Coolfer is currently in Orlando for the Florida Music Festival. (Full disclosure: Coolfer was sent down here by the festival's organizers to speak on two panels about music and new media). Downtown Orlando is filled with artists and industry people, and in the evening there are live performances going on at over ten venues.

Big 10-4, whose album Testing the Atmosphere was released by Universal on Tuesday, had a headlining show at the festival's main stage last night. The band is all about having fun, as evidenced by this promotion at the band's table. The night before Third Eye Blind (yes, they're still alive) played the big show of the evening. (Coolfer missed it.)

Music highlights thus far: Radio (pictured), a very young four-piece with an affectation for '80s metal; Plain Jane Automobile, a tight, likable band with Coldplay-ish pop sensibilities, solid songwriting and a great rhythm section; and The Heathens, a alt-country (or whatever it's called this year) five-piece with banjo, fiddle and a playful earnestness.

Comments on some panels after the jump.

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