Kevin Davis writes on his blog about Derek’s show on Sunday in Souderton, PA.
Had I known Joe Bassett was going to open, I might have actually made the trek over to see the show. (Actually, it was a family picnic that prevented my attendance).
For all of our Nashvillian readers Derek posted about some media play for Noisetrade over on the NoiseTrade Blog
for our friends in nashville, we understand that noisetrade is going to get a mention on this monday’s morning edition, which airs every weekday morning locally on npr. if you’d like to listen, check the listings at the local npr website (http://wpln.org/). i’m told you can even listen on their website after the fact (and i hope so, since i’ll be on the road…). thanks to nashville public radio for their support!
We will definitely be checking out the website to see if it goes up after it airs and will keep you guys posted.
The NoiseTrade blog just added some pretty sweet news about an opportunity for Derek to get the word out about NoiseTrade.
Derek Webb, will be part of a panel discussion entitled “21st Century DIY” at this year’s Next BIG Nashville 2008 Conference. Derek and the other panel members will discuss “The New Tools and Services available for independent or independent minded artists and representatives. Reps from websites, third party service providers and new media companies discuss the new slate of tools available for independent artists and music businesses.” Panelists include:
Derek Webb / NoiseTrade
Clint Smith / Emma
Dave Jaworski / Passalong Networks
Lou Plaia / ReverbNation
Chris Stacey / Mozes, VP, Music Industry
Jeff Price / TuneCore
MODERATOR: Kevin Brown / Echo
Panel discussion is from 10-11am on September 12th.
We here at DW.net agree that this is “sure to be a stimulating discussion about the past, present, and future of music marketing and distribution.”
More information at http://www.nextbignashville.net/.
Matt Conner of Stereo Subversion recently interviewed Derek on a whole range of issues ranging from Noisetrade to his next album. Here’s what Derek had to say regarding the latter:
It’s pretty early on and, as usual, I’ve got pages and pages of ideas. It’s hard to say exactly where it’s going. I have a couple strong ideas, but I’m almost afraid to say because you never know once you get in and start. I thought Mockingbird was going to be full of different stuff. I intended that to be a record about art and politics and the combination of the two and it ended up just being about politics. [Laughs] There’s only one song about art on that record and it’s totally out of place.
Right now, if I had to give it broad strokes, I would say it’s going to be a record about race and sexuality - those are the big issues right now, but that’s what has been squarely in my line of sight for the last couple of years.
This list is subject to change as shows are added:
Noistrade now has a blog! Derek has started posting a blog keeping us “noisetraders” up to date on all the various happenings around the NT universe. New artists and web buzz are just a few of the things popping up on the blog. Be sure to check it out.
Also of note is Derek’s post (!!! yes he actually posted on a blog!) in which he says that they are “a month in with over 50 artists and just under 30,000 albums downloaded.” He also mentions some new things coming up, some within the week. We here at dw.net will keep you guys updated!
I was delightfully surprised to see NoiseTrade pop up on 2 blogs that I subscribe to this week:
Eliot Van Buskirk’s Listening Post (on Wired.com) ran a nice feature on Derek and NoiseTrade. Similarly, Daniel Radosh gave props to DW on his blog.
When NoiseTrade gets a mention at Deadspin or Engadget, then I’ll really be impressed.
If you’ve looked at the front of [derekwebb.net] in the last week, you’ve seen stuff about the Art * Music * Justice Tour. That tour will have:
For a little on the show, we talked to David McCollum:
As to this tour, the general concept of the night will be in support of IJM and Food for the Hungry, it will feature Sara as an emcee or sorts; then each of the artists will have their own time on stage to walk through their experiences in relation to the social justice and poverty issues addressed by each organization.
Dates are being booked from 18 Sep 2008 - 26 Oct 2008. A number of shows are already booked, but there are still slots available. The man to contact for booking is Bryan Myers of Creative Artists Agency.
If you want a banner for your Web site to support the tour, snag one. You’ll want to fix the URL to point at the Art * Music * Justice tour page on MySpace.
I think it’s safe to say that this pretty well skewers everyone involved—which, if you think about it, is really Derek’s point. You may not agree with the point, or with how its expressed in this highly sarcastic video, but you have to agree that it gets made loud and clear.
[Me? I liked it.]
A happy first birthday to Derek and Sandra’s delightful little boy, Rhodes. Yeah, it’s been a year already. Crazy, no?
And Derek’s other child came into being this week—NoiseTrade finally launched. [You will be forgiven if you were wondering if it would ever happen.] We’ve all been playing with it for a while, and I think it’s safe to say that it’s pretty cool. And hey, if that doesn’t get you to try it, maybe getting The Ringing Bell for free will…
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