Just want to let everyone know the exciting news that is going on with VanMusic. We are currently in the process of changing over formats to better serve the independent music scene. We have been listing to you and one thing that we kept hearing over and over again from bands was that they wanted their own merch table, with our format change this will be the first thing that we bring to you!
We are very excited about this change over and will continue to listen to what your wants …

The huge value and contribution of UK festivals to the British economy has been quantified in an overreaching survey of 3,300 festival goers undertaken by the Association of Independent Festivals (AIF).
AIF member festivals alone, which include Secret Garden Party, WOMAD and Glade, attracted around 340,000 people this summer. Spending an average £408 per person, they contributed in excess of £135 million into the UK economy.
With 60% of festival goers staying for 3–4 days in the area surrounding the festival, spending on average £48 each, an additional £16.3 million was directly …

Post by David Marchese in The Spin Blog
Last weekend marked the 40th anniversary of Woodstock. My mom says she was there, but can’t remember anything specific about it (I suspect either she has either convinced herself she was there when in fact she was not, or she was there and had a really good time), so to get some perspective four decades after the fact, I did what any hardcore rock fan would do and watched a couple TV specials.
During one of them, Woodstock: Now & Then, Paul Green–who through …

So I came across this blog and wanted to share it with all of you. It talks about bad band names and lists the 10 worst. Most of these bands I have not heard about but I don’t think that they should be judged on just their name, cause personally I think that The Bare Naked Ladies is a horrible name for a band, however there record sales say there’s really nothing to a name, just as long as you can remember it.
The Most Ridiculous Band Names
Posted Tue Aug 11, …

This tribute is so wonderful, I needed to post it for everyone to see. http://ca.tv.yahoo.com/blog/so-you-think-you-can-dance-a-tribute-to-brea… This is something that effects us all in different ways and its nice to see something that is so beautiful that we can all relate too.
http://tv.yahoo.com/so-you-think-you-can-dance/show/36160/videos/14704989
Yahoo! TV Blog
‘So You Think You Can Dance’: A Tribute to Breast Cancer Fighters
By Chrissy Le Nguyen | Thursday, July 23, 2009, 2:28 PM
On Wednesday’s episode of “So You Think You Can Dance,” contestants Ade and Melissa performed a contemporary routine inspired by breast cancer to Maxwell’s cover of Kate …

Its sad to see you go my dear DICKS ON DICKS as was also known. Do you remember which legendary concerts you saw there? Let us know, lets remember….This music venue was one of the best in the world. The acoustics were awesome, you could see the band playing everywhere in the joint, there was a lot of joint smoking a smoking room, three bars, the ambient was cozy. the lights were good and even the bouncers were nice enough. Like all good things in life… it will end before …

This in from TMZ
“We’ve just learned Michael Jackson has died. He was 50.
Michael suffered a cardiac arrest earlier this afternoon at his Holmby Hills home and paramedics were unable to revive him. We’re told when paramedics arrived Jackson had no pulse and they never got a pulse back.
A source tells us Jackson was dead when paramedics arrived. Once at the hospital, the staff tried to resuscitate him but he was completely unresponsive. A source inside the hospital told us there was “absolute chaos” after Jackson arrrived. People who were with …

I know I know, for a new’s section there’s sure as hell not a lot of news being posted. I promise, that will change. Worry not however, we have great things in store for you. The crew here at vanmusic have been tirelessly bludgeoning each other with large sticks filled with creative ideas.
As of late, we have been working closely on bringing a reality series to Vancouver that captures some very special and unique elements from both the music and tattoo industry with the help of one of the tattoo …

Thanks to everyone for checking out the show on the 10th. The anniversary bash for Oswaldo and citr’s : The morning after show went extremely well. Our thoughts are with the Hawaiian Bibles who could not make it due to an accident with one of their band members. We hope you are able to come to the next event!
A special shout out to all the groups that were able to attend and contributed to the incredible talent everyone was privy to seeing all in one location.
This show is the first …

Moscow´s underground and artistic movement is thriving. I did not expect less from a metropolis this size and with the amount of culture at their disposal.
However… It seems that people were shocked when they suddenly realized they could have all the comodities of the west (for a rice of course) and the majority of them (as always and everywhere in the world) went on to consume junk. I don´t know what is wrong with people? maybe it is because we are under the influence of some powerful drug or a …

So here I am in Moscow, I have written several entries but I am still not happy with them so I will polish them more before I post them for the world to read. Moscow is very crazy and a very impressive city. Monumental is a good word to describe it. The cultural shock has been… well shocking. Starting with the language. The alphabet is based on the Cyrillic characters so you have to re wire your brain to read because some of our letter are pronounced different in this …

I am in Frankfurt, Deutschland, the city is not bad at all, I am going to tour the city today with some Uruguayans and Spanish people courtesy of the hostel, the Frankfurt Hostel, I love to travel.
I don’t know if I am going to have time to upload some of the sights here but will do as soon as I get to Moscow and figure out how to use the computer and the video camara. Just kidding, but I think I might problems with voltage and stuff like that. I …

Music is a movement that is heard throughout the world.
A freedom of speech that can’t be silenced. With every generation in every type of culture you will find music. Today the power of music is so strong that company’s are branding their name with a catchy tune or jingle.
Music is so powerful that it is often used to time travel. We use music to remember a loved one or even a prior friendship or relationship. As a time machine, music enables us to never forget. Countless times when a familiar …

Ok all of you, the 10th Anniversary Party for Citr was just over a week ago and there is still a buzz going around about it. I still can’t believe that Mario Ayala from the Aching Heart Foundation threw his guitar off a 5 foot stage, I wish that I could have seen my face, lol. You never know, maybe when the live music video comes out on I just might be able to see it, heck maybe it will be your face that I see. Whatever it is it …