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6/14/06 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, Cleveland, OH

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As many of you may know Perry was in Cleveland June 14, 2006 for the CMJ Rock Hall Music Fest.
Perry delivered the Keynote Speech at the Rock Hall to kick off the festival.
Latter that same evening DJ Peretz spun some music at the Rock Hall.
This is a news article on the Music Fest from this past Sunday's Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Music Fest creates a mix that still needs some work

Sunday, June 25, 2006
John Soeder
Plain Dealer Pop Music Critic


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The second annual CMJ/Rock Hall Music Fest made some welcome adjustments to improve upon last year's inaugural event. The sequel brought 100-plus acts representing a range of styles -- from indie rock and heavy-metal to hip-hop -- to town June 14-18 for performances at several venues.

This is music to our ears, too: Attendance was up, with 19,100 festivalgoers this year, compared to 17,800 in 2005.

Nonetheless, if it hopes to become the world-class festival Clevelanders long have clamored for, Music Fest has a way to go.

The event is a joint venture between the New York City-based CMJ (College Media Journal) Network and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum.

"We took a major step forward this year," said CMJ Network founder Bobby Haber. "I'm never going to be satisfied enough to think it was a home run. But we'll call it a solid triple."

Terry Stewart, president and CEO of the Rock Hall, said overall, the event was a success.

Festival organizers are ready to do it again in 2007. Let's not get ahead of ourselves just yet, though.

Music Fest's vital statistics remain a far cry from those of its big-sister festival, the CMJ Music Marathon in New York City. It marked its 25th anniversary last year, drawing 100,000 people to catch 1,265 acts at 65 venues.

All in good time, perhaps, as far as Music Fest goes.

"Take it from a guy who has been there: The CMJ/Rock Hall Music Fest is further along in year two than the CMJ Music Marathon was in year five," Haber said.

Music Fest made a definite move in the right direction by relocating the Festival Village, a veritable ghost town last year at the Nautica Entertainment Complex in the Flats. The village found a far more suitable home this year outside the Rock Hall, where 5,000 people caught free afternoon concerts by up-and-coming bands.

Another free attraction, the Goldmine National Record Show, set up shop inside the Rock Hall, adding a natural tie-in to the festivities.

At night in clubland, Music Fest concerts met with mixed results.

Hasidic Jewish reggae sensation Matisyahu headlined a sold-out, electrifying show at the Agora Theatre, and the Fray, a pop-rock group, packed 'em in at House of Blues. Other gigs had modest turnouts.

"We had a phenomenal band, Grupo Fantasma, which played for about 40 people," said Mike Miller, owner of the downtown club Wilbert's.

"I wish the crowds would've been bigger. But I'm not complaining. I had a lot of fun, and I caught some great music."

Six hundred all-access Music Fest badges were issued, although the vast majority of those were complimentary badges for festival affiliates. Music Fest officials declined to say how many badges were sold, at $50 a pop. Venues sold tickets to individual concerts, too.

Turning up

the buzz

Organizers and their club partners agree: If they want to lure more people, the festival's profile requires a boost, in Cleveland and beyond.

"We need a bigger and better marketing plan, which is a challenge, because it takes money," Stewart said. "The biggest issue is finding a better way to get the word out, inside and outside the city."

Half of last year's Music Fest attendees came from outside Northeast Ohio, according to the Convention and Visitors Bureau of Greater Cleveland.

Based on anecdotal evidence, the percentage of out-of-towners was about the same this year, Stewart said, although he had yet to see a firm breakdown of the numbers.

Among some venue operators, the hunch was Music Fest ended up pitting them against each other for a limited pool of mostly local concertgoers.

"The reality is, unless you import people from other cities, there just doesn't seem to be enough of an audience to go around," said Cindy Barber, co-owner of the Beachland Ballroom and Tavern, where Alejandro Escovedo, the Detroit Cobras, Gil Mantera's Party Dream and others got to strut their stuff during the festival.

Last year, the Beachland was jammed for Music Fest shows by Spoon and ex-Pavement frontman Stephen Malkmus.

Nothing the Beachland did this year came even close to selling out, Barber said.

"We need to do a better job of reaching out to other markets, whether it's Columbus, Toledo or Pittsburgh, and getting tourists to check out this event," said Dan Kemer, vice president for marketing and booking for the Midwest division of megapromoter Live Nation, which worked with venues to line up talent for Music Fest.

"Cleveland is a great music town. But there are only so many local music fans. When you have 100 bands playing seven different venues over five days, you really need to get to other communities to get an incremental increase in attendees, which at the end of the day is going to make the event successful."

In their defense, organizers are quick to point out Music Fest is still a fledgling enterprise.

Then again, this was only the fifth year for Bonnaroo, the ultra-hip destination festival held over the same weekend as Music Fest. Bonnaroo drew 80,000 people to a farm in the middle of Tennessee for performances by the likes of Tom Petty, Radiohead and Sonic Youth.

Of course, Bonnaroo has a multimillion-dollar budget. When it comes to booking concerts, Music Fest leaves club operators largely to their own devices, with only so much of their own money to risk on whichever performers might be willing to squeeze Cleveland into their tour plans.

"We certainly would like to get the kind of name-recognition and success Bonnaroo has," Stewart said. "But I don't think we're going to get there the same way."

Music Fest also is aiming for a different vibe than the CMJ Music Marathon or the long-running South by Southwest music festival (alias SXSW) in Austin, Texas, both of which are magnets for record-company executives, talent scouts and other music-industry insiders.

"What we're trying to do is make this a community event for music fans," Kemer said. "If music fans come, the industry follows."

Party tips

from an old pro

The key is top-notch talent, according to Music Fest keynote speaker and guest disc jockey Perry Farrell, ex-frontman for Jane's Addiction and founder of the trend-setting Lollapalooza tour and festival.

"If you bring in great music, you can do amazing things to market it," Farrell said during a pre-Music Fest interview.

He spun tunes by everyone from Devo and the Who to, er, Jane's Addiction when he handled DJ duties alongside Prince Paul and Mick Boogie for Music Fest's opening party at the Rock Hall, a festival highlight.

"As much hype as people throw around, if it's built around nothing, it shrivels fast," Farrell said. "From there, look at it like it's a party. Music brings people together. Once they're there, you have to entertain them and have other things to do. When people are walking around the grounds or experiencing your city, do things to make their time memorable. If you don't, they're just staring at a stage, and they can be anywhere."

Along those lines, another priority for Music Fest is establishing a clear identity to differentiate itself from all the other festivals out there.

Farrell, for one, initially was under the impression the CMJ Music Marathon had pulled up stakes and moved to Cleveland, until a reporter set him straight.


"We need to think about what this festival is supposed to be," Barber said.

If she had her way, Music Fest would pair Rock Hall inductees and other established artists with fresh faces for a one-of-a-kind series of cross-generational concerts.

"Let's come up with some different programming," Barber said. "Let's have Bobby Womack and Van Hunt play together. If we create something unique, it gives people a reason to want to check it out."

Organizers vow they're committed to the festival over the long haul. They plan to meet in the next few weeks to review the 2006 installment and to start laying plans for next year.

The CMJ Music Marathon and SXSW "took a number of years to find their footing," Stewart said. "We have to hold the clubs and the sponsors in place while we continue to grow this festival. It's a big challenge."

Music Fest "is really an attempt over the long term to say, 'If you're into music, and you're within 500 miles or so of Cleveland in mid-June, c'mon out - it's going to be a great time,' " Haber said. "The long-range goal of this event is to put Cleveland back on the international music map in a very big way."

As it stands, we're talking about a good thing for the city. More fine-tuning is needed, however, if the CMJ/Rock Hall Music Fest is to realize its potential for greatness.

To reach this Plain Dealer reporter:

jsoeder@plaind.com, 216-999-4562
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from an old pro

The key is top-notch talent, according to Music Fest keynote speaker and guest disc jockey Perry Farrell, ex-frontman for Jane's Addiction



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el segundo wrote:from an old pro

The key is top-notch talent, according to Music Fest keynote speaker and guest disc jockey Perry Farrell, ex-frontman for Jane's Addiction



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It's alright to be sad about that Joey. I know I still am.
That said I'm really looking forward to Satellite Party and all that Perry has planned for us.
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Nothing's Shocking wrote:
el segundo wrote:from an old pro

The key is top-notch talent, according to Music Fest keynote speaker and guest disc jockey Perry Farrell, ex-frontman for Jane's Addiction



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It's alright to be sad about that Joey. I know I still am.
That said I'm really looking forward to Satellite Party and all that Perry has planned for us.
totally..
8)

So stoked to have memories.. Like 12/28/02 dude hands me a "J" they go into Mountain song...(as an opener.... such a trip)Just as I'm exhaling.... "COMIN DOWN THE MOUNTAIN"
Could never tarnish that.

I like that I don't puff every day. makes it mean more I think.

:lol: no thread jack.. Just love!
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Here's some pictures I took and a review of the Keynote Speech. Thanks J!
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If you post at Xiola you may have seen them already.
I just wanted to get these up here so anyone that hadn't seen them can. :)

This review is for the Keynote Speech
http://www.coolcleveland.com/wordpress/
CMJ-RHMF: Peretz Says, “Polly Wanna Record Deal?”
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
Chapter 1: Peretz Says. It’s the mantra for the major labels and the music industry machine… always looking for that next big thing. And it pretty well sums up the address from the Fourth Floor of the Rock Hall. This afternoon, Jane’s Addiction frontman and CMJ Rock Hall Music Fest keynote speaker DJ Peretz (Perry Farrell) shared some tremendous insights from his music career.

Of particular note was Farrell’s conflicted nature on the major labels themselves. On the one hand, his new outfit called Satellite Party is signed to a major (”… because I needed the money”). But he was quick to suggest that having major involvement could be “situational” (if it suits the project or, seemingly, if the money is right…?) and said that he was fortunate to have some clout in the industry. That can help brush aside the stale environment that major labels tend to foster, he said.

Farrell spent some time discussing the birth of Lollapalooza and “revamping the model” for the 21st Century into an annual “destination event” similar to Bonaroo. It’s the same concept that Farrell sees for Satellite Party–a sort of outer space musical concept that he began constructing with electronics. He described the project (due next month) as a stream of consciousness, 14-song musical that’s more than just a band.

Satellite Party was central to Farrell’s talk. The project features collaborative efforts with Farrell, Nuno Bettencourt (nee Extreme), Peter Hook (New Order) and Thievery Corporation–one of the ambient/downtempo genre’s finest outfits–and aside from some major label bucks behind it, producer Steve Lillywhite (U2, Talking Heads, DMB) is the producer. Sounds too weird and surreal to be true, but descriptions Farrell attributed to the sound of this new project gave this reviewer a whole lot more hope than the spinoff Porno For Pyros did.

Outgoing Rock Hall education guru Warren Zanes served as host and introduced Farrell as a collaborative spirit who has defined a generation, not to mention his uncanny ability to anticipate trends in the industry with “a sense for what’s next.”

Farrell, who spins with Prince Paul as “DJ Peretz” tonight at 9 at the Rock Hall, talked a fair amount about the Los Angeles scene and its role in breaking the “alternative” genre to the masses. “There were a lot of talented players out there,” he said, conceding that he and many of his brethren weren’t a part of that group initially… they often tried to be as wild and subversive as possible. Farrell added that upon entering the scene, even he wasn’t radical enough… and his clip-on earring just wasn’t going to cut it.

Farrell was humbled by Zanes’ recollection of Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers) and his comment that Jane’s Addiction was critical to the LA scene’s success and chronolgically perfect. He also shared the thought that “MTV was never really relevant,” and that he and Bettencourt decided one night during the Satellite Party recording sessions, they would watch it with the sound down.

“It’s really telling, with the sound down… if I see one more band wearing black,” Farrell said, rolling his eyes. “Now everyone has a stylist and that makes me want to puke.”

And yet, Farrell is not ready to give up on the power of music and the real people who make it. He offered that people burn out on tired, old routines and related to music as like a restaurant you frequent too much. Then you never want to go back. With a little creativity, music can always be a staple and an opportunity for the masses to be organized. He added that Lollapalooza was an opportunity to continue the intrigue that ears initiate. The ears, Farrell reasoned, are the most subtle receptors of the human body and allow greater access into the human mind.

This, he said, explained why music is the tie that binds. It was a little bit of a neo-hippie-trip gone off-kilter. But then he grounded this observation quickly with the suggestion that movies really aren’t the ideal medium that music will always be: “That’s why they won’t play ‘Scarface’ at your funeral,” he said, which drew laughs.

Stay tuned… we’ll have a report from the Rock Hall later on highlighting the Opening Celebration that DJ Peretz, Prince Paul and others will have a hand in. (Please note, Red Bull donations for yours truly can be left at the Rock Hall front desk with my name on it).

See you shortly,

CHQ
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Here's two more reviews and some links for some more pics.
http://www.cmj.com/relay/?p=581
CMJ Rock Hall Opening Night Party
Posted by Matthew Field Thursday, June 15th, 2006

DJ sets from Prince Paul and Perry Farrell set the tone for the second annual CMJ/RockHall Music Fest, running through Sunday, June 18 in Cleveland. Local favorite DJ Mick Boogie warmed up the crowd with an energetic set. Prince Paul hit the decks next and rocked a crowd of over 500 with a hip-hop history lesson that hop-scotched between classic block party jams, crate-digger collages and modern day rump shakers. Farrell closed out the night with a genre-hopping flashback and often grabbed the mic for some singalongs. Things got a little surreal when Farrell shimmied up the the front of the stage for a karoke-style singalong to a remix of Jane’s Addiciton’s “Been Caught Stealing”.

Earlier yesterday afternoon, Farrell gave the event’s keynote address. Overflowing with his trademark charisma and enthusiasm, Farrell offered up his views on the future of music, the industry and expanded on his “life is a party” worldview/business model.

The evening programming kicks off tonight with a performance from Alejandro Escovedo and sold-out shows from Matisyahu and The Fray.

Some pics at the link above. More pics here:
http://www.cleveland.com/musicfest/phot ... ?g_id=4653

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No Chris Gaines Sightings Just DJ Peretz as CMJRHMF Kicks Off
As mentioned in this week’s Cool Cleveland, culture editor Francis X. Bova III from the Cleveland State University Cauldron (my alma mater, as many of you know) is tag-teaming coverage of the CMJ Rock Hall Music Fest with me this year… Here’s the first of his many reports. — CHQ

Where did Clevelanders witness Bob Dylan’s hair (circa 1956-1966) and DJ Peretz’s (a.k.a. Perry Farrell) flare on Wednesday evening? Fittingly, the locale was the Rock Hall for the Opening Celebration to the CMJ Rock Hall Music Fest.

For guests on this special night would be entertained with the styling of DJ Prince Paul and former Jane’s Addiction and Porno for Pyros lead man and co-founder of Lollapalooza Perry Farrell/DJ Peretz on turntables. And they were given access to the entire museum (including Bob Dylan’s Journey exhibit here until September) all for ten dollars.

With no idea what to expect one could have been lost in the ‘House that Freed built’ especially on this unique night. Nuzzled in the northeast corner, laid the stage, fresh with three turntables set-up like a triangle. DJ Prince Paul would occupy the front two tables from 9 to 11 giving Cleveland samples, beats, and jams of raw R&B, rap, and old school hip-hop. Paul dropped everything from Montell Jordan’s “This Is How We Do It” to A Tribe Called Quest’s “Scenario.” The man was a machine going non-stop, seemingly feeding off the crowd (a rough estimate of about 100) on the makeshift dance floor. The highlight of his set: the maniac spinning during Blackstreet’s “No Diggity.” After wrapping up a little after 11, Paul gave way to the evening’s star and afternoon keynote speaker.

Did Cleveland give Perry Farrell a key to the city yet?

As his alter ego DJ Peretz, Farrell came out to applause and looks of wonder. One question overheard: “What exactly is he going to do?” The answer: It was basically like an XM or Sirius satellite radio show. Farrell/Peretz played songs he loves and was even accompanied on stage by his wife, Etty. Even though looking a bit awkward with the turntables (I know because I was on the second level looking down…I even could have dropped my pen on him) Farrell as Peretz entertained.


He played both old and new. His choices included Van Morrison’s “Here Comes the Night,” Roy Orbison’s “You Got It,” Tom Petty & The Heartbreaker’s “American Girl,” and the new hit single of Gnarls Barkley, “Crazy,” just to name a few.


The highlight of the roughly hour and a half set, judging by the air guitars, was Peretz playing Addiction’s 1990 hit “Been Caught Stealing” off of Ritual de lo Habitual. The alter ego was in tune grabbing the mic and belting along to it. It wasn’t all about self-promotion for Farrell…er, I mean…Peretz. The DJ dug deep and mashed-up Led Zeppelin’s “Whole Lotta Love” with Snoop Dogg’s “Drop It Like It’s Hot.” All said the Opening Celebration was a good starter for what will sure to be a hectic weekend.

Before exiting Farrell or was it Peretz played one last song described as, “Jim Morrison is in heaven looking down through a porthole.” The whimsical tune had fitting lyrics, “Just try to stop us, we are going to love.”

So… was the eclectic Farrell subliminally implying the CMJ Rock Hall Music Fest?

We will keep you updated,

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