OC Music Magazine

This week's issue features the OC Music Award Finals, the Blue Powda Monkeys, the Mozart Classical Orchestra, How To Get Guarunteed Radio Airplay, a musical photobook of RENT, Album reviews of Artist Vs Poet and ...

David Sachs

    At the most heavily attended Acoustic Finals night in OC Music Awards history, Billy Kernkamp and his band came out on top, walking away with $2,500 towards Fender gear and four days of recording time at Red Bull Studios.

    The event was held at the historic Yost Theater in Santa Ana, able to seat up to 800 fans as opposed to last year’s show at the Gypsy Den, which hold...

Laura Miller

After showcasing their talents all over Orange County, the top five OCMA Best Live Band finalists gathered for their last chance to prove themselves a winner.
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Judy Brunkala

     Their sound has been compared to the Goo Goo Dolls, Matchbox 20, and Collective Soul, but according to Tony Cockram, guitarist, lead vocalist, and primary songwriter for the Blue Powda Monkeys, that was probably in the band’s acoustic days, and was reflected on their first cd, Sol Grill.              
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Madlen Hulme 

Dallas-based indie pop rockers Artist vs. Poet may just be releasing their debut album, but they are certainly no strangers to the music scene. The five-man band secured a wealth of fans after the release of their self-titled EP in November 2008, which went on to sell over 12,000 copies. Favorite Fix is Artist vs. Poet’s 12-song melodic baby, set for release on March 2, 2010.

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Rhiannon Janee

February 28that 3 p.m. sharp, the eight members of the Mozart Classical Orchestra stepped onto the Irvine Barclay stage. The concert had yet to begin and the theater was already filled with an excited calm; the orchestra remained s...

Chantel Donnan 

     One glance at the cover art for Matt Kollar and the Angry Mob’s EP, “She Changes Face,” and it's easy to see that the ...

Check out Aaron Huniu's album of the recent musical, RENT!

 Photo by: Aaron Huniu

David Hooper

Yes, I said guaranteed.  You'll reach up to 7,000,000 listeners.

I'm talking about this offer from Jango.  $10 gets you 250 spins.  $30 gets you 1000.  If you've got $100, you can get 4000 spins.

According to the site, 1000 plays will typically get you between 40 and 80 new fans, whom you'll then be able to contact.

James Lee Stanley

I got an interesting post from a friend in Chicago today that is something that we all to consider.   How do we price ourselves?   By that I mean, how much do we ask for ourselves?   How much should the ticket price be; our guarantee; our percentage?  And how do we determine what that is?

First of all your value to a concert promoter is how many people you can bring in an...