News – Page 21 of 33 – Dino Covelli

Thank You!

We would like to thank all of you who made it out in the pouring rain to see us at Arlene’s last night. We had a great time partying with all of you. Thanks once again to Karwreck for getting us on the bill, and Damnsels for KICKING ASS and bringing loads of people. Big thanks to Ian Bryant for being an AMAZING sound engineer. Check out pictures here.

We gave away free copies of our new Limited Edition Live CD, recorded at the last Arlene’s show in August by Danny Garcia and mixed by Dino. We will continue to give them out at our shows. If you purchased a copy of Reconnecting through CD Baby but you can’t make it to our shows, send us an e-mail.

The Music Industry GOT SERVED!

Have you ever wondered why the radio sucks? How horrible “artists” not only make it to the airwaves but get played every hour on the hour on every station in the country?

pay•o•la: n. Bribery of an influential person in exchange for the promotion of a product or service, such that of disc jockeys for the promotion of records.

Payola was made illegal in 1960, but “The Big 5” (whoops, Sony and BMG just merged, now it’s The Big 4!) major record labels have found plenty of ways around it. Did you know that Clear Channel (the world’s largest radio broadcaster, concert promoter, and billboard advertising firm) no longer promotes independent artists? Unless you’re on one of The Big 4 (or you happen to be a millionaire), chances are your band doesn’t have a chance to get real air time.

Here is a ray of hope! We can’t figure out why this isn’t a huge story, but maybe it will become one: New York State Attorney General, Eliot Spitzer, is going after EMI, Universal, Sony-BMG, and Warner (The Big 4) for alleged payola. Subpoenas have been served!

Read the article here. IT’S ON!!

Trick or Treat

Once in a blue moon, a fan will write us and say “I hope you guys can play out here sometime soon.” Well, so do we. But chances are that’s not going to happen for a while. So if you’re one of the people that stumbled onto our website somehow and actually hung around long enough to become a fan of ours, YOU ROCK! We would love nothing other than to play for you.

As a pre-Halloween treat (or trick), here is a live version of The Quickening from our Arlene’s Grocery show in August. Thanks!

The Quickening [Live at Alene’s Grocery 8/27/04]