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070 – Interview with Paul Natkin Part 1

recorded 25 September 2008

This episode’s guest is Paul Natkin, the Interim Executive Director of the Chicago Music Commission, a not for profit organization representing all aspects of music in Chicago.  The focus of the interview is an explanation and update on the proposed event promoter ordinance in the City of Chicago. Topics in this episode include:

  • Background on the Chicago Music Commission
  • History of the Proposed Ordinance to May 2008
  • Breakdown of changes to the July 2007 ordinance
  • The disconnect – Two issues
  • Licensed PPA and Independent Promoters – does the one cancel the other?
  • Economic and Cultural impact
  • When the ordinance is passed

Links from the show

This interview will conclude next episode.

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069 – Photoshoots, Concerts and Websites

recorded 18 September 2008

Discussed in this episode of With A Voice Like This:

If you’re free and in the Schaumburg, IL area this Sunday, September 21, you can check out  AcappellaFest 2008. It’s a concert featuring four Chicago area a cappella groups with special guest Scott Leonard of Rockapella (you may remember them as the singing group on the TV show “Where in the World is Carmen San Diego?”). Check out the link for more information.

4-AM
We’re doing a photoshoot this Sunday, so if you follow me on Twitter or Plurk, you’ll see some updates and even a few poor quality pictures of the shoot as it’s happening. Also coming up in the week ahead, we’ll be doing a gig at the Palmer House in Downtown Chicago as The Garden Club once again, so you’ll be getting some tweets and plurks around that too.

At Any Rate
This was all about websites that offer new services and communities. The first one is ReviewYou.com [Edit: Link removed as site is shut down and redirects to CyberPR] from Ariel Hyatt and it’s about getting a review from a professional Music reviewer within a guaranteed 15 business day turnaround time.

The second site is MixMatchMusic.com [Edit: Link removed as Site shut down in 2015], which is taking a new approach to the musician community which allows for collaboration with other musicians, get new listeners and allow for anyone to remix all while making sure the musicians are paid for their work. Check it out and let me know what you think of it too.

Looking Ahead
Next week will be a special show since I’ll have Paul Natkin the Interim Executive Director of the Chicago Music Commission as a guest. We will be discussing the Event Promoter Ordinance I first talked about in Episode 054 – The City of Chicago vs. Live Music. The Chicago Music Commission is a charitable organization (501(c)3) that first discovered the proposed ordinance and brought it to the attention of the music community and public at large and is now working with the city on this ordinance. We’ll have a lot to talk about in this show.

Comments From the Podcast Gallery
Fellow podcaster Andrea from Geek is Chic commented in the show. Check out the information for her Podcastathon coming up October 11 for the Susan G. Komen Foundation.

Music from the show
All That She Needs is by Della Valle featuring Jay Della Valle. You can also find out more information about Della Valle on MySpace.

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054 – City of Chicago vs. Live Music?

This episode of With A Voice Like This focuses on the draft of the Promoter Licensing Ordinance sent back to the Licensing committee for review due to a rapid response of the Music Community. The issue isn’t resolved, just put on hold for a bit longer. The topics include:

  • Background of the E2 tragedy which lead to this proposed ordinance
  • Point by point review of the draft’s exclusionary language defining Promoter
  • The 4 classes of licenses and their costs
  • What licensure requires and includes
  • Impact on the Chicago music scene as individual musician and from an economic standpoint
  • What you can do to be heard on the issue

And Comments from the Podcast Gallery

Listener’s Choice

This episode’s Listener’s Choice comes from Podcaster Rachel Ziese-Lecy, host of the Sims2 Challenges and co-host of Girl’s Night In. Her choice is from a band named Everyday Jones and the live version of ‘Here I am’ found on podsafeaudio.com.

Links used in tonight’s show:

Background on the E2 Tragedy:

Wikipedia

Chicago Tribune

Sites about the proposed Chicago Promoter Ordinance:

Chicago Music Commission

Draft of the proposal in PDF format

Chicago Artist’s Resource

CMC’s Ordinance Opinion Survey (result to be turned into mayor Daley’s office at 5:00 Friday, May 23)

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