"The Indie Music Vs South Florida Radio Campaign" is basically indie
musicians getting airplay on major radio stations here in South

Florida.  How?  Requests baby.  Lots, and lots, and lots of them.  If a
local song meets all of the local radio stations formats, requirements,
and gets a lot of requests it's against the law for that local radio
station not to play that local song no matter how big this station is. 
I have heard this from many radio execs.  For more info check the last
blog.

 I'm a be the guinea pig for this experimental promotional project.  My song
Audiograf is launched and available for radio stations across the
nation.  Let's just start locally.  And to get even more detailed lets
start with Power 96 and see what happens.  Power 96 is the easiest
station to make a request.  Here's how simple it is..

Go to
power96.com

click on the music button

click on the request button

put in your name and request Audiograf by E. Grizzly

and
thats it...  Let's see what happens and don't be afraid to do it a
gazillion times. Alukard is on deck with "Just Maybe" which will be the
2nd song in THE INDIE MUSIC VS SOUTH FLORIDA RADIO CAMPAIGN.  That
should be released by March.

Peace and love family.

Grizzly

FINALLY!! We got the release forms from the artists and I finished the editing for the art (I revised the album cover like 3 times already) we will be putting in the order this week and we should be getting the CD a few weeks after that. What a relief. This CD has been a struggle but it was worth all the trouble.  The albums will be given to the artists who are on the CD once it's printed and we will be giving out a hundred CD's at a Release Party sometime in December or January. Thank you to everybody so much for making this happen.

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A Flower in the Weeds

Filed under: Culture

The Stephen Talkhouse, Washington Square, Rose's, I/O, Bullfrog Eatz, Stop Miami, Cornerstone. Notice a trend? Quirky, intimate venues have a fleeting shelf life in this city, especially if they're nestled in the continually up-and-coming, never-quite-blossoming downtown core. The latest establishment under siege is the Wallflower Gallery, which has been supporting local indie artists for a decade. On July 9, Flash — the self-titled "Funk Finder" and engine behind the space — e-mailed an uncharacteristically desperate bulletin describing the gallery's financial crisis.

"We're behind on rent and bills. I was able to cover the electric, so they didn't shut off our power. But we're behind on March rent. Our landlord has been very cool, but I'm trying to be respectful," he says. Asked how much cash the Wallflower needs to stay in bloom, Flash gives a heavy sigh. "Ideally I need $10,000 like, tomorrow, to make sure all our bills are paid."

On Friday, July 14, at the gallery, Indie Unplugged Miami — a music showcase hosted by spoken-word guru Chris Imperial — had the heated ambiance of an end-of-the-line fundraiser. There were easily 100 people crowded into the bright, colorful performance space. Heads bobbed and hands waved paper fans to cool the room, steamy with the press of bodies. The diverse audience included young, old, black, white, and Hispanic, clad in baggy urban chic, flowing hippie garb, and close-fitting hipster styles. The Cornerstoners launched into an earnest rap: "A new chapter of my life is open. I'm so focused, I'm so focused. Everybody in the house say change is good, change is good. Let's change," implored the man at the mike.

Offstage, Imperial took a harsher tone. "I'ma be real with you. So many people are trying to keep it real and keep the indie scene alive. And then so many others are selling out. The scenes in South Beach and Coconut Grove are so different now. This place ... the Wallflower is necessary. It needs to survive. The Miami scene today is so ... I mean, what the fuck? Artists and musicians are so beaten down by this bullshit that a lot of people just say 'Fuck it' and move to San Francisco or New York." — Patrice Elizabeth Grell Yursik