SPECIAL REPORT from the Change Music Series in Seattle

Change Music Series does Seattle. If you hope to buy an answer to how to break your band on the Net, count on thinking it up yourself. No one knows. No bands have been broken exclusively on the web. Yet.

Look to the Change Music Series as a well-executed forum to educate folks about music and technology through a smart, candid group of panelists. As evidence, one attendee prefaced her question to the panel by saying, "this is getting good."

After a day of tech-talk came the cocktail soirees. The club crawl included artist showcases from Sup Pop Records (the Makers, Love As Laughter, Black Halos), Up Records (764-HERO, Enemymine, Octant, Sick Bees), Kill Rock Stars (Mecca Normal, Bangs, C Average Two Ton Boa), K Records (Black Anger, Shinin', Tilson, C.O.C.O. Nomad) and Man's Ruin Records (High on Fire, Acid King, Men of Porn, The Sensualists.) Participating venues included the Crocodile Café, Graceland, OK Hotel, the Showbox, Sit N'Spin.

Note: The best show I've seen in awhile was the Thursday before at the Catwalk where New York's own, the ROSENBERGS, rocked back-to-back great songs from their forthcoming CD as a warm-up for MODERN ENGLISH.

Next stop: San Francisco September 15-17 and London.

Coming soon: CMJ 2000 Marathon NY

Visit CMJ on the web: www.cmj.com

Reported by Leanne Drum
in Seattle

Compiled by Glennie Rabin
News Editor