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Booking Your First Gig

The Groundwork So you got together with a couple of your friends in the garage with some used instruments and started making noise. Eventually that noise morphed into songs, and pretty damn good ones at that! The house party you

Christopher Michael Jacques

Meet Christopher Michael Jacques

Christopher Michael Jacques is a guitarist from Quincy, MA.  He currently is involved with Progressive Jam Rock Band People With Instruments. Visit Chris on Facebook

Courage in Collapse EP Nears Completion

So recently we’ve recorded a single called “Nothing left to Hide” and you can find that on any one of our social media websites. We have an EP being released soon which is a little more on the heavy and

How to License your Venue for Live Music

If you own a bar, night club, or other venue hosting live music, you might want to protect your business from copyright complaints by getting properly licensed. The rule of thumb is, if you have a cover band or a

EDM Music Business Lowell

The EDM Revolution!? Trend or here to stay?

Is the Electronic Dance Music surge in popularity in the US to stay as a permanent genre, or is going to come crashing down like Disco did in the 70’s? In 2012 the American Music Awards added a new genre

Back Page Lowell: A Hidden Gem for Live Music

If I were to tell you that I liked a wide variety of music, you’d bet that just about any live show would do. Not true. For me it’s about that perfect match between venue and artist.  Let me tell

Why MusicIDB.com was Created

I’ll tell you a little about my past and how MusicIDB.com (originally AristBomb.com) came to be. 2004 – Despite everyone at the New England Institute of Art promising that it’s almost impossible that you would end up working on anything interesting or

Michael Homewood, left, a promoter from Lowell, gets a lesson on the workings of ArtistBomb.com from cofounders Mitch Candiano, center, and Brian Bahia. SUN / David H. Brow

MusicIDB featured in Lowell Sun

This material is from the Lowell Sun Interview with MusicIDB.com written by Pete McQuaid LOWELL — Brian Bahia knows the music industry. And he’s tired of how inefficient it can often be. “We want to save time,” said Bahia, a Chelmsford native