College Night on C-Street is BACK!!! Come out to Commercial Street, visit some shops, grab some pizza from Pizza House, Come by Big Momma's for some coffee and over 2 hours of great music, then follow it all up with some drinks and more music at Lindberg's!!!

Doesn't get much better than this for a music lover! 3+ hours of music FREE (there may be a door at Lindberg's, but it won't be much, I'll let you know).

BIG MOMMA'S
Time Performer
6:40 Kyle Robinson
7:00 Two Wheel Neil (myspace.com/twowheelneil)
7:20 Chase Kruse (purevolume.com/chasekruse)
7:40 Liz Sapp (myspace.com/lizsapp)
8:00 Jacob Baker (youtube.com/jacobbakermusic)
8:20 P_Loe Industries (www.myspace.com/ploeindustries)
8:40 Lee Ellen Starks (myspace.com/leeellenstarks)

Lindberg's
9:15 Two Wheel Neil (myspace.com/twowheelneil)
10:15 Truett & The Traitors (myspace.com/truett)

Last year, Springfield hosted its first ever Self-Employment in the Arts Conference. Based on the tremendous turnout last year, we feel this event is something people are interested in, and that the music industry should be involved in too.

Our project team was able to meet with the organizer of the conference and worked out a deal to get a tract specifically for musicians in this year's conference.

THIS is HUGE for us. There are only 7 SEA Conferences held in the US and Springfield has one! And we're involved!

More info will be coming, but here's the basics:

Date: March 14th
Time: 9:30-4
Location: Trustee Science Center - Drury University
Springfield, MO
Cost: $50.

This event is a great opportunity for those looking to make music their career, or just play for some extra income.
Topics to be covered:
- Promoting, Marketing, and Selling Your Music
- Legal Matters in the Arts
- Production in Today's Music Industry
- Artists as Bookkeepers.

There are also 2 presentations by the keynote speaker, lunch, and a Q&A panel.

Check out the website: SEA OzArts Conference '09

email nreed@drury.edu for more details!

This project has been fortunate enough to receive some excellent free press from a variety of different areas.

First, we were covered by The Four Four music blog.

College Night on C-Street was a huge success with significant news-media coverage.

GO Magazine came out for the Open Mic Night and took some great pictures!

And today the latest addition of The Drury Mirror has an ARTICLE about our project and the direction we're headed. You should check out all of these great websites and articles.

We wanted to give a shout out to all of them for helping make this project a success so far.

After a summer long hiatus from local concerts (have to love summer jobs), I was drawn back in by an event that sounded too good to miss. I was not disappointed.On top of seeing some old friends for the first time in months, I was introduced to an incredible band I had yet to experience and got to see the final show of another incredible group of musicians. The show opened with The Springs (myspace.com/thesprings) pulling out all of the stops for their final show together. The rock gods had to be impressed. Next up came a band I've heard but yet to experience live. Rebellions Fall (myspace.com/rebellionsfallmusic) was absolutely incredible and I look forward to seeing them again very soon. The mix of hardcore and rock rhythms was great. They also get major props for the best intro. Cloud City (myspace.com/cloudcityofficial) followed Rebellions Fall with a solid set. You can always count on Cloud City (formerly Better Left Behind) to put on a great show. Last up was The Radiance Effect (myspace.com/theradianceeffect), a band you should defintely get to know if you don't already. Playing a whole show in front of your hometown crowd with competely new material is hard to do, but the guys pulled it off nicely. They also get props for having the best outro with a Journey cover that they nailed. The show was their CD release party and the "free" CD with admission was definitely a great bonus. The sound for the entire night was perfect. It was by far the best concert I've seen in Springfield in years.

I'm going to try my hand at reviewing concerts and local music for a campus paper at Drury. If you want me to review your concert please let me know when and where and I'll do my best to be there.

We are putting on a seminar about the benefits of copyrighting and how to do it more effeciently. The best part is, IT IS FREE. The speaker is a copyrighting attorney who has handled several big bands, etc.

Big Mama's Coffee on Commercial Street 6:00 PM November 29th

Great music will follow at Lindbergs and Big Mama's


RSVP HERE so we know how many to plan for. .

The Make-It team has been working hard to start the semester and has built up some contacts for local bands! 100.1 the Buzz out of Jefferson City has been a leader in helping JC/CoMo bands get airtime and shows at the popular Blue Note venue in Columbia. We contacted the station about getting Springfield bands on the air and they are enthusiastic about the idea. Check out their Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/hometownbuzz and website: buzz.fm for more details. I make it up to JC about once a month so if you want to send CDs with me let me know.

This week's Artist of the Week is Eddie Gumucio

Eddie is a singer/songwriter who has been playing music around the Springfield area for the past decade. Eddie, along with a band at times, has toured to many college towns around the US and his music is in the rotation of numerous radio stations around the country.

You can check Eddie out at his myspace http://www.myspace.com/eddiegumucio

And also be sure to check Eddie out THIS THURSDAY from 10-11pm on Drury University's 98.1 KDRU where he'll be discussing his music and hopefully playing a few acoustic songs.

Upcoming shows for Eddie Gumucio in Springfield, MO

Dec. 8 - Rasta Grill 8 PM
Dec. 16 - Bar Next Door 10 PM
Dec. 31 - First Night @ The Expo Center 10 PM

This is the kick off for our new Feature Artist of the Week

This week we have not an Artist, but a label, that is throwing down some amazing music in Springfield, Missouri. The artists under the label include Corn-Belt Chorus, Gummerman, Jeremy Larson, Levi Thomas, The Outlaw Sea, pretty/ugly, and The Harp and The Lyre.

Upcoming shows for El Mundo artists include:

Nov. 18th - The Corn-Belt Chorus @ The Bar Next Door

Dec. 8th - pretty/ugly w/ Mackenzie Moore

 Check out their myspace for more updates and some amazing music.

In future weeks the Artists (or Label) of the month will coniecide with the artist featured on Drury University's own 98.1 KDRU