Buddy Guy is worried about the blues. The legendary blues guitarist and singer recently sat down with NPR Music and told of his fears that the genre – so deeply entrenched in not just the American, but the international music scene – would die out before too long. Spooked by a conversation with musical peer […]
youbloom artist spotlight: James Houlahan
Pull up a chair and kick back with us as we chat with youbloom artist James Houlahan about his new album, Multitudes, which is set to release this October. “I aim to release the new album in October of this year, and I launched a Kickstarter campaign to help finance the release of the album. […]
Streaming Services, Good or Bad for Indie Music
The recent launch of Apple Music has brought a clearer image of the streaming music market. While the money keeps flowing and new subscribers tune in every day, how does this affect the indie artist? The continued rise of streaming music is just the beginning of a transition into a digital-only market. Numbers are up […]
A Man Without Measure: youbloom Bids Farewell to Drum Pioneer Vic Firth (1930-2015)
Here at youbloom, we pride ourselves on giving good advice. As musicians and creatives who love the independent ethic, we like to draw from whatever experiences we have – be they salty and extensive or brief, yet fresh – and share them with you so that all angles of this music business madness are explored […]
The Top 5 Ways to Build a Better DIY Music Scene According to “Salad Days”
It’s not so much the unpaid gigs. That you can handle – for now, at least. It’s more the lack of sustained recognition; the very real blood, sweat and tears channeled into creating and sharing your music, only to receive enthusiastic responses in fits and starts. Those silent pockets of time between gigs make […]
From youbloomLA to major management deal — Keith Cullen gets signed
It’s less than nine months since Dublin singer songwriter Keith Cullen graced the stage at youbloom LA last November. In that nine months Keith has been working the scene in Dublin, London and LA . He’s juggling time zones and body clocks to be in the right place at the right time. Thankfully, it all […]
youbloom artist spotlight: Jamey Geston
Jamey Geston is another successful artist who was chosen to play at youbloomLA last year. Based in Santa Barbara, this teenage singer/songwriter was no amateur to performing at festivals prior to coming to ours. Just last year, in addition to youbloomLA, she has played at BandFest (Carpinteria, CA), Fusion Music Festival (Paramount Ranch, CA), Los […]
How to be a music superfan in 2015!
Hey there, you hot mess, it’s 2005, MySpace messaging you crunk peeps from the past with a totally hott message, so listen up. If you’re a music lover in 2015 – and you’re here, reading this, so it’s safe to assume that you are, fo sheezy – then there are a few things you should […]
youbloom artist spotlight: Little Faith
Last year at youbloomLA, we had the pleasure of hosting Little Faith who introduced us to their jazz-, blues-, and country-flavored gospel. Recently, we spoke with Jack Maeby, organ and piano player for Little Faith, to talk about the band’s experience at the festival and to see what they’ve been up to since. “I think […]
youbloom HEADROOM #7: Featured Artists from the Dublin 2015 Music Festival
One more sleep ’til youbloom! That’s right, music freaks! Tomorrow is the June 12th, official starting date of the youbloom Dublin 2015 Music Festival & Conference, set to turn your average weekend into a bona fide rockfest you’ll be talking about for months. It’s been a wild year so far for us at youbloom HQ as […]
youbloom HEADROOM #6: Featured Artists from the Dublin 2015 Music Festival
Hi, it’s youbloom from the future (one week into the future, to be precise)! On our mission of music-loving mischief, we managed to get our paws on an old Eircom phonebox, and with a little help from some bleach, and a wise-cracking, inter-dimensional chaperone, we’ve been downright zipping around through time, jamming to tunes and […]
youbloom artist spotlight: The National Parks
It has already been six months since youbloom rocked Los Angeles, and we were wondering what our artists have been up to. So we hooked up with The National Parks this week to see what they have been doing since youboom@LA. In doing this, we really got to know more about them and the history […]
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