The All Night Party’s blessed with an embarrassment of riches, when it comes to friends, partners and great projects to work on. All this comes down to where we live, surrounded by many amazing artists. Each year the Cincinnati Entertainment Awards make this impossible to ignore – from the moment you walk up the Fashion Trashie runway (televised inside, with hosts Melissa and Dana Fairmount on the big screen) through the last chords of killer bands on the stage (kicked off by Pomegranates, closed out by Wussy). In between the entire scene celebrates the great music we’ve made together over the past year, on stages and in studios all around town.
In 2011 we’ve had the opportunity to work with more bands than ever before. Our MPMF program skipped the showcase, and put on two in-studio UltraSessions, then encompassed the whole festival at night with our MPMF Guide. Partnering with
RippleFX Sonic Arts and
Possible Worldwide, we celebrated 15 bands on posters, billboards and online providing a sound track for
WhatIsRadius? the worlds first crowd-sourced film (in the worlds “
Most Social City” according to
Mashable). More recently we’ve been helping the
Cincinnati USA Music Heritage Foundation develop a new website and membership programs. We’re thankful to live in a place where we can work with great artists and partners on projects like this.
With all that action, combined with our usual mastering, product design and licensing work, we had a lot of celebrating to do last night. So as Thanksgiving approaches, we’d like to recognize all the CEA nominees we’ve worked with, and thank you all for working so hard and dreaming so big! Last night it was great to cheer for (in no particular order): The Tammy Whynots, Shiny and the Spoon, Magnolia Mountain, Daniel Martin Moore, The Pinstripes, Ron Esposito, The Guitars, The Kickaways, The Greenhornes, Two Headed Dog, The Seedy Seeds, The Harlequins, The Chocolate Horse, Zachary Burns Band, Freekbass, You, You’re Awesome, Kry Kids, Pop Empire, The Dukes Are Dead, 500 Miles to Memphis, The Seedy Seeds, and Vaudeville Freud. It’s an honor and privilege to work with so many of the best bands in the region, and call you our friends.
It’s been a great year in Cincinnati music, and we look forward to an even better 2012.
Congratulations and all the best,
Your Partners at The All Night Party
Talk about big news: The Bunbury Music Festival has signed on as the presenting sponsor for Midwest by Southwest (MWxSW), our trek to SXSW. Better still: they’re sending their Bunbury Bee mascot along for the ride to introduce fans along the way to the midwest’s newest big summer festival.
Before we DIY, we look around first, so when we thought about booking dates for our Midwest By Southwest Tour, we quickly realized Brian Penick’s company, 
