2L April 00 Studio - Two Louies Magazine

It’s not a revolt, but it is revolutionary. It’s a
real mix ...the bands and artists that represent
Portland at Mp3.com. Only there in the world
of D.A.M. (digital audio music) CD’s and downloads
does a local artist have the unthinkable opportunity to
have their music heard world-wide 24 hours a day.
Where else can an independent artist not only sell their
CD’s, but have them burned, assembled, packaged and
mailed off by someone else for next to nothing? Where
artists hopes used to lie in that one in a million chance
that a label would hear them and like them, artists can
now see their songs on charts, receive offers for tours,
get CD sales, gigs and more just by being online.
Mp3.com charts their artists according to Zip
Code. These numbers and positions change from day
to day, but currently in the east sector of Portland, Robert
Rude has it all tied up with songs crowning the
top100 chart and D.A.M. CD sales beating out the competition.
( I wonder if he knows?) The Ken DeRouchie
DRUM SHOP
by Fran Gray
Band appears in the middle of the same chart along
with Jesus Presley. On the other side of Portland, a band
called Channel 11 is at the top with at least a dozen
songs on the chart. Also appearing on that same chart
is Portland’s Burgundy with their song, “Sun and Moon
Allegory” getting lots of attention. The Rotating Leslies
and Headscope are doing very well in their respective
sectors. Portland’s beloved Lew Jones has his neck of
the woods covered with more CD’s than you can shake
a stick at and is dominating the corresponding chart
for both popularity and D.A.M. CD’s. (those DAM
CD’s).
There’s an amazing coalescence of bands and artists
at Mp3.com. You can download cuts by Alanis
Morissette and 10,000 Maniacs or Anger Management
and Feller....but there are also some noticeable absences
for Portland. Try to find bands like Slowrush or Linda
Hornbuckle, they’re not there. Part of this has to do
with label conflicts and exclusivity and part of it has to
do with Internet savvy or lack thereof. Maybe some of
it has to do with the lack of time. Whatever the cause,
other splendid bands have rushed to fill the void and
have received offers and opportunities that might not
have come their way.
If you surf to http://www.mp3.com/stations/
twolouies., you will find that you have arrived at the
Two Louies Magazine Radio Station at Mp3.com. Click
on the “Radio Play” button and hear songs by many of
the artists that you’ve been reading about in Two Louies
Magazine. The current (and ever-changing) playlist
“Mp3.com charts their artists according to Zip Code. These numbers
and positions change from day to day, but currently in the east sector of
Portland, Robert Rude has it all tied up with songs crowning the top100
chart and D.A.M. CD sales beating out the competition.”
includes The Rotating Leslies, Drive, Burgundy, Jesus
Presley, Robert Rude Band, Craig Carothers, Lew Jones,
Headscope, Anger Management, Mobius, Phamous
Phaces, Eric Savage Band, Feller and The Ken
DeRouchie Band. The only criteria for being on this
station is that a band or artist has appeared in Two
Louies (in one way or another) and already has tunes
at Mp3.com. You’ve read the articles, you’ve seen the
pictures, now you can hear the music too.
The Drum Shop of Portland is expanding
to serve our customers on the west side.
You can visit us at 13530 NW Cornell Rd.
Just east of Murray, located inside the R&B Music building.
Accessories, repairs, lessons,and more.
Drum Shop west hours: Mon-Sat 11:30am - 7:30pm.
Closed Sunday
Phone: 503/626-DRUM (626-3786)
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