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COMBO is about the “Business of Music.” Our mission is to assist musicians with the issues they need to know so our articles represent some phase of music business that effects musicians everywhere. Colorado Musicians need this info in order to advance their own careers!
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Upcoming COMBO Event: Rachel Alena to offer Vocal and Voice Over Workshop on May 20th
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April 2017
Fr, 14th – Join us for IdeaLab 2017! McNichols Events Center (see Events)
Fr, 14th – Hazel Miller Band f/Coco Brown at Monarch Casino, Black Hawk, 5:30 – 10 – main bar
Fr, 14th – Chuchito Valdés Quartet (Cuban Jazz Piano) at Baur’s, 1512 Curtis St., 8:00 p.m.
Fr, 14th – Rudy Grant & The Buffalo Riders at Lupita’s Restaurant, 111809 E. Colfax – 6:00 p.m.
Sa, 15th – Deadline to enter Bringing Back the Arts Music Competition (see Talent Needed)
Sa, 15th – Hazel Miller Band f/Coco Brown at Monarch Casino, Black Hawk, 5:30 – 10 – main bar
Sa, 15th – Eric Andersen at Baur’s Listening Lounge, 1512 Curtis St., 8:00 p.m.
Sa, 15th – Rudy Grant & The Buffalo Riders at The Bank, York & E. Colfax, 8:00 p.m.
Su, 16th – Rudy Grant & The Buffalo Riders at The White Fence Farm, 6263 W. Jewell, 4:00 p.m.
Fr, 21st – Hazel Miller Band – Tri-Lakes Arts Center, Palmer Lake, CO,www.trilakesarts.org
Fr, 21st – Rudy Grant & The Buffalo Riders at Lupita’s Restaurant, 11809 E. Colfax, 6:00 p.m.
Th, 27th – Deadline to Enter Red Rocks Art Competition (see News article)
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May 2017
Mo, 1st – COMBO’s 5th Annual Songwriting Contest Starts!(See Songwriters’ Corner)
Th, 4th – Take Note fundraiser concert at the FirstBank Center for the CO Music Coalition
Sa, 6th – Country Music Jamboree featuring Rudy Grant – Crossroads Theater – 2690 WA – 7pm
Th, 11th – Denver Ukefest celebrates all-things ukulele – Swallow Hill
Fr. 12th – Denver Ukefest celebrates all-things ukulele – Swallow Hill
Sa, 13th – Denver Ukefest celebrates all-things ukulele – Swallow Hill
Mo, 15th – Denver Chapter NSAI Meeting – CCM Studios, Denver – 7:00 p.m.
Mo, 15th – Deadline to Enter 15th Annual Fiddle Tune Composition Contest (see Talent Needed)
Sa, 20th – COMBO’s Vocal & Voice Over Clinic With Rachel Alena – 10:00 a.m. – noon
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June 2018
UCD: Session One: Music Industry Camp: June 18-30
Sa, 24th – COMBO Sponsored Guitar Show at Lutheran HS, Parker, CO – 10:00 to 3:00 pm
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● Little Tidbits from COMBO Business Member American Classic Piano
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● How to Write a Protest Song by James Linderman
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● Brother Took Credit for Her Music. Now Fanny Mendelssohn’s Getting Her Due
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● Music on Film-Film on Music (MOFFOM) Documentary Grant
● Creative-In-Residence 2017 Program
● Insights: The Reason I Asked the Governor Why He Hates Freedom
● Dazzle Makes Moves
● Denver Starts to Grasp What Social Marijuana Consumption Would Legally Look Like
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● Exploring Perspectives on Relevance in the Arts
● Social Consumption Committee Discusses Special Events…and 4/20
● Kudos to Ryan Chrys & The Rough Cuts as Bassist Susan Phelan Signs On
● American Classic Piano Announces HUGE Moving Sale
● Colorado Women’s Audio Group Offers Events for Women’s History Month
● Ex-Boston Drummer Sib Hashian Dead After Collapsing on Cruise Ship
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