MusicBringsUsTogether.net is a blog about our music community, and the people and artists who are immersed in it. This blog is run by Fusion Shows, a Michigan based concert promoter.
I See Stars are in the newest issue of Alternative Press, talking about plans for their new album. If you want to read it yourself, go pick up issue #284 at the AP Store. These guys will be playing their home state of Michigan once again this Sunday, 1/29, at the Loft [Lansing] with Stick to Your Guns, Memphis May Fire, Our Last Night, Make Me Famous, and Between You And Me- you can grab your fee-free tickets at fusionshows.com.
You have a couple more hours before Elliot Street Lunatic’s CD release show at the Loft [Lansing]! Joe Hertler and the Rainbow Seekers, Alco, The Rival, Good Weather For Airstrikes, and Tiger! Tiger! will all be playing as well, so come hang out!
If you’re looking for something to do to pass the time before the show, Elliot Street Lunatic has interviews in revuemm, Lansing City Pulse, Lansing State Journal, The State News, and CM life, so check it out!
Claremont’s going to be playing with Sosaveme, Discover The Season, A Hero Falls, The Threads, and Bus 21 on 3/10 for the Howell Opera House benefit show!
The opera house is a great asset to our music scene, and this is an awesome chance to help out while watching some of your favourite Michigan bands! All proceeds/donations will go to pay down the mortgage of the building, and they’ll be tripled by First National Bank & Music Doing Good. Tickets are only $8 right here- we’d love to see you!
Don’t forget to pick up tickets for The Swellers’ show on 2/22 at The Strutt [Kalamazoo] with Bike Tuff, Hometeam, and Witch Fingers! Fee-free tickets available at fusionshows.com.
We have a show this Friday at the Loft in Lansing! We’d love for you to come out!
Don’t miss Alco with Elliot Street Lunatic, Joe Hertler and the Rainbow Seekers, The Rival, Good Weather For Airstrikes, and Tiger! Tiger! this Friday at the Loft! Tickets available here.
Matthew Milia of Frontier Ruckus did a live recording for Tree Town Sound the other day, take a look! You can click here for a free download, or head over to their bandcamp for more music.
Are you guys going to have any internship opportunities in Grand Rapids this summer or any time soon? I know the Mixtape is closing, but I noticed you are putting on shows at the DAAC and The Pyramid Scheme...
Our offices are in Howell, and 95% of our internship duties are located here. We don’t really do enough shows in Grand Rapids to have too many internship opportunities that are JUST for Grand Rapids.
I like Tiger! Tiger! they always put on a good passionate show. I bet Fusion likes them too thats why they book them haha. But I love Fusion Shows you guys give me a place to go thanks for that.
No, we don’t like them at all. It’s all about their manly sexual appeal, and nothing more. ;)
Is there a band you've booked (first time booking them) that you were excited as fans?
Oh man, so many! Here’s a short list of ones off the top of my head.
Mae Circa Survive Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers Dashboard Confessional Saves The Day Thursday Bayside The Hold Steady mewithoutYou Against Me The Classic Crime As Tall As Lions Copeland
Check out this awesome live session the Soil & the Sun just recorded! They’ll be playing with O’Brother and Junius on 2/23 at the Pyramid Scheme [Grand Rapids], so head over to fusionshows.com to pick up your tickets now.
A Skylit Drive just released their new video for “The Cali Buds”, take a look! You can catch these guys on 4/7 when they play the Crofoot Ballroom [Pontiac] with For Today, Stick To Your Guns, Mychildren Mybride, and Make Me Famous- tickets available here.
Nate Dorough is a promoter from Michigan that runs Fusion Shows, puts on Bled Fest, and does work with Phantom Creative Group as well. In his seventh blog for our ongoing Contributor series, Nate discusses the reality of there actually being an “economy for bullshit” in the music industry, but how important it is to support what you believe has quality. It’s a great read and is certainly relevant whenever you question a tour lineup, so check it out and enjoy!
I learned an awful lot in the three years I worked with Koji. About him. From him. And by doing things for him. “There’s no economy for bullshit” is one of my favorite things that he ever said to me.
I’m not sure he’s right though.
Today, a friend promoter of mine told me that this “Barstool Blackout” Tour sold out his nearly 1000-capacity room in not that large a town, in 2 hours. Sold out. 2 hours. Nearly 1000 tickets. And it’s basically just a trashy party, with no-name DJ’s, fog, some laser lights, and 1000 skanky college kids grinding on each other spastically.
Nearly $20,000 raised in mere moments, by a few shrewd businessmen. No real talent or musical ability involved.
There IS an economy for bullshit.
However, the important thing to understand, for those of us who believe in the power of music, is to support the things that are not bullshit. Foxy Shazam has a new record coming out next week. So does Nada Surf. The Swellers are on tour. La Dispute’s over in Europe with Former Thieves. Tiger! Tiger! and Elliot Street Lunatic and a million great Michigan bands have big local shows this week. The Menzingers are out with Rise Against, a huge opportunity for them. Cheap Girls has a new record coming out next month. Into It. Over It.’s out on the road on the Where’s The Band Tour with some amazing musicians. Weatherbox and Hidden Hospitals and Citizen and Squid The Whale are touring independently and playing a show near you. Record stores and DIY venues are scraping by to provide a valuable service for you. DO NOT TAKE ANY OF IT FOR GRANTED!
![I See Stars are in the newest issue of Alternative Press, talking about plans for their new album. If you want to read it yourself, go pick up issue #284 at the AP Store. These guys will be playing their home state of Michigan once again this Sunday, 1/29, at the Loft [Lansing] with Stick to Your Guns, Memphis May Fire, Our Last Night, Make Me Famous, and Between You And Me- you can grab your fee-free tickets at fusionshows.com.](http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyft3c2QmT1qa89eao1_500.jpg)
![You have a couple more hours before Elliot Street Lunatic’s CD release show at the Loft [Lansing]! Joe Hertler and the Rainbow Seekers, Alco, The Rival, Good Weather For Airstrikes, and Tiger! Tiger! will all be playing as well, so come hang out!
If you’re looking for something to do to pass the time before the show, Elliot Street Lunatic has interviews in revuemm, Lansing City Pulse, Lansing State Journal, The State News, and CM life, so check it out!](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyftx50quT1qa89eao1_500.jpg)
![Don’t forget to pick up tickets for The Swellers’ show on 2/22 at The Strutt [Kalamazoo] with Bike Tuff, Hometeam, and Witch Fingers! Fee-free tickets available at fusionshows.com.](http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lydpj5StDi1qa89eao1_500.jpg)
