Poh Hop time sheet/schedule:
DJ Wicked and DJ Chill inbetween sets...
POH-Hop Time Sheet
Friday Oct. 22nd, 2004 The Ash Street Saloon
8:30-8:45 Trauma
8:50-9:00 Phatback Records
9:05-9:15 Craziness
9:20-9:30 S-James
9:35-9:45 J-Kronic
9:50-10:00 X-TAC
10:10-10:20 Nonstop
10:25-10:35 South Clicc
10:45-10:55 E-Dawg
11:00-11:20 Sonny Bonoho
11:25-11:40 SP
11:45-12:05 Ray Ray of G-Izm
12:15-12:35 Potluck
12:45-1:15 My G aka Sinistapushama
1:30-Close Thorn City Improv
Sat. Oct. 23rd, 2004 Berbati's Pan
8:00-8:30 DJ
8:30-8:45 Mack Dubb
8:50-9:00 Synlyraseez
9:05-9:15 J-Rodd & Bigg Wilson
9:20-9:30 Mischeveuss
9:35-9:45 TD32
9:50-10:00 Nonstop
10:10-10:20 Trasheap
10:25-10:35 Mackin Rob
10:45-10:55 Mr. Meezalini
11:00-11:20 Black Duck/FD
11:25-11:40 Byrdie
11:45-12:05 Blue Scholars
12:00-12:35 Soul Plasma & Siren’s Echo feat. The Black Notes
12:45-1:05 Ramsey Brothers
1:10-1:30 Fogatron & Manic D
1:30-Close DJ
Peep the article in the Willamette Week:
THE BUSINESS OF HIP-HOP
This year POH-Hop is as much about educating as it is about entertaining.
BY MARK BAUMGARTEN
mbaumgarten at wweek.com
Terrance Scott is a realist. While putting together the ninth installment of his annual hip-hop festival, POH-Hop, the local music impresario realized that he needed to do more than just entertain P-town's hip-hop fans. He needed to help educate the future players in the scene.
"You have a lot of artists around here who don't understand what it takes to get press and don't understand what it takes to properly get a gig and don't know what it takes to make a record sound good," says Scott, who runs Jus Family Records and performs as Cool Nutz. "I'm a person who always ends up being the shoulder that a lot of artists cry on in terms of 'I need to do this' and 'Can you hook me up with this?' I figure it's better to teach them how to fish than bring them the fish yourself."
This year's festival is subtitled "Politics as Usual," but the lineup is anything but, as Scott has organized a series of panels where some of the biggest names in the Portland music world will share knowledge and advice.
The panels cover the business end of the music industry, from recording and promoting to getting gigs and infusing activism into the music. Friday's panel--"Completing a Quality Project from Beginning to End"--will feature experts on law and publicity, as well as music writers (including this one). The night's second panel, titled "Live Hip-Hop Performance Booking" boasts some of Portland's top booking talent, including Mike Quinn from Monqui Presents and Dave Leiken from Double Tee Productions.
The most surprising speakers, though, aren't even in the music business. Portland mayoral candidates Jim Francesconi and Tom Potter will be speaking on the second day of the festival, on a panel discussing hip-hop and the election. "I really don't know what they can add," Scott says, "except that their appearance supports what's going on with the POH-Hop."
In the past, young hip-hop artists have had few opportunities to learn about the business, but that must change if Portland's hip-hop community is going to survive and thrive, according to Scott. "In hip-hop, the culture is more geared around being real and street," he says, "and a lot of the time being real and street doesn't encompass good business tactics and practices. The abundance of knowledge and being around people that can properly educate you about how to make your business run smoothly and open up doors aren't always there for your average hip-hop artist."
With this year's panels, POH-Hop could be the first step.
POH-Hop panels: 5-8 pm Friday-Saturday, Oct. 22-23, at Blazers Boys and Girls Club, 5250 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. All ages. Concerts: Ash Street, 225 SW Ash St., 226-0430. 8 pm. $10, $15 for both nights. 21+. Berbati's Pan, 231 SW Ankeny St., 248-4579. 8 pm. $10, $15 for both nights. 21+.
Don't miss it. And as Cool Nutz would say, "Tell a friend."
DJ Wicked and DJ Chill inbetween sets...
POH-Hop Time Sheet
Friday Oct. 22nd, 2004 The Ash Street Saloon
8:30-8:45 Trauma
8:50-9:00 Phatback Records
9:05-9:15 Craziness
9:20-9:30 S-James
9:35-9:45 J-Kronic
9:50-10:00 X-TAC
10:10-10:20 Nonstop
10:25-10:35 South Clicc
10:45-10:55 E-Dawg
11:00-11:20 Sonny Bonoho
11:25-11:40 SP
11:45-12:05 Ray Ray of G-Izm
12:15-12:35 Potluck
12:45-1:15 My G aka Sinistapushama
1:30-Close Thorn City Improv
Sat. Oct. 23rd, 2004 Berbati's Pan
8:00-8:30 DJ
8:30-8:45 Mack Dubb
8:50-9:00 Synlyraseez
9:05-9:15 J-Rodd & Bigg Wilson
9:20-9:30 Mischeveuss
9:35-9:45 TD32
9:50-10:00 Nonstop
10:10-10:20 Trasheap
10:25-10:35 Mackin Rob
10:45-10:55 Mr. Meezalini
11:00-11:20 Black Duck/FD
11:25-11:40 Byrdie
11:45-12:05 Blue Scholars
12:00-12:35 Soul Plasma & Siren’s Echo feat. The Black Notes
12:45-1:05 Ramsey Brothers
1:10-1:30 Fogatron & Manic D
1:30-Close DJ
Peep the article in the Willamette Week:
THE BUSINESS OF HIP-HOP
This year POH-Hop is as much about educating as it is about entertaining.
BY MARK BAUMGARTEN
mbaumgarten at wweek.com
Terrance Scott is a realist. While putting together the ninth installment of his annual hip-hop festival, POH-Hop, the local music impresario realized that he needed to do more than just entertain P-town's hip-hop fans. He needed to help educate the future players in the scene.
"You have a lot of artists around here who don't understand what it takes to get press and don't understand what it takes to properly get a gig and don't know what it takes to make a record sound good," says Scott, who runs Jus Family Records and performs as Cool Nutz. "I'm a person who always ends up being the shoulder that a lot of artists cry on in terms of 'I need to do this' and 'Can you hook me up with this?' I figure it's better to teach them how to fish than bring them the fish yourself."
This year's festival is subtitled "Politics as Usual," but the lineup is anything but, as Scott has organized a series of panels where some of the biggest names in the Portland music world will share knowledge and advice.
The panels cover the business end of the music industry, from recording and promoting to getting gigs and infusing activism into the music. Friday's panel--"Completing a Quality Project from Beginning to End"--will feature experts on law and publicity, as well as music writers (including this one). The night's second panel, titled "Live Hip-Hop Performance Booking" boasts some of Portland's top booking talent, including Mike Quinn from Monqui Presents and Dave Leiken from Double Tee Productions.
The most surprising speakers, though, aren't even in the music business. Portland mayoral candidates Jim Francesconi and Tom Potter will be speaking on the second day of the festival, on a panel discussing hip-hop and the election. "I really don't know what they can add," Scott says, "except that their appearance supports what's going on with the POH-Hop."
In the past, young hip-hop artists have had few opportunities to learn about the business, but that must change if Portland's hip-hop community is going to survive and thrive, according to Scott. "In hip-hop, the culture is more geared around being real and street," he says, "and a lot of the time being real and street doesn't encompass good business tactics and practices. The abundance of knowledge and being around people that can properly educate you about how to make your business run smoothly and open up doors aren't always there for your average hip-hop artist."
With this year's panels, POH-Hop could be the first step.
POH-Hop panels: 5-8 pm Friday-Saturday, Oct. 22-23, at Blazers Boys and Girls Club, 5250 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. All ages. Concerts: Ash Street, 225 SW Ash St., 226-0430. 8 pm. $10, $15 for both nights. 21+. Berbati's Pan, 231 SW Ankeny St., 248-4579. 8 pm. $10, $15 for both nights. 21+.
Don't miss it. And as Cool Nutz would say, "Tell a friend."