Submissions for Silicon Valley Rocks! 2009 are now open!
Six spots are available. Bands must be connected to the technology industry (work in it, write songs about it, or use technology in their music) and be willing to play for free to support music education in the schools.
Last year, what really struck a “chord” with us [...]
Category Archives: bands
Calling all techies to the stage!
September 26, 2009 – 10:25 am
Got bass? DJ Kid Kameleon rocks the after-party
November 28, 2008 – 1:03 pm
photo courtesy of Kelly Koehler
http://www.myspace.com/kidkameleon
We recently caught up with DJ Kid Kameleon, who’ll be spinning an eclectic mix for us at the SVR after-party—from breakcore to b-more, dubstep to dancehall, club, pop, and maybe even a little rock.
SVR: Who are your major musical influences?
Kid Kameleon: DJ Singe and MC Verb of Soundlab, DJ Spooky, DJ [...]
blacKMahal: bringing people together through music (and tech industry connections)
November 24, 2008 – 3:56 pm
http://www.myspace.com/BLACKMAHALSF
Band Members: Lal Singh Bhatti, Jon Cook, Satish Pillai, Mandeep Sethi, Vijay Chattha
Special Guest: Tim Chang
Tech Industry Affiliations: Vijay Chattha is Chief Talker of VSC Consulting, a PR boutique focused on mobile and Web 2.0 clients ranging from start-ups to blue-chip players. Tim Chang is a partner at Norwest Venture Partners, where he concentrates on [...]
Hey, Ray Davies. You really got Minks!
November 20, 2008 – 5:55 pm
HTTP://WWW.MYSPACE.COM/THEMINKS
Band Members: Jennifer Michalski, Cherie Lebow, Kristina Vukic, Linda Keys, Marie Drennan
Tech Industry Affiliations: Jaman, Autodesk
All Day and All of the Night
Set Me Free
SVR: Tell us about your band. How did you get started? How long have you been playing?
The Minks: Marie started the band after taking up drums and getting hooked. She recruited Jen [...]
The Music Lovers Just Want You to Get It
November 18, 2008 – 10:17 am
http://www.myspace.com/THEMUSICLOVERS
Band Members: Matthew “Ted” Edwards, Ping Chu, Kate Weeks, Jon Brooder, Bryan Cain
Tech Industry Affiliation: Drummer Ping Chu is the Software Developer for Flixster.com.
Bobbie Gentry
Saturday
SVR: Tell us about your band. How did you get started? How long have you been playing?
The Music Lovers: Ted started the group in 2003 and we signed with Detroit indie [...]
Kevin Maney & His Briefs will play for (Google’s) food
November 17, 2008 – 11:05 am
HTTP://CDBABY.COM/CD/KEVINMANEY
Band Members: Kevin Maney, John Given, Bill Coats, Andy Stack
Tech Industry Affiliations: Kevin writes about tech for Conde Nast
Portfolio magazine; John is legal counsel for Digidesign; Bill is managing partner at White & Case in Palo Alto; Andy co-founded Oortle and other tech start-ups.
Privacy
Found It On Google
Wouldn’t Want to Be (Bill Gates)
SVR: Tell us about [...]
Spin Control joins forces for music in the schools
November 14, 2008 – 11:53 am
Band Members: Don Clark, Paul Bergevin, Tom Waldrop, George Alfs
Tech Industry Affiliations: Don works for the Wall Street Journal. Paul, George, and Tom work for Intel.
Friend of the Devil
SVR: Tell us about your band. How did you get started? How long have you been playing?
Spin Control: All of us have been in various bands [...]
fONKSQUISh brings da funk—online and off
November 12, 2008 – 12:33 pm
HTTP://WWW.LAST.FM/MUSIC/FONKSQUISH
Band Members: Chuck Fishman, Neal Landauer, Jason Fifield—and too many others to mention. fONKSQUISh features members of P-Funk, and jazz legends like Byard Lancaster, Prince Lasha, as well as new school producers like G Koop and DJ Zeph.
Tech Industry Affiliation: Chuck is Manager of Media and Entertainment at Cisco.
Calling Me Back (with DJ Zeph and [...]
Project Ahimsa’s West Coast Sessions – This Thursday!
November 4, 2008 – 8:44 am
If you are in San Francisco this Thursday, November 6, check out Project Ahimsa’s West Coast Sessions. The event is a benefit for global music education. Vijay Chatta – of Silicon Valley Rocks! band blacK Mahal – is the co-founder and board chairman.
Project Ahimsa is a global effort to empower youth through music, with offices [...]
