In recent years Denver has been on the forefront of the emerging music scenes. A study done by the city and county of Denver showed that Denver's Creative Vitality Index score was 2.33. You can compare that score to the national average which was at 1. We even beat out Seattle who is notorious for being at the cutting edge of the music scene. They only received a score of 2.06. The score is composed of two major factors. One is being participation or the number of community members attending art related events. This also shows how much money is being spent by the public for these art events. Two being, art related employment. How many people currently hold jobs and are being paid for a job relating to the arts. These jobs include non-profit art organizations, photography, motion picture jobs, and museum and gallery workers. The study also found that there are 2,300 music related jobs in Denver currently. This number is higher than for Seattle and New Orleans which are generally seen as more prominent on the music spectrum. Denver alone host 44 music venues and several other venues that have music performances. In one night all the music venues together average about $2.3 million in revenues. Below I have listed 10 emerging Denver talents for everyone to check out.
 | ||
| 3oh!3 Originated in Boulder, CO Style: Elctro pop Biggest hit and personal pick : "Don't trust me"off of there second album reached no.7 on The Billboard Hot 100 http://www.3oh3music.com/ |
 |
| Bad Weather California Chris Adolf who sings and play Guitar for the band was raised in Grand Junction, CO They have been compared to "The Grateful Dead" They have toured with numerous well known artists Personal pick: America http://www.badweathercalifornia.com/ |
 |
| Big Head Todd And The Monsters Majority of the band members attended Colorado University Boulder Has played sold out shows at Red Rocks Amphitheater in Morrison,CO Toured with the likes of "The Eagles", "Allman Brothers", "Dave Matthews Band", and "Blue Traveler" among a long list. Personal pick: Boom Boom or Rocksteady www.bigheadtodd.com/ |
 |
| DeVotchKa The band is based out of Denver, Co An eclectic fusion of genres ranging from punk to mariachi to folk Many of there songs have been featured in movies, television shows and even video games like "Gears Of War 2" Personal Pick: How it ends- yes there most well known song www.devotchka.net/ |
 |
| Everything absent or distorted Sadly this band actually called it quits back in 2009 but I thought there contrabution to the Denver music scene was worth noting. Personal picks: The lucky ones get a break or Closer than you think |
 |
| Flobots Although I would have to say this act has already emerged out of the Denver music scene they defiantly deserve a spot on this list. LYRICS are a major component to the Flobots music. They also have some awesome non profit's called fight with tools They operate a Denver community center that does a lot of workshops with Minor Disturbance (Denver's Slam poetry team). If you ever get the chance to go I highly suggest it Personal pick: Cracks in the surface http://flobots.com/ |
 |
| Hearts of palm Indy pop sound mixed with the gospel Personal pick:Farewell valentine http://www.myspace.com/heartsofpalmband |
 |
| One Republic This is another Denver band that has already gown beyond Denver success. They have performed on MTV and had songs appear in major motion pictures like "The Scorer's Apprentice" Personal Pick: Secrets http://www.onerepublic.net/default.aspx |
 |
| Paper Bird Jam band/ blues/ acoustic Composed of 7 members who all call Colorado home now Personal pick: Colorado http://www.paperbirdband.com/ |
 |
| Single File The band members are born and raised Coloradans who played in the high school jazz band together. They wrote songs over the phone and across the country together throughout college and eventually became the indie/ pop/rock band that plays shows all over Denver. Personal picks: September Skyline, Bed Head http://www.singlefilerock.com/ |
No comments:
Post a Comment