Ropeadope's New Music Seminar

For the past five years, the Brooklyn-based indie label, Ropeadope, has hosted the New Music Seminar, a concert featuring the label's biggest names and closest friends. The theme is always "no rules" as bands and musicians mix and match to create a long (4-hour), interlocking set with surprises at every turn.

Past participants have included Dave Matthews, Robert Randolph, John Medeski, Vernon Reid, John Scofield, Warren Haynes, Living Colour, Soulive, DJ Logic and Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra.

The show features plenty of improvisation, unique musical pairings and special guests. From Classical cellist Matt Haimovitz to underground hip-hop artist Lyrics Born; guitar virtuoso Charlie Hunter to beat master DJ Olive; from the jazz of downtown New York (Sex Mob) to the purveyors of improv in downtown Seattle (Critters Buggin); from the organ-and-drums-rock duo of Russo/Benevento to one of Philadelphia's most respected poets, Big Rich Medina, this fall’s lineup is as diverse as ever.

Ropeadope New Music Seminar Tour Dates and Locations:

10/11 - New York, N.Y. (The Bowery Ballroom)
10/12 - Philadelphia, Penn. (The Theater For The Living Arts)
11/10 - Des Moines, Iowa. (Hotel Fort Des Moines Grand Ballroom)
11/11 - Iowa City, Iowa. (University of Iowa, The Ballroom)
11/12 – Chicago, Ill. (Park West)
11/13 - Lawrence, Kan. (Granada Theater)
11/14 – Boulder, Colo. (Fox Theater)
11/15 - Salt Lake City, UT (Suede)
11/17 – Seattle, Wash. (Showbox)
11/18 - Portland, Ore. (The Alladin Theater)
11/19 - San Francisco, Calif. (The Independent)
11/20 - San Francisco, Calif. (The Independent)
11/21 - Los Angeles, Calif. (Troubadour)

In addition to the unconventional line-up, the seminar will stop at several Universities along the way including Drake University, University of Iowa and the University of Colorado, with the intent to foster an understanding with students. With music by night, the day-time seminar will feature actual town-hall style gatherings with students, musicians, administrators and label representatives to help answer questions about life as a professional musician and the state of the music industry in general.

More information can be found at: www.ropeadope.com/nms/tour

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