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Festivals & Fun
* Reggae Festivals This Week
* Recipe From The Caribbean Cove: Cook-up Chicken
* Fun & Games: What's the Patois word for a woolen hat used by Dreads to cover their locks?
(for answer, see below under Fun & Games)
The Business of Promoting Reggae
* News & Offerings: Israel's 1st Reggae Benefit & Speak to Reggae Fans
* Ask A Question: How can my band position ourselves as a helpful resource for the press?
* Marketing Tidbit: Steps to Getting Your WWW Registered - The Crucial Registration Process
* About Reggae Festival E-Guide and Contact Us
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Reggae Festivals This Week
Festival listings are believed to be correct. Please
contact the promoter directly for more information.
Friday, August 27, 2004
Yard Festival 2004
St. Goarshausen, Germany
www.chicagocarifete.com
Festival Hotline: 0049 (0) 711 - 238 50 50
Friday-Saturday, August 27-28, 2004
Sister I-Live + 15 Artists
Forestville, CA, U.S.
www.rollo.uni.cc
Hotline: 415-699-4724
Friday-Sunday, August 27-29, 2004
Monterey Bay Reggae Festival
Monterey, California, U.S.
www.mbayreggaefest.net
Festival Hotline: 831-394-6534
Friday-Sunday, August 27-29, 2004
World Unity Festival
Red Hook, New York, U.S.
www.worldunityfestival.com
Festival Hotline: 413-584-3022
Friday-Sunday, August 27-29, 2004
Vitulano Folk Festival "Reggae Edition"
Vitulano (BN), Italy
Email: gianfranco.matarazzoemail.it
Festival Hotline: Please use email above.
Friday-Sunday, August 27-29, 2004
The Feather River Festival
Quincy, California, U.S.
www.renegadeshows.com
Festival Hotline: 530-583-2801
Saturday, August 28, 2004
Afro-Disiac
Jette, Belgium
www.afrodisiac.be
Festival Hotline: 00 32 2 423 13 73
Saturday, August 28, 2004
Lansing Caribbean Festival
Lansing, Michigan, U.S.
Festival Hotline: 517-483-1285
Saturday-Sunday, August 28-29, 2004
Mountain Music Festival
Willow Creek, CA, U.S.
www.mountainmusicfestival.com
Festival Hotline: 530-629-3676
Sunday, August 29, 2004
Reggae Fest Part 2:
Featuring Mikey Dread and Jomo P and Jah Seeds
Newport News, Virginia, U.S.
www.virginiareggae.com
Festival Hotline: 757-329-5238
Sunday, August 29, 2004
Oly Hempfest 2004
Olympia, Washington, U.S.
Festival Hotline: 360-456-3517
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Recipe From The Caribbean Cove
Cook-up Chicken
www.thecaribbeancove.com
A "cook-up" is traditionally made from whatever one has at
hand in the kitchen and pantry, so it seems odd writing a
recipe, including a list of ingredients to have in advance,
for cook-up! Some folks in Jamaica like to add calaloo to the
cook-up pot to make a one-pot meal, but here, we leave calaloo
for a side. This recipe can be made vegetarian by replacing the
chicken with Julienne carrots and using a vegetable stock in
place of chicken stock.
Ingredients
4-5 Pieces Boneless Chicken (Breasts and Thighs)
13 oz Coconut Milk (1 Can)
2 oz Chicken Stock
1 Cup Parboiled White Rice
1 Scallion
2-3 Tablespoons Vegetable Oil
1 Tablespoon White Granulated Sugar
1 Tablespoon Curry Powder
8 oz Black Eyed Peas (1/2 Can Cooked Peas)
Salt
Black Pepper
1 Scotch Bonnet Pepper (optional)
Directions
Rinse the raw chicken and cut into cubes or strips and set
aside. Cut scallion into slices and set aside.
In a medium stock pot, heat the oil on medium-high, and
add sugar. You will brown and slightly caramelize the sugar
in the oil. As you see it starting to brown from the heat,
add the chicken and scallion and slowly stir. The sugar will
brown the chicken and the onions to give it a rich color.
When the chicken has browned evenly on all sides, reduce
the heat to low.
Add coconut milk, stock, rice and curry powder. Stir all
ingredients well in the pot to blend the flavors. Cover
and bring heat to medium-high to bring the pot to a boil.
Once pot has reached a boil, stir and reduce heat to a medium
simmer. Simmer covered for about 30 to 35 minutes, stirring
occasionally. Salt and pepper to taste.
For the last 15 to 20 minutes, add peas and scotch bonnet
(optional) and reduce heat to a low simmer and stir the pot
regularly to blend flavors. Keep a close eye to prevent
burning and sticking to the bottom. Frequent stirring will
prevent burning and blend flavors.
Remove scotch bonnet, and serve with hot calaloo on the side.
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Fun & Games
What's the Patois word for a woolen hat used by Dreads to cover their locks?
"Tam"
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Reggae Festival Guide News & Offerings:
Israel's 1st Reggae Festival Benefit: Organizer Needs Your Help
Next summer in Israel, a Reggae Peace Festival is being organized to bring the
healing message of reggae to the holy land. Proceeds will go to organizations
such as ones which work with Palestinian and Jewish youth together in summer
camps. Kids arrive hating one another, and leave best of friends.
We need your suggestions, interest/support and sponsorships.
Contact Island Roots Galambos: 707-442-3857 | P.O. Box 4576, Arcata, CA 95518
Email: islandreggaehotmail.com
Speak to Close to 2,000 Reggae Fans by placing information
on your business in this E-Guide. For details please visit:
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Ask A Question
How can my band position ourselves as a helpful resource for the press?
Part II of last week's article: How can my band meet the needs of the media?
By Bob Baker
These countless publications each have audiences that are
hungry for information related to the musical subject of the
publication. Editors, writers, illustrators, photographers
and designers -- many of whom are overworked and underpaid --
decide what information their audiences are most interested
in and do their best to deliver it. In other words, media
people have space to fill. They need quality content to keep
readers happy. To write new reviews, articles and recom-
mendations on a regular basis, they need a steady stream of
ideas. The easier those ideas are to implement, the better
their chances of being used.
It's been estimated that more than 80 percent of what we
read in print and online publications is "planted." No, that
doesn't necessarily mean that stories are covered because of
government conspiracies or because bigwigs slip money under
the table (although you can certainly argue that major-label
ad revenues have an effect on what's covered in the press).
News stories are frequently suggested by public relations
firms, freelance publicists and everyday people who simply
contact the media with interesting article ideas.
No Media Outlet Is an Island
For 10 years, I published and served as managing editor
of my own music magazine in St. Louis, MO. As much as I tried
to get out and see bands perform live and stay up to date on
developments in the music industry, I couldn't possible be
everywhere and know everything at all times. I often relied
on the recommendations of others when making decisions on
what bands and topics to cover.
Sometimes one of my writers would come to me with a story
concept or a press kit from a new band would catch my eye; at
other times, speaking with someone at a concert or on the
phone would spark an idea. I didn't manage my magazine from
within an enclosed fortress and neither do most of the editors,
writers, columnists and reviewers you'll be contacting. They
need people just like you to give them ideas and information
they can use to serve their audiences.
Become a Music PR Resource
Take a look through several music articles and news
stories online right now. Rarely are these stories only about
things, such as products, services, events, companies and so
on. Most good articles have a human element. Especially when
it comes to covering musical acts. The personality and image
of the artist and what he or she stands for play a key role
in determining how newsworthy an act is.
Shouldn't you be someone who journalists turn to when they
need a quote or example of someone involved in your area of
music-making?
Bottom line: Think about your attitude toward the press,
and how you can position yourself as a helpful resource instead
of a just another musician looking for a publicity handout.
Bob Baker is the author of "Guerrilla Music Marketing
Handbook," "Unleash the Artist Within" and "Branding
Yourself Online." He also publishes TheBuzzFactor.com, a
website and ezine that have been delivering marketing
tips and inspirational messages to music people of all kinds
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Marketing Your Reggae Biz Tidbit
Steps to Getting Your WWW Registered
The Crucial Registration Process, #4 of 4 Tips
By Kristine Cummins
If you have a friend that is registering the domain name
for you, make sure your friend puts everything in your name.
If any of the account information is your friend’s, this can
cause a mess that you will have to clean up later. Let me tell
you how I learned the hard way... a friend of mine was always
on the road and asked me if I could register his domain name
for him. Little did I know that when I went to the registrar’s
website, I was still logged in under my account - I forgot to
log out the last time I had visited the site. I inadvertently
registered my friend’s domain name under my account - thus
making me the legal owner of the domain name even though he
paid for it. Later, I figured out what I did and had to start
the process of "Domain Name Transfer of Ownership" to my friend,
which at the time, cost me $10 for notarization and took 2
weeks. I never made that mistake again. I learned then, that
the process of purchasing a domain name is a "legal" process -
much like registering your car with the DMV.
During the process of purchasing the domain name, the
registrar will ask you all the usual questions such as name,
business name (if applicable), address, fax, phone, your email
address and credit card info.
You will then be asked how many years you want to purchase
the domain name for and where you would like to store your future
website. Store the future Website?... You can do one of 3 things:
1) You can "Park" your domain name for later use when your
website is ready.
2) You can choose to host your website with the registrar
(most registrars are hosts as well).
3) You already have chosen a host - so now you need to supply
the DNS names (domain name server). The name server let's the
registrar know what server the Website is going to be stored.
Contact your host to get this information for the registrar.
If your name expires, only you are responsible for renewal.
If you fail to pay for the renewal of your domain name, the
name gets places back in the pool of domain names available
to the world and can be taken by someone else. You can
typically select "Automatic Renewal" with your registrar
providing that your credit card information hasn’t changed.
Once you have completed the process of securing your domain
name with a registrar which takes approximately 10-30 minutes,
make sure you print out your confirmation email - if it
doesn’t state what your login name and password is that you
chose earlier - write it down and file this very important
paperwork in a safe place. I guarantee that you will dig it
out later.
--Kristine is the Webmaster of www.ReggaeFestivalGuide.com.
She specializes in custom, affordable, fast downloading Websites
for small businesses. Call for quote 415-213-1914.
www.KristineCummins.com
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