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Nadine's Bio | Wild Weekend Press
nadine's bio
Nadine Condon, The Godmother of Rock, has been instrumental in the success of some of today's hottest acts. She started working with local Bay Area music in 1978. As a twenty year plus music business veteran, she now has 14 gold and platinum records from current chart popsters Stroke 9 and Smashmouth, along with superstars like Melissa Etheridge, Travis Tritt, and the Jefferson Starship.
She is an artist devlopement coach and Mentor, offering practical strategies to creative people. She is in demand as a speaker for her "Common Sense Music Business" Seminars, which is being presented around the country to enthusiastic response.
She is the executive producer of Nadine's Wild Weekend, Northern California's only three day celebration devoted to local music. Her BMI New Music Showcase Series in the 90's starred bands like Counting Crows, Third Eye Blind, Candlebox, Stroke 9 and Train. She is a long time consultant to BMI, the world's largest performing rights society.
1998, BAM Magazine called her one of the Top 100 Californians in the Music Business. Other
clients have included Dreamworks, Atlantic Records, RCA Records, MCA Records, Island Records, CBS Radio. Craig Chaquico, the Plant Recording Studios, Toast Studios, Steve Miller, John Mayall, the eels, Travis Tritt, Higher Octave Records, and Rocket Records. She managed Her Majesty the Baby and Ryan Downe. Prior to forming her own company in 1988, she was Director of Promotion and Publicity for the Jefferson Starship and instrumental in promoting three consecutive #1 songs. She started her career working with famed singer-songwriter, producer Nick Gravenites (Electric Flag, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Janis Joplin).
She is a writer, mentor, speaker, producer and volunteer. Please go to her website, NadineCondon.com for more information.
wild weekend press
SF Examiner, August 4, 1999
"Nadine's Weekend: 70 Bands on 10 Stages"
"San Francisco rock promoter showcases musicians she likes and she's very good at it...Nadine Condon, ... has put together another tasty musical sampler, Wild Weekend II." read more...
SF Chronicle Sunday Datebook, July 25, 1999
"Nadine Makes the Scene"
"Stroke 9 is the latest in a long line of success stories who have credited Condon's advice and support for part of their success." read more...
Bay Guardian, August 4, 1999
"Wild Style"
"Let me get this straight... a rock festival where I don't have to get knocked around by 13 yr olds, I can buy liquor instead of trying to pass it off as water in a Crystal Geyser bottle, and I don't have to fend off starvation induced anemia by forking over $5 for a soggy pretzel? All I gotta say is cool!" read more...
SF Weekly, August 4, 1999
"Go Wild"
"many reasons to celebrate Nadine's Wild Weekend"
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Contra Costa Times, August 5, 1999
"Stroke of Success"
"Stroke 9 is just one of more than 75 acts booked for nww, a showcase for Bay Area bands"
Contra Costa Times, August 13, 1999
"Weekend showed Off Some Talented Bands"
"There was an impressive amount of decent music, and a few bands I can't wait to see again." read more...
Voice of America Radio, August 8, 1999
San Jose Mercury News, July 30, 1999
SF Chronicle Datebook, July 30, 1998
"Big Nights for Promising Bands"
"[Nadine is a] tireless band promoter and industry cosultant... the periodic showcases she has co-produced have been instrumental in bringing early attention to some of the bay area's biggest recent successes, including counting crows, [and] third eye blind." read more...
San Jose Mercury News July 29, 1998
"Talented Scout LauncheS Stars with Wild Weekend"
"Condon's latest showcase is a doozy -- a hip, happening three-day fiesta featuring Bay Area talent." read more...
Marin Independent Journal, July 26, 1998
"The Weekend is Going to Be Wild"
"this weekend is going to be wild and it's all due to Nadine Condon" read more..
Contra Costa Times, July 31, 1998
"Three Days of the Condon Rock On"
"She has this presence that is so positively commanding, (but) not overwhelming," he said. "She's a draw. You want to be around her" read more...
BaLLC Guardian, July 27, 1998
"8 Days a Week" read more...
SF Weekly, July 27, 1998
"Booster Roosters" read more...
BAM, August 14, 1998
"Wlld In The Streets of San Francisco" read more...
CMJ, 1998
"San Francisco Bands to Play at 'Wild Weekend'"
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