We’re back, snoopers and meddlers – – I, uh, mean fans! We’ve dug up more dirt and uncovered the bones of the bands that started it all for a second batch of youbloom Dublin 2015 Music Festival artists and musicians. They’ve all been incredibly gracious in sharing the deets of the awkward years (burns death […]
youbloom HEADROOM: Featured Artists from the Dublin 2015 Music Festival #4
Artists and band members from the upcoming youbloom Dublin 2015 Music Festival are sharing little bits of their formative years with us as we prod away in search of the source of all that musicality. We are proud to have them on the bill with over 50 incredible, unsigned acts, playing over five stages this […]
7 Ways to Make Your Email Newsletter Rock
7 Ways to Make Your Email Newsletter Rock Ask a room full of marketers if they think that email newsletters are a great way to stay in touch with fans—dollars to donuts nearly all of them do; ask a room full of music fans if they enjoy reading newsletters—you tell me how they’d respond. How’s […]
youbloom HEADROOM: Featured Artists from the Dublin 2015 Music Festival #3
Artists and band members from the upcoming youbloom Dublin 2015 Music Festival let us come back and poke some more around their musical skull cases, and share a little of what makes them do what they do with us. As ever, we’re proud to have over 50 incredible, unsigned acts playing over five stages this […]
youbloom HEADROOM: Featured Artists from the Dublin 2015 Music Festival #2
Artists and band members from the upcoming youbloom Dublin 2015 Music Festival let us poke around inside the creaky corners of their musical minds and share a little of what makes them do what they do. We’re proud to have over 50 incredible, unsigned acts on this year’s bill, so it seems only proper to […]
youbloom HEADROOM: Featured Artists from the Dublin 2015 Music Festival #1
Artists and band members from the upcoming youbloom Dublin 2015 Music Festival let us poke around inside the creaky corners of their musical minds and share a little of what makes them do what they do. We’re proud to have over 50 incredible, unsigned acts on this year’s bill, so it seems only proper to […]
How a music conference can help your music career
So you heard a music conference is coming to town, did you? If you’re into music at all, you’re probably curious, and considering bopping along to see what all the fuss is about. The words might seem familiar, but it might not be clear what really goes on at a conference for the music industry; […]
youbloom artist spotlight: The Vigils
Even for a Tuesday night, the bar is desolate, with the exception of a few patrons standing quietly around, drinks in hand. From the door, you can hear a medley of random notes echoing from a far room in the back of the bar, seemingly unnoticed by the bystanders. Upon entering the back room, the […]
Stop Worrying and Love the Bass Guitar
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bass Guitar Stepping off stage after a monster set of modal jazz I notice the fans and how they flocked. The sax, keys, and drummer are usually the first to be approached. The singer just as often. I, the bass player, seem to be able to […]
youbloom artist spotlight: Simone Snaith
At youbloomLA 2014, hundreds of artists and fans turned out to share in a common passion, music. Because of this, an amazing opportunity to meet people and to network was created. One of the attendees we met was Simone Snaith, musician and author. We had an opportunity to sit with Simone after the event and […]
Self release your music like CommonUnion59
What does it actually take to self release your music? Well, lucky for us, one of our very own youbloom artists, CommonUnion59, released their second album, “Heartbeat Serenade” on February 11th of this year and were kind enough to share their experience with the youbloom community. “The most important thing we learned is that the […]
Your next Hozier moment: check out PORTS
The “Blurred Lines” copyright case between Marvin Gaye’s family and Robin Thicke continued this week. Ironic that it’s centred around the pop hit “Blurred Lines” as the defence tried to induce a smoke and mirrors approach to their side of “Hey, hey, hey” story. The row centres over Thicke’s alleged stealing from Gaye’s track “Got […]