Blogs

Buranovskiye Babushki represent Russia at the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest in Baku, Azerbaijan with the song 'Party For Everybody'.

Watch:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKNRGc71hjc

http://youtu.be/WKNRGc71hjc

How to book the acoustic music series at the Ugly Mug

Part of the Good Times Making Noise blog. My goal is to provide helpful information to local bands on how to book shows and build their audience.

In today's high-tech music market, sometimes you just can't trust what you hear. Consider the ease with which artists can produce their own tracks bursting

Tips on how to book a show at Don Quixote's International Music Hall

Part of the Good Times Making Noise blog. My goal is to provide helpful information to local bands on how to book shows and build their audience.

Don Quixote's booker Tom Miller has been booking shows in Santa Cruz for more than 30 years, so when he tells you how to jump, you say how

Part of the Good Times Making Noise blog. My goal is to provide helpful information to local bands on how to book shows and build their audience.

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Bianca Ryan (born 1994) is a singer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania who is a finalist on NBC's America's Got Talent. 

When she auditioned she sang Jennifer Holliday's "And I'm Telling You (I'm Not Going)", surprising the crowd and the judges with her impressive voice, unusual for an 11-year old child. After performing

Part of the Good Times Making Noise blog. My goal is to provide helpful information to local bands on how to book shows and build their audience.

Tucked away behind Vintage Faith Church at 350 Mission Street, The Abbey Coffee, Art & Music Lounge has helped ignite a bit of a singer-songwriter revolution in Santa Cruz. Celebrating its second anniversary this

 Many people might look at the current state of hollywood movies and get a little dispirited. As a movie fan, it seems to me like more and more money is going into less and less quality. After recently watching the embarrassingly, solemnly awful The Last Airbender, the decline of big blockbusters has never seemed more evident (Inception notwithstanding).

Tips on how to book a show at the Blue Lagoon

Part of the Good Times Making Noise blog. My goal is to provide helpful information to local bands on how to book shows and build their audience.

In a world where e-mails go unanswered and phone calls never get returned, local bands can find a kindred spirit in Blue Lagoon booker Cory Atkinson. Coming up

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Tips on how to book a show at Henflings Roadhouse Tavern

Part of the Good Times Making Noise blog. My goal is to provide helpful information to local bands on how to book shows and build their audience.

The term "roadhouse" is said to date back to the mid-1800s. One history of the term originates from the gold rush. As travelers

Part of the Good Times Making Noise blog. My goal is to provide helpful information to local bands on how to book shows and build their audience.

If I could summarize exactly how to sell out every show in Santa Cruz, I would be writing this blog from my yacht in Spain, instead of at this faux wood desk. People with brains much bigger than mine spend

Part of the Good Times Making Noise blog. My goal is to provide helpful information to local bands on how to book shows and build their audience.

Part of the Good Times Making Noise blog. My goal is to provide helpful information to local bands on how to book shows and build their audience.

I've heard that what makes a good pub is its purpose and spirit. If this is true, local Westside watering hole The Parish Publick House is in good shape. In addition to providing an insane selection of beer and

Part of the Good Times Making Noise blog. My goal is to provide helpful information to local bands on how to book shows and build their audience.

My latest blog features Coaster's

Ask anyone with a little punk rock running through their veins if they've seen a show at a bowling alley, then stand back as they reel off a virtual who's who of punk rock

Part of my series for the Good Times Making Noise blog. My goal is to provide helpful information to local bands on how to book shows and build their audience.

My first blog featured The Crepe Place.

As local bands come up the ranks from street corner to coffee shop to house party, they eventually reach the point where they're ready to hit the big stage.

Part of my new series featured in the Good Times Making Noise blog. My goal is to provide helpful information to local bands on how to book shows and build their audience.

This post focuses on tips for bands emailing venues or booking contacts for the first time.

There are people in the world who make your job easier and those who make it harder. In order

I am sorry to do this, really, but my lists of favorites are in flash format, and this blog editor won't publish them, so:

to see my top 10 music albums, runners-up, and favorite free albums, visit jessibird.net.

Thanks, and here's wishing you a happy new

The biggest musical revelation of 2009!

I've been trying to tell anyone who will listen about the Free Music Archive, where the music is legitimately free and good. Don't just take my word for it, though:

Click here to listen to a sampling of some favorites of mine.

If I had to pick my favorite of favorites, it would be a tough call but it'd have to be

It's almost impossible to get any list down to just 5 items. That's what's so fun about this exercise every year. It's a crazy thing to pursue. But, inspired by the character in High Fidelity, it's become a ritual for me.

So here, on the last day of the year, are my top 5 songs of 2009, not in any