Streeter Seidell is a comedy writer and (mediocre) drummer living in Brooklyn, NY. During the day he edits the front page of CollegeHumor.com but when the sun goes down he takes his place at the helm of the Indablog. He maintains a personal blog at StreeterSeidell.com and wants to make sure you know he once wrote something for the New York Times and that it was, in the words of his mother, "Amazing! You're so talented!"
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David Byrne Journal
Stop making sense David Byrne. Seriously, you make too much sense to us - it's scary. When are you coming by to hang out? -
Creative Commons
If you want to know about IP law - this is the place. CC is defining the cutting edge of music licensing. -
Lefsetz Letter
In his own words - "First in music analysis" -
Wired Listening Post
One of our favorite places to stay on top of what's happening in the music industry. -
Create Digital Music
Fairly relevant to Indaba :) -
Underrated Magazine
Our favorite NYC music-scene blog from our favorite CMJer. -
StereoGum.com
Super-hip music blog. A must for anyone serious about the NYC scene. -
The Daily Swarm
ll the news that fit to print ... about music, that is. -
Idolator
Gawker Media's music blog. Perfect if you like a little snark with your music news. -
That's What Matt Said
Shameless promotion, we know, but this is Matt's (Indaba Co-Founder) non-Indaba blog and he wants people to read it.
Monday June 30, 2008 at 08:00 AM |
Happy Monday, everyone. It's a fresh week and we're ready to argue. Last week we talked about bands either rushing a release to satisfy fans and bands holding music for years, endlessly tinkering and tweaking, before releasing an album. This week, let's continue to talk about bands, but this time the less famous kind. For many years, playing in and seeing various amateur bands, I observed two awful kinds of bandmates: busy drummers and busy bass players. A lot of drummers and bassists in amateur band forget that their charge is to enhance the music being played, not to play over the rest of the band. Busy drummers provide endless fills while barely creating a beat for the rest of the band to follow along with. Busy bass players inject what should be simple, solid bass lines with slap accents or runs up and down the fret board. I imagine that every busy drummer thinks he's Keith Moon and every busy bass player thinks he's Flea. Of course, Moon and Flea played in bands where their wild style enhanced the songs; no these kids. So, which is worse: a drummer who doesn't know when to just play a simple beat or a bass player who can't control his desire to be the lead guitarist? Leave you answer in the comments...
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Monday June 30, 2008 at 03:28 PM
Amen, Brother.
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