Timbre raising funds for classical/folk crossover project
One trend we at IATU have on our radar is the neoclassical crossover movement. You might recall our interview with the ever-memorable Harp Twins Camille and Kennerly Kitt, our review of folk/classical ensemble Plumes’ debut full length, or our highlighting of the Wheaton College Artist Series which actively seeks out musicians breaking the traditional barriers...
TUNED UP Special: Introducing History’s History (exclusive interview)
So, on a Wednesday evening I (Ray Cobra) met with Griffen Holt on Facebook to discuss his band History’s History and their new album. The conversation quickly became one of two people discussing their love of certain bands and the influence they had on them. Ray Cobra: What is your name and what do you do in...
Exclusive Amative interview
Up and comers Amative of Columbus recently opened for the acclaimed Memphis May Fire at their much talked about show at Skully’s Music Diner. Our own Jamarr Stokes sat down with the guys for an impromptu short interview. Watch and get a taste of why this show (review forthcoming as of this post) was so...
Industry News: My Youtube Band Project wraps up tracking
What seems like a LONG time ago, you might recall us letting you all know about musician Cobus Potgieter’s ambitious idea to gather 5 people together to record a whole album in a month, resulting from auditions exclusively through Youtube. Well, the band is together, and tracking is done. A total of 452 people auditioned,...
App Review: focus@will
Thanks to the fine folks over at Evolver.fm we found this nifty new app that, as far as we know, is the first of its kind. The focus@will app is a music app exclusively devoted to streaming music that will boost your productivity, now in its beta testing phase in the US. The app is...
Cannon.fm radio expands
Remember Cannon.fm? The Columbus based startup, winner of a competition in early 2012 (Top Product/Pitch & “Most Likely to Raise Money” @ February 2012 Columbus Startup Weekend, sponsored by TechColumbus) is expanding to 4 new cities! They are: Cannon.fm – Cincinnati Cannon.fm – Cleveland Cannon.fm – Washington D.C. Cannon.fm – Dallas Each city will have...
Commentary: Concert Window
If you’re like many other casual music fans, you like to post and view footage of live music on Youtube. The main issue with this is sound quality and grainy footage. Some of these videos rack up thousands of views anyhow. The folks running the website Concert Window saw this and theorized that there may...
Vivogig: Review and Commentary
The crowdsourcing of music related media is continuing to trend upward, and one of the more recent iterations of this is the Austin, TX based Vivogig. I’ll let the first two paragraphs on their “About” page speak for themselves: Vivogig is an Austin-based live music photography platform where fans like you capture and share gig...
Update: Jesus Rave affiliate Free LA presents Blackout event
Recently, I AM TUNED UP got the attention of Los Angeles based Free LA with our mention of the Jesus Rave – the most recent manifestation of the growing Christian rave subculture. We are spotlighting Free LA today not only for this reason, but also because they share our vision of spotlighting those doing creative...
Dan Deacon and his light show app
As has been stated on this site in the past, one of the key things artists need to do to stay ahead of the curve is find new ways to engage their fans, building up their personal “brand”, if you will. The arena allowing for the most creativity and flexibility is probably in the live...
Sufjan gets more eclectic with a ballet…
Pitchfork is reporting that indie legend Sufjan Stevens is the inspiration for a new piece being put together by the NYC ballet. Pitchfork has this to say about the work, titled Year of the Rabbit: “Year of the Rabbit” is an expansion of Peck’s 2010 collaboration with Stevens, titled “Tales of a Chinese Zodiac”, which...
New subcultures: Christian Raves?
Raves have a reputation for being places of debauchery, seizure inducing lights, ecstasy tripping, and pounding bass drops. The mainstream acceptance of EDM is resulting in the rise of what might have been inevitable – Christian Raves. Christians making electronic music is nothing new. Andy Hunter, The Echoing Green, Sheltershed, and Transform DJs have all...
