Familiarize Yourself

Columbia College is lucky to have one of the few student-run record labels in existence operating on its campus. AEMMP Records has a 27-year long history with Columbia College, and since I am now part of the 09-10 class, you will  be seeing many updates about what AEMMP is up to on this blog.

The most exciting news for AEMMP Records is that we will be invading the Daytrotter studios on July 7th with some of our Chompliation artists! Not familiar with the Daytrotter Sessions? Let me give you the background – The Horseshack in downtown Rock Island, IL  is where the magic happens for musicians traveling across the country on tour. For two hours musicians record 4 raw tracks that are either well-known or previously unreleased in the Daytrotter studio. They have minimal equipment, and a small crew that records everything happening in the room during the performance-  creating a new, unique turn on the songs that their fans know and love.

Daytrotter has currently recorded over 600 artists sessions since 2006.  After recording,  a group of illustrators work together to create illustrations for the website, and then the tracks are posted online at daytrotter.com for FREE. New sessions are released on the website daily, giving music fans an unlimited supply of new material to check out.  Sounds too good to be true right? It’s not! It’s also a great way to discover new artists since Daytrotter welcomes acts of all sizes and popularity to come and hangout at the studio.

So keep your eyes out for the AEMMP Records invasion! In the meantime, go educate yourself and listen to some great tunes. I recommend Margot and the Nuclear So and So’s session, or one of my random clicks when I discovered the Submarines, another great session to check out.

The music is waiting for you – check it out here.

Share your new artist discoveries, and keep an eye out for our upcoming recordings!