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_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ 04 09 03 M A P |S c e n e + H e a r d| _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ 1. MUSIC NEWS - - N: Musicland failure no surprise - - N: Falling music sales shake up retailers - - N: Novice guitar slingers set down briefcases, pick up 'axes' 2. EVENTS - - C: TONIGHT!! SAVE ROCK'N ROLL: A Benefit for MAP - - C: 05.01-06.08 Hedwig & the Angry Inch @ City Theatre 3. ALBUM RELEASES - - 04.10: Cap Gun Quartet - OUT & ABOUT: CAP GUN QUARTET LIVE - - 04.08: Beam - INCEPTION - - 03: Joe Zelek - LONG DISTANCE SUNDAY - - 03: Bill Deasy - GOOD DAY NO RAIN - - 03: David Long & Friends - MIDNIGHT FROM MEMPHIS 4. OPPORTUNITIES - - J: WYEP-FM is seeking a Music Director - - A: Children’s Festival Chorus accepting audition apps for 2003-04 season - - Ed: Calliope School of Folk Music, Dance, and Crafts offering 8-week classes - - S: NEMO Showcase applications now being accepted - - C: Know classic rock? Win $5,000 from WRRK! 5. MAP NEWS - - Save Rock'n Roll: A Benefit for MAP -- Tonight!! - - Dreaming Ant offers free DVD rental to MAP volunteers !! A KEY for all of the single letter codes in the above headlines can be found near the end of this email. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. MUSIC NEWS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Musicland failure no surprise Business Journal (Minneapolis/St. Paul) - April 7, 2003 Andrew Tellijohn, Staff reporter Twin Cities music retailers aren't surprised that Musicland became such a disappointment to Best Buy Co. Inc. that it now wants to dump the 2-year-old acquisition. They were more surprised when Richfield-based Best Buy announced that it was purchasing the struggling music retailer for $685 million. Independent music dealers and other industry observers said Musicland Stores Corp.'s retail model was out of date at the time. Its mall-based price structure conflicted with Best Buy's big-box, low-price strategy to use cheap CDs and movies as loss leaders to get customers into stores to buy more profitable electronics. It also came at a time when other discounters, especially Wal-Mart, were taking a bigger chunk of the CD market. Complete Story: http://twincities.bizjournals.com/twincities/stories/2003/04/07/story6.html © 2003 American City Business Journals Inc ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Broken record Falling music sales shake up retailers; Streetside, Wherehouse close some stores by Chad Garrison, St. Louis Business Journal Saturday, April 5, the Streetside Records store on South Grand Boulevard will shut its doors for good. Its quiet ending, announced only by a non-descript "SALE" banner outside the store, is symptomatic of a much larger change occurring among local music retailers. Swiftly and silently, record stores here are shutting their doors as big box retailers, Internet downloads and compact disc copies eat into sales. Complete Story: http://stlouis.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2003/04/07/story3.html © 2003 American City Business Journals Inc ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Novice guitar slingers set down briefcases, pick up 'axes' Cincinnati Business Courier - April 7, 2003 by Karen Bells, Senior Editor-Sections There's a lot of pressure on a businessperson these days: Improve the bottom line. Land new clients. Endure the mocking stares of teens every week in your guitar teacher's waiting room. It's a small price to pay for 53-year-old Tim Gibson, who started taking guitar lessons in his 40s "to get in touch with my musical muse; I quickly discovered that my inner Hendrix was in sharp contrast with my outer self." No matter. Perfection is hardly the point for novice guitar-slingers in their 30s, 40s, 50s and beyond. "It's just fun. And I figured I'm 52 -- why not?" said Rosie O'Boyle, assistant dean for student development at the University of Dayton. "I always wanted to learn, and I always wanted to be Paul McCartney's girlfriend." Complete Story: http://cincinnati.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/stories/2003/04/07/smallb4.html © 2003 American City Business Journals Inc ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. MUSIC-RELATED EVENTS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pulp + WYEP 91.3fm present: SAVE ROCK N' ROLL A Benefit For Music Awareness Pittsburgh featuring: Tangerine, Lushwell, & Salena Catalina Wed, Apr 9, 2003 @ 8P Rosebud, 1600 Smallman St Strip District, 412 261-2232 21+ | $5 ALL PROCEEDS GO TO MUSIC AWARENESS PITTSBURGH http://www.mapgh.org http://www.pittsburghpulp.com http://www.wyep.org http://www.rosebudstage.com http://www.1tangerine.com http://www.lushwell.com http://www.salenacatalina.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hedwig & the Angry Inch 05.01 thru 06.08.2003 @ 5P-2A Pittsburgh City Theatre (1300 Bingham & 13th Sts, South Side, 412 431 CITY) Tix: $25 Buy Tix Online: http://www.citytheatrecompany.org/boxoffice/bo_fs_07_hedwig.shtml written by John Cameron Mitchell music and lyrics by Stephen Trask A gender-crossed glam rocker immigrates to America, determined to become an international star. Hedwig's heartfelt story explodes into a high-voltage rock concert with one show-stopper after another. Brash, raucous, and bawdily funny, this is the regional premiere of the award-winning New York sensation. --- City Theatre taps local talent for 'Hedwig' musical By Rob Rossi TRIBUNE-REVIEW Tuesday, January 21, 2003 Tall Dude with mess-curly hair, wearing an army helmet decorated keenly by a twisted leopard-print scarf, a killer bright orange T-shirt, equally worn blue jeans and black Chuck Taylors, and a bass guitar that hangs low from his broad shoulders. This is Pittsburgh, Hedwig … what do you think? "Awesome." She is nothing if not sincere, which is why she is here inside the main stage of City Theatre on this flagpole-freezing Saturday afternoon — a moonlight mile from the bright lights of New York City — overseeing auditions for the latest, greatest reincarnation of the world's most rawk revolving-door glam band, "The Angry Inch." And Dan Barone, Tall Dude — thanks a lot to his style — has, uh, made the cut. Ouch! Yeah, that was a low blow. Hedwig is a bit sensitive in that area, what with that botched sex change and all. But isn't the sensitivity part of her charm? Part of what separates her up-and-(mostly) down tale from those of the other underdogs? Part of what has led audiences to crowd theatres from Los Angeles to Boston for the funniest and strangest rock musical — the soundtrack to her life — this side of Berlin? Maybe. Maybe not. Anyway, Tall Dude, with his distinctively understated trick of keeping his back to the empty maroon seats during Local Honey's rip though a cover of "Ziggy Stardust," has a lock on one of the sought-after callbacks for Sunday's final jam sessions — the ones that will spawn the local musicians most worthy and capable of backing Hedwig in May, when she leads "The Angry Inch" on the Pittsburgh leg of her current tour. Tall Dude is in … for now. His fellow music mad hatters in Local Honey — Alexei Plotnicov (guitar, babushka) and God of Fortune (drums, winter cap), and Becky Corrigan (vocals, nothing) — aren't coming along for the ride. Today's lesson in Rock Star 101: This rock 'n' roll life ain't easy, kids. "These will all be musicians Hedwig picks, and they'll be playing her songs. This is her band," acknowledges Brad Rouse, Hedwig's tour manager. "And this group needs to have … an energy, because she'll be going all night on that stage." Surviving a six-hour-plus workout of about a hundred of Pittsburgh's certainly most ambitious musical talents, not to mention a veggie burrito, with only a slight smudge to her hot pink lipstick as damage, proves Hedwig indeed has the stamina to back up Rouse's prediction. But what about the band? Complete Story: http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/entertainment/s_113820.html Copyright © 2003 by The Tribune-Review Publishing Co http://www.citytheatrecompany.org/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Find where the live music & DJs are happening weekly: http://www.mapgh.org/Community/ongoing/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. PITTSBURGH ALBUM RELEASES ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cap Gun Quartet - OUT & ABOUT: CAP GUN QUARTET LIVE Cap Gun Quartet CD Release Party with special guests: Mr. Nimbus Thu April 10 @ 8P Club Cafe (12th St, South Side, 412-431-4950) 21+ http://www.capgunquartet.com http://www.clubcafelive.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beam - INCEPTION Released: 04.08 Info: http://beaminfo.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bill Deasy - GOOD DAY NO RAIN Released: 03.25 Info: http://www.billdeasy.com/good_day_no_rain.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ David Long & Friends - MIDNIGHT FROM MEMPHIS Released: 03.21 Info: http://bigevemusic.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Joe Zelek - LONG DISTANCE SUNDAY Released: 02.28 Info: http://www.joezelek.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Submit new album release info - formatted exactly as shown below - to albums@mapgh.org, Check above for examples. Artist Name, ALBUM TITLE (Label) Event Name Guest Artist Names Day Mon 00 @ 00:00P Venue Name (Community) $00 | [age restrictions] [artist url / email] [additional details] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. PGH MUSIC OPPORTUNITIES ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WYEP-FM is seeking a Music Director to work with the Program Director and other staff in team approach to fulfill WYEP's mission that is mindful of the diversity and potential of a AAA format in metropolitan Pittsburgh. Responsibilities include but are not limited to: Developing overall musical sound of the station; developing, creating and distributing the daily play-list; managing music software in scheduling of music; recruiting artists for membership appreciation concerts, major donor events, etc. Qualifications: Bachelors degree, three years of experience, extensive knowledge of AAA format, computer and organizational skills. Previous experience as an MD very helpful. Salary commensurate with experience; good benefit package. Send resume, cover letter and aircheck to: Rosemary Welsch, 2313 E. Carson St. Pittsburgh, PA 15203 Visit www.wyep.org for a full job description. EEO/AA Employer. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Children’s Festival Chorus of Pittsburgh is accepting audition applications now through April 15th for the 2003-2004 season. Interested young singers between the ages of 8-10 should call 412.281.4790 for details or log on to www.cfc-pgh.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Calliope School of Folk Music, Dance, and Crafts (now located at Chatham College) is offering 8-week courses for the Spring '03 term in various acoustic folk instruments, Irish stepdance, and knitting. Classes will begin on April 21. Register by April 12. For schedule and other details, see the school pages at www.calliopehouse.org. To contact the Calliope office, call 412.432.0333 or email: CalliopeSchool@aol.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NEMO MUSIC SHOWCASE & CONFERENCE September 4 - 7, Boston, MA NEMO 2003 Is Now Accepting Showcase Applications Deadline is: May 15, 2003 For a showcase application and more info, go to http://www.nemoboston.com or email showcases@nemoboston.com NEMO will take place on September 4-7, 2003, taking advantage of Boston's warm Fall weather by adding outdoor events to the schedule. Music industry professionals and enthusiasts will converge on Boston for three days and nights, taking in panels, clinics, workshops, mentor sessions, a Trade Show exhibition area, industry parties, and 250 artist showcases. NEMO also includes the prestigious Boston Music Awards show on the first night of festivities. NEMO showcases 250 of the hottest major label, indie label, and unsigned new bands and solo artists from all over the world in a wide variety of genres. Creating a unique platform for new talent to perform in front of some of the most influential decision-makers in the music industry (as well as almost 15,000 music-loving fans), NEMO is a celebration of today's best new music and continues to be the place for people to discover new and emerging talent. Previous NEMO showcasing artists include: Aerosmith, Godsmack, Linkin Park, Staind, Kristin Hersh, De La Soul, Guster, Dope, Splender, Fishbone, Catie Curtis, Howie Day, The Union Underground, The Waifs, Rubyhorse, Kittie, 5440, De La Soul, Melissa Ferrick, Joey McIntyre, Martin Sexton, Tracy Bonham, Emm Gryner, Reveille, Kevin Salem, The Exies, Ellis Paul, Must, Bill Morrissey, Ra, and many more. Don't miss your opportunity to showcase at NEMO. The deadline for submission is May 15, 2003 - but don't delay, and get your submission in early! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Channel 97 “Ultimate Classic Rock A to Z” returns to the airwaves, starting Tuesday, April 8 at 9AM. Channel 97 will play every song on its playlist in alphabetical order, starting with A and not stopping until Z. In addition to enjoying tunes that you may not have heard in awhile, you can also pick up $5,000 for listening. Keep track of the title and artist of the first song of each letter. At the end of the “Ultimate Classic Rock A to Z”, we’ll take caller number 97 at (412) 333-WRRK to win $5000 if you can tell them all 26 songs. The first song in the “A’s” Tuesday morning will be “A Dream Goes on Forever” by Todd Rundgren. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. MAP NEWS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dreaming Ant - a new DVD rental+retail store - is offering MAP volunteers a special, limited time deal. Print this issue of Scene+Heard (including this offer), bring it into Dreaming Ant, sign up for your free rental membership and RECEIVE YOUR FIRST DVD RENTAL FREE. Plus, you'll automatically be entered in a random drawing for a NEW DVD PLAYER. Dreaming Ant rents and sells alternative, non-hit driven home entertainment specializing in International, American independent, gay & lesbian, documentary and music DVDs. Located inside Crazy Mocha Coffee Co. (4525 Liberty Ave - Bloomfield), Dreaming Ant is open daily from 4P-Midnight. http://www.dreamingant.com/ 412-68DREAM (412-683-7326) DVDs. A little off center. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ !! KEY FOR HEADLINE CODES ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. MUSIC NEWS - - L: local / N: national / I: international 2. EVENTS - - C: concert / M: movie / X: mixed media / H: theater - - F: festival / P: party / T: television / S: speaker(s) 3. ALBUM RELEASES - - release date 4. OPPORTUNITIES - - J: job / E: event / C: competition / V: volunteer - - A: audition / I: intern / W: workshop / M: meeting - - S: submissions / Y: survey / R: resource / Ed: education ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Music Awareness Pittsburgh || MAP http://www.MAPgh.org MAP is a nonprofit project of the Tides Center of Western Pennsylvania. For more info on Tides, visit http://www.tidescenter.org/