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BY KAILEEN GRUBER In Nov. 2025, the Music Business Collective focused heavily into career networking and educational opportunities. The MBC presented five shows with Aggie Theater, hosted a career meet up, and began the Musician Matchmaker event.  Event highlight of the month: Music Biz career meet-up  Poster by Jaxson Liscano Garcia  The MBC partnered with the College of Business to throw a career meet up. This event was held in the Ramskeller, and featured several employers

BY KAILEEN GRUBER The annual Sonic Spotlight event is back, and eight semifinalists have been selected. Sonic Spotlight is a music showcase featuring artists under the age of 22 who live in Larimer and Weld counties.  Sonic Spotlight is put on by the Fort Collins Museum of Discovery, 105.5 The Colorado Sound and the Bohemian Foundation.  The rules are simple: there are eight semi finalists who are selected by industry professionals. All eight artists that are selected record

BY KAILEEN GRUBER With the end of the 2025 fall semester of the MBC in three short weeks, the MBC will never fail to fill the calendar with a variety of events.  For additional information on all events, please visit @csu_mbc on Instagram.   Musician Matchmaker Series:  Photo by MBC Marketing.  The Musician Matchmaker series will come to an end on Dec. 3 in the Ramskeller with a showcase and open mic. The showcase section will feature the bands that were created in the previo

BY KAILEEN GRUBER   The month of November will be filled with promotional events at the Aggie Theater, a career fair and a music matchmaker event.  For additional information on all events, please visit @csu_mbc on instagram.   Musician Matchmaker Series   Photo by MBC Marketing The MBC will host another musician matchmaker event, but this semester will transform into a series of events. Led by Career Development and Networking chair Lilly Rogers and Live Events chair Ellie B

BY KAILEEN GRUBER This month the Music Business Collective had several wins. A few key moments were the annual homecoming tailgate show, four shows with the Aggie Theater, and the first MBC collaboration with AEG Rocky Mountain.  Event highlight of the month: CSU homecoming tailgate show with Ballpark! and Backblunt.   Photo by Lilly Rogers   The annual tailgate show was hosted on Oct. 18 in the student tailgate lot in front of Canvas Stadium at CSU. This year's lineup featur

BY LUCAN WRIGLEY  Photo by Adobe Stock As artificial intelligence continues its development in creative spaces, its impacts in the space of music become more prevalent.  From Spotify populating their playlists with AI songs to the creation of new artists like Timbaland’s Tata Taktumi, artificial intelligence has begun to encroach on the territory of human musical acts.  However, one space AI music may have trouble developing into is live events, but the ability to put synthet

BY MIA SPEIGHTS AND ISABELLA YEAZEL  Photo by Shutterstock In today's politically charged climate, it's easy to see things as political and interpret hidden messages where they aren't meant to be.  Recently, celebrities, like Taylor Swift, have been under scrutiny for not speaking clearly about important political issues that have been arising in the United States. Fans of Swift have been expressing their concern and have been asking her to post and speak out about certain po

Editors note: This story is told through photos, all of them captured by Kaileen Gruber. For more information on the writing and recording of the EP, visit the written story below. Clementine guitarist Kieran Wisell, drummer Caleb Crowe, singer Larin Graff and guitarist Sam Claiborne stand outside the Blasting Room after wrapping up day two of four in recording their upcoming EP, “L4L.” The release date of the EP has not been announced. Updates on the release of “L4L” can be

By: Sam Gladden, MBC Member This week came with big news for hip-hop fans as A$AP Rocky was found not guilty of 2 counts of assault with...

In order to help raise money for Wildfire Relief in Los Angeles, mobile game developer Scopely has decided to sponsor a relief concert...