Operation BAMMsterdam, Day 1

We're taking this show on the road, folks. A couple weeks ago, Jamie, Jeff, and I were in Chicago working with web.illish.us on a Pay-Per-View live stream concert for Erin McKeown. This week the three of us are in Amsterdam. Rough life, I know.

We're here to work with BAMM EU. They serve a bunch of roles for BAMM.tv, a lot of back end work, EU programming, some editing, and program development. Nick Hansen (Co-founder and brother of Chris Hansen) has been over in Amsterdam and London for the better part of a decade. BAMM.tv has been on the collective mind of the Brothers Hansen for as long as I've known them (six years), and even longer, so it only made sense for Nick to put together a team to keep watch on what's going on in the music world on this side of the Atlantic.

Jamie (business operations), Jeff (media), and I (music operations) are here to help unify the fronts in terms of production and program development. As is the case with any start-up hurdling towards its launch, there are a lot aspects--production, finance, promotion, platform development--that need constant attention, so transparency between the two offices is critical. BAMM.tv's platform launch will take place at South by Southwest in March. We are officially "on the clock."

BAMM.tv is a forward thinking media company that produces, edits, and distributes and video content entirely in the digital realm. New website and platform currently in development.

Miscellaneous:

- Had an open seat next to me on the flight (nine hours)...until a lady moved from her aisle seat to the middle seat next to me mid-flight. What? The dude next to her kept falling asleep on her shoulder. To the guy who kept falling asleep on this lady's shoulder, thank you very much for messing up a good thing for me. When is the next time I'll have an open seat next to me on a nine hour flight? Never, that's when.

- Checked out a taping of Amsterdam Acoustic last night. So cool. Check out their site--a bunch of killer bands in equally cool settings. The band, Shout Out Louds (Merge Records), was incredible. Shot entirely on film (16mm) in a frat house. Not what you think when you think frat house--this building is somewhere between 300 and 400 years old--yet the odor is universal.



- I thought the tram running throughout Amsterdam was free. It is not. IOU 2.60 Euros.