PLAYLISTS: Valentine's Day - Iowa Style

Well, back when Joe Lawler worked for Juice instead of Cityview, he put together a playlist of songs by Iowa artists for a wedding issue of Juice.

"If you go to a lot of weddings, you start to hear the same songs over and over again. “Maybe I’m Amazed” for the 14th time? How original.

"There are plenty of great songs by Iowa musicians that deserve to be on your wedding playlist. Here’s an assortment that will save your guests from having to hear “(Everything I Do) I Do It For You” again."
- from Joe Lawler in the original article

I asked Joe if he wanted to add anything to what he had written before, and this is what he had to say:

"Wow, I don't remember the process that went into making this list. It was for a wedding issue of Juice, which were always a nightmare to put together. So many venues to call. I think I asked for love songs by Iowans on Facebook or Twitter. There's some solid stuff here, but I'm not sure I listened to them in order before you made this playlist. Someone should get married, use this and report back on how it went."

All the songs are the YouTube playlist unless YouTube took down my video of the Poison Control Center song! Spotify and SoundCloud are missing a few.






As a bonus, I felt this song was appropriate:


Other IMSC websites and links:
Feed:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/IowaMusicShowcase
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Iowa-Music-Showcase/364796883703114
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/iamusicshowcase
Instagram:
https://instagram.com/iowamusicshowcase

Labels: alternative (genre), alternative music, folk music, Indie (genre), indie music, Joe Lawler, Juice magazine,metal music, musicals, playlists, rock music, SoundCloud, Spotify, Valentine's Day, weddings, YouTube

OTHER SOURCES; Iowa Music Showcase Live in Des Moines at Lefty's on Sat, Feb 4

Yes. that's right, I am once again abusing my power to promote my live show!

Why?

Because any money that I make from this show is going back into this website!

So come out and support this website and Iowa music! And please with all your friends, family, co-workers! Send this to your enemies just to annoy them!

Expand your musical horizons!
Discover new music!
Explore the wide diversity of music Des Moines and Iowa have to offer you!

For two years, the Iowa Music Showcase website and podcast has been a source to discover all kinds of Iowa music. Now Iowa Music Showcase and Lefty's Live Music present a live show!

Ten different acts of ten very different styles, displaying the wonderful variety and eclectic nature of the Des Moines and Iowa music scenes!

Late show ---
Danny Grause (country) - 12:30am
Foxholes (indie/shoegazer) - 11:45pm
The Paige Harpin Group (jazz/RnB/soul) - 11:00pm
Hallowed Hysteria (heavy metal) - 10:15
Des Moines Chamber Ensemble (classical) - 9:30pm

Early show ---
prettygirlhatemachine (rap/hip hop) - 8:00pm
The Dick Danger Band (funk) - 7:15pm
Java Jews (klezmer/Jewish folk) - 6:30pm
Patresa Hartman (singer/songwriter/folk) - 5:45pm
JC//jp (experimental/electronic) - 5:00 pm

$5 for each show, $8 for both!

To buy tickets ahead of time from Midwestix - https://midwestix.securemytix.com/event/iowa-music-showcase-live

For playlists featuring most of the artist:
http://iowamusicshowcase.blogspot.com/2016/12/playlists-iowa-music-showcase-live.html

OTHER SOURCES: Your Local Library! Especially if you live in Des Moines, Iowa City, or Omaha!

Yes, that's right! That great and awesome American and international institution, the free public library! Almost every town in America has one!

Okay, so I'm sure not every library in Iowa has music from Iowa bands. All I can say is, then fix it! Every library I know is more than happy to take suggestions from patrons! Especially if the work is by a local!

And if you're a local band or artist, I have no doubt whatsoever that any nearby library would be more than happy to carry your cd!

Okay, yes, people could then get your music for free. But I think it's much more likely that someone, who doesn't know you, will discover you than that someone will go search the library to get your cd for free.

Plus, you'll be doing your part to help your local library!


Here's three links about submitting to libraries. They're about submitting books, but it should be pretty much the same process for your cd.

http://www.wikihow.com/Get-a-Self-Published-Book-into-Libraries

http://lindsayburoker.com/interviews-success-stories/getting-your-self-published-book-into-the-library-tips-from-librarian-marlene-harris/

http://reviews.libraryjournal.com/about/submitting-titles-for-review/

If you skipped these links and didn't read them, don't just drop your cd at the donate spot or on the counter! Go see or write to the person in charge of acquisitions!

For Des Moinians, if my googling is right, Marci Behm is the Centralized Acquisitions Librarian.


While we're talking about The Des Moines Public Library, here's some links to many of the Iowa artists that our local library carries:

96 items under the search term "Iowa music" - these include books, films, etc. -
https://desmoin.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/default/search/results/?ln=en_US&q=iowa+music&rt=false%7C%7C%7CSUBJECT%7C%7C%7CSubject&Submit=Go&rw=0

42 items when we use the search term "Iowa music" and look just for music:
https://desmoin.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/default/search/results/?ln=en_US&q=iowa+music&rt=false%7C%7C%7CSUBJECT%7C%7C%7CSubject&Submit=Go&rw=0

57 items on advanced search using "sound recording" and "Iowa music":
https://desmoin.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/default/search/results?qu=iowa+music&qf=FORMAT%09Format%09SOUNDDISC%09Sound+Recording

73 items under the subject term "Iowa - Musicians":
http://libhip.dmpl.org/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=14M5W28992049.68623&profile=ce&uri=search=.SW~!Iowa%20--%20Musicians.&term=Iowa%20--%20Musicians.&aspect=subtab38&menu=search&source=~!horizon

But the Des Moines library has nothing on Iowa City! You Iowa Citians are so lucky!

The Iowa City Public Library has the Local Music Project!

You can read all about it at:
- NPR (http://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2013/08/22/213863138/a-unique-digital-music-service-for-locals-only)
- Iowa Public Radio (http://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2013/08/22/213863138/a-unique-digital-music-service-for-locals-only)
- Little Village (http://littlevillagemag.com/local-music-project-comes-to-the-icpl/)
- The Daily Iowan (http://www.dailyiowan.com/2012/06/14/Arts/28615.html)
- Boing Boing (http://boingboing.net/2012/07/30/iowa-city-public-librarys-l.html)
- Etsy (https://blog.etsy.com/en/the-local-music-project/)
- Hoopla (http://www.hooplanow.com/articles/2581-free-downloads-of-local-music-available-at-the-iowa-city-public-library)
- Hybebot.com (http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2012/08/local-library-licenses-local-music-for-local-listeners.html)
- The Library Journal (http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2012/06/library-services/iowa-city-library-launches-local-music-project/)
- Librarian.net (http://www.librarian.net/stax/3869/making-it-happen-iowa-city-public-library-licenses-local-music-for-patrons/)
- Library Speak (https://libraryspeak.ca/tag/iowa-city-public-library/)
- The Library as Incubator Project (http://www.libraryasincubatorproject.org/?p=5056)

But in the words of The Iowa City Public Library:

"Iowa City and Johnson County musicians have kindly (and bravely) leased us the right to offer their music to you. You can thank them by playing these albums often and going out to see them perform live!

"If you have a library card and password, and live in Iowa City or an area that contracts with us (Iowa City, rural Johnson County, Hills or University Heights) you can download this music. Please share the love (but not the files) with friends.

"No overdue fees! Put it on your phone. Play it at parties. Turn it up."

Iowa City Public Library's Local Music Project website:
http://music.icpl.org/

Not to be outdone, The Omaha Public Library, in partnership with Hear Nebraska, has started Download Nebraska. 

The extra bonus with this site is that, although, like Iowa City, you have to be a library cardholder to download, ANYBODY can stream the music.

"To kickstart the project, Hear Nebraska curated the first 50 albums with any eye toward diversity, as well as album quality. Contracts with bands designate the albums to be removed from the site in July 2017. Hear Nebraska and the Omaha Public Library plan to accept submissions for the next round of albums, and will report on how that will work within the next couple months in this daily news column."
- from the Hear Nebraska website

To read more about the project:
- http://hearnebraska.org/hn-and-omaha-public-library-create-download-nebraska-the-good-life-premieres-new-video/
- http://www.omaha.com/go/music/rock_candy/hear-nebraska-and-omaha-public-library-launch-site-offering-free/article_77eba91e-4b3e-11e5-bbcc-4fad494ed79f.html

The Download Nebraska website: https://www.downloadnebraska.org/


If you know of any similar projects from an Iowa library, let me know at iowamusicshowcase@gmail.com!

Now get out and go support your local library like you would your local bands!

Labels: Des Moines, Des Moines Public Library, Download Nebraska, downloads, Iowa City, Iowa City Public Library,libraries, local libraries, Local Music Project, Omaha, Omaha Public Library, Other Sources, streaming

PLAYLISTS: Random Iowa Music YouTube Playlist 1

Well, trying to get things ready for the live show on Sat, Feb 4, at Lefty's Live Music in Des Moines (subtle plug - https://www.facebook.com/events/756507931165093), I haven't had time to do much.

So you're getting one of my infamous playlist. I randomly threw together some videos from Iowa artists I subscribe to on YouTube. If you're an Iowa artist and are on YouTube, let me know at iowamusicshowcase@gmail.com and I'll follow you too!

In the meantime, it seems Sweet Serendipity chose some metal and hip hop for you with a little blues and indie thrown in. Enjoy!

Labels: acoustic blues, alternative music, blues, heavy metal, hip hop, hip-hop, Indie (genre), indie music, metal (genre), metal music, Modern Life Is War, Painface, playlists, punk, rap, Riverdogs Blues Band, YouTube

IOWA MUSIC SHOWCAST EPISODE 42: The Acts of Iowa Music Showcase Live

Well, in case you didn't hear, yours truly is putting on a live show. It will be at Lefty's Live Music in Des Moines on Sat, Feb 4, starting at 5pm. You can read all the details here - https://www.facebook.com/events/756507931165093/permalink/764021953747024/

We have ten different acts from ten different genres. And you can hear them all here, representing the wide, diverse, eclectic sound that makes up the Des Moines and Iowa music scenes.

We have classical music, jazz, folk, metal, country, indie, funk, and electronic music on this ticket! And you get a preview of them all right here!

So sit back, enjoy, and buy your ticket already! - https://midwestix.securemytix.com/event/iowa-music-showcase-live

Other IMSC post and podcasts about live music:
http://iowamusicshowcase.blogspot.com/search/label/live%20music

Other IMSC posts about eclectic:
http://iowamusicshowcase.blogspot.com/search/label/eclectic

Other IMSC posts about various arists:
http://iowamusicshowcase.blogspot.com/search/label/various%20artists

To download this podcast, right click on the link below and hit "Save as...":
https://archive.org/download/IowaMusicShowcaseEpisode42/Iowa%20Music%20Showcase%20-%20Episode%2042.mp3

Poster by Matt Smith
http://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/
2017/01/ep-42-cover-by-matt-smith.html

TRACK LISTING:
For more information, click on the link below the track.

Cover by Matt Smith
(http://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2017/01/ep-42-cover-by-matt-smith.html)

Opening - Iowa Music Showcase theme by Dylan Boyle
(http://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2015/01/intro-and-closing-dylan-boyle.html)

Song 1 - "A Different Kind of Animal" by Foxholes
(http://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2017/01/ep-42-song-1-different-kind-of-animal.html)

Song 2 - "Dirt Road Soul" by Danny Grause
(http://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2017/01/ep-42-song-2-dirt-road-soul-by-danny.html)

Song 3 - "What You Want" by The Paige Harpin Group
(http://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2017/01/ep-42-song-3-what-you-want-by-paige.html)

Song 4 - "Java Jews Theme Song" by The Java Jews
(http://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2017/01/ep-42-song-4-java-jews-theme-song-by.html)

Song 5 - "Queen of Everything" by Patresa Hartman (plus the music video)
(http://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2017/01/ep-42-song-5-queen-of-everything-by.html)

Extra: Videos of The Dick Danger Band
(http://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2017/01/extra-videos-of-dick-danger-band.html)

Song 6 - "Way Out" (excerpt) by Robert Espe (person behind Des Moines Chamber Ensemble)
(http://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2017/01/ep-42-song-6-way-out-excerpt-by-robert.html)

Song 7 - "Lookin' Fly" by prettygirlhatemachine
(http://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2017/01/ep-42-song-7-lookin-fly-by.html)

Song 8 - "Rest Your Head" by Hallowed Hysteria
(http://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2017/01/ep-42-song-8-rest-your-head-by-hallowed.html)

Song 9 - "say it with me!" by JC//jp
(http://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2017/01/ep-42-song-9-say-it-with-me-by-jcjp.html)

Closing - Iowa Music Showcase theme by Dylan Boyle
(http://iowamusicshowcasesongs.blogspot.com/2015/01/intro-and-closing-dylan-boyle.html)

All song are copyrighted by the performers and composers, and used by their kind permission.


Next episode: Guest Producer Trinity Neal from Music Tsunami!

Iowa Music Showcase can be listened to and/or downloaded on the following sites:
Home page:
http://iowamusicshowcase.blogspot.com/
Feed:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/IowaMusicShowcase
Itunes:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/iowa-music-showcase/id1173339660
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Iowa-Music-Showcase/364796883703114
Soundcloud:
https://soundcloud.com/iowa-music-showcase
Bandcamp:
https://iowamusicshowcase.bandcamp.com/
YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXMPcIaIvvs0Aj4zk2JbXdQ/feed

Iowa Music Showcase is also on Code Zero Radio every Tuesday and Thursday at 10pm central time:
http://codezeroradio.com/

Other websites:
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/iamusicshowcase
Instagram:
https://instagram.com/iowamusicshowcase
ReverbNation:
https://www.reverbnation.com/iowamusicshowcase
Archive.org:
https://archive.org/details/@iowa_music_showcase#uploads
Spotify:
https://play.spotify.com/user/iowamusicshowcase

Labels: classical, country music, eclectic, electronic music, folk music, hip hop, hip-hop, indie, Iowa Music Showcase Live, jazz, Lefty's Live Music, live music, metal music, podcast, podcast episodes, rap, soul music