#dance music producer

[chrisburke]

Thank you for another year of incredible support on @spotify ❤️

[unhinged-popsocket]

Hi I’ve been largely ignoring this website cause yippee finals and yay mental health

Neway here’s them those unfinished music of mine in a more presentable format

Go listen please c’mon I crave attention

[ashleywool]

What would you need from the fans of How To Dance In Ohio for a ProShot to be streamed somewhere like Broadway HD or similar? Would it need to be a Kickstarter or a social media campaign? Is there anyone we can write to? Part of my reason for asking is selfish, since I would love to see the show, but this show is also historic and groundbreaking in a lot of different ways and I also think your amazing performances need to be preserved as a part of Broadway history.

I know this is probably a really sad time for you and the rest of the Ohio cast/creative team and even if a ProShot never happens and nothing ever comes of it, just know that you, all of you, touched more lives and hearts than you could possibly know just by being who you are.

Thanks so much for asking. This is something we have been discussing with the producers, because obviously we'd all love it to happen too.

Warning: incoming info-dump, albeit a grossly oversimplified one:

It would cost about $3M to produce a pro-shot. Here's an incomplete list of where that money would go:

-The regular costs of the venue itself--which, when you include rent, utilities, and staff salaries (security, bartenders, ushers, custodians, all the people who are just in charge of maintaining the Belasco), comes out to about $1K a minute.

-The labor of obtaining necessary permits for filming onsite.

-The labor of the film crew, including load-in, setup, and breakdown of equipment, and coordinating with stage management to make sure their shooting doesn't get in the way of backstage choreography, and making any adjustments accordingly

-The collaboration between the film crew and the in-house sound crew to make sure the audio is captured and balanced properly

-The labor of post-production: editing, color correction, sound adjustment, etc.

-There are also different contracts (and higher pay) for the actors, stage managers, stage crew, sound crew, lighting crew, and wardrobe crew, in addition to our current contracts wherein we're just doing the show as usual. This can get particularly complicated with the actors and stage managers, since our Broadway contracts are through Actors' Equity Association (the union for stage actors and stage managers) but the contract for having our work filmed and distributed in theaters or on streaming platforms is under SAG-AFTRA (the union for film actors).

This is not a complete list, but to give you some context: that's about what it would cost just to make the thing. The costs and logistics of actually distributing it is a different story altogether, and a lot of that would depend on strategizing around future productions and making sure the availability of the pro-shot wouldn't compromise, say, a national tour. I'm not a producer and don't have the numbers and the research, but what I'd love to see happen is, the pro-shot gets a limited theatrical release to coincide with a national tour, and then gets released to streaming platforms when the tour is wrapped. (Of course, as an elder millennial who's genetically incapable of not being financially stressed, I don't care where or how it's released as long as I get those residual checks lol.)

As to your question of crowdfunding: as far as I understand it (and I'm not an entertainment lawyer so I likely have very incomplete information, so don't take my word at total face value): in order to crowdfund for a pro-shot, the producers would likely need to establish a new business entity and it would have to be a nonprofit entity so it could legally solicit donations from the public. Broadway shows are commercially produced, and each iteration of the commercially-produced production has its own business entity. When the show was in workshops and in Syracuse, the business entity was "Amigos in Ohio, LLC." The Broadway entity is "Amigos on Broadway, LLC." The only difference it makes on my end is the name that shows up on my bank statement when I get my direct deposit every week, but the difference it makes from a producer perspective is much more significant and it has a big effect on how productions are legally and ethically allowed to be funded, and again I'm not an entertainment lawyer so explaining what those differences are is beyond me.

I will say, however, Ken Davenport has been a real innovator when it comes to how shows can be produced--in 2010, he launched what eventually became the first crowdfunded Broadway musical with the Godspell revival. I know very little about how all of that actually works, but I do think something like that would be a boon to the industry in the year of our dark Majestic Theater 2024. And it would also give the fans a way to connect with the material and the business on a deeper and more personal level.

Meanwhile, if you want to learn more about how Broadway works from the producers' side, you should check out Sammy Lopez's Producing 101 course on The Business of Broadway. (I'm going to be in an upcoming class myself and it's all virtual, so maybe I'll see you there!)

[true-bluesargent]

found out today that my dad has music on spotify... where has he been hiding this hello???? but he only has 6 monthly listeners :( so i will be streaming it now on loop. love you dad <3

[shamanluna-radio-prog]

Dance forever in my peace fontain

[soundrooms]

H A N N E S   B I E G E R   |    Berlin Studio 2020

Auf Bieger und brechen! 😂🤷🏻‍♂️

[matrixfusion]

AWESOME TECHNO NEW MUSIC 2024

[elbastardoofficial]

This is my first ever retrowave-inspired song, and I’m planning to do a full album in this style. If you like this, I’d really appreciate if you’d go over and give me a like and/or subscribe on YouTube to help me out getting this into more ears. I’m trash at promoting myself, lol.

[chrisburke]

Tiësto and Armin, the greatest 2 to ever do it 🙌🏻

[tomboysquirrel]

𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱.

shoutout to nuphory (fka Volant) and Jenceno for being huge inspirations for this rmx!

cover art by me (shoutout to jackflash for the epic metalheart assets) <3

[bantuotaku]

THE WORLD IS YOUR! 🌍 I was listening to @nas this week and I felt compelled to flip this joint most widely know by producer @realpeterock I’m not gonna lie that finding this gem within an #AhmadJamal was legendary.

💿🎵: Ahmad Jamal - I Love Music

🎤: T La Rock - It’s Yours

Source

[weekesent]

** NANI GOINS **

RNB AT ITS BEST 💯🎶🎼🎵🎤

[oro-de-ley]

Victoria Monét - Jaguar Live Session (2021)

[lookedlikethebins]

filling a producer george prompt (👀❕) but i cannot tell you the last time i was in a club so i'm trying to get into the Spirit with charli's Lightning (on repeat) and this picture:

[soundrooms]

D E M I R   E B R I N C   |   🦩

Nice vibes, thanks for the submission!

[rinas4ki]

Need your thoughts on this album bc it kinda changed me @nayeonline @clowndra