The Music of Radio Summer Camp: Day 3 Cont…

Here are more samples of music that will happen during Radio Summer Camp this Friday, August 21st.

Aushua – Sister Saves

Middle Distance Runner – Monochrome Boys

Gospel Gossip – Wire

Brief Candles – So Long

The Music of Radio Summer Camp: Day 3

Here is a taste of all the bands playing the Muzzle of Bees Cactus Club stage this Friday, August 21st.

Rural Alberta Advantage -  The Dethbridge in Lethbridge

Catfish Haven – Valerie

Frontier Folk Nebraska – Rummage Sale

Common Loon – Dinosaur Vs. Early Man

The Symposium

Sunday, August 23rd: 10:30am – 2:30pm – Todd Wehr Conference Center (1047 N Broadway)

The Radio Summer Camp event that we are perhaps most proud of is the Symposium, where we gather insiders from various aspects of the music business and ask them to speak to aspiring musicians about how to best position themselves for success.

This year’s Symposium features a key note speech from Gary Witt and Matt Beringer of The Pabst/Riverside/Turner Hall Ballroom organization. They and their staff have done a great deal to transform Milwaukee into a musical must-stop for touring artists and have given a number of local bands the opportunity to play their venues, boosting visibility for Milwaukee’s music community.

The rest of the day will feature a free lunch and two different panels of industry insiders. The full schedule looks like this:

10:30 – Symposium opens: Meet and Greet
11:00 – Key Note Address
11:45 – Free lunch
12:45 – Panel One: Making, Producing and Booking Your Music
1:20 – Panel Two: Promoting and Selling Your Music
2:00 – Panel Ends, Mix and Mingle Session
2:30 – Symposium Ends

If you are a musician, are in a band or have children or friends who aspire to play music as more than a hobby, we strongly encourage attending the Radio Summer Camp Musician’s Symposium. We had great response after the 2008 symposium, and are confident this year will again provide great value to up and coming artists.

The Music of Radio Summer Camp: Day 2

Today we feature the music of the Official Radio Summer Camp Kick-Off show happening at Turner Hall Ballroom on Thursday, August 20th.

The show is headlined by, and an homage to, Sometime Sweet Susan – reunited just for this RSC special show – and the Milwaukee musicians that helped pave the way for the current crop of Milwaukee rockers. The Dim Suns – 3/4 comprised of former members of Compound Red – are another group of local artists deserving of this city’s appreciation for what the guys did to boost our musical environment and visibility.

The Trusty Knife and Juniper Tar are two current Milwaukee staples on different ends of the rock and roll spectrum. Whereas opener Trusty Knife sports a straight-forward, guitar-driven, 60’s rock sound, Juniper Tar follows a folkier rock sound that varies dynamically from song to song and often incorporates three-part harmonies.

Listen for yourself:

Sometime Sweet Susan –

Juniper Tar – She’s Inside Glass

The Trusty Knife – Goliath & Sons

The Music of Radio Summer Camp: Day 1

A music festival is, naturally, about the music. It’ s about other things, too (community, education, food, etc), but the music is front and center where it should be. So this week and next stay tuned here for the music of Radio Summer Camp. We’ll posting 2 – 5 MP3s each day to give you a better idea what to expect. Today are two tracks from the two artists playing the RSC Warm-Up show on August 19th at Shank Hall.

Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit – Streelights

Strand of Oaks – End in Flames

The Figureheads Added to Hot*Pop Hip Hop Stage

We’re super excited to announce that Milwaukee’s own The Figureheads have been added to the Hot*Pop Hip Hop Stage at Stonefly on Friday, August 21st.

Festival Passes Now Available

We’re have officially made festival passes available.

$25 = access to all Radio Summer Camp shows from Wednesday, August 19th – Monday, August 24th.

Before you click over to get your pass, note that all passes are to be picked up at the station (820 N Milwaukee) unless you can’t make it here for some reason. If that’s the case, call Ryan at 414.277.2217.

To get your pass, hop on over to the Brown Paper Ticket Listing.

And thanks!

Sonicbids.com Selections Announced

We teamed up with Sonicbids.com to fill two slots for Radio Summer Camp, and it turns out the two selections come from right here in Wisconsin, one being from our fair city of Milwaukee.

Saturday, August 22nd

Club Garibaldi Rockhaus Stage:
To fill the opening slot for the Club Garibaldi show featuring Call Me Lightning and Post Honeymoon, we tapped Milwaukee’s Decapitado.

With members from legendary 80’s Touch & Go band from Milwaukee, Die Kreuzen, Decapitado bring the noise and should be “appreciated by punks, rivet heads, goths, industrialists and noise enthusiasts.”

Shank Hall:
Joining Bill Kirchen and Joe Pug at Shank Hall on the 22nd will be Madison’s own Whitney Mann. Whitney is “equally inspired by Willie Nelson and Ingrid Michelsen” with a sound that might recall Jenny Lewis.

Congrats to both bands for being selected to fill out the Radio Summer Camp roster.

RSC Kick-Off Show

On Thursday, August 20th, join us for the official Radio Summer Camp Kick-Off show.

Turner Hall Ballroom: 7PM – $10 or $25 for the complete festival pass.

Sometime Sweet Susan
Juniper Tar
The Dim Suns
Trusty Knife

It an all Milwaukee extravaganza feauturing current bands and a not to those who paved the way.

Details and Tickets:

RSC Line-Up for Saturday, August 22nd

Cactus Club Muzzle of Bees Stage:

Decibully
The Smith Westerns

Shank Hall:

Bill Kirchen
Joe Pug
sonicbids.com selection

Miramar Theater Battomi Stage:

John Sieger
Pezzettino

Club Garibaldi Rockhaus Stage:

Call Me Lightning
Post Honeymoon
sonicbids.com selection

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