Balanced Breakfast curates music industry meetups for professionals in San Francisco plus 20+ cities including Los Angeles, Nashville, Denver, Austin, Portland, Seattle, and more. In San Francisco, BB meets for breakfast every first Thursday at Virgin Hotel in SOMA. Attendees talk about actions that can be employed to help the

As long as I’m making playlists you can’t complain that you’re having trouble discovering new music in the Bay Area. I have a love-hate relationship with creating TOP 20 playlists of local bands. On one hand, the playlist becomes my favorite thing to listen to for the next year. Additionally,

San Francisco can be a lonely city for musicians and others focusing on creative endeavors. We had 1 summer of love, but since then it’s been a challenging city to stay in and not get pushed out. The average person lives here for 2 years before moving on. In 2013

There is a festival tradition which started in the rave culture. It involves attendees making signs, now known as totems, that they raise on a stick above their heads. What originally started as a way for your friends to find you in a crowd of people, has become something much

Phono Del Sol officially kicks off the summer concert season in San Francisco—and unofficially marks the start of summer dog walks. Although the true stars of the show are the ones on the stage (this year’s lineup included Porches, Chastity Belt, SOL Development, Spellling, Covet, Boy Scouts, Salami Rose Joe

This last weekend at BottleRock brought together hundreds of musicians, chefs, vintners, brewers, and distillers for a three-day blend of music, wine, food, craft brews, and spirits. With so many wines to choose from BottleRock Music Festival is hands-down the best festival for getting wine drunk and taking a nap.

Are you planning a music event that you actually want to happen? Me too! I’m taking a break from planning a huge Music Summit in SF to write this blog post. My organization Balanced Breakfast is having our second annual Summit for music industry professionals this Saturday, February 9th at PianoFight