Weathervane Music

Weathervane Music is a U.S. 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Weathervane Music
TypeNonprofit organization
Founded2009 (2009)[1]
Founder
  • Brian McTear
  • Bill Robertson
Headquarters
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
,
U.S.
Websiteweathervanemusic.org

Background

Weathervane Music was founded in 2009 by record producer Brian McTear and his friend Bill Robertson.[1] In an interview with The Philadelphia Inquirer, McTear stated that it was "created as a community solution to the problem that the music industry could no longer invest in new artists' music".[2]

Shaking Through

One of Weathervane Music's projects is a documentary series called Shaking Through.[3] In each episode, a musician records a new song during the span of 2 days at Miner Street Recordings in Philadelphia, filming videos along the way to show the process of creating the song.[4] Since 2010,[5] the series has featured 10 artists per year.[6]

Critical response

Weathervane Music has received coverage from The Philadelphia Inquirer[7] and Paste.[8] In 2011, Adam Quinn of Tri State Indie wrote that "Weathervane grants musicians the opportunity to create music while maintaining and appropriate standard of living while making a career out of music."[9] Writing for IFC's website in 2011, Grayson Currin described Shaking Through as "one of the very best online music series".[10]

Shaking Through was shortlisted for Best Original Series at the 2012 Vimeo Awards Festival.[11]

References
  1. "FAQ". Weathervane Music. Archived from the original on July 6, 2017. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
  2. Amorosi, A.D. (December 8, 2015). "Weathervane Music's residencies at Boot and Saddle: All about community". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
  3. Bowe, Miles (November 17, 2015). "Watch a documentary on Circuit Des Yeux and hear a new song, 'The Stranger'". Fact. Archived from the original on May 22, 2016. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
  4. Pelly, Liz (June 8, 2013). "Hop Along – "Sister Cities"". Stereogum. Archived from the original on June 13, 2013. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
  5. DeLuca, Dan (January 15, 2011). "Weathervane Report". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Archived from the original on July 20, 2019. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
  6. Coplan, Chris (April 20, 2012). "Check Out: Cat Martino feat. Sufjan Stevens and Chris Powell – "I Promise"". Consequence of Sound. Archived from the original on April 29, 2012. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
  7. DeLuca, Dan (January 16, 2011). "Philly's Weathervane Music boosts careers of new talent". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Archived from the original on July 11, 2019. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
  8. Prewitt, Catherine (August 27, 2009). "Weathervane Music Organization Nurtures Philly Sound". Paste. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
  9. Quinn, Adam. "Weathervane Music Organization: Saving Music and Assisting Artists". Tri State Indie. Archived from the original on October 11, 2016. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
  10. Currin, Grayson (June 23, 2011). "Watch Shaking Through, one of the very best online music series". IFC. Archived from the original on July 27, 2011. Retrieved June 29, 2011.
  11. Kerrigan, Colin (January 11, 2013). "Weathervane Music Organization to celebrate fourth season with concert at Johnny Brenda's". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved July 20, 2019.
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