January 21st, 2014
Tuesday 28th January through to Sunday 2nd February is Independent Venue Week. Set up to celebrate and commemorate the importance of independent venues and promoters in the development of artists at the earliest stages of their career, Independent Venues Week brings together 18 participating venues hosting their own night over the course of six days. Founded by Sybil Bell in conjunction with PRS For Music and BBC Introducing, Independent Venue Week s ambassador for 2014 will be Radiohead musician Colin Greenwood.
Having started out in the mid 1980s performing in many of the UK s smaller venues (prior to Radiohead s later worldwide success), Greenwood is only too aware of the necessity for independent venues in the development of up and coming bands. His passion and enthusiasm shines through when reminiscing about the band s early days while eagerly asking for recommendations of new artists he ought to check out (DiS gladly offers him April Towers and Hookworms re
and be able to get people to believe in you and take a chance in you. it s a powerful thing inside of you we all have and that desire to want to have a good life, to have a grateful life, like oprah said, it s a great feeling when you wake up in the morning and you go bed at night and you are doing something you re passionate about. it s worth fighting for. jesse: absolutely, richard, what about you? richard: i have two things, one, believe in the power of your dreams. i say that constantly to the people i mentor. if you believe in the power of dreams, you will success. if will likely fail, if you can put one foot in front of the other, means you still have a chance. dana: didn t you go chicago recently with ebony? what was your message to them? richard: same thing. i love lady o. one of her quotes that literally sits on my office door, gratefulness is the the greatest prayer anyone could ever have. jesse: lady o, i didn t know you were so close. dana? dana: my advice is