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Future Of Music Coalition: DC Policy Day 2009

Music Dish

February 3, 2009

Future of Music Coalition has just added several new names to its upcoming D.C. Policy Day at National Geographic Music and Radio and National Geographic Live! on February 11, 2009. The event offers an up-close look at how changes in the policymaking landscape could impact the music community, from artists and entrepreneurs to advocates and fans.

The Big Shoulders Ball: Celebrating the Inauguration, Chicago Style

By Mehan Jayasuriya

Pop Matters

January 27, 2009

Luckily, Chicagoans, just like the Daley machine on which they rely, are known for getting things done. In the absence of an official Chicago Ball (though to be fair, Obama?s Home States Ball did feature the South Side?s other favorite son, Common), the Hideout, a renowned hipster dive, partnered with community organizers Interchange and D.C. think tank the Future of Music Coalition (full disclosure: I briefly wrote for their blog) to bring a busload of Chicago musicians to D.C.?s Black Cat on the eve of the inauguration.

Meet the Policy Day Panelists: Derek Sivers

For those of you who don’t know, Sivers founded CD Baby in after quitting his job at Warner Music to become a full time musician. Instead of trying to score a record deal and conventional distribution, Sivers began selling his CD on his personal website. Soon he was helping his musician friends do the same, and CD Baby was born. Since those humble beginnings, the site has grown to include more than 267,000 acts, sold more than five million CDs to online customers and has paid more than $98 million directly to artists.

With so many cool and interesting panelists on board for our upcoming DC Policy Day on February 11, it’s hard to choose which guest to be more excited about. read more

Big Shoulders Ball: More Pictures

Lincoln Memorial Concert and Big Shoulders Ball

By Francis Chung

Pitchfork

January 21, 2009

Organized by Chicago venue the Hideout and the Interchange Festival to benefit the Future of Music Coalition , the ball highlighted Windy City acts, many of whom had bused halfway across the country to celebrate the son of the city. Like Obama himself, most of the acts weren’t born in Chicago, but made homes there. Freakwater and Eleventh Dream Day hail from Kentucky, Jon Langford from Wales and Sally Timms from Leeds, Leo from New York and D.C. Ostensibly the show was concocted to celebrate the diversity and activity of the Chicago scene and, by extension, of American popular music.

The Big Shoulders Ball @ The Black Cat

DCist.com

January 14, 2009

Windy City pride was on full display pretty much everywhere this weekend, but it was perhaps no more rampant than at the Big Shoulders Ball, hosted jointly by the Hideout nightclub in Chicago and the Black Cat, benefiting the Future of Music Coalition. At the top of the bill were some big names, like Andrew Bird and Ted Leo, and some legendary Chi-town music scene vets, like Eleventh Dream Day and the Waco Brothers.

The Chicago Takeover-Riding Into Inauguration Day On Big Shoulders

By Jeffrey Anderson

The Baltimore City Paper

January 28, 2009

Billed as “a celebration of citizen politics, independent music and Windy City civic pride,” the $50-a-head event included the dulcet tones of Andrew Bird, postrock titan Tortoise, and bluesman David “Honeyboy” Edwards, among others. Presented by Chicago music venue the Hideout, which Tuten co-owns, and grassroots organizers Interchange, the Big Shoulders Ball also is raising money for the Future of Music Coalition and Chicago Public Schools marching bands.

Q&A: Inaugration Eve with Jon Langford (and his bodyguard)

By Jeffrey Anderson

The Baltimore City Paper

January 30, 2009

Hours before the inauguration of President Barack Obama, musicians and crew are scrambling backstage to catch their bus after the Big Shoulders Ball, at Washington’s Black Cat. Jon Langford, of the Mekons and the Waco Brothers, who played a blistering set tonight, talks with City Paper about the historic moment and about the Chicago takeover of Washington. He’s joined by his “bodyguard,” Columbia Law School grad, Future of Music Coalition co-founder, and Obama campaign supporter Walter McDonough.

Live Stage: DC Policy Day 2009

By Helen Thorington

Turbulence.org

January 15, 2009

FUTURE OF MUSIC COALITION presents D.C. Policy Day 2009 at National Geographic Music and Radio and National Geographic Live! :: February 11, 2009. This daylong event brings together leading voices to debate how changes in the policymaking landscape could impact the music community. Scheduled just two weeks after the start of a new federal administration, the event brings laser-beam focus to the core issues emerging in the courts, in Congress, at the FCC and the Copyright Office.

Future Of Music Coalition: DC Policy Day 2009

The Big Shoulders Ball: Celebrating the Inauguration, Chicago Style

Meet the Policy Day Panelists: Derek Sivers

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Big Shoulders Ball: More Pictures

Lincoln Memorial Concert and Big Shoulders Ball

The Big Shoulders Ball @ The Black Cat

The Chicago Takeover-Riding Into Inauguration Day On Big Shoulders

Q&A: Inaugration Eve with Jon Langford (and his bodyguard)

Live Stage: DC Policy Day 2009

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