Musical Family Tree

The Indiana Music Archive and Online Community

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All Groups (37)

  • WQAX

    45 members Latest Activity: Feb 2 Gathering the Bloomingtonian producers, members, fans and listeners to WQAX, 100.3 Cable FM.

  • The Carmichael-Moenkhaus Society for the Appropriation of Hoosier Folklore

    41 members Latest Activity: 18 hours ago This group, named for its spiritual founders is to discuss the ephemera of Hoosier folklore. The entire historical, musical, cultural, and folkloric e…

  • Bloomington 1990s

    150 members Latest Activity: Feb 4 You know who you are, come out and be counted! Did you spend countless nights at Second Story? Did you eat at Rockits? Can you barely remember the 19…

  • Independent Band Collective

    19 members Latest Activity: Feb 7 The IBC is a group of like-minded bands and individuals dedicated to helping each other in their creative endeavors. We represent bands as a community…

  • LonPaul Memories

    166 members Latest Activity: Feb 3 Our dear friend LonPaul Ellrich passed away early morning Wednesday May 7th. We are hoping that some of his friends can share memories and pictures th…

  • LonPaul Journal Project

    2 members Latest Activity: May. 26, 2008 This group is for people who would like to contribute to a journal project in memory of LonPaul. One journal will be sent around locally and the other…

  • Team Indianapolis

    62 members Latest Activity: Feb 6 A group for the residents of Indianapolis

  • Landlocked Music

    23 members Latest Activity: May. 4, 2009 Every town needs one kickass record store and we hope to be that for you. We Moved! We are now located at 202 N. Walnut Ave., Bloomington. We have new…

  • South Benders

    12 members Latest Activity: Jul. 1, 2009 don't be ashamed, we all have to be from somewhere.

  • Vinyl Collectors

    55 members Latest Activity: Jan 25 We love vinyl. Vinyl pants, vinyl hats, but mostly vinyl records. Vinyl siding, not so much.

  • Team Chicago

    31 members Latest Activity: Jan 25 Some of us have left our Indiana roots behind for the shores of lake Michigan and the city of broad shoulders. This is a group for the Chicago based…

  • Bloomington Now

    47 members Latest Activity: Oct. 23, 2009 For those MFTers who live in B'ton.

  • MFT Documentary

    8 members Latest Activity: Jan. 6, 2009 My production company (Tugboat Productions) is exploring the possibility of doing a documentary on MFT bands. This group is for discussions and feedb…

  • Bloomington - Indianapolis 1980s

    180 members Latest Activity: Jan 26 The obvious precursor to Bloomington '90s. NEW IMPROVED with super-Indy flavor!

  • Why Aren't You Listening To Top 40 Today?

    37 members Latest Activity: Jun. 29, 2009 By and large, the kind of music discussed on this site isn't, and never was, played on the radio in Indiana. So what was your introduction to it? Wh…

  • DAVID WADE Fan Club

    13 members Latest Activity: Dec. 11, 2009 A place to talk about David Wade, Bloomington's own Hoosier haiku hero.

  • Collins LLC IU Bloomington

    90 members Latest Activity: Jul. 7, 2009 A group for anyone that lived at or even just hung out at Collins Living Learning Center at IU Bloomington.

  • MFT Kids

    31 members Latest Activity: May. 21, 2009 The brood of MFT'ers and it's derivatives. Or I'm so boring that my life revolves around my kid(s) therefore I seek others that share in my joy.

MFT Archive Links

Latest Activity

Yeah, of course there are other tastemakers - I vaguely mention that we all have our own filtering mechanisms and that will continue. Social networking and blogs will become more and more important - as will ways of communicating that we can't conce…
13 minutes ago
Hey John, since you are the only person I know who would know: Are the models that drive satellite radio producing any revenue for the artist? You don't mention satellite services but to me, not having one, it seems to be a logical evolution to bet…
24 minutes ago
I predict that labels may not go away, but they will become less important--as will traditional broadcast radio. Ten years from now we will all have internet-based radio in our cars. And the taste-maker-gate-keepers may not all be labels. They might…
26 minutes ago
The Mousetrap added 2 events
30 minutes ago
I think it's significant that iTunes acquired LaLa, a streaming site (which I use to preview or rather pre-listen to new releases). With the likely release of Spotify in the U.S., and the fact that Rhapsody already has a subcription streaming servic…
37 minutes ago
John- do you think there will be one master archive of all music in various formats (Wav, MP3, etc)? I think you are right on with your predictions but I wonder about the logistics. Will it be like the current distro model where you can get these r…
57 minutes ago
thanks for adding your story PJ!
1 hour ago
Thanks, man. I'm not second-guessing whether SubPop was ever actually part of the major system - it seems like they did some sort of P&D deal around the time Mammoth and Matador did, but I don't recall for sure. Anyway they are an indie currently an…
1 hour ago

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