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Sean Coon September 21st, 2007

As of just a few hours ago, Greensboro’s own, Little Mascara, confirmed that they will be sharing the stage with The Wigg Report and Thacker Dairy Road on October 19th at The Green Burro in downtown Greensboro, NC.

So, we’re now officially booked! Thanks to all my peeps out there who suggested acts and helped me pull this together. I’m still trying to lock down a DJ for the evening — someone to keep the crowd live before the show and in-between sets. Stay tuned because I think we’re getting close to getting our man.

Over here in ConvergeSouth Music headquarters, we’ve got big dreams to one day become a full-fledged music festival — a multi-evening event that promotes talent representing diverse sounds and messages from all over North Carolina. So while you’re enjoying a night of killer music this year — and do enjoy it, because these bands are all great, independent acts — know that the real diversity of this festival lies down the road ahead of us.

Picture hopping from a hip-hop show at one venue to an alt-country act at another, but getting caught up in the vibe of the numerous street performers out and about in-between the half-block trip. Yes, Bob Lefsetz, this is going to be shit you’ll dig — unsigned, talented acts promoted via the internets and local word of mouth playing fun venues for a cheap cover.

Ok, enough getting ahead of myself… remember to register for ConvergeSouth and receive free entry into our nite-o-music with your conference badge in tow (otherwise, bring $10 for the cover charge)

See you next month!

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ConvergeSouth

Sean Coon August 18th, 2007

I’m happy to announce that the well-reviewed and self-described pop-punk outfit, The Wigg Report, is the first act signed to play ConvergeSouth Music to be held on October 19th at M’Coul’s Pub and The Green Burro in downtown Greensboro, North Carolina.

Did I forget to mention that they are from nearby Durham, North Carolina?

More soon!

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Convergesouth

admin January 23rd, 2007

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So far I’ve received nothing but great feedback from the other night (I had a great time, but I’m more than a bit biased).

There’s no way it could’ve happened without the effort of a bunch of people. A big shout of thanks goes out to:

Simonne McClinton, Matt Bennett, Mikey Tourek and the entire staff over at The Green Burro: Thanks so much for hosting us. If you’re up for doing this again next year, I promise there will be no BBQ overlap to screw with head count. Thanks again for your hospitality and understanding
The Wigg Report (Ben Riseling, Christine Fantini and Stephen Mullaney): You guys represented Durham like champs. Thanks again for trekking out. I’ll definitely take you up on the offer to hit up Durham the next time I’m in town.
Little Mascara (Jessie Derusha, Chris Micca, Melissa Micca, Toaster and Max Diablo): Killer, rockin’ set; you guys brought it, put it on the table, unwrapped it and whipped our asses with it! Thanks again for putting your hiatus on hold for the show. We’ll see you Friday for Chris’ B-Day party if TDR isn’t playing.
Thacker Dairy Road (Molly McGinn, Chris Lord, Rebecca Stevens, Jonathan McMillan, James Harris and Jeff Yetter): What can I say? It’s been a fun time this summer watching you grow into such a dynamic sounding band. Thanks for holding down the late night segment. From what I’ve heard since Friday, you’ve a bunch of new fans out there.
Sue Polinsky: Thank you for the trust you showed in me to do this right and for providing the budget for the bands. There’s no way I could’ve raised the money myself this year with my schedule. I’m still pissed about the BBQ scheduling overlap which cost us at least 40 people turning out, but I can file that experience under “Shit Not To Do Again�? if you can.
Mike Dunn (Mikey aka DaSkinnyBlackMan) and Stephen Charles (CharlesMedia): Man, you guys are seriously talented. Seriously. Fer real. Thanks again for making it last minute and producing such amazing shots!
Andy Coon: My brother from the same mother. I’m really looking forward to collaborating on editing these music videos together. Thanks so much for all your work and support (and filming pointers).
Desmond Sharpe via Carey Sound: Great job with the setup, on-the-fly sound checks and mixing. I’m looking forward to hearing the audio tracks!
Jeri Rowe: I know for a fact that your timely article on Andy, myself and ConvergeSouth influenced at least than a handful of people to come out to the conference to learn how to publish their voice online. Thanks again for the well written story and your shared passion for a more creative Greensboro.
Jordan Green: Thanks for pushing the music details over to Dave and the be there! section at Yes! Weekly. I’m sure we got at least a few folk to attend just because of that little promo. I’ll catch you at a nearby show soon, I’m sure.
Bob Lefsetz: I got turned onto Bob’s rants a few months back and he’s greatly influenced my approach to promoting independent talent. He had nothing tangible to do with the event, but everything to do with unfurling my creativity. Thanks, Bob!

I’ve got a bunch of plans for local music promotion in the works, but still have a few conversations ahead prior to committing running a bigger and better event (read: a real music festival) next year.

To the folks who made it out this year — particularly those of you who plan to upload media of the event to the web per our fliers — thank you! (If I missed linking to you, let me know who you are in the comments)

While we put on this event primarily for these reasons…:

Provide talented, local, independent acts a platform to shine
Involve the local film and photography communities in making media (music videos to come; the stills look great)
Expose less known musicians and artists to the residents of Greensboro (and ConvergeSouth participants)
Give local venues a top-notch event to hang their hats on while developing return customers

… giving the gift of music to people sits squarely at the top of the list.

Thanks again for showing up.

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Amber-casting

admin January 8th, 2007

Amber Rhea informs us that there are more podcasts available from ConvergeSouth 2007. We’ll be moving these files to an archive/library (soon) but here they are now:

Beyond Podcasting - AmberRhea, presenter

From Blog to Book - Stewart Pittman, presenter

Creativity on the Web for all people

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