Feature by Holiday Kirk (@HolidayKirk) Those who can read the spirit of the times know that if something dominates a culture, a response is already underway. But who would have thought that Chicago would get an antithesis to drill almost exactly one year later? If the summer of 2012 belonged to drill, the summer of…
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FSD Feature: DLow Talks Record Deal, Chicago’s Bop Scene & “DLow Shuffle”
Interview by Holiday Kirk (@HolidayKirk) Upon entering the Dough Street Entertainment studio, I was surprised to see one of the monitors playing the video for “The DLow Shuffle.” I gestured to the monitor and looked over at DLow, who was getting up from a chair near the door, “How many times would you say you’ve…
FSD Feature: Would You Rather With Taylor Bennett
Created by Cameron Chapleau and Matthew Andreasen for Fake Shore Drive Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, readers, friends, Romans, countrymen. We’re back with our original series and feature on FSD: Would You Rather? The brainchild of Cameron Chapleau and Matthew Andreasen, this video segment features the Chi’s rising stars answering a series of rather…
FSD Feature: Lil Bibby Talks New EP ‘The Book’ & Handling Rise To Fame
Interview by Keith Reid-Cleveland (@kreid_c) Lil Bibby is the newest promising face to be attached to Chicago’s music scene. Free Crack, his first and only mixtape, was released at the end of November and has reached almost 800,000 views on LiveMixtapes.com since then. Showing some perfectionist tendencies, Bibby wasn’t satisfied with those numbers. Having received…
FSD Feature: 10 Artists Kanye West Should Executive Produce Albums For
Words by Ty Howard (@someguynamedty) Before sitting in early morning traffic two days ago, news broke that Kanye West would be executive producing Tyga’s new album. ‘Ye guiding and assisting Tyga on his new album could result in a solid project, but I couldn’t help but think that there are at least 25 other artists…
FSD Feature: Would You Rather With ShowYouSuck
Created by Cameron Chapleau and Matthew Andreasen for Fake Shore Drive Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, readers, friends, Romans, countrymen. We’re very excited to introduce a brand new series and feature on FSD: Would You Rather? The brainchild of Cameron Chapleau and Matthew Andreasen, this new video segment will feature the Chi’s rising stars…
FSD Feature: For Your Amusement: Navigating The Local Live Music Scene & Its Expenses
Words by Hank McCoy (@HankTheReal) Times are tough. We all feel it. Everyday we deal with the effects of a busted economy and a scrambling citizenry. They tell us things are getting better. But I can’t see it. The state of the people historically will dictate the state of everything else. Business, culture, entertainment, trends…all…
FSD Feature: Monetizing The Celestial Jukebox: How Independent Artists & Labels Can Get Paid For Their Digital Content
Words by John Miranda, a Chicago-area lawyer and consultant It’s been over twelve years since the effective collapse of physical media as a viable business model, but many artists, labels, and publishers still struggle to monetize their digital copyright holdings. Additionally, there are many commentators, especially from the tech camp, who eagerly suggest that artists…
FSD Feature: David D.A. Doman: The Tipping Point
If you work in the Chicago music scene, a name you’ve surely heard over the past few years is David D.A. Doman. He’s put in work and paid dues in the local market, having crafted beats for the likes of Bump J, Mikkey Halsted and ZMoney; but David is now making national waves, having recently…
FSD Feature: Projects We’re Anticipating In 2014
Words by Andrew Barber (@fakeshoredrive) and Ty Howard (@someguynamedty) With 2014 in full swing, artists are now creeping out of the woodwork and will slowly begin trickling out the releases they’ve been holed up, quietly recording, during the holiday season and hibernation months — especially this winter. Some artists will wait until SXSW approaches to…