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San Diego North Park Music Thing Conference

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009

The North Park Music Thing – San Diego Music &
Media Conference and Festival is a three day music event, which is
scheduled to take place August 7-9, 2009 at the Lafayette Hotel. All
conference registrants will learn about the music business during panel
discussions, workshops and demo review sessions. NPMT will feature
speakers who have been involved in local, regional, and national music.
On Saturday, following the workshops, NPMT will showcase nearly 150
musical acts from the Southwestern United States, on up to 20 stages in
San Diego, California.

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All proceeds from the North Park Music Thing will be donated to the San
Diego Music Foundation, a non-profit organization that focuses its
efforts on local musician assistance, San Diego music education, professional
development, live performance and the annual San Diego Music Awards
show recognizing creative achievement in the San Diego music community.
The Foundation’s primary goal is to advance artistic growth and
increase understanding, appreciation, enjoyment and interest in music
and its ability to enhance and enrich the City of San Diego.

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California Arts Day Poster Contest for California Arts Students

Saturday, June 13th, 2009

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Each year the California Arts Council promotes the first Friday in October as California Arts Day to highlight the importance of the arts and creativity in the state. This year the agency has a contest for California college students who are talented graphic artists and designers, with a grand prize of $500.

The assignment: create the California Arts Day 2009 poster, illustrating the lyrics, concepts and/or intention of the song “The Art in Me,” also known as The California Arts Song.

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Poster Competition

Background
Each year the California Arts Council prints a poster to celebrate California Arts Day, the first Friday in October. While California Arts Day generally celebrates arts and creativity, each specific year is centered around specific themes and images to highlight different artistic and creative aspects of our state.
People today are expressing themselves creatively, especially through the use of computer and digital tools to create images, music, videos, and other artwork simply for the joy of it. For 2009, the main theme for California Arts Day is “The Art in Me” and focuses on the individual creativity of each Californian.

Eligibility: Students at California fine art and design colleges

Deadline: June 22, 2009

Prize: Winner receives $500. The poster will be printed by California Arts Council and distributed statewide to schools, libraries, arts organizations, museums, city and county offices, the Governor’s Office, and state legislative and agency offices.


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How to Expand into New Cities

Friday, June 12th, 2009

An exercise we go through each quarter here at TakeLessons is deciding how to expand into new metro areas. There are over 900 of them, so we have to be judicious in how we do expand – especially with limited human and financial capital.

So, here's Chuck's formula on how we're deciding our key cities for Q3 and Q4. I have to admit, we really love figuring out problems, so this is a lot of fun for us!  Some call us extreme nerds, others geniuses. I'm not sure which is more accurate.  :-)

~steven

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Music is the blood that runs through my veins. A poem.

Thursday, June 11th, 2009

We asked our instructors how music has touched their lives. Here is a very cool poem submitted by rockstar instructor Mark Troiano. Mark teaches music lessons in Malden, MA.

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Music is the blood that runs through my veins.

I am the
Harmony
And
The
Melody –
For Music is my Muse
And I bemuse Her.

A
Love Struck
Dumb Struck
Drum Struck
Drum Stick

Like a Lover
I carry Her in my arms
And like a Wayward Son
She carries me
Home –

Is where the heart is
But mine is a triadic Tee Pee
Do
Mi
Sol

On 1 3 5 I place my bet and roll
On into the Night
Down by the Fire Light
But will it ever burn as bright
As my Lover as my lover from the Invisible Light?

A bird speaks
And I
Understand
Then
Let It All Go
From the
Palm
Of
My
Hand.

MARK VERTICAL CROP

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Contest: Win Backstage Passes to See Def Leppard in Concert

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009

You've screamed the lyrics to "LET'S GET ROCKED" into your hairbrush. You've strummed the chords to "POUR
SOME SUGAR ON ME" on your tennis racket. And we know you drummed the beats of "ROCK OF AGES" on your
invisible drum kit.

But now, we want to see you do it.

To celebrate the band's upcoming summer tour, DefLeppard.com will give away
10 backstage tours with a Meet & Greet with members of the band to those fans who do the best job of rocking out to a Def Leppard song.
Lip-synching, with or without air guitar or air drums: it's up to you! Give us your best rock star
impression by singing or playing along to any Def Leppard song, film it, and then let us see.
Then from all the entries, DefLeppard.com will pick 10 winners who will win a great Def Leppard backstage experience! 

You can submit your video until JUNE 17, 2009. A few days after that, the 10 videos Def Leppard and
DefLeppard.com deem the best, or perhaps the most original, will be announced to win tickets, a backstage tour, and Meet & Greet with Def Leppard band members!

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How to Enter

  1. Start your video recorder, webcam, iPhone, or any other tool that can record your performance. Don't worry about
    the quality. We do not need videos with perfect lighting/color balance. As long as we can see YOU,
    it's good enough.
  2. Have your hairbrush microphone, air guitar, air bass, or air drum kit ready.
  3. Start any Def Leppard song on your music player. Make sure you can hear it out loud (don't wear headphones!)
  4. ROCK OUT. BE A STAR.
  5. Upload your video to YouTube (details can be found below).
  6. Enter the contest form to submit your video.

Full details here.

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