Freeville Music

logo by Steve Rokitka

for live local music
Musician, hear yourself!

Freeville Music was formed on August 28, 2006 to bring information about and recordings of local music performances to the performers and to their audience.

For those who don't know, Freeville, NY is located about halfway between the village of Dryden and the city of Ithaca. Trumansburg and Cortland are not far away. We are less than an hour from Syracuse, Binghamton, Elmira, Owego, Waverly and Watkins Glen to name only a few places where live music might be playing. Rumor has it that one can travel to New York City (downstate) or Buffalo (upstate) in four hours or so, and although these rumors are unconfirmed, I have eaten some mysteriously fresh seafood recently as well as some dynamite chicken wings. Contact Freeville Music for advice on where to eat.

Open Mic - Websites

The Nines Acoustic Open Mic Night Recordings: Recorded and edited using Audacity, a free and open source program for Mac, Linux and Windows.
Folk Alley Openmic: A streaming radio station out of Kent State. Also a place to upload your recording.
OpenMikes.org: A nationwide list of open mics. (the Hotel Utah in San Francisco is highly recommended)

Local Open Mic's

All of these places have live music as well as regular open mic nights. The list is in order of proximity to Freeville.

The Nines Acoustic Open Mic Night, Ithaca, every Sunday, 9 pm until midnight (or until they're done)
Freeville Music records at the Nines almost every Sunday.
ABC Cafe, Ithaca, alternating Tuesdays, 9:30 pm voted Best open mic in Ithaca, 2007
The Blue Frog Coffeehouse, Cortland, Thursdays, 7 pm to 9 pm
Classical Open Mic at The Blue Frog Coffeehouse, Cortland, Sundays, 11 am to 1 pm
Lucky's, Cortland, Mondays, 10 pm.

Local Festivals

Classical Music Festivals, Cortland, occasional small festivals at the Blue Frog in Cortland and as part of other events (sponsored in part by the Central New York Arts Coalition).
Grassroots 2007, Trumansburg, July 19-22, a moderately large, but friendly festival with a wide variety of music and dance from all over the world and including local groups. Sign up Friday for the [unknown] band contest on Saturday morning.
Musefest 2007, Enfield, Aug 24-26, a local festival featuring local musicians. Yes, they have an open mic.

Other Live Local Music Sites and Small Venues

Cortland Music - information about and recordings of live music in and around Cortland, NY.
Canaan Music Home - It's got a lot! Find out about performances, festivals and jams.
Felicia's Atomic Lounge, Ithaca
Maxie's Supper Club, Ithaca (It's also a place to eat fresh seafood!)
Rongovian Embassy, Trumansburg
The Pourhouse, Trumansburg
The Lost Dog, Ithaca and Binghamton

Online Publishing

GarageBand.com: Discover independent music. Post your music. Link to it from your myspace.
CD Baby: They distribute CD's and downloads. Fair and inexpensive.
Tunecore: Sell your music on iTunes, Rhapsody, Napster, etc.. You own your art and you collect all of the money. It's cheap, easy and fair.
SnoCap: Hmmm... They charge fees plus $0.39 per download. That seems like a lot.