IMC
INTERVIEW
IMC Magazine talks to
RICH WILDMAN
the man behind the online music discovery show
MUSIC SCENE INVESTIGATION.
Rich can you tell us a bit about the show and how it works?
Well, the short answer is “MSI: is an online music discovery show, where industry experts provide their immediate, spontaneous, analysis and review of music selections submitted by artists that are showcased, each week.”
The longer answer is, Music Scene Investigation is an online broadcast that supports and promote Independent Artists world wide. It is our goal to help artists, who submit music for our expert panel, make their music better.
The MSI: panel offers unbiased review and critiques of the music that appears in front of the panel. Our panel hears the music, for the first time, live on the broadcast with our audience.
They are not told anything about the song prior to hearing it.
The panel doesn’t know the name of the band or song until after they’ve heard it and provided their review.
Each week, by the end of the program, the panel selects one of the songs heard to be the Song of the Week and move on to our monthly
competition, where they compete against other Song of the Week selectee’s for the title of Band of the Month.
How did the idea for this kind of show come about?
The initial idea for MSI: came about in mid 2010, during a conversation between Ian Husbands and myself.
Both Ian and I have been supporters of Indie Music for years. In fact, both of us are musicians as well.
During the conversation, we discussed the lack of exposure for Indie musicians. Knowing that I had been involved in broadcasting for a number of years, Ian and I discussed the issue, looking at it from that direction.