CD Release Show This Week
Friday, May 16, 2008
~ Hey Everyone! It's the big week. We will be releasing "The Last Great Summer Romance" by Brannigan Dastardly at the Front Room on Saturday, May 17th - that's tomorrow! Show starts at 8pm with Zephuros followed by a performance by Brannigan Dastardly. We will be streaming live through Second Life so make sure you come out to get on film! If you can't make it to the show Saturday night, you can watch a live stream in Second Life at 8 pm EST (5 pm SLT) - Watch here. As well, if you haven't already,
Download "Caught My Attention" by Brannigan Dastardly for FREE. See you all tomorrow!
Welcome Back!
Tuesday, January 08, 2008
~ Hey Everyone! Welcome Back! We hope you are all settling into the new quarter. Getting back into the swing of things, will be holding meetings for winter quarter on odd week Thursdays at 8:00pm in Bent 011. We hope you can all make it. Our first meeting will be held on
Thursday, January 17, 2008
First General Meeting
Bent 011 - 8pm
Contract Competition
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
~ Just a reminder that during next weeks meeting (Tuesday, October 23) we will be having a contract competition. Everyone will divide into groups of two where you will either be assigned as a band or a record label. Then, a band and a record label will be grouped together and the competition will begin.
You will have an hour to complete the contract, and you have to approach it as an Indie label signing a new band (no past record deals). Maria developed a points system which will help us decide which contract is the "best." One band will win, and one label will win. Win What? $25 dollar gift certificates to i-tunes!
So, if you're interested in learning about how a contract is developed, and want to participate in the chance to win some free music, please come to the next meeting.
View before the Competition: Helpful Definitions
Contract Template
More Pro-Tools Workshops
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
~ For those who weren't at the meeting (and even those who were), we're having studio observation times on Friday, October 12th. We only have two time slots open (both from 2:30-4:00pm), so if you would like to observe in the studio, and haven't already, email me back (Mike Crofts - mc275306@ohio.edu) and I'll put you down. Just like last time, this is on a first come first serve basis. More opportunities for studio observation will present themselves throughout the year, so if you miss your chance here, don't worry!
we're hosting a Pro Tools workshop on Monday, October 15th from 7:00-9:00pm. It will be in the Macintosh lab in the RTVC (2nd Floor). It will be $1 if you're a paid member, or $5 if you're an unpaid member. You can pay when you get there (if you plan on paying member dues at the door, as well as for the Pro Tools workshop, it'll only be $10 for dues and $1 for the workshop ($11 total), instead of paying $5 for the workshop). There are 11 additional spots available for this workshop and, like the studio observation times, will be on a first come first serve basis. There will be 2 more Pro Tools workshops, one in winter quarter and one in spring quarter, so again, like the studio observation times, if you miss out, don't worry, you'll get your chance.
Contact Mike Crofts at mc275306@ohio.edu for more information.
In the Studio
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
~ The first opportunity to watch recording in the studio will be this Friday October 5th from 1-4. We will be recording bass tracks for Royce. There will be two blocks of time 1-2:30 and 2:30-4. Space is limited for observers and it will be first come first serve. Contact Mike Crofts at mc275306@ohio.edu for observation times.
Congratulations!
Thursday, September 27, 2007
~ Hey Everyone! We hope you have now gotten settled with classes and a fresh new quarter. We just wanted to take a minute to congratulated all of our new appointed members! It will be a great pleasure to work with all of you this year!
Secretary: Erica Amicone
Historian: Makella Slavick
Director of Sales: TBD Winter Quarter
Street Team Leader: Ken Newman
Scouting Team Leader: Zach Kuzmic
Production Assistant: Mike Crofts
Welcome Back
Monday, September 3, 2007
~ Hey Everyone! We just want to welcome you back for the quarter. We are pretty excited about events and workshops happening this quarter. Thanks to everyone who stopped by our table at the involvement fairs this weekend. Our First General Meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 11 at 7:30pm in Bent 011. We encourage everyone to come out. We are truly excited about this year and think you will all enjoy what we have planned! See you soon (and mark your calendars for the first Brick City Night of the year - September 21)
Spring Things
Elections were held for the 2007-2008 Brick City Executive Board on Thursday, April 12. The following individuals will be representing BCR next year - make sure to say congrats when you see them:
We are still in the process of recording with Royce. The album should be finished at the end of Spring, ready to be released in the Fall. We also have 2 big shows coming up. On Saturday, May 12 - we will be bringing back Akron-based Pete Nischt at the Donkey. You can check him out on myspace. Also, Brick City members are putting together details for a show later in the quarter, on May 26, to be held in the Baker Theater. More details tba.
Don't forget - next meeting we will be taking a tour of 3 Elliott Studio! Make sure to arrive at Bentley 011 at 6:15PM *NOTE THE TIME DIFFERENCE.* We will hopefully be riding down there. If you have a car and are able to drive, please contact Kim at sales@brickcityrecords.com. Otherwise, have a great rest of the week and enjoy the nice weather!
We are pretty excited about our upcoming show with California-native Curtis Peoples on Thursday, March 8 in the Baker Theater. There's a $5 cover at the door but the first 25 people will receive a free Curtis sampler. The show will also feature local openers Jake Householder and Peter Nischt. Have an idea for a great show? Contact our VP of Production, Teddy.
P.S. Like the new blog feature on the website? Leave us a comment :)
Logo Contest!
Specifications
IMPORTANT! - If you are using a graphic or photo in the logo, you MUST have permission. you can not enter 'music' into Google and steal a photo. It must be original artwork or photography.
What I need from you?
There is NO LIMIT to the number of pieces you may submit. We will be picking a new design at the 2nd meeting of the quarter. Send your submissions to sales@brickcityrecords.com
Upcoming Events
Tomorrow (10/19), we will be holding a "Meet the Band" session with Los Viejos Blanquitos. We will have copies of the new album for sale (a day early) for $12. Meet the band, get your copy early, and get an autograph! That will take place at Howard Hall Site (corner of Union & College St) from 12-1:30pm. Also, we will be having another Brick City Nights, entitled "Hip hop and what not" featuring DJ Andrew Logan and Free Stylist Eddie Franks. This will be a Free event at the Front Room, starting at 9pm
Friday is the big release day for Los Viejos Blanquitos. The show starts at 10pm - $5 at the door, $1 for PAID members. Should be a great show. Come out and support and pick up a cd. The cd is also available for order now on the website. Just check out the Merch page
Next Wednesday (10/25), we will be showing "Tom Dowd & The Language of Music" at 7pm in Bentley 140. See the Calendar page for a synopsis of the movie.
End of the Quarter
Upcoming Events
Tomorrow (10/19), we will be holding a "Meet the Band" session with Los Viejos Blanquitos. We will have copies of the new album for sale (a day early) for $12. Meet the band, get your copy early, and get an autograph! That will take place at Howard Hall Site (corner of Union & College St) from 12-1:30pm. Also, we will be having another Brick City Nights, entitled "Hip hop and what not" featuring DJ Andrew Logan and Free Stylist Eddie Franks. This will be a Free event at the Front Room, starting at 9pm
Friday is the big release day for Los Viejos Blanquitos. The show starts at 10pm - $5 at the door, $1 for PAID members. Should be a great show. Come out and support and pick up a cd. The cd is also available for order now on the website. Just check out the Merch page
Next Wednesday (10/25), we will be showing "Tom Dowd & The Language of Music" at 7pm in Bentley 140. See the Calendar page for a synopsis of the movie.
Updates
~If you are interested in attending one of the Pro-Tools Workshop sessions but didn't pay your money at the meeting, bring it to the session. Also, please bring a pair of headphones for yourself. This workshop is FREE for paid members, $3 for non-members. Dues may also be paid at the workshop. The workshops are being held Thursday, October 5 from 7-9pm, Sunday, October 8 from 1-3pm, and Tuesday, October 10 from 7-9pm. All of the workshops will be held on the 2nd floor of the RTV building in Rm 239C. If you have any questions about them, please contact the VP of Production @ production@brickcityrecords.com
~Brick City Records will be holding a Meet the Band session with Los Viejos Blanquitos on Thursday, October 19, 2006 at Howard Hall Site from 1-2pm. Take this opportunity to get acquainted with some of the best in the industry and get your cds early.
~Our next special guest speaker will be Eddie Ashworth at the 10/17 General Body Meeting.Eddie is currently on faculty at Ohio University, in the School of Telecommunications. Eddie teaches many audio production-related classes, including TCOM 220: Intro to Audio Production, TCOM 486: Recording Industry Survey, TCOM 413: Commercial Music Recording & Production, and the summer course TCOM 414: Advanced Commercial Music Recording & Production. Eddie is a record producer, engineer and mixer, best known for his work in the alternative rock genre, although his career encompasses a wide variety of genres including folk, hard rock, hip hop, tropicano, punk, classic rock and many others. His specific production credits include Sublime, The Long Beach Dub Allstars, the Charms, Eastern Youth, Izzy Stradlin, dada, Slightly Stoopid, Unwritten Law, The Ziggens, Frenzal Rhomb and Pennywise.
~As we get closer to the 10/20 LVB Cd Release Show date, more promotions will become available. Kim, the VP of Sales & Marketing, will send out an e-mail reminder for those who signed up for handbills. We will also be putting up posters and chalking.
DiG!
Thursday Show & Announcements
We will be holding our first Brick City Night Show this coming Thursday, September 21 at the Baker Front Room. The show will start at 9pm, $1 at the door (Free for Paid Brick City members). Acts will include Yashi Bellomy w/Tyler Von Moll, Jake Householder, and Kaslo. Come out and support BCR and your local Athens music scene. Print the flyer below!
One last reminder. If we want to have an artist signed by Winter Quarter, we need you to start scouting! Print a Scouting Form now, check out a show, and bring it back to us. We want your feedback!
Myspace
Welcome Back
Just a reminder, dues for Brick City Records are $10 for the year. These will give you discounted rates at Brick City shows and invites to speakers, workshops, movies, and special events we put on. We plan to put together some fundraisers for this year to get Brick City started, so please get them to Maria Scheid, VP of Legal & Finance, asap. Meetings will be held every other Tuesday at 6pm in Bentley 021. Our next meeting is Tuesday, September 19, 2006. Hope to see everyone then!
Upcoming Events
Brick City will be hanging out at some of the upcoming orientation fairs. If you're already a member or interested in finding out more about Brick City, swing by and talk to us. We'll have a table set up with information on the club and upcoming events.
Sunday, September 3, 2006
Monday, September 4, 2006
Thursday, September 7, 2006
Thursday, September 21, 2006
CALLING ALL MUSICIANS!
Wednesday, May 17, 2006
President - Ricky Chilcott
Brick City Officer Selection
Tuesday, April 18, 2006
Sunday, October 23, 2005
Sunday, September 11, 2005
Important Info for this upcoming year:
~We are going to start interviewing for the positions of Secretary, Booking Agent, Scouting Team Leader, Street Team Leader, and Website Manager soon. If you are interested in applying for any of these positions and you did not fill out a form at this meeting please contact me at artist@brickcityrecords.com asap and I will get a form to you.
~We will be releasing our album with Los Veijos Blanquitos in the Winter.
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
~Hey Everyone! I hope your Spring Quarters have been eventful because ours is packed!
Updates
Thursday, February 15, 2007
~We are currently in the studio recording with "Royce." Recording will hopefully be finished by the end of Spring Quarter with a release in Fall 2007. As observing sessions become available, we will make sure to let you know and post that information on the website. Also, if you have any band name ideas, send them our way. Turns out, there is another Royce on ITunes so we need to put our thinking caps on. Send your ideas to Ricky.
File Under Latin Jazz
Thursday, January 11, 2007
~ Still haven't picked up your copy of Los Viejos Blanquito's "File Under Latin Jazz." The album is available in uptown Athens at College Bookstore and Haffa Records, or on-line through our website.
Thursday, January 4, 2007
~ We are currently holding a design contest for a new Brick City Records logo! The logo will be used in both web and print -- on the website, promotional materials, cds for bcr artists, merchandise (a t-shirt is in the works), etc. Think you got what it takes?
Thursday, October 19, 2006
~ Hey Everyone! So there's been a lot going on and a lot this weekend. Special Thanks to Eddie Ashworth for speaking at the last Brick City meeting. If you have any ideas for speakers, we want to know! Just drop us an e-mail at contact@brickcityrecords.com
Saturday, November 4, 2006
~ Thanks to everyone for a great quarter! There are new pics up under media from some of our recent past events. Have a great winter break! Let's get ready to record in winter.
Thursday, October 19, 2006
~ Hey Everyone! So there's been a lot going on and a lot this weekend. Special Thanks to Eddie Ashworth for speaking at the last Brick City meeting. If you have any ideas for speakers, we want to know! Just drop us an e-mail at contact@brickcityrecords.com
Tuesday, October 3, 2006
~ Thanks to everyone for coming out to the meeting and a special thanks to Andre Gribou and Ernie Bastin from Los Viejos Blanquitos for stopping by to talk with us. We have a lot of events coming up, so make sure you are keeping track of your calendars.
Thursday, September 21, 2006
~ Just a reminder. Brick City will be holding a Brick City Flicks movie night. We will be showing the movie DiG! in Bentley 140 at 7pm next Wednesday. Print the flyer and spread the word! This is a free event!
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
~ We want to give out a special congratulations to some of our newly appointed Brick City E-board members. Congratulations to Christy Illius (Secretary), Makella Slavick (Historian), Didi Tenzek (PR), and Trevor Sherman (PR). We are still looking for more graphic designers and another historian. Please contact sales@brickcityrecords.com if you're interested in interviewing for a position.
Tuesday, September 12, 2006
~ Brick City Records is now on myspace. We still need to do some formatting and spice it up but if you have an account, friend us! http://www.myspace.com/brickcityathens
Thursday, September 07, 2006
~Thanks to everyone who attended our first general meeting. If you know someone who is interested in being in Brick City but couldn't make it, please have them contact us at contact@brickcityrecords.com. Also, if you're in a band or know of a band that would be great to sign or book for a show, please send us their information. In the next week, we will be sifting through your member forms to start appointing positions. We will start contacting people next week.
Friday, August 18, 2006
~We're only a few weeks away from starting a new school year and already rearing to dig into things. There will be a lot of changes within Brick City this year that we're hoping will making things run more smoothly. The positions will be split up differently and hopefully everyone will get a chance to take a part in the area of their choice. Make sure to mark your calendars with all of our upcoming events and we hope to see everyone in a few weeks!
College of Communication Welcome Weekend Fair
2pm - Baker Center
Student Involvement Fair
3:30-5:30pm - College Green
Informational Meeting
Room TBA - 6pm
Brick City Nights
Front Room - 9:30pm
Acts TBA
Interested in playing a show with Brick City Records? Contact sales@brickcityrecords.com for more information.
~Thanks to everyone who came out to our Executive Selection on Tuesday, May 16 and voted. We are now pleased to announce the new Brick City Officers for the 2006-2007 school year.
VP of A & R - Tara Brown
VP of Production - Teddy Humpert
VP of Sales & Marketing - Kim Henderson
VP of Legal & Finances - Maria Scheid
Wednesday, May 10, 2006
~We will be holding our Executive Selection next Tuesday, May 16 for anyone interested in being a Brick City Officer for the 2006-2007 school year. The available positions include President, Vice President of Arts & Repertoire, Vice President of Legal & Finance, Vice President of Sales & Marketing, and Vice President of Production. If interested in applying, please put together a short speech discussing why you are interested in running for the position and show up at selection on Tuesday. Selection will be held at 6pm in Bentley 124. Good Luck and we hope to see you there!
~Hey Guys! We finally have our new website up and running. Take some time to look around - there is still a lot of content to be added.
~In other Brick City news, the mastering is being finished for the new Los Viejos Blanquitos album, the artwork is still being proofed and production will begin shortly. The CD Release Show is coming up just around the corner -- Friday, May 5 at Casa Cantina. Come out and support!
~Also, we are currently accepting demos for potential artists. If you know anyone who might be a good candidate, pass our info on their way.~The Los Viejos show was a big hit, and we had a great attendance. Thank you to everyone who came to the show and made the show possible. We have a Brick City Records show on Nov. 10th, and it will be held in Baker Center's Front Room. This will be a great show, and we will let you know more when we find out.
We held our first meeting for the year tonight. I am glad to see how many people are interested in being a part of Brick City.
~We have two shows scheduled as of right now for Fall Quarter. The first show is on October 15 @ Casa Nueva, we will be featuring Los Viejos Blanquitos at this show. The second show is going to be at the Front Room in November, more details on this show will come when available.
~Ryan