Labels, Venues and Long Island Music Hall of Fame

             The largest and most popular music venue on Long Island is the Jones Beach State Park Ampatheather. This is a 15,000 seat outdoor theater in Wantagh, New York. The stage of the theater is located on Zack’s bay allowing artist to arrive by boat. Artist often incorporate floating scenery into there shows.

            Paradiddle Records is a Huntington, New York based recording company. The company is very active in promoting original Long Island music. They have sponsored shows such as Live in the Lobby at the Patchogue Theater and released CD’s featuring Long Island Artist covering music from Bob Dylan and the Kinks.

            In 2003 local business owners and music enthusiast formed the Long Island Music Hall of Fame. In July of 2005 the organization became a non for profit corporation. In October of 2006 the organization began inducting prominent Long Island musicians from all genres and eras. The organization has plains to create a physical space for a museum of music history and multimedia resource center.