If you’re running a music venue in Carlow or happen to work with one then talk to us about your listings! We want to promote music in Carlow and you want to get your music promoted! Drop us a line with your gig listings on a weekly basis and we’ll get them added to the site here!
We also pick out a selection of gigs to cover on the weekly podcast show, if you’re listings are in before Tuesday of each week then you could be featured on that week’s podcast.
The very first PodCamp Ireland hits Kilkenny this coming Saturday September 29th in the Kilkenny Ormonde Hotel.
PodCamp Ireland is a new media community unconference that helps to connects people with an interest in new media, podcasting, blogging, social networks and many of the other wonders the online world has to offer.
The one day event opens at 10am with an address from Junior Minister for Trade and Enterprise John McGuiness TD and will feature a series of informal talks and workshops with the emphasis on podcasting and new media.
The five-strong organising team of Bernie Goldbach (Tipperary Institute, Podcasting.ie), Conn Ó Muíneacháin (Edgecast Media, Imeall Podcast), Brian Greene (Doop.ie, Talking Voices), Krishna De (Biz Growth News, Todays Women in Business, The Podcast Sisters) and Kilkenny-man Ken McGuire (Event Ireland / KilkennyMusic.com) have spent the last few months putting Ireland’s first ever dedicated podcasting event in place, choosing Kilkenny as it’s location.
“It makes perfect sense to hold the event in Kilkenny.”, says Ken McGuire, “The city is rapidly becoming the creative capital of Ireland and with so much to offer in terms of history, tourism, music, arts, technology, culture – it makes sense to bring an event to Kilkenny that has the possibility to tie all of that together”.
On the day there will be plenty of discussion surrounding podcasting and new media where people will be able to learn what exactly a podcast is, how to use podcasts to promote the arts, building communities through blogging and podcasting and more. There will also be some practical workshops looking at audio production, sound recording, publishing audio to the web and everything else a podcaster or blogger would need to know to get started.
If you don’t know what a podcast or blog is then don’t let that stop you attending this free event. The day offers a chance for beginners and experts to discover and develop social media skills as well as share their knowledge with others on the day. The open environment of PodCamp allows you to arrive on the day and conduct your own talk should you wish to do so.
But the event isn’t just for the technical folk – musicians young and old, artists, teachers, business people, community leaders are all invited to attend and participate and learn about developments in new media and podcasting and how it can be of benefit to your activities.
Special guest to the event is renowned podcaster and author Neville Hobson of the ‘For Immediate Release’ podcast and co-author of ‘Everything With Podcasting’ who will be speaking on the day and signing copies of his latest book.
PodCamp is open to all who wish to attend and is a free event. Further details, along with access to free registration can be found by visiting PodCampIreland.com.
Last night saw the Heineken Green Spheres tour arrive in Carlow with Vitalic on the stage in the Dinn Ri - how was it for you? Any feedback you’d like to share with CarlowMusic.com? Early feedback from people suggested it was “worth it” and the “best gig ever”.
Todays video is from Dublin hardcore punks, 20BullsEach, a great track from their album, Lost Causes. They played in the Vinyl Bar last summer and are hitting the Zoo Bar in Kilkenny on Saturday 29th. You can find out more about this upcoming gig here. For now “Bow Down”.
Above: Skylight in November 2005 to Waiting to Explode in May this year.
KilkennyMusic.com celebrates its 2nd birthday today so make sure to swing by and leave some love. As CarlowMusic gets a facelift in the coming weeks and we step up our services and coverage of the Carlow music scene, you can get a sneak preview of things to come over at KKM.
In just two short years we’ve come a long way, but none of it could have happened without the bands and musicians we’ve worked with, and of course the people who use the forums and the website. KKM now has over 1000 registered users, band profiles, downloads and as Resident Photographer I’m proud to announce there is now 1000 photographs in the KKM Galleries.
As far as we are concerned, “we’re only getting started!” but hopefully as KKM continues to grow, we will be able to offer the same services to bands, musicians and music fans from the Carlow area.
I’ll say it again, “change is coming!” but for now it’s back to birthday celebrations. “Happy 2nd Birthday KilkennyMusic.com!”
Just a heads up that within the next week or so we’ll be bringing CarlowMusic.com more in line with KilkennyMusic.com by terms of appearance. This will mean opening up more areas of the site and kicking off the gallery.
If you’ve got shots from nights out in Carlow you would like to share (gig nights) then get in touch today!
Dave Browne (Picturehouse) hits Kilkenny this weekend in advance of the release of his new album ‘Windows To The Soul’. Tickets for the gig, kicking off at 10pm this Saturday in Cleere’s, are 20 euro each but we’re giving away two pairs of tickets (total value €80) through KilkennyMusic.com.
All you have to do is go here and leave a comment on the post with your name. Winners will be drawn on Friday afternoon. Tickets can’t be exchanged for cash, sorry!
You can hear tracks from ‘Windows To The Soul’ on the night as well as music from Dave’s forthcoming live EP release ‘Prelude’ which hits the shops next month.
Art Links announced recently that it will be rolling out €40,000 in bursaries for the South East. To qualify for this bursary, €8,000 of which will be going to Carlow, you need to be registered on ArtLinks.ie.
The team behind CarlowMusic.com are currently involved in the creation of a series of professional development courses with ArtLinks, dubbed ‘Getting Ahead In The Music Industry’. We’re delighted to be working with ArtLinks on this project as we’ll be traveling around the South East, linking up with musicians of all ages to discuss various elements of the music industry in Ireland.
ArtLinks is a NEW Art Resource for creative practitioners, 18 years and over, who are resident in the administrative areas of Co. Carlow, Co. Kilkenny, Co. Waterford, Co. Wexford and Co. Wicklow. ArtLinks is coordinated by the ArtLinks Director working with the 5 County Arts Offices. The ArtLinks programme is based on several years consultation with local creative practitioners, specialist working groups with ongoing research and is supported by the Irish Arts Council.
ArtLinks aims to both provide a range of professional services to all creative practitioners and highlight their creative endeavours in this region to a wider audience.
