NY (June, 2017) — Having already kicked off “Weekend Blast with Ed Lover and Monie Love” (Saturday’s 7am-9am) this past weekend, Long Island’s party station Party 105.3FM […]
Over the last few years we have been experiencing a steady increase in traffic coming to Making a Scene! Last year we upgraded our server to a Virtual Private Server (VPS) to accommodate this increased traffic, which worked well at that time. Now, the traffic finally got to a point that even the VPS server has reached it’s […]
Are you involved with your local music scene? Do you love indie artists and believe the music you listen to needs to have more attention? Do you want to be known as a music journalists? Well here is your chance to become part of the fastest growing music related magazine on the internet. Making a […]
UPDATE! The new bill (HR 1733, known as the “Fair Play, Fair Pay Act”) is currently being discussed in DC! (It is before the sub-committee on “courts, intellectual property and the internet.”) RIGHT NOW is the time to contact your local congress representative to really make a difference! You don’t need to take the time […]
This has been a very busy year for us here at Making a Scene! Our daily visitor count has skyrocketed and our new Newsletter has exploded to over 6,100 subscribers! Since we started this magazine we have had over 135,000 visitors with over 85,000 just this year alone, double our visitor count of 2014!! We are […]
On May 1 2014 “Making a Scene” “The Independent Musicians Guide to Music Business” was launched with a few articles and couple of writers. Since that time we have posted over 640 articles and have reached 100,000 visitors!! Our rise was surprising even to us, It was only after 8 months that we hit the […]
AN Exclusive Interview with Austin Evans of Cathead Vodka! by Richard Lhommedieu on Mixcloud Inspired by Blues Roots, Cathead Vodka Aims to Support Music Interest Groups through Alcohol Sales After three years in development, Georgia native Richard Patrick and partner Austin Evans placed Cathead Vodka into distribution in May 2010 throughout the state of Mississippi […]
That’s right it was one year ago today that Making a Scene was officially launched .. Here is what we have accomplished up to now! We have published 486 articles Which equals over 9 posts a week! CD Reviews, Artist Interviews, articles on Music Business, and so much more! I have to thank all our […]
The Long Island Music Hall of Fame has announced the hiring of Executive Director Joe Jankowski as the music organization prepares to open its first museum. The Long Island Music Hall of Fame has announced the hiring of Executive Director Joe Jankowski as the music organization prepares to open its first museum, to be located in […]
EDITORS NOTE: This is reprinted with permission of the author. I felt it was ironic that an independent musicians needs to be at odds with an organization that is designed to protect his rights. It is an interesting read, and a conversation that needs to happen with the new music business increasingly becoming centered on […]
Respect Your Venue Sometimes a club has live music for free – no cover charge. In these instances the club pays a certain amount to the band to entertain, hoping to encourage an even bigger crowd to come in to eat/drink. It can be a win for both parties. It is usually not required to order […]
Creating your own Internet Radio Station! All throughout the world there are blues societies, Folk Music Societies, Indie music groups, etc, some big and some small. Each is working within their areas to support and expand their genre in their communities. If you are part of a blues society, a Folk Music Society or any […]
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