by Jake Dudas | May 25, 2011 | Uncategorized
The summer begins. It was an absolutely wild month of May. Long stretches of shows. Lots of new material coming into the sets. Shifting gears into a lot of private function work, weddings and other interesting events. THIS FRIDAY: Last singer/songwriter show of the...
by Jake Dudas | Apr 20, 2011 | Uncategorized
Continuum. I love it when new artists sneak in and surprise you. You may have formed certain opinion about someone. You might have written them off because of some uber-hit you didn’t like. Or some dumb thing they said in the press. Or for whatever reason. Then all of...
by Jake Dudas | Mar 29, 2011 | Uncategorized
Some of the most profound impacts of new media are the most subtle. In music, there has been tremendous focus on industry. And understandably so. When the infrastructure of a business is turned upside-down, there are major changes. But it’s no different than any other...
by Jake Dudas | Mar 2, 2011 | Uncategorized
It’s nice to coast every once in a while. Just sit back and let someone else do the driving. It seems harder and harder to find these moments; with rapid-fire technology pulling our attention everywhere except where it needs to be. The last couple of weeks have...
by Jake Dudas | Feb 18, 2011 | Uncategorized
There’s a huge difference between pushing music out, and drawing people in. When you push music out, things are slightly off centre. Things may sound right, but there’s no power or dynamics. And the intention is different, almost as if the music is being...