The beauty and the curse of the internet is that music is so accessible to everyone. Music can be recorded and shared without gatekeepers, but there's so much out there that filtering through it all, or hoping that your own music somehow floats to the top and reaches the right ears, is now harder than ever. Kina Grannis took matters into her own hands when she decided to make a video using over a quarter of a million Jelly Belly jelly beans and still photographs. Organizing the beans into pictures, she spent 22 months creating the video of "In Your Arms" that went viral over the web. The video caught the attention of the Today Show, Ellen, MTV and countless others, and it now has over six million views -- I guess that's one way to get noticed. Kina Grannis performs Monday night at Porter's Pub on the UCSD campus.
Monday, April 9:
- Kina Grannis @ Porter's Pub
- Anti-Monday League presents the Firebird Suite, Immovable Objects, Vanja James @ Casbah
- Church Hustlers, Rainbow Blanket to Geographer @ The Loft
- Is It Is, Andy Gassaway, Degero @ Soda Bar
- Soul Jazz Jam with the Fire Eaters @ Bar Pink
- Joel Walter, Le Ra, Ghost Come Back @ Ruby Room
- Morrissey Monday with Kevin Cavanaugh @ Riviera Supper Club
- Dirty Mondays with DJ Gabe Vega @ The Saloon (Encinitas)
- Missy Andersen @ Humphreys Backstage Live
- Romantic West @ Flying Elephant Pub & Grill
- Open Mic @ Lestat's
- Dave Scott & Monsoon Jazz @ Croce's
- Wyn Wilsonand Billy Wolfe @ Athenaeum Music & Arts Library (12 p.m.)
- James Moore @ Space 4 Art (325 15th St.)
- Pyrate Punx presents Pistofficer @ Tower Bar
- Karaoke @ Til-Two Club
- Off the Clock Industry Night @ Henry's Pub
- Electric Waste Band @ Winston's
- The Bossmen @ Patrick's Gaslamp Pub
- Soul Purpose Mondays @ Club Kadan
- Karaoke @ Coyote Bar & Grill
- Doug Allen @ The Kraken
Rosemary Bystrak writes about the San Diego music scene, events and general musings about life in San Diego on San Diego: Dialed In. Follow her updates on Twitter or contact her directly.
