Records Records Records

The Music industry has been ever moving towards digitization, or so they say. But I find myself looking through the used records at the thrift store and all my favourite bands have brand new LP's for sale. It seems that LP's are a sign of something real in the un-tactile digital world. And maybe Lp's are an overt way of saying "I'M INDIE" because big record labels know production costs are ridiculous for LP'S. With this in mind I've put together a list of Streaming Cafe artists who have LP's for sale online.

TWILIGHT HOTEL
check out my last entry on Twilight Hotel and buy their LP's here http://twilighthotel.ca/music-and-store/

ANDY SHAUF
The link is http://www.andyshauf.com/ but his record label "P is for Panda" seems to have a broken site so the LP can't be bought right now, maybe soon!

JON RAE FLETCHER
From his former band Jon-Rae and the River
http://www.maplemusic.com







I thought there would be more, but that's all I can find. Let me know if you find any other SC artists with LP's out there on the web.

Happy turn-tabling,

Zach

Twilight Hotel - one of the best bands of 2009

We had the honour and surprise of hosting Twilight Hotel in the early months of the cafe. Their sound is really unique but their songwriting is what captivated me. They've recently moved from their long time base, Winnipeg, MB to Texas. They mentioned at their Streaming Cafe show that the Texan audience really seemed to like their style and sound. So unfortunately for their Canadian fans they're mostly playing in Texas these days. However, you can still watch them in our archives http://streamingcafe.net/archive.php

Like many indie bands now, Twilight Hotel has released Vinyls of some of their recordings you can buy these from their website at http://twilighthotel.ca/music-and-store/ along with CD's and digital downloads.

I can't get enough of this song "Viva La Vinyl" -From their Streaming Cafe Performance.



Keeping you up to date on all Streaming Cafe artists,

Zach

David Blair

David Blair is an exciting and fun personality. We had the pleasure of hosting his show with Paisley Jura back in the summer 09. He was on a "by donation" cross Canada tour. As he went across the country we made some great video blogs (youtube.com/davidblairmusic) telling the story of his tour. I found these a great way to get to know David and his music. It scares me how good a driver he is while holding the camera up to his face and singing at the top of his lunges. He's been laying low in Vancouver getting radio play across Canada and working on a new music video. He's launching his new video for "This is The Soundtrack" Jan 28th at The Cellar in Vancouver, BC so check it out if you are in the area. 

We're exciting to host David again on Jan 16th. Here is one of his video blogs, from the summer tour. 

  

A New Year

Well after a couple weeks of holiday the office is buzzing again: we're getting ready for a great year of live music. The Christmas and New Years compilation shows were great! and we have a great January booked with Treelines and Jodi Pederson coming up this weekend.

December is for looking back and January is for looking forward so I'd like to share some of the things we're exciting about at the Streaming Cafe for 2010. We're planning a February Jazz Fest which will be happening in about a month. We're also excited to have another Blues Fest sometime in the Spring.  We're also working on some really cool technology upgrades coupled with some great facebook and twitter integration. Keep you eyes and ears our on site in the next month for those.

thanks for reading,
Zach

Here is a little video from Treelines who are playing Saturday.

Streaming Cafe's Podcast on iTunes

I was thrilled last night when I turned on my Apple TV and browsed through the Podcast section.
It only took a quick search with the words "streaming cafe" and there it was... our very first video podcast.
The cool thing is that you don't need an Apple TV, you can subscribe to our video Podcast using any computer that has iTunes installed. You can even get it on your iPhone or iPod touch!
We will put out a new Vodcast (it's the official word for "Video Podcast") every week.
Hurry, subscribe and pass on the good news!

Martin