March 31st, 2009 by Noahm | No Comments
What can you do today, in this business climate, to get work now?
Answer is blunt. Nothing.
I know that sounds harsh, but anything you could do that might possibly bring in business now will, in the long run, hurt your business. Things like lowering your price, offering unlimited rights for the price of a year of web [...]
March 19th, 2009 by Noahm | No Comments
Monday, 16th of March. It was 5pm and I was still at the International Center of Photography, on 43rd and 6th avenue, trying to send the last Ukulele Session I had done over the weekend with the impressive band Harlem Shakes at the Highline Ballroom (opening band for Bell X1).
It was around 5:25pm when I [...]
March 15th, 2009 by Noahm | No Comments
Mr. Alain Bashung, the French musician/singer, has passed away.
This is a “homage” to one of the best French singers in history.
March 9th, 2009 by Noahm | No Comments
Underoath has become, in only 8 years, the most successful band of it’s kind; touring the best venues of the world and selling hundred of thousands of records. I met Grant when they played “Terminal 5″ last October.
It was one of the last warm days of the year, the trees were staring to lose their [...]
March 9th, 2009 by Noahm | No Comments
It was a regular thursday evening at Penn Station, I jumped in the Long Island Railroad heading to Hempsted. I sat down, exhausted from my rush through Manhattan to catch the train on time. I looked around, curious, as it was my first time heading to Long Island for something that didn’t involve white sand [...]
March 8th, 2009 by Noahm | No Comments
Brooklyn, New York - I left my apartment and 2 subways later I was at the doors of Union Hall, a small venue in Brooklyn (Park Slope). I went downstairs looking after their tour manager but I ended up talking to the band directly. Emil, the singer, wanted to chill out a little bit before [...]
March 6th, 2009 by Noahm | No Comments
9.30pm, Union Square, January 22: it was my birthday, and it was freezing. I tried to warm my hands up: I tangled them up with my scarf, but it didn’t really work out. Two blocks, two blocks and I was there, but those two blocks just felt like 10 avenues.
I got there 10 minutes later [...]
March 5th, 2009 by Noahm | No Comments
What is the first thing that comes up to your mind if I say “Belgium“?
Yes that’s right: the beer the chocolate and the fries! But there’s another wonderful thing from the “Flat Country”, and it’s named “Sharko”.
Sharko’s first record, “Feuded”, came out about 10 years ago on the well known Belgian indie label “BANG!”, and [...]