Music People
Music scenes! Taking place at a location and often at a specific time! Is there anything better? I kicked off 'local scene coverage' with an interview with Burlington, VT's Neato but I want more. And I'm trying something experimental where I interview someone about
Music Makers
I love pop music. Did you guys know that? It's true. it’s a big club and you’re in it: the long road to Charli XCX’s ‘Brat’I try to avoid feeling too parasocial about my pop stars but I have to say it: I’m
My my my, it's another rendition of Three Music Thingz, the blogseries where I ask musicians for three thingz that are essential to their music-making. Today we have Kerrin Connolly! Kerrin Connolly is a singer-songwriter in Boston who just released their totally self-recorded album Transitions last week; it
Music Molly
It was February 2020 and I was trying to be a videographer. Through a friend, I met this guy named Rich who had a management/promotion company and was looking for people to film the gigs they were putting on. I'd been shooting editorial stuff for Alt Citizen,
Music People
Let's keep on talking to artists about their promo photos...it's fun to do that... behind the promo photo with pet wifeWe chug along on our journey to talk to many artists and creative people about taking promo photos for their musical projects... behind the promo
Music Listeners
We are so very back with Music Moots™, the blogseries where I ask people I know either from the internet or real life to recommend me a song they like, and then I listen to the song and then write a little about it. Last time I downloaded some yearning
Music Makers
Well well well, it's another rendition of Three Music Thingz, the blogseries where I ask musicians for three thingz that are essential to their music-making. Today we have Nik Kohomban from the band Low Presh! Low Presh is a band in Brooklyn NY that just put out an
Music Makers
We chug along on our journey to talk to many artists and creative people about taking promo photos for their musical projects... behind the promo photo with Scoob BrainsPromo photos...bands need ’em, photographers take them, sometimes you’re a photographer and a musician so you end up being in
Music Makers
Whoa dude, it's another rendition of Three Music Thingz, the blogseries where I ask musicians for three thingz that are essential to their music-making. Today we have oldphone! oldphone is Gregory Johnson, an L.A.-based artist who just released a new album, I hope the world can
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Promo photos...bands need 'em, photographers take them, sometimes you're a photographer and a musician so you end up being in promo photos and taking them...it's called wearing many hats, look it up sweaty. As I continue with this interview series about artist promo
Listening to a band's music for the very first time in a live concert format is underrated. There's something special about having your first impression of a band's entire oeuvre being the way they present their various wares on the stage—a throwback to
Hey, you don't say, it's another rendition of Three Music Thingz, the blogseries where I ask musicians for three thingz that are essential to their music-making. Today we have first president of japan! first president of japan is a band in Brooklyn, NY led by Non
Hello to the blog readers and the newsletter subscribers. Here is a personal pan pizza blog post about walking, bumper stickers, college library flow state, brash incorrect music opinions, and 90s alt rock... I was on one of my morning walks, and I was in a low mood. It happens
Oh hello, it's another rendition of Three Music Thingz, the blogseries where I ask musicians for three thingz that are essential to their music-making. Today we have Solsten! Alexander Solsten is a Montreal-based music producer who put out a new album called Ghosts of Uranium City in August.
Welcome back to the series "The Music Enjoyer," in which I ask music-oriented people for a bit of their musical DNA — the music they listened to when they were younger, the music they listen to now — and also for some practical info, like their favorite ways to find
A chief tenet of this blog is bringing the URL to IRL and vice versa. The internet offers so much to enrich life, as does going to things in person, and when they can be safely combined, the results can be magical. I've been to a couple of
Hello babies. Let's keep rolling with this blog's celebration of promo photos, the bands in them, and the people who take them... behind the promo photo with Will SpurrierHowdy partners. We continue on with our celebration of promo photos, the bands in them, and the people
Oh gosh, it's another rendition of Three Music Thingz, the blogseries where I ask musicians for three thingz that are essential to their music-making. Today we have SILLY! SILLY is the newest project of Canadian musician and world wide web adulte terrible Josiah Hughes. In the past, he
Welcome 2 a brand new Blueprint Playlist—where I ask artists with new music out to share five(ish) songs that have inspired or informed the songs in some way or another. This one is a dual playlist from DC bands Pretty Bitter and Flowerbomb, who put out a split
Howdy partners. We continue on with our celebration of promo photos, the bands in them, and the people who take them... behind the promo photo with Chat PileBand promo photos! We love them! We need them! I need them, to put in the feature image of my music blog. Last
Sometimes I wonder if my relatively well-adjusted personality only came about because I was born in the town where Ben & Jerry's was invented, at the tail end of Bernie Sanders's mayoral run. That's right, I am from Burlington Vermont! Or "Burnlington....or
