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Atlantis Music Conference opening party
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The sparkle of the “red carpet walk” was dulled by a light yet persistent rain, but the Atlantis Music Conference and Festival’s opening night party was still a pretty festive event.
Inside the funky-swank eleven50, things were drier (at least in the lack of rain sense). The place was jammed with musicians hoping that the next few days would put them a step closer to stardom. The conference and festival will be crawling with major-label A&R reps (that’s artist and repertoire, basically a fancy way to say talent scout).
Wednesday night, though, attendees were concentrating on two words that, when put together, are like catnip to struggling musicians and music industry types: open bar. While the drinks flowed, so did the networking and promoting.
The concentration of music business folks was a new thing for Luke Pilgrim, whose North Georgia band Last November is playing its first Atlantis showcase this year. The Cleveland resident is more at home with the Internet-fed fanbase he’s been building. “I send out hundreds of personal e-mails,” he says, mentioning the out-of-state clubs his band has packed via its MySpace Web site (www.myspace.com/lastnovember). “Indie music is all about connecting with the fans. We’re regular people, not rock gods.”
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