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Legendary music writer, Jim Walsh, will join DIY this Friday!

Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

Join me for a conversation with the legendary music writer, Jim Walsh this Friday, 2/12 in DIY360.  If you are an aspiring music critic, publicist, booking agent, manager, or rock-and-roll fan you definitely won’t wanna miss this!  Robinson Hall, 11:30—bring your lunch!

Jim Walsh is a writer and songwriter from Minneapolis. Formerly an editor and columnist for the St. Paul Pioneer Press and City Pages, he now writes a weekly column for the Southwest Journal, and contributes regularly to MinnPost, Minnesota Law & Politics, and the Star Tribune. He is the author of The Replacements: All Over But The Shouting: An Oral History (Voyageur), and has been published in several magazines and newspapers, including Rolling Stone, SPIN, the Village Voice, the L.A. Weekly, and the Utne Reader, and the books Kill Your Idols: A New Generation Of  Rock Writers Reconsider The Classics (Barricade, 2005) and Da Capo Best Music Writing 2000 (Da Capo, 2001). Walsh has won several journalism awards, and in 2003 was the recipient of the John S. Knight Professional Journalism Fellowship from Stanford University. His musical alter-ego The Mad Ripple released its debut CD Sink and/or Swim (Eclectone) in 2006 and the follow-up Her Tattoos Could Sail Ships in 2010. He performs semi-regularly in clubs and coffee shops with his band or at The Mad Ripple Hootenanny, a rotating collection of songwriters that launched in 2007.

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This week at DIY!

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

Thank you NORBERT KREUZER for bringing Entertainment Plus to DIY 360 this Friday in Robinson Hall at 11:30.

Check out the link to the site for this DJ entertainment company that apparently needs some good DJs (I know we have more than a few here):

http://www.entertainmentplusdjs.com/Home_Page.html

Every Friday in Robinson at 11:30 I try to bring in a variety of well-known and emerging artists, record label owners, venue managers, filmmakers, and postproduction folks to give students a sense of the music and media arts landscape of the Twin Cities.  I informally interview the guests and frequently our guests have internship or work opportunities to offer eager and responsible students. Guests are always entertaining and it’s a great way to network.

Bring your lunch!

We’ll see you Friday!!

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Songwriter Mark Mallman joined DIY 360 Friday 1/28

Monday, February 1st, 2010

January 29, 2010

Songwriter Mark Mallman joined DIY 360 Friday 1/28.  Mark talked about his numerous musical projects, the songwriting craft, played a few of his songs on piano, discussed his artistic and commercial evolution as an indie artist, and he showed us and discussed some Hollywood blockbuster trailers for which he provided music.

DIY 360 is a weekly event hosted by Adam Levy. The goal is to introduce students to professionals in the field who have been successful, frequently by adapting to changes in the business where they make use of multiple skill sets. Guests share information about their careers, their philosophies about professionalism and their art.  Guests often give advice to budding artists, entertainment business professionals, producers and engineers.  DIY 360 is an opportunity for students to network with those working in the field and with each other as they work toward career success.

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A DIY recap and who’s on deck for this week!

Friday, November 6th, 2009

IPR DIY 360 – Late Fall 2009 Quarter

10/30—Joanna Jahn, producer from modern Music joined us to discuss sound design, advertising work and opportunities in the Twin Cities.  Modern Music has produced music for some of the biggest Target advertising campaigns like “Hello/Goodbye.”  Internship opportunities for IPR are being discussed now! Check her out at http://joannajahnvoicetalent.com/.

11/6—Matt Cannon game designer and inventor  came to discuss his work with Zivix on a new Guitar Hero-like game requiring the design of dozens of loops.  Students were asked to contribute ideas and tracks and will be reimbursed. They have used a number of IPR grads for internship positions and will use more! Check out Zivix at http://zivix.net/index.html.

Next week 11/13, Alicia Wiley, a fabulous singer songwriter!

http://www.myspace.com/aliciawiley Check out her MySpace and come with comments and questions.

DIY 360 is a weekly event hosted by Adam Levy. The goal is to introduce students to professionals in the field who have been successful, frequently by adapting to changes in the business where they make use of multiple skill sets. Guests share information about their careers, their philosophies about professionalism and their art.  Guests often give advice to budding artists, entertainment business professionals, producers and engineers.  DIY 360 is an opportunity for students to network with those working in the field and with each other as they work toward career success.

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An Open Call for Musical Content in an Exciting New Music Creation Videogame!

Thursday, November 5th, 2009

ANNOUNCING:

An Open Call for Musical Content in an Exciting New Music Creation Videogame!

For: IPR student, graduate, and affiliate

Producers and Musicians.

Who We Are

Zivix LLC – A local Minneapolis based company involved in musical software, digital instruments and general innovation in the music field.

What We’re Working On

JamParty – A new type of music game that aims to bring music creation to non-musicians and gamers alike; slated for release on PC, Consoles, and iPhone.  Think, “Music Production Suite” meets “Music Video Game”.

What We’re Looking For

A variety of inspired and original loop-based content across all musical genres and styles to fill our sound library for the game.

What We’re Offering You

A chance to be a part of a wide-release music videogame

Promotional credit within the game

Up-front payment for accepted works

Eligibility for royalties per product sale

Extended opportunities for contracted production

Placement in our online store with revenue sharing

Interested?

Make sure to be there for DIY360 at IPR Friday, November 6th at Noon for the event, including a presentation of the opportunity, a demonstration of the software, and more.

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The Melismatics played DIY 360 Friday 10/16.

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

Melisamatics

The Melismatics played DIY 360 Friday 10/16. The amazing Minneapolis four piece blazed through a ½ dozen raucous post-punk songs and talked about touring, songwriting, working internationally re-known producers, and getting songs placed in big TV shows like MTV’s Laguna Beach and NBC’s The Hills. The band sold CDs and mentioned a big show at the Turf Club in St Paul on 10/30. It was a spectacular kick-off for the Late Fall DIY series.

DIY 360 is a weekly event hosted by Adam Levy. The goal is to introduce students to professionals in the field who have been successful, frequently by adapting to changes in the business where they make use of multiple skill sets. Guests share information about their careers, their philosophies about professionalism and their art. Guests often give advice to budding artists, entertainment business professionals, producers and engineers. DIY 360 is an opportunity for students to network with those working in the field and with each other as they work toward career success.

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Davina Sowers was featured last week at DIY.

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

Davina Sowers and her band-mate, bassist Michael Cavale, joined DIY 360 last Friday.  Davina has a huge blues belter voice and amazing blues piano skills.  She and Michael entertained the rapt audience with their brand of New Orleans and cabaret influenced blues and soul.  Davina talked about managing the career of her up-and-coming, world touring band—doing everything from booking the band, doing web-design, writing the songs and networking with musicians and entertainment business all over the web and world. Michael taked about his transformation from heavy metal guitar shredder to jazz hipster. Davina left students with a great list of resources for up-an-coming musicians, managers and booking agents which you can get from Rebecca Buller at rbuller@ipr.edu. It was a great end to the Early Fall DIY 360 series.

DIY 360 is a weekly event hosted by Adam Levy. The goal is to introduce students to professionals in the field who have been successful, frequently by adapting to changes in the business where they make use of multiple skill sets. Guests share information about their careers, their philosophies about professionalism and their art.  Guests often give advice to budding artists, entertainment business professionals, producers and engineers.  DIY 360 is an opportunity for students to network with those working in the field and with each other as they work toward career success.

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DIY Guest Christy Hunt

Friday, September 25th, 2009

Friday, September 18 2009 Christy Hunt joined us at DIY.  She’s the singer-songwriter of the local band Ouija Radio and guitarist for the Detroit-based, internationally known indie rock cult band, Von Bondies.  Christy discussed growing up on the Iron Range and coming to the Twin Cities rock and roll mecca.  Described by City Pages as a “bubblegum Axewoman Barbie,” Christy Hunt is a rare post- punky guitar shredder in a mostly man’s world.  She discussed making a living in rock and roll as songwriter, club booker and for-hire rocking guitarist.

DIY 360 is a weekly event hosted by Adam Levy. The goal is to introduce students to professionals in the field who have been successful, frequently by adapting to changes in the business where they make use of multiple skill sets. Guests share information about their careers, their philosophies about professionalism and their art.  Guests often give advice to budding artists, entertainment business professionals, producers and engineers.  DIY 360 is an opportunity for students to network with those working in the field and with each other as they work toward career success.

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Christy Hunt, guitarist for the Von Bondies and Ouija Radio, is joining Adam Levy for DIY 360 this Friday

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

Christy Hunt, guitarist for the Von Bondies and Ouija Radio, is joining Adam Levy for DIY 360 this Friday, 9/18.

Check out the footage of her on the Letterman show with the Von Bondies last February:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9HahUosQSc
Christy will talk about touring, songwriting, booking a club, getting in fistfights with bandmates, and making a living at rock and roll.

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Friday, September 11th the James Buckley Trio joined DIY.

Monday, September 14th, 2009

Friday, September 11th the James Buckley Trio joined DIY.  The Trio is one of the young leading ensembles in the Minneapolis jazz renaissance.  The group played a few selections and discussed the unique Minneapolis jazz scene characterized by stylistic innovation and cross-pollination with other musical genres the twin cities like indie rock, electronica and hip hop—they described fluidity between styles compared to calcified jazz scenes elsewhere in the country.  Bassist James Buckley, pianist Brian Nichols and drummer JT Bates described their personal development and musical evolution in the Twin Cities and discussed networking, jazz music, songwriting, and recording with IPR students.

DIY 360 is a weekly event hosted by Adam Levy. The goal is to introduce students to professionals in the field who have been successful, frequently by adapting to changes in the business where they make use of multiple skill sets. Guests share information about their careers, their philosophies about professionalism and their art.  Guests often give advice to budding artists, entertainment business professionals, producers and engineers.  DIY 360 is an opportunity for students to network with those working in the field and with each other as they work toward career success.

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