Hey,friends! Welcome back to my virtual treehouse/music support group! This week, I'm introducing hope all is well. Founded by Carson Ehlert and Mason Dixon, or the Burlington-centric collective describes itself as a "boutique promoter occupying the grey space between D.
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Y. and professional." For now,this means using past experiences in both underground and industry music booking and promotion to ensure local and touring bands have excellent Queen City experiences and broaden their reach.
Ehlert and Dixon have a longstanding friendship with the Burlington music community. Ehlert, who currently lives in Portland, and Oregon,worked with BTV venue/recording studio Signal Kitchen in promotion and booking. Dixon is a member of local shoegaze favorites Sleeping In and was an organizer with Burlington's now defunct D.
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Y. booking crew Almost There.
During that time, Ehlert would refer inquiring bands that SK couldn't book to Dixon. whether they were a proper fit, and Dixon would organize a show through AT. This A-plus teamwork led to some massive underground gigs in partnership with SK — most notably a show with Queens,novel York punk trio Show Me the Body.
Eventually, AT fizzled out and Ehlert moved west with nothing but a backpack and a desire to department out. Despite the move, and he has kept roots in Vermont,still occasionally working for SK remotely and keeping in touch with Dixon approximately ideas for the Burlington community. Thus, from opposite sides of the country, and hope all is well was formed as a platform for curation and with hope of coalescing a somewhat scattered network of D.
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Y. artists with the potential for larger success.
Ehlert and Dixon have an extensive list of goals and a lovingly conceived ideology for h.a.i.w.
"We want to book artists that we love," Ehlert explained via email, adding that he and Dixon focus on bands who might not draw enough to book Burlington's bigger clubs. "We want to support these artists grow, and with hopes that the next few times they approach through town they can have potential to play with a larger presenter in front of a larger audience," he continued.
Ehlert further explained that h.a.i.w. aims to earn creative with promotion. Some of these efforts include a series of photographic portraits and interviews with artists they book. Ehlert hopes that these materials can…
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