At the first town hall meeting of the semester last February, provost Tim Marshall announced that the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music, the New School for…
Tag: Music
Students and Residents Find Their Voices at a Choir
“Stand up, everyone, look alive and awake!” Choir Leader Eric Dudley said. The room of people excitedly got up, stretched, then did what they do every Tuesday evening…
Musicians as Business People
The Future of DIY Funding Brooklyn based rock band, The Skins, began making music in 2011 and have since taken off. At this year’s AfroPunk festival in Commodore…
Hip-Hop with a Ukulele
Jon Braman may not sound like the typical hip-hop artist, but his ethos continues the legacy of the genre’s best. Like Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur, he embeds…
Songs From a Room
Growing pains for Sofar Sounds In a loft in an old warehouse in Williamsburg, a room full of strangers sit on an antique rug on the floor.…
Recipe for Success: Sell yourself not your music
Once upon a time the music industry functioned according to a very specific set of rules. There was a structure for success. There was a way things were…