#ray roa

EPISODE DESCRIPTION

Caleb and Law talk with Ray Roa about writing, how to become a writer, helping to develop a developing music scene, and not making fear-based decisions.  

Ray Roa is:

a contributing writer for the Tampa Bay Times/TBT, Creative Loafing.

Co-Founder Suburban Apologist.

Social Media director Rooster & the Till + Gasparilla Music Festival.

Content Development lead at McKay Advertising + Activation.

REAX is in a bit of a lull at the moment, so I’ve had a relatively light workload in terms of writing.  That has resulted in more bylines at Consequence of Sound, which is awesome. 

My editor – Alex Young – turned me on to a Florida festival news lede, and the story seemed to take off.  I’m not sure how everyone else feels, but I welcome the prospect of a large, Glastonbury-esque festival invading Orlando in March.  I also learned that there is a very devoted following for almost every festival in the Sunshine State.

I had a call with Leialani Polk at Creative Loafing Tampa today, and I should be contributing some things to CL’s music section soon.  I’ve also started writing little blurbs for Joe D’Acunto, who is in the man behind THX MGMT in Tampa.  If you had a good time at show in the area, there’s a really good chance Joe booked it.

In what felt like the first real week back since the New Year started, here are my published works for the first and second full weeks of 2011.

THX MGMT BLURBS

01/21 - Have Gun, Will Travel/Will Quinlan & The Diviners/Pete Stein @ NWB 01/22 - Davy & The Gods/Marksmen/Zero Time Ghosts

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