Houston Music Roundtable

	Tuesday, Feb 7 7pm	Location: The Volcano (2349 Bissonnet)
	First tuesday gathering. Join MJ Hancock for an exploration of Houston Media Source

	Tuesday, Mar 7 7pm	Location: The Volcano (2349 Bissonnet)
	First tuesday gathering. Pre-SxSW party to celebrate & strengthen the Houston music scene.

	Tuesday, Jan 3 7pm	Location: The Volcano (2349 Bissonnet)
	First tuesday gathering.

	Tuesday, Dec 6 7pm	Location: The Volcano (2349 Bissonnet)
	First tuesday gathering.

	Tuesday, Nov 1 7pm	Location: The Volcano (2349 Bissonnet)
	First tuesday gathering.

	Tuesday, Oct 4 7pm	Location: The Volcano (2349 Bissonnet)
	First tuesday gathering. Our guest will be Sandy Hickey from the Houston Blues Society.

	Tuesday, September 6 7pm	Location: The Volcano (2349 Bissonnet)
	First tuesday gathering, in conjunction with Meetup.com. This month, come meet the on-air personalities for the 90.1 KPFT Monday afternoon HAAM Show: Chris Collins, Connie Mims, and Bill Cabrera. They will be discussing how to get your music on the radio, and they will share with you their likes and dislikes regarding music submissions.

	Tuesday, Aug 2 7pm	Location: The Volcano (2349 Bissonnet)
	First tuesday gathering, in conjunction with Meetup.com.

	Wednesday, July 13 8pm	Location: The Rice Hotel - Whiskey Room
	NARAS Mixer - more info TBA!

	Tuesday, July 5 7pm	Location: The Volcano (2349 Bissonnet)
	First tuesday gathering, in conjunction with Meetup.com.

	Monday, June 27 7pm	Location: Wired Java & Internet Cafe (9740 Barker Cypress Rd.)
	Al & Courtney Delaney are the proprietors of the Outbound Music website, a resource for local musicians. They also host a weekly monday-night open mic night at Wired Java Cafe. On the 27th, we'll crash their party with a networking event. :) The open mic runs from 7-10 pm, so come on out for networking & talking with other local musicians and people in the industry.

	Saturday, June 18 9pm	Location: The Sidecar Pub (11202 Huffmeister)
	The Sidecar pub is a well known music venue in town, with both local and national acts performing several nights a week. The Buddhacrush and The Googe are both roundtable regulars; if you've ever been to a gathering, you've probably met members of both. Mary Lee (manager of the Buddhacrush) will be the host for the evening. Go out and support 2 great Houston bands! Email support@musicroundtable.com if you're planning on going.

	Tuesday, June 7 7pm	Location: The Volcano (2349 Bissonnet)
	First tuesday gathering, in conjunction with Meetup.com.

	Tuesday, May 31 7pm	Location: The Volcano (2349 Bissonnet)
	Host: Jennifer Grassman	Topic: Houston Indie CD Compilation
	Regular weekly gathering. Jennifer will be taking materials from bands interested in participating in an upcoming local music CD compilation.

	Tuesday, May 24 7pm	Location: The Volcano (2349 Bissonnet)
	Regular weekly get together.

	Wednesday, May 18 7pm	Location: Dan Electro's (1031 E. 24th)
	An excursion to Dan Electro's for a networking gathering. More info to be announcecd.

	Tuesday, May 17 7pm	Location: The Volcano (2349 Bissonnet)
	Regular weekly get together.

	Tuesday, May 10 7pm	Location: The Volcano (2349 Bissonnet)
	Regular weekly get together.

	Friday, May 6 9pm	Location: Rudyards (2010 Waugh)
	This will be our first Roundtable Supports night. We're going to see a show by roundtable regulars Jeff Balke (from the band Orange Is In), Arthur Yoria, and Pale. Cover is $6, but if you say you're with the Roundtable, you get in for $5. The show starts at 9pm. Email support@musicroundtable.com if you're planning on going.

	Tuesday, May 3 7pm	Location: The Volcano (2349 Bissonnet)
	First tuesday gathering, in conjunction with Meetup.com. Speakers include Nino Batista (JamHouston.com) and Ant Boogie (of Collective Hallucination, on the subject of "Shameless Self Promotion"). Happy hour drink prices and free food!

	Tuesday, Apr 26 7pm	Location: The Volcano (2349 Bissonnet)
	Host: Mary Jane Hancock	Topic: ASCAP & Membership Benefits
	Mary Jane will talk about the purpose of performance rights organizations (PROs), and what ASCAP does.

Date: Apr 19
Host: Gina Rotolo | Elmore PR
Topic: How To Market Your Act
Description: Gina is a professional Public Relations account manager with Elmore Public Relations. She's also very involved in the local music scene. She'll be talking about how bands can better market themselves.
Date: Apr 12
Host: 2 Year Anniversary Party
Description: Big party! Everybody's coming!
Date: Apr 5
Host: Paula Maya
Description: Paula is an independent musician from Brasil, now living in Seattle (she was formerly a Houston resident as well). She's in town for a few days and wanted to meet the music community here.
Date: Mar 29
Host: Mista White
Topic: Remaining Independent: 10 reasons why you should remain an independent artist
Description: Mista White will make arguments why seeking a corporate label contract is becoming more and more a fool's goal. He'll show ways to do things differently, to get around the corporate system(s), such as coming together for projects like 100th MONKEY. He'll also talk about low/no budget recording, creative packaging and promotion, and more. Included will be some handouts with resources, web sites, and maybe even some templates for making your own sleeves, and other things. Should be very insightful and provocative. [NOTE: Mista White ended up cancelling due to medical problems.]
Date: Mar 22
Host: Richard Cholakian
Topic: @ Clark's
Description: Richard is a well known entertainment booker (and phenominal drummer to boot). Clark's is a new downtown venue that boasts a built-in recording studio. Come down for live showcasing bands, free food, and lots of musicians hanging out.
Date: Mar 15
Host: Jeff Balke | Two Roads Media
Topic: Web Site Design & Creation
Description: Two Roads Media is one of Houston's top web design firms, and they've done sites for many local bands in addition to businesses of other sorts. Join Jeff as he talks about how to get started with your own web site - what to expect, what to look for, how much to budget, etc.
Date: Mar 8
Host: Mixer At The Meridian
Description: The Meridian is hosting the meeting on 3/8 after all (see below). In addition, Mary Jane Hancock will be inviting lots of Houston film makers out to augment the attendance for a giant SxSW kickoff party. NOTE: The Meridian / Pace Concerts management HAS still decided to drop that event back to a quarterly schedule (rather than monthly) so it can be even bigger and better. That means the next one after this will be in June.
Date: Mar 1
Host: Veronica Butler | Rockin' For Rise
Description: Many of you have met Veronica at the Meridian Mixers, talking about her school ("The Rise School") and the upcoming benefit show, Rockin' for Rise. This week, Veronica will come on over
Date: Feb 22
Host: Mary Jane Hancock
Topic: Put on a Fundraiser for KPFT, KTSU, or any other non-profit entity.
Description: Come get tips from MJ as she shares secrets from Carolyn Farb's newest book 'The Fine Art of Fundraising'. Learn how to put on your own event to raise money for a charity you love and to get your band exposure.
Date: Feb 15
Host: Mark Dinerstein from Pace Concerts
Description: Mark Dinerstein, a talent buyer with Pace Concerts, will host this evening. Come see the man behind the myth behind the man.
Date: Feb 8
Host: The Meridian
Description: The Meridian is starting up their "industry night" again after a January hiatus, so we're gonna join forces and all go to the Meridian to mix and mingle. If that's not your bag, someone will also be hosting at the Volcano (interested?), so you can go talk music over there as well (and not have to shout).
Date: Feb 1
Host: Cynthia Lopez and Rick Mendez of Volatil
Topic: Music En Espanol
Description: The Houston Press called 2004 the "year of the latino" in the Houston music scene, and for good reason. Local music "en espanol" has been steadily gaining clout in Houston. Come join Raul Rodriguez (aka DJ Woo from KPFT's Grito Alternativo show) along with Cynthia Lopez and Rick Mendez, of the Rock En Espanol band "Volatil", for a mixer. Everybody's welcome, but spread the word especially to all the spanish speaking musicians you know in town!
Date: Jan 25
Host: Mary Jane Hancock
Topic: StickerGuy.com
Description: Got merch? Got stickers? Come join Mary Jane as she explores some local (and national) information on where to get your merchandice.
Date: Jan 18
Host: Pete Bawa
Description: Pete Bawa, of Todville Road, hosts a relaxed evening of hanging out and meeting folks. (Also, FYI, there's a members-only NARAS mixer at Sambuca Jazz Cafe this night as well.)
Date: Jan 11
Host: Aerik Bass (Houston Band Coalition) / Mike Naus (Houston Tsunami Relief)
Description: UPDATED - There will NOT be a mixer at the meridian this week (they're temporarily closed due to administrative problems). Instead, we've got TWO excited hosts with exciting topics this week at the volcano. Aerik Bass, of Holister Fracus and the Houston Band Coalition, will be getting together with folks to talk about their organization and upcoming show with the Austin Indie Network. Also Mike Naus, of Vertigo Blue, will be meeting with bands interested in participating in upcoming Tsunami Relief benefit concerts. Come for both topics!
Date: Jan 4
Host: Meetup.com
Description: No particular theme this week - just getting together to hang out and network.
Date: Dec 28
Host: No Meeting
Description: Some of us will be there, but we've got nothing major scheduled, due to the holidays.
Date: Dec 21
Host: Devon Mikeska and Elizabeth Collins, Broken Record Productions
Description: The said something about Karaoke ... dear god, I hope that was in reference to something else. In any event, this will be a wacky night. Come have some eggnog. Or, some beer.
Date: Dec 14
Host: The Meridian
Description: The Meridian is having another musicians mixer and "industry night", so rather than planning something separate, we're gonna join forces and all go to the Meridian to mix and mingle.
Date: Dec 7
Host: Meetup.com
Description: The monthly musicians meetup - come to meet potential band members, or just to hang and talk about music in Houston.
Date: Nov 30
Host: Lon Bozarth of Soundboard
Topic: Grassroots Promotion
Description: Lon is coming in to Houston from Austin to talk at the roundtable, and to launch the Houston version of AustinSoundboard.com - a local street team web site for grassroots music promotion.
Date: Nov 23
Host: Dan Workman
Topic: Dan Workman Music
Description: An informal mixer to meet with Dan Workman of Sugarhill Studios and Dan Workman Music (www.danworkman.com). Having produced hits for the likes of Destiny's Child, Dan is one of the more visible (not to mention friendly) faces in the Houston music scene. Come say hello!
Date: Nov 16
Host: The Houston Chronicle
Topic: Get your band featured in the Chronicle!
Description: The city's most popular Web site is home to all things Houston, including its local bands. Want to learn how your band can have a shot at being featured on chron.com, a site that has more than 1.6 million page views, on average, every day? Contributing writers Sara Cress and Joey Guerra will be on hand to receive your press kits and CDs, and to talk about chron.com/localbands and the weekly Local Bands feature in Preview. And if that's not enough, come for the free munchies while they last, compliments of the Chronicle!
Date: Nov 9
Host: Mary Jane Hancock
Topic: Houston Media Source
Description: Houston has several public access options for getting your music in front of a viewing audience on TV. Come find out more about them.
Date: Nov 2
Host: Ian Varley
Topic: Meetup.com
Description: We meet once again with the Meetup.com group - last time it was a huge turnout, hopefully it will be again!
Date: Oct 26
Host: Ian Varley
Topic: No Topic
Description: It's a busy week, let's just have a beer. :)
Date: Oct 19
Host: Pete Bawa
Topic: Venue night!
Description: Pete is compiling a list of venues in town with information about what kind of music they have, who to contact, etc. He'll also host a meeting of venue owners to meet musicians and talk about their ideas and concerns in the Houston scene.
Date: Oct 12
Host: Mary Jane Hancock
Topic: Meet with Filmmakers www.swamp.org
Date: Oct 5
Host: Ian Varley
Topic: Meetup.com
Description: Meetup.com is a worldwide organization that facilitates local meetings of interest groups of all kinds. There has been a Houston Musician Meetup group for some time, but it never gained much momentum and was typically poorly attended (or not attended at all). We've now organized the Meetup.com meeting to coincide with the Houston Music Roundtable, to strengthen both groups.
Date: Sep 28
Host: Nino Batista of Ronel Multimedia
Topic: Graphic Design - Album Art, Posters & More
Description: Nino Batista, a musician and the former editor of RockMusicNews.net and BassZone.net, hosts an evening to explore what Houston has to offer in the areas of Graphic Design for musicians - album art, posters, web sites, and everything else you might need a graphic designer to do.
Date: Sep 21
Host: Drew Ernstien and Melissa Crockett from Fire and Ice Promotions
Topic: Metal!
Description: Meeting of local metal bands and promoters, hosted by promoters Drew Ernstien and Melissa Crockett (Fire and Ice Promotions). In their words: "This will be a good time to talk about the metal scene in Houston brainstorm ideas, and share our concerns."
Date: Sep 14
Host: Mary Jane Hancock
Topic: Meet with the Musicians Benevolent Society
Description: The Musicians Benevolent Society is a local organization that helps musicians when they're down and out. Come meet Steve and see what you can do to help them in their quest to make Houston a hospitable place to be for all kinds of musicians.
Date: Sep 7
Host: Devon Mikeska and Elizabeth Collins, Broken Record Productions
Topic: "That rocks" with Devon - Making Houston Music News
Description: Get a chance to have your band featured / interviewed for "That Rocks", a live news program that airs every Tuesday night on Channel 17. Devon and Elizabeth will be hosting the evening, and doing interviews with bands. If you're interested in getting in on the interview action, email Devon at devonm11@aol.com.
Date: Aug 31
Host: Ian Varley
Topic: Managing your contacts and lists
Description: Do you have an industry contact list? A fan / mailing list? How fast are they growing? How well do you utilize them? Tonight, we'll examine different approaches to keeping track of and contacting people. There's a world of difference between doing it well and doing it poorly, and a little improvement goes a long way.
Date: Aug 24
Host: Tim McGlashen of The Buddhacrush
Topic: A meeting with recording studio owners
Description: Tim tells me he's bringing his own food to this one, so whatever happens, it'll be good.
Date: Aug 17
Host: Jerry Richard of Tru Sol
Topic: Concentrating on the combination of visual artists & photographers with bands.
Description: This meeting, musicians can connect with area photographers, videographers, and other visual artists. Create dialouge about having a good press materials (off and on line) as well as possible inclusion of visual art with your musical performances.
Date: Aug 10
Host: Mary Jane Hancock
Topic: Interact with the American Book Cooperative (ABC) www.americanbookcooperative.org
Description: This week will be an odd-ball ... a non-music-themed gathering. Members of the American Book Cooperative will hold a mixer. If you feel like showing up (or maybe you have an idea for a musical book? Uh...) come on by. A few of us surly musicians will be hanging out too.
Date: Aug 3
Host: Ian Varley
Topic: Spread the word!
Description: There are more than 25,000 people working in music industry in the Houston metro area. How many of them do you know? This week we'll have a plain old meet-and-greet mixer, with a theme: let's see how far and wide we can spread the word about the get-together. Tell everybody you know who's involved in music, bring your friends and bandmates, and let's see how many folks we can get meeting face-to-face at one time. The more we know each other, the more we can help each other!
Date: Jul 27
Host: Pete Bawa and Bruce Stone of Todville Road
Topic: CD Production process
Description: Pete and Bruce are in the process of putting out a record with their band, and they thought it would be useful to share info, stories, tips, leads, etc. on the CD production process - everything that happens after you record the actual music - mastering, pressing CDs, getting artwork done, etc. The process can be intimidating and mystifying if it's your first time, so they'll share their perspective on the process. Also present will be Allen Corneau, a Mastering engineer from Essential Sound in Houston, and a few other folks in this end of the business. If you've ever put out a record on your own or you're thinking about doing so, come and share your experience.
Date: Jul 20
Host: Al Delaney from Outbound Music
Topic: Getting the most out of the Internet
Description: Al will present some information on how to use the internet to its best effect for promoting your act, selling your merchandise, and making contact with new fans. We'll invite several folks who do online promotion of one sort or another in Houston, and give everybody a chance to see all the stuff that's out there.
Date: Jul 13
Host: Mary Jane Hancock
Topic: Entertainment attorneys mix and mingle with Musicians looking for representation
Date: Jul 6
Host: Ian Varley