Main at South Side

10/24/2024

come on out to yonder cicada bar and BeLoved Asheville

10/12/2024

fans... The 3F‘s:
Fun
Free
Fam friendly (furr babies adds 1 more F)

you can reserve a space through link here Fall on The Green at The Kessler: Cut Throat Finches

The Kessler presents Fall on The Green: Cut Throat Finches on Sunday, October 13 2024 at 4:30pm, The Kessler Green, Dallas, TX

05/22/2024

Hey musician buddy friends, need advice and info. Looking to get input on services and scams you have seen, used, heard about, thrown money into burning pile of trash with, felt ashamed over, attended 12 step meeting because of, or that worked good for promoting music.

Looking for indie level marketing, playlisting, social media services, licensing, distro, as well as radio promo work. Whatchu got? If you are embarrassed to publish, DM me the cost and results. I will protect names but goal is to share info, help our community sift through the BS.

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12/28/2023

So many discussions I have had over the last two months about the music scene, specifically those playing and writing original music in this town/ DFW. The questions are the same in Dallas, the questions are the same in Austin, and the common thread to every bar that features original music is that none of them are doing great at best, or have had to close their doors completely, and I think there are more coming soon. TABC #’s are public. If I was a bar owner trying to feed my family, I would feature Tribute bands because that is what most really want and are willing to pay for and more importantly, people are connected to it. They are not connected to local original music. As a musician, I believe at this point the problem is accessibility to our music, and we are not giving potential fans many options other than a late night bar with parking problems to come see us. Will we become one gigantic Applebee’s littered with Thomas Kincaid paintings? Or will we be a city of local family restaurants and small businesses, artists that create a lasting culture partnered with a community that we have found ways to connect to?

Great article for those of you invested in the scene from Dallas Observer by Eva Raggio. Thank you, and to Daniel Balis & Jeffrey Liles 👏:

Dallas has a music scene with venues of all sizes, seasoned players, excellent music schools and local publications covering it. The stage is set, the mic has been checked. Are fans listening?