From branding and promoting yourself, maintaining a social media presence, to booking shows and touring, there's a lot for artists to consider. We sit down with independent promoters, managers, agents and event planners Professional Fans to dis
BYMJ Podcast #6: Ian Port. The effects of the "tech boom" are everywhere. Clubs are closing, musicians are fleeing for LA, Portland or Oakland, artists have been priced out. Is San Francisco's music scene dying? Chris sits down with Ian Port, M
BYMJ Podcast #5: Smoking A Joint With The Tambo Rays. We talk about glowing stars, mescaline dealing, steampunk couch cars, spying on rich people, vegan seafood, jazz (drums), police raids and a whole lot more. It's a family affair on this week
BYMJ Podcast - Episode #4: Guy Fox. Oakland-based band on the San Francisco music scene, existing outside the record industry machine, the place of social media for indie bands, going shirtless and ripping Kenny G-esque sax solos.Oh, and let'
BYMJ Podcast - Episode #3: Sutekh Hexen. The Oakland Black Metal Noise band talk about controversy, religion, spirituality, the paranormal and using art to force people out of complacency. We go all black and white and spooky for this episode.
Robbie Martin aka Fluorescent Grey is an experimental artist & label owner as well as an activist, writer / filmmaker for Media Roots, an alternative media outlet (www.mediaroots.org). We talk about the many ways mainstream media is manipulated
Naomi Fearn & Marc Seestaedt are comedians, musicians, artists and bloggers from Berlin currently in San Francisco blogging about culture, tech and gentrification for the Goethe Institute (http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/lp/kul/mag/blo/enindex.htm)