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The Soothesayers Interview
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Keith Richards – Guitarist of The Rolling Stones
Written By: Chaz

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B.C. Rich Guitars – guitars in review
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The Soothesayers Interview
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The Soothesayers answers the Music and Band Ezine Interview this
week. They are from Eugene, Oregon and you can see their MySpace
page at www.myspace.com/soothesayers

Q: How did you come up with the name of your band?
A: We basically came up with the name The Soothesayers as an
expression of our philosophy.  Soothesayers are fortune tellers,
we wanted to create our own future.  The spelling ‘soothe’ was to
differentiate ourselves from a reggae band called the Soothsayers,
and a song by Bucket head called Sooth Sayer.

Q: What genre (if any) would you classify your music in?
A: We play a mix of garage rock, surf and punk.

Q: Do you play only originals, or do you do covers?  In your
average gig, what’s the ratio of original songs to covers? 
A: At first, we played mostly covers, now it’s about 50/50, but the
covers we play are a little more obscure.

Q: Who are your musical influences? 
A: We’re influenced by the Cramps, Shocking Blue, the Sex Pistols,
the Mummies, the Shangri-Las.

Q: What are your songs about? 
A: Our songs are about Love and Lust, living on the edge,
resistance to authority, and having a great time.

Q: What are your band’s goals? 
A: We’d like to put out a few CD’s and tour Canada, Europe.

Q: Do you sell CD’s or MP3′s of your music?  If so, where could
someone find them? 
A: We don’t have anything for sale right now, but come by our
MySpace and listen anyway.  We’ll have some MP3′s for sale before
summer ends.

Q: What are your most and least favorite venues to play, and why? 
A: We love most places here in Eugene: Sam Bond’s Garage, John
Henry’s, Luckey’s.  We’ve been lucky that we haven’t had to play
anywhere we didn’t like.  If the crowd is into it, we can make the
best of a situation.  We’d like to play more in Portland and
Salem.

Q: Which songs do you perform most frequently?
A: “Get out of my way’ is an original song by our bass player,
Tim.  It has a couple changes that people find surprising, and our
drummer Jimmy goes wild.  ‘Kicked out’ is a cover of Dead Moon,
and the crowd always loves that song.

Q: On a gig, do you play from a set list or do you just pick songs
on the spot? 
A: We spend some time before the show working up a set list that
fits the mood, and sometimes that set list works for a few shows.

Q: Who in the band writes your songs? 
A: Brian the guitarist writes the most songs, but Tim our bass
player has written quite a few.  We all write our own parts.  We
have a roller derby song that was written by the local derby
announcer, Ty Connor.

Q: How has your music evolved since you started playing together? 
We’ve gotten a lot more originals, the songs are more
orchestrated, and we’ve all become better players.

Q: Last thoughts?
A: We want to thank all our Eugene venues, Emerald City Roller
Girls, Chris Ross for running sound for us and recording. Thanks!

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Keith Richards – Guitarist of The Rolling Stones
Written By: Chaz

Rolling Stones are one of the greatest rock bands of all time, so
of course everyone should be familiar with this band. You have
heard their music, you watched their biography on VH1, and you
probably even see people wearing a Rolling Stones logoed t-shirts
every day. It is safe to say that this band has made themselves
into something bigger than life.

Of course everyone is familiar with the superstar lead singer,
Mick Jagger, but I feel like sometimes the front man of bands
like these greats almost get too much credit while the rest of
the band stays hidden someplace off in the shadows. Sure they reap
the same benefits as the front man such as money and luxuries on
tour but as far as popularity, they may not be as easily
recognized as the rest of the band. This is not just a general
observation; this is all being said about a very specific, much
underrated guitarist that I believe deserves a little more
recognition than what he is currently receiving. I am referring
of course to, musical genius, Keith Richards, guitarist of The
Rolling Stones.

Keith Richards was born December 18th, 1943. The guitarist has
always been incredibly interested in music and is largely known
for his innovative rhythm guitar playing. Although rhythm
guitarists aren’t generally all about solos and technical things
of that nature, Richards managed to snag the number 10 spot in
Rolling Stones Magazine 100 best guitar players of all time. Who
said lead guitar players are what make the band?

As a child, Richard’s grandfather had been in a touring jazz band
which is what got him so interested in playing guitar. His mother,
however, was the first one to actually purchase him a guitar of
his own; making a huge stride toward the man he came to be. Though
he had some encouraging elements in the family, he also had some
which were discouraging, namely his father. While the rest of his
family supported him in his musical interests; his father found it
to be annoying and would always yell at his Richards to quiet
down.

Despite certain unsupported aspects of his early musical career I
would have to say that he made himself into quite the successful
performing artist. I hope by writing this article people begin to
take a deeper look into, not just The Rolling Stones, but every
band and see more than just the front man. I hope the readers see
all of the talent in the bands that ultimately makes their music
what it is; accomplished.

Update: On July 27th 2010, Keith Richards and Mick Jagger have
officially announce their retirements. They are planning to do a
“Farewell Tour” in 2011. It’s a sad day in the music world.

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B.C. Rich Guitars – guitars in review
Presented By: Todd Masters

A lot of guitarists are completely satisfied performing with a
conventional electric guitars like a Strat or Les Paul. Not me. I
am forever looking for guitars that look and sound as extreme as
my guitar playing and onstage performance. However merely a few
have delivered both the attitude form and unadulterated
shredability that my songs demand. These lucky ones found their
way into my armory, whereas the others have gathered thick layer
of dust at pawnshops, doomed to a lifetime of “Iron Man” and
“Stairway to Heaven” picked on them by amateur players.

Realizing my desires for electric guitars with aggressiveness,
Musician’s Friend sent me three B.C. Rich electric guitars that
are currently creating enormous waves in the guitar world: the
Platinum Pro Zombie, the Evil Edge Special Edition Mockingbird,
and the Bich Archtop. With all I’ve heard about these guitars, I
was more than enthusiastic to review them to see if they’d meet
my rigorous requirements of fineness.

B.C Rich – Looks that kill
The very first word that popped in my skull when I looked over the
distinctive shapes and styles of these guitars was “edge.” The
Zombie’s body is based off the B.C. Rich Beast, and it bears the
head-stock of B.C. Rich’s Widow. The guitar is slightly more
proportioned than the Beast, yet it still retains the edges that
establishes the aggressive look which I desire. The Bich Archtop
is formed to emit gobs of attitude, with its massive
double-cutaways permitting excellent entry to all 24 frets. Black
hardware on both the Bich Archtop and Zombie that contributes to
the thrash mojo these axes have.

The Evil Edge Mockingbird has an extra rounded look than the
toothed Zombie and Bich shapes. The guitar is offset nicely by
chrome hardware and the massive brass pick guard which runs from
the underside point on the body over the controls and bridge
system with an awesome hand axe form. The massive arm contour on
the crown of the body proves it is a very relaxed electric guitar
to play as well.

Tonal pleasures
Remarkable appearances on an axe are essential, however they do
not mean squat without the sound to match. After taking in the
killer shapes and styles of these axes, I was excited to connect
them to my favorite amp hear if the sounds would live up to their
style.

Without a doubt, the Bich Archtop’s basswood body is light-weight,
but still generates wonderful low end through dual humbucking
pickups. It has a great deal of sustain and it was simple to get
an abundant of clean tones in addition to straight-up metal
distortion. The maple neck is topped with a fast rosewood
fingerboard loaded with 24 jumbo frets. The playability was
dead-on out of the box. Playing open chords runs up the neck;
bends were a breeze, the guitar responded remarkably well. I have
played electric guitars that cost much more bones that could not
match the flexibility the Bich offers. Actually, I quickly
discovered that this is one thing that really united these
instruments regardless of their radically unique shapes. They’re
all a real delight to play.

BDSM full of badness
The Zombie and Evil Edge Special Edition Mockingbird match the
impressive playability and feel of the Bich with B.C. Rich’s Broad
Dynamic Sonically Matched (BDSM) humbucking pickups. These
high-output humbuckers are hand-picked and matched by B.C. Rich
engineers to distribute maximum output and durability. To put it
brutally, they’re hotter than hell.

The Zombie and Evil Edge Special Edition Mockingbird each have
agathis bodies, which provides them a warm sound much like
mahogany wood however devoid of the excessive price tag. The
Zombie comes with a trusty Floyd Rose locking tremolo system. I
really like my whammy bars, however there’s nothing worse than
doing a killer divebomb only to find the guitar gets knocked out
of tune. That is not an issue with the Zombie; it stayed true to
pitch no matter what was thrown at it.

The guitar’s response
In my view, there is no better place to put the electric guitar to
the test than a live gig. While a rehearsal or studio may be
forgiving of errors, damaged strings, or the like, whenever you
play live, however, you are in the mercy of your equipment and
your skills.

The Bich served me great on a couple of straight-up riff-driven
rockers. I was capable of pulling off rhythm and lead tones with
pure ease, and the sustain was off the chart. The Mockingbird made
some appearances on songs where I really like my guitar parts to
shine over the remainder of the band. With these scorching BDSM
humbucking pickups, I was ready to utilize the volume control to
attain various nuances. I adore the tone of the guitar I usually
play, however I typically have the volume driven to max to attain
the best tone, taking away the chance for such dynamics. I played
the Zombie and its Floyd Rose tremolo system for a few of my over
far-out numbers, together with an instrumental I’ve written that
is essentially a musical for shredding. The Zombie let me
entertain with my chaotic divebombs and did not go out of tune a
cent off pitch.

The price is absolutely right
After spending a good amount of time with these B.C. Rich electric
guitars, I needed to remind myself how reasonably priced they are.
Usually after I play an axe that plays as well as these, I’ll just
take for granted the guitar is priced anywhere within the $1,000
and up limit. Not so with these axes. Actually, all 3 of these
electric guitars are available for below $500 — stellar values
given their features.

If you are a guitar player who desires to stand out in the band,
enlighten your fans with behemoth tones, and never have difficulty
playing your chops, then any of these B.C. Rich axes will serve
you generously.

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The Whole Note – from the Publisher

Plum Sutra Interview
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History of Peavey Guitars
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101 Bands You’ve Never Heard Of But Should
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Plum Sutra Interview
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Plum Sutra from Portland Oregon answers the Music and Band
Ezine Interview this week.

Q: How did you come up with the name of your band?
A: Seth & Linton – the co founders, met at a Zen meditation group
at Lewis & Clark Campus, so we wanted a Buddhist-esque name, hence
“Sutra”. We added the word “Plum” after drinking some rum.

Q: What genre (if any) would you classify your music in?
A: Instrumental jazz/rock nature music

Q: Do you play only originals, or do you do covers?  In your
average gig, what’s the ratio of original songs to covers?
A: We play all original, instrumental music on piano, violin, &
drums, occasionally with trumpet & mandolin.

Q: Who are your musical influences?
A: Do Make Say Think, Radiohead, Tool, Claude Debussy

Q: What are your songs about?
A: A variety of emotive subjects ranging from animals, long-hair,
countries, and seasons

Q: What are your band’s goals?
A: Play live shows as often as possible, ideally at locations that
have real pianos, underneath a waterfall.

Q: Do you sell CD’s or MP3′s of your music?  If so, where could
someone find them?
A: Our debut album is available as an electronic download at
www.ivoryharp.com/downloads. You can also check out our website -
www.plumsutra.com

Q: What are your most and least favorite venues to play, and why?
A: Most Favorite – Stanford College

Q: Which songs do you perform most frequently?
A: Medley Applebutter, Happy Armed Forces Day, Cat Visions

Q: On a gig, do you play from a set list or do you just pick songs
on the spot?
A: Seth generally creates a set list which is open to revision
throughout the night

Q: Who in the band writes your songs?
A: Our first album was written half by Seth and half by Seth &
Linton. Connor has since written 2 incredible songs that will be
featured on our next album

Q: How has your music evolved since you started playing together?
A: At Plum Sutra’s inception, we were only a piano/drums duo.
Writing songs came at an extraordinarily fluid pace and we really
enjoyed creating music together at such a quick pace. Connor
joined us in the fall of 2009 and added an important multi-
instrumentalist harmonic component to the band. His arrival
enabled us to add different layers to our pieces, and it was then
that we really became true performers. We recorded our debut
album over 24 hours and then went on a quick 6 date W. Coast tour.

Q: Last thoughts?
A: Our music celebrates the euphoric spirit of life, and we look
forward to developing our musical capacities here in Portland, OR.

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History of Peavey Guitars
Submitted By: Todd Masters

July 23, 2010 by Chaz

Peavey may not have the most recognizable or distinct guitar
models, but they’re still among one of the most popular amplifier
and electronics manufacturers to date. The company is native to
the state of Mississippi and has been praised by George Bush
Senior for being an U.S. only based business–although that is no
longer true, the company now has overseas factories–and their
products are distributed to over 130 different countries across
the globe.

Peavey Electronics was founded in 1964, by Hartley Peavey, who had
built an amplifier because his dad wouldn’t buy him one. The
company was jump-started a year later with $8,000 from Hartley’s
remaining college fund. Despite the investments ($8,000 was a lot
back then), the very first Peavey amplifiers were made in the
basement of Hartley’s parents.

Hartley himself said the timing of creating his company couldn’t
have been at a better time. In the mid 60s, the big guitar names
were slowly acquired by huge corporations, thus the price of good
amplifiers went up, but the quality went down. That is when
Hartley decided to make the business serious, and bought a factory
from $17,500 he borrowed. Beforehand, he had only moved from the
basement to a “bigger space” – the attic of his father’s record
store.

The business went well, and from 2 employees (Hartley himself and
a salesman) in 1966, the company soon had over 150 employees in
1973. Two years later, the company started to manufacture guitars,
albeit with mixed success. They mostly produced guitars as an
answer to the bigger companies’ latest trend; selling amplifiers
together with new guitars.

Notable models of Peavey Electronics include: The 5150 Peavey
Amplifier was originally designed for Van Halen, XXX and JSX
series are Joe Satriani Signature amplifiers, the Bandit series
(Solid State amplifier famous for replicating tube tones), the
CS800 amplifier… and many others.

Today, Peavey has yet to break-in into the guitar market; the only
significant models from Peavey were only marginally successful
like the Wolfgang series electric guitars.

However, the fact that their amplifiers are used by myriad artists
and even average guitar players does prove that Peavey knows what
he’s doing after these 37 years. Hopefully, we will see new guitar
models introduced by the company soon enough. And some prime
amplifiers too, of course. Check out Peavey High Gain Amplifiers.

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101 Bands You’ve Never Heard Of But Should
Written By: James Hay

Darien Venture
Rocking ‘light metal’ addictive band with clever vocals and lyrics
from Ayr.

Spy Movie
Easy-going band with jangly guitar from Glasgow, with a
soothing female vocalist.

Three Blocks From The Wake
Minimalist-electro trio from Ayrshire.

Howling Bells
Upbeat-but-mellow female-led band from UK

Anna Meldrum
Individual artist with happy vocals and upbeat acoustics.

Panda Su
Feist-like female singer-songwriter

Dead City Riots
Grungy Glasgow 4-piece

Dinosaur Pile-up
UK Grunge ‘Weezer/Nirvana-style’ talented threesome

Frightened Rabbit
Scottish cult mellow band, constantly gaining in popularity

Six People Away
Lightly vocaled duo with electric drums and a good clever beat

Acrylic Iqon
Electric-rocking multi-gender band with addictive fast riffs

The Merry Poppins
Funky, jazzy, Madness-akin indie band from Austria.

65 Days of Static
Multi-instrumental band with a few vocal pieces.

Kharma45
Derry-based epic crescendo-using foursome

Miniature Tigers
Incredibly addictive nonchalant-seeming US band

Boycotts
Female fronted indie-rocky band with complex guitaring

Brother Louis Collective
Lyrically direct calming band from Glasgow. Clarinet included

We Are The Physics
Intense-vocals doubled with rapid drumming Glasgow band, currently
touring Japan.

Sky Larkin
Definite one-to-watch from Leeds. Jangly guitars coupled with
addictive beats

The Xcerts
Optimistic Aberdonian band with heartfelt vocals. On the brink of
stardom.

We Start Fires
Modest indie-rock foursome from Darlington

Popolo
Vocal-less funky band to bop along to

School of Seven Bells
Sleepy psychedelic band from New York, easy-listening

Bombay Bicycle Club
Featured in NME, Interpol-like vocals from a London band

FoxFace
Glasgow indie/folk-rock band, with Snow Patrol-sounding male
vocalist

We Are Trapped In Kansas
Clever guitaring coupled with funky pauses and prolonged singing

Friendly Fires
Already taken off, disco-house pop band. Touring all over

Soap&Skin
Female solo artist, minimal vocals varying in pitch and speed.
From Vienna

Skinflints
Airy vocals with solid beats from Scotland. Great guitaring and
song set-up

Twin Atlantic
Scottish Blink182, very talented musicians jamming with
singalongable tunes

MuteMath
From New Orleans, signed to Warner Bros in USA, incredibly
addictive indie-pop

Red Light Company
Epic-sounding band from London, backing-vocals-tastic

Young Husband
Easy-going indie band from Melbourne. Garbage-like female vocalist

Ipso Facto
Dracula-style piano-workings from London. Talented female vocalist

The Boy Least Likely To
UK intriguing whispering vocalist with a constant happy vibe

Fighting Wire
Metal(ish) band from Northern Ireland. Jumpy, fast tunes

Cinders Fall
Heavy metal duo with softer-than-usual-for-metal vocals

Dumb Instrument
‘Outstanding’ says Vic Galloway, slow and poignant band from
Ayrshire

United Fruit
Upbeat with shouty-lyrics band from Scotland

Flyleaf
American heavy rock band with female lead

Jumpers Knee
Indie-electro-rock band from Glasgow. Clever electric beat-mixes
coupled with danceable tunes

5ive
From Boston, USA, experimental rock band with heavy use of
instrumentals

Miss The Occupier
Glasgow indie-punk band, honest-sounding female lead

Rosalita
English fast-paced indie band, uses synthesizers and good
multi-vocals

The Anomalies
Hereford-based ‘new rap’ rock group. Very original and catchy

Rumspringa
Steady pop-like band from LA. Like Cold War Kids but slower.

The Bloodsugars
Quirky NY band, does clever covers with good dancy backbeat

The Fazed
“in a daze”-sounding band from Leicester, repetitive guitaring
with effortless vocals

Little Boots
One-to-watch for 2009, disco-pop mixed with dance

Porcelain and the Tramps
Hard rock swirled with industrial electronica from Detroit, USA.
Female lead with full-powered vocals

Soho Dolls
Simple electric pop with funky pauses and changes in tune.

Sufjan Stevens
Happy go lucky male from USA, easy and slow with piano
accompaniment

Uh Huh Her
Actress Leisha Harvey makes up one half of this rocking
electric-pop duo.

The Weakerthans
Indie band from USA, their track “Aside”  featured in film Wedding
Crashers

Young Love
Rocking-beat band from NY, alike to, and supported, Academy Is

Marnie Stern
Obscurely progressive indie-pop artist with influential drumming
and quirky beats

Beat Union
Punk-rock male band from Birmingham. Debut album out in Japan

Cocteau Twins
From Grangemouth, Scotland. Sometimes-Christmassy trio with
easy-listening vocals and epic-sound.

Collective Soul
Featured on the ‘Twilight’ soundtrack. Pure-of-heart
classic-rock/pop band from Atlanta, Georgia.

Giant Drag
Female artist from LA. Uses weird lyrics and usually-constant
musical backing

Camera Obscura
Upbeat classic indie band  with ingenious lyrics and warming
female vocals

Hollywood Undead
Band made of a third rock, third hip hop, and third metal.
Slightly distorted vocals, easily make a crowd rowdy. From LA,
USA.

Voluntary Butler Scheme
Lounge/house music-makers from Stourbridge. Simplistic and
seemingly-meaningless vocals

My Dying Bride
UK version of Rammstein. Gothic death metal, medium speed

Johnny Foreigner
Small, quirky, random three-some from Birmingham. Jamming sound
with very original and easily recognizable vocals.

Fastlane
Typical emo-pop-indie band, sounds like the younger brother of
New Found Glory

Midget and Giant
Acoustic duo from the UK. Low vocals with plucky guitaring and a
slow pace.

Surfact
Metal band from Denmark. Starts slow but gets faster. Think
Nickelback mixed with Switchfoot.

Ejectorseat
Electric indie band from Derby. Conjures images of manga and retro
computer games. Had radio play from Steve Lamacq and Jonathan
Ross.

Linchpin
Hotly tipped by Kerrang, kid emo band from London. Despite being
in the emo category, can be generically liked.

Your New Escape Plan
Mix of Placebo and Angels and Airwaves with a slower pace. From
England.

Janet and the Boowalks
Melodramatic acoustic pop by a group of upbeat females.

We Were Promised Jetpacks
Set for stardom Glasgow foursome. Arctic-Monkeys x Futureheads
indie band signed to FatCat Records

Sparrow and the Workshop
3-piece from Glasgow, sounds like tunes from old western movie
soundtracks or the old Bond movie themes

Attic Lights
Indie rock band signed to Island Records – so they’re getting
huge. Simple, honest, Beach Boys-ish but more modern and more
rocky.

Action Group
Fast-paced guitar riffs with minimal low vocals. Band from
Edinburgh.

The Day I Snapped
Punk rock band signed to Lockjaw record label. Kinda grungy with a
distorted sound.

How To Swim
Ten-piece pop band from Glasgow. According to their MySpace, they
sound like “A leather mask in a ball-pit, lounging”. In parts they
sound like Kings of Leon

The Dirty Hepburns
Indie-pop band that fully exploits melodies, harmonies and
multiple beats in one song. From Scotland.

Si Hayden
100% original. Poetry readings over background music of low-key
drumming, piano, and many other quirky instruments

Employee of the Month
Experimental rock/jazz group from Edinburgh. No vocal parts as of
yet.

Wooden Box Theater
Sounds like recorded fury, from Chicago, USA. Purely instrumental,
drumming and percussion-led. Think Aphex Twin but less insane.

Wake the President
Group of individuals from Glasgow with a slow pop sound.
Acoustic-like but not acoustic. Have debut album coming out 9th
March.

Gdansk
Glasgow band, sound like a postmodern Editors. Great background,
relaxing music

The Whiskey Works
Scottish post-hardcore quartet with aggressive vocals and mammoth
guitars.

Hey Vampires
Hardcore punk band that takes influence from Fugazi, Alexisonfire,
Test Icicles and others.  On Two Tick record label

These Arms are Snakes
Seattle based rock band. Uses prolonged guitar riffs with
borderline screams

Minus the Bear
Popular experimental American band. Echoed vocals with soothing
riffs and drumming. Signed to Suicide Squeeze.

French Wives
Folk pop band that incorporate violins, with influence from
Belle&Sebastien, Camera Obscura etc.

Ross Clark and the Scarves Go Missing
Country indie-pop band led by Ross Clark (surprisingly). Cult
following with a lot of gigs and support acts in the pipeline
(90)

Over The Wall
Acoustic folk slow indie group. Really catchy melodies doubled
with the clever linking of instruments. Gigging relentlessly for
months to come.

Galchen
Scottish instrumental band who experiment with percussion and
electronics. Hard to define due to the constant changing sound in
each track – sometimes like Arcade Fire, sometimes like Pixies,
sometimes borderline Radiohead.

Running with Horses
Duo originally from Australia that make honest and gritty pop
songs.  They complement each other’s voices and musical abilities.

Bad Dancer
Unsigned UK indie band. Use unusual percussion and long
instrumental parts to create an improvised-like sound.

Flood Of Red
Ambient rock band from Scotland. Couples sympathetic vocals/lyrics
with a quirky and elongated use of ‘normal’ instruments. Currently
recording their debut album.

Stopstarts
Pop semi-indie UK group. Give out a classic sound with good use of
vocal noise and changes in volume.

The Berriez
Take influence from Talking Heads, Led Zeppelin, Stone Roses etc.
Scottish accents a-go-go and gathering momentum from XFM.

The New York Fund
Ironically from London. Country rock group who sound a bit like
Green Day in places.

Jocasta Sleeps
Slow sounding, acoustic-in-part group from Glasgow. Heartfelt
lyrics with complementary guitaring alongside.

The Cinnamons
Powerpop electro group who play incredibly sweet and catchy tunes
with a gritty male lead. Based in Glasgow and unsigned.

Happy Couple Parade
Juno-soundtrack possibility, group from Hamburg, Germany.
Incredibly honest and loving music.

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Portland Groove Collective Interview
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Les Gray of Portland Groove Collective answers the Music and Band
Ezine Interview this week.

Q: How did you come up with the name of your band?
A: I think Christian, the guitar player came up with it.

Q: What genre (if any) would you classify your music in?
A: Eclectic creative original Jazz, Latin Jazz

Q: Do you play only originals, or do you do covers?
A: Only originals.

Q: Who are your musical influences?
A: Too many to list here. I grew up listening to the Beach Boys,
Young Rascals, Beatles, then later Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye,
AWB, Tower of Power, Sons of Champlin, Tom Scott, Crusaders,
Grover Washington Jr., Weather Report, Yellow Jackets, Spiro Gyra,
Stanley Turrentine, Wayne Shorter, John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins,
Earth, Wind and Fire, Blood, Sweat and Tears, War, Michael
Brecker, Poncho Sanchez, Wayne Wallace, Bob Mintzer and just about
any Big Band I’ve heard.

Q: What are your songs about?
A: Most are instrumentals and I think they reflect a lifetime of
musical experiences and life experiences. Some of mine contain
Titles with the type of rhythmic thing it is, like “Jumpin Samba”,
“Lazy Cha Cha”, “Blue Nova” (fusion of Minor Blues and Bossa
Nova), “For John and Poncho” (John Coltrane and Poncho Sanchez)
Also, I like to write songs when I’m at the beach (“Holiday”,
“Beach House”)

Q: What are your band’s goals?
A: To keep writing new music, playing our music in front of
audiences, recording our originals and selling it to our old and
new fans.

Q: Do you sell CD’s or MP3′s of your music? If so, where could
someone find them?
A: CDs at CD Baby and our shows, MP3s at Reverbnation.com and a
few other associated websites.

Q: What are your most and least favorite venues to play, and why?
A: Smaller venues are usually more sound friendly. Outdoor
concerts are a little more difficult to hear all of what’s going
on.

Q: Which songs do you perform most frequently?
A: Since we are learning new originals all the time the nine songs
on our first CD “G-Rad” are played most frequently and we add the
new ones as we learn them. We are constantly tweaking the songs
arrangements until we record it and then we usually stick with
that from then on.

Q: On a gig, do you play from a set list or do you just pick songs
on the spot?
A: Usually from a set list.

Q: Who in the band writes your songs?
A: Everyone composes at their own pace. I’ve written nine new
songs for the next CD. I only had two and a half on “G-Rad”

Q: How has your music evolved since you started playing together?
A: Since we are all jazz musicians coming together to write and
perform together a lot of our evolution had taken place before we
got together as a band. It took a death in our musical family (our
original bass player) to put some urgency to our writing and
recording. I hope that each new CD shows the evolution of the band
and that the quality of the songs and sound is getting better and
better.

Q: Last thoughts?
A: I hope that anyone who reads this is curious and might want to
check out the band on the website or at a live show. It’s honest
music from seasoned musicians that care and want to present music
from the heart and soul and mind. Go to
portlandgroovecollective.com. We’ll be playing at the Evergreen
Aviation & Space Museum Jazz Concert Series Friday July 9th
7-9:30. The show is free with the price of admission to the
Museum. Support your local musicians.

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Hot Congress: the Musical Compilation of Denver
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(Reposted from Colorado Music Buzz, July Issue)
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The world of music is changing, becoming increasingly accessible
to local musicians. They can now record in their own homes,
produce albums, fund tours. In a time when record companies are
becoming inconsequential, bands have learned that all they need is
each other. Denver’s own Hot Congress is banking on this notion
for the success and support of its members.

Its members help one another out in many ways: together, they book
shows, pool money to further promotions, and utilize the many
talents found within the group, ranging from art to poetry
(including slam-poet Ken Arkind) to film. The group recently
showcased many of its bands on a chaotic but satisfying
compilation disc. However, Hot Congress is a compilation in
itself: across its spectrum, you will find epic to experimental,
poignant to punkish. Here are just a few of its standout bands.

Considering the relatively recent birth of The Don’ts and Be
Carefuls, this solid rock band has already made an impact on
Denver music, playing solid shows and racking up enough press to
make long-established bands jealous. While slightly reminiscent of
pop band, Hot IQs (Bryan Feuchtinger actually worked on their EP,
“Risk Assessment”), they lean toward the edgier, sharper style of
The Strokes. Check out “You’ve Been Warned” and “Prole Power!” for
a quick audio pick-me-up.

Sounding like a dreamier version of Silversun Pickups, Vitamins
has been stirring up the city with its ability to be both
atmospheric yet hard. The airy vocals are often punctuated by
jagged guitar riffs or prominent bass accompaniment. “Sequined
Dress” will have you humming to yourself three hours later.

Lastly, what is there to say about Achille Lauro which hasn’t
already been said by every major (and minor) media in Denver? To
put it simply, this is the band that, in 20 years, you will tell
your astonished children about how you saw them play in a small
club, how you talked with one of the members in the bathroom once,
how you knew of them before they were famous. Because—with their
catchy-yet-complex riffs, layered vocal styling, and a performance
which is a tad too tight to be called jams—they will be famous.
(Rather than trying to pick out one or two recommended tracks,
your best bet is to just pick up their new “Indiscretions” album.)

While you may know of these bands already, there are plenty more
to check out in Hot Congress, such as The Jim-Jims, The Widowers,
and the brand new addition, Fingers of the Sun (which is a sort of
spinoff from the now-defunct Pseudo Dates). You can catch Achille
Lauro and Vitamins at the upcoming Underground Music Showcase
between July 22-25, and The DBCs at Larimer Lounge with Miniature
Tigers on July 30th.

HotCongressDenver.com

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How to Find a Musician’s Warehouse
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As a musician you know that it can be expensive to find the items
that you need. However, you will want to know how you can go about
finding a musicians warehouse to help you out. Once you know how
to find these you’re going to be able to save yourself a substantial
amount of money on the instruments that you need.

One way to find these places is going to by looking at the various
web sites. By searching on the web you are going to find that many
of these locations exist. Some of them might be close enough to
you that you can go and see what they have, but at other times
they might be located far away from you. If they are then you
could end up getting the deals off of the web site since many of
these places will have a site that you can order off of as well.

Another way to help you find these is by talking to fellow
musicians. You might find that other people that you have played
with in the past or even are currently playing with have used
these places. If they have then you could find out where it is
located at and be able to use them as well.

Something else to consider doing will be to look in the phone book
to see if you can find any of these places. The phone book might
have some of these listed if they are local to you, but you might
find that they are away from where you are and that could present
a problem in that you just find your normal music stores here.

While you might know that all of the instruments that you’re going
to be using will be expensive you will want to know that if you
find a musicians warehouse the cost can be reduced drastically.
However, the problem that many people are going to run into is not
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weeks advance notice so I have time to get to all the postings.
Thanks!

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Wizard Boots Interview
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Wizard Boots Interview
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Christopher Elsken, the ringleader and chief songwriter of Wizard
Boots, takes on the Music and Band Ezine Interview this week.
Hailing from Texas, Wizard Boots are about to release their second
independent album, “Ole’ Biscuit Barrel”. Find out more info on
this band at http://www.wizardboots.com or their MySpace page
http://www.myspace.com/wizardboots.

Q: How did you come up with the name of your band?
A: I began recording and performing as Wizard Boots five years ago
in Texas….it was sort of a calling, and I can’t reveal the
origin of the name.

Q: What genre (if any) would you classify your music in?
A: Freakpop…improper music….rock n’ roll.  We’re kind of a
mutation of many things.

Q: Do you play only originals, or do you do covers?  In your
average gig, what’s the ratio of original songs to covers? 
A: We’re doing 90% original material now that we’ve got two albums
to draw from, but we throw in a few covers. Mostly stuff no one
knows…Dead Milkmen, Butthole Surfers, Ween.

Q: Who are your musical influences?
A: Jon Wayne (the band not the dead actor), The Butthole Surfers,
Ween, David Bowie, Alice Donut, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, The
Cure, The Frogs, Royal Trux, The Cramps, Hawkwind, The Fall,
Bongwater, Led Zeppelin, ZZ Top, Blue Oyster Cult, The Plasmatics,
Can, Public Image Limited, The Tubes, Frank Zappa, Captain
Beefheart and the supergroup Asia.

Q: What are your songs about?
A: Life…love…loss…laughter…drinking…hallucinations….
dreams….sex….cereal.

Q: What are your band’s goals?
A: To stay alive and keep doing this.  Organize some more short
runs up and down the west coast…hopefully another big tour
across the country.  Do some more videos.  First thing though is
to finish this damn record.

Q: Do you sell CD’s or MP3′s of your music?  If so, where could
someone find them?
A: We will be setting up an online store very soon.  Some
streaming tracks are up on our website and a few free downloads
are up on the old MySpace page:
www.wizardboots.com     www.myspace.com/wizardboots

Q: What are your most and least favorite venues to play, and why?
A: Least favorites are the ones we don’t play at anymore. 
Favorites are The Knife Shop and The Someday Lounge in Portland…
The Soundpony in Tulsa OK,  The Red Room in Tucson AZ, Kimo’s in
San Francisco, and anywhere down on Garrison Ave. in Fort Smith
Arkansas.  Some venues have the best equipment and sound guys…
some have the coolest and most enthusiastic crowds.  And some have
both!

Q: Which songs do you perform most frequently?
A: Currently we’re doing a lot of stuff from our new record, “Ole’
Biscuit Barrel!” and we keep a bunch of those crowd pleasers from
the first album in circulation.  Our cover of the Butthole
Surfer’s “Gary Floyd” has been in pretty regular rotation
lately…and Parry Gripp’s whiskey drinking anthem, “Leprechaun’s
Holiday” is another one you can never go wrong with.

Q: On a gig, do you play from a set list or do you just pick songs
on the spot?
A: We usually have a set list, but sometimes we throw in a few
curveballs….no two Wizard Boots shows are exactly the same, even
if we play the same songs. 

Q: Who in the band writes your songs?
A: That would be me.  I’ve written everything up until now, but as
our schedule cools off in the fall, Tony and Andi are going to try
to do some writing and arranging with me. This new record really
captures the sound and the vibe of the current band, but for the
next one I think we’re going to get much heavier sonically and
conceptually.

Q: How has your music evolved since you started playing together?
A: It started with just me recording everything by myself and now
this is the third completely different band playing live with me,
so obviously it has evolved dramatically. This current band is
the most sonically versatile one for sure. Having an open minded
approach to the live arrangements is key….you never know how
loud or rowdy or nasty or boring an audience will be, so we always
try to play to the room and make each performance unique.

Q: Last thoughts?
A: All the single ladies….put your hands up.   I know it’s hard
to believe, but I am available!  Seriously though….thanks for
doing this.  There are so few people doing something out of sheer
love for music and you are obviously one of them.  Viva le RAWK!!!

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The Hold Steady with the Whigs (Live Show Review)
By Jordy Clements

Google once again confirmed what I already knew to be true: I am
not the first person to compare Craig Finn to a preacher. Phooey
to you Google. Sure it’s an obvious metaphor (The Hold Steady’s
last album is called Heaven is Whenever for god’s sake), but arm’s
outstretched, fingers tingling in an act of pure Pentecostal
parroting, it’s the first thing you think.

Usually, such obvious metaphors are a sign of laziness. But
sometimes they’re not. Many people have called Bob Dylan the poet
of his generation. This is probably because the guy had great
lyrics. However, he also stopped using Zimmerman and very
consciously decided to name himself after Dylan Thomas. He thought
of himself as a poet: to not bring this fact up denies a big part
of whom he was.

Likewise, I’m pretty sure Craig Finn thinks of himself as a
preacher. It’s not just some writer’s obvious metaphor. It’s more
like a job description.

The Hold Steady onstage at The Slowdown On stage, pacing back and
forth, Finn makes sure he directs his sermon toward all corners of
his House, which for this evening, Tuesday, July 6th, is the
Slowdown. Speak-singing in his usual style, he sometimes wanders
away from the microphone, though remains unceasing in his vocal
delivery. He implores the audience to sing along; they happily
agree.

Was it all a little emo? Sure. But The Hold Steady toes a few
genres, and begrudging a sing along would be begrudging the single
thing most fans like about the band. Finn’s erudite lyrics have a
special quality, like all great rock verse, seeming to ring a
little more true when backed by guitars and rhythm.

Plus, preaching to the converted makes things easier. For example:

You can posture like a rock star even though you wear the plaid
shirt, close-cropped hair, and the thick rimmed glasses of a
Borders employee.

You can expect a Dashboard Confessional like response (going so
far as to rely on the crowd for the backing vocals to “Chips
Ahoy!”) even though a good portion of the audience is, like you,
in their mid 30s.

You can take the inherent cheesiness of Bruce Springsteen’s lesser
songs (a guy who appeared on more than one t-shirt this evening),
and the inherent vocal limitations of a band like Hüsker Dü (who
you’ve stated was big a influence, and who seem at least partially
reincarnated in the sound of your opener, The Whigs), and somehow
fuse them together into a melodic package that people take
seriously.

You can eschew traditional fan favorites in the second half of a
front loaded set and replace audience banter, of which there is
almost none, with an awkward, giddy dance, hopping happily about
like Jesus was in your tennis shoes.

You can do all this and still have enough charisma to front a rock
band, throwing in sex, drugs, and religion, new songs with old, a
sound that hardly changes album to album, song to song, a replaced
keyboardist and a touring guitarist (really? You really need three
on stage guitars?), and…you can get away with it.

You can just be the front man to the solid bar band you always
wanted to play in, performing across America, preaching to the
masses. You can spread the message because somehow it just works.
Just like some things always have.

About the Author:

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for his golden parachute “anxiously.” He microblogs @jordyclements
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You Can Make a Living As a Musician!
Written By: Aaron Davison
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I’m constantly out and about meeting new people. A question that I
get all the time and I’m sure you get as well, is “what do you
do?” Although I actually “do” a lot of things, I really consider
myself a musician first and foremost. It’s what I most strongly
identify with and so I simply tell people I’m a musician. Almost
invariably I get a response that goes something like this: “That’s
really cool that you get to do what you love… But It must be
really hard to make a living as a musician.” Usually I respond by
saying something like this, “It can be a challenge, but for me it
would be A LOT harder to make a living doing something I don’t
enjoy.”
 
The fact is that I make a very respectable salary as a musician
and although I’m certainly not rich by any means (yet) I actually
make well above the national average. And if you’re not already,
you can too! Making a living as musician can be challenging, but
if you love making music the rewards that come from waking up and
doing what you love everyday will make it all worthwhile.
 
If you’re an independent musician, and if you’re reading this I
assume you are, one of the keys to creating a sustainable income
is diversification. For a number of years I taught guitar at a
very successful retail music store. The store that I worked at was
an independently owned store that does well over a million dollars
in business annually. One of the owner’s keys to success was
creating several different revenue streams that together created a
very nice income stream that has made the owner very wealthy and
his employees well compensated. The store has a great lesson
program, multiple high end guitar lines and a strong internet
presence. The beauty of this is that if one of the revenue streams
slows one of the other two streams tends to compensate and keep
things running successfully.

You can utilize this same principle as a musician. I have done a
variety of things to make a living which include: running this
website and newsletter, teaching guitar, performing, writing music
for local ad campaigns, selling CDs and writing songs for TV
shows. It’s been the combination of these endeavors that has
allowed me to flourish. But of all the things I’ve accomplished
it’s probably been hearing my music on TV that has been the most
exciting. There’s just something about knowing that music you
created is being heard in millions of homes that’s very rewarding.
 
There are a lot of opportunities to have your music placed in TV
shows. My cable package has over 100 channels, and ALL of them are
using independent music in one way or another. The production
quality of music for TV needs to be what is considered “broadcast
quality”. This means better than a demo but not necessarily as
good as a record. Music supervisors are typically looking for
music that they can place as is, without re-editing. All of the
music I have had placed over the last few years was recorded in
home studios, usually using Pro Tools.

About the Author:

Aaron Davison is a Berklee College Of Music Alumnus who has been
working in the music business for over ten years. His songs have
been heard on a variety of television shows and he has performed
live throughout the world. Visit Aaron’s website,
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getting your songs placed in TV and Film.

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locations of your gigs to paul@musicandband.com and I’ll post them
there. Please include street addresses of the gigs give me a few
weeks advance notice so I have time to get to all the postings.
Thanks!

That wraps up another edition of the Music and Band Ezine. Your
questions, comments and/or concerns can always be forwarded
directly to me at Music and Band at paul@musicandband.com.

If you would like to post an article in a future edition of the
“Music and Band Ezine”, please email your submission to
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and Band, I am…

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Master Bass Guitar
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Master Bass Guitar
Written By: Guitar Tricks

Lots of men and women like to perform the guitar, but not every
person likes to perform the bass. For some folks, that is due to
the fact playing the bass is much more hard to understand and to
take care of than the lead guitar. For other people, the cause
lies a lot more in the simple fact that the bassist is a
background player; therefore, he or she is seldom provided a
possibility to shine in the spotlight throughout a performance.
Yet the bass line is a really essential component to the high
quality of a band’s sound. If you are shopping into learning to
participate in the guitar, you need to take into account taking
bass guitar lessons as well.

<strong>Why Discover The Bass?</strong>

With the challenge surrounding learning how to participate in the
bass, why need to you even bother to understand it? Here are three
reasons that may possibly convince you to choose the bass instead.

1. Bass guitars are the foundation of the band’s sound. The main
function of the bass is to construct the rhythm of the song the
band plays. The sound of the bass links collectively all the other
seems developed by the other instruments that the band utilizes.
Without having the bass to anchor these appears to be with each
other, the song the band plays may well sound syncopated and
lacking in harmony.

2. The high quality of the bass line indicates the quality of the
band. A whole lot of individuals are drawn to the lead guitarist
and the drummer in a band since these two are the ones who
frequently command the center stage. Their appeal
dictates how enjoyable, creative and energetic a band might be. On
the other hand, given that bass guitars carry the harmony of the
band, a band is only as excellent as its bass line. No band can
survive with a weak bassist.

3. A good bassist is often in request. Simply because it is not
effortless to understand how to take up bass guitars, there are
not a great deal of great bassists close to. Only the genuinely
dedicated guitar enthusiast will have the persistence and the
discipline to master actively playing the bass guitar. Since a
great bassist is difficult to appear by, bands often fall over
themselves to score a talented 1 and get him or her to remain.

Ideas For Understanding Bass Guitar

It was stated much more than once that studying how to perform the
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Nonetheless, the operate involved must not deter you from taking
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playing the guitar.

The easiest way to understand how to take up the bass is to retain
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less difficult and quicker for you. But do not despair if you are
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Bass guitar lessons are truly worth it if you want to turn out to
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Buying Gibson Acoustic Guitars undamaged Online
Written By: Bevin Perry

If you’re looking for Gibson acoustic guitars online, you want
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On the one hand you want to get the best guitar at the best
value to become your desires and tastes. On the other hand, you
persuaded don’t want to get ripped off.

 usually dialogue, you want to pursue the statute that you don’t
pay fewer than $400 for Gibson acoustic guitars if you buy from
the customary retail dealer. “Beginner” and “student” guitars
are made by Gibson to persuade bazaar petition, but you basic to
be a more intelligent guitar buyer and never pay for such
jumble. You get what you pay for, and those and other shameful
guitar models expense solely a link hundred dollars or so
because you are not receiving a great-sounding instrument that
has been built to last. Gibson acoustic guitars can, stoppable
to say, be very high attribute, but in order to get that
attribute you have to be ready to pay the value. Having said
that, if you are doubtful as to whether you will last live, you
could of course flinch out using a shameful learner guitar and
upgrade as you see the basic.

 But, what if you just don’t have the finances? Yes, there are
habits of receiving attribute Gibsons for fewer money–such as
open to online auctions. But, herein is wherein you must be very
alert not to get ripped off. policy of thumb for the online
auctions such as eBay:

 *If you see any Gibsons that you think look genuinely good,
inquiries them before you place a bid. You can dealings Gibson’s
purchaser sacrament and you can inquiries online as well.

 *If it says vintage, you should rein if it was a good idea. A
vintage destitute ideal is no better than any other. You see,
all guitars are by definition vintage of the year they were made.

 *If it says it wasn’t played greatly, try to find out why
not–and, what was it worn for then? Also, rein the seller’s
rating. Don’t buy from a trader using a consistently low rating.
However, if the trader has a high inclusive rating, you are
extremely doubtful to get ripped off.

 *If it says “antique”, so what? Is it antique attribute or
antique waste? Again, do your inquiries, and you will find
whether it is a good idea. It may be as folksy as typing the
ideal name in your beloved seek engine and read the first few
hits on it.

 Now, as I’ve mentioned, Gibson acoustic guitars lean to be very
high quality–and what this means for you is, if you swear ahead
receiving a Gibson, you should be organized to lay out some good
money for one. The mass of Gibson acoustics are “high end” and
will cost far more than $400 tiniest statute that
you should abide by. You have to think it through on your
finances before you make that kind of purchase.

 There are sites that will give you information and good deals
on new Gibson acoustic guitars. Musician’s isolated is one such
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Publishing – The Real Money in Music
Written By: Marckiese Buford
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Have you ever wondered how is it that an artist could not sell a
lot of records and yet still have a jaguar in their driveway?
Expensive car and a house to match. Must be the life. Either their
going to be really broke in the near future, or their really smart
when it came to their business in music.

Today I’m going to tell you a secret that’s been under everyone’s
noses for a very long time and the only people who know about it
are the one’s actually doing it. What is this all mighty secret
you ask? Music publishing. That’s right. One song could make you
hundreds of thousands of dollars. If it’s big enough, maybe even
millions. Don’t believe me? Ask Usher Raymond how much money he’s
STILL making off of “Yea.” You know that hot joint produced by
Lil’ Jon featuring Ludacris off of “Confessions?” It’s not getting
as many radio plays as it was, but I’m sure every once in a while
you hear it some time or another. So what does this have to do
with publishing you ask? Well, I’m about to tell you.

No fat all, beef here so we won’t waste each others’ time. Every
time “Yea” by Usher Raymond was played, he was paid. Seriously, if
you know at least a little about the music business, you know that
there is a such thing as PROs (Performance Rights Organizations)
whose jobs are to make sure artists are paid for their music used
whenever the general public is involved. Now the fee depends on
where and how the music is used. The bigger the broadcast, the
bigger the payment. The larger the usage volume, the bigger the
payment. For example, if Hot 97 used the song for an average of
ten times a day, then you’re looking at a pretty heavy payment
after a few months(we’re talking five to six figures). Thing is,
that is only one radio station. With thousands in the country who
knows how much someone could make. Oh, this goldmine doesn’t stop
there. Publishing spans to commercials, television shows, and
movies. On top of that, everything mentioned will also includes
the internet(internet radio, internet sitcoms, etc). Anytime your
music is used you’re entitled to compensation.

Publishing is so big, I can’t believe more people don’t know about
it. It’s so much money to be made that your losing out by not, at
least, dipping in it a little bit while working on your career.
Don’t sell yourself short by not trying it out. With publishing,
you could actually have the money needed to do whatever there is
that is needed to be done as far as your artist development is
concerned. Just Google “music publishing” and you’ll find tons of
music publishing companies and information. I highly recommend
“Making Music Make Money.” This was the book that really opened my
eyes to the publishing aspect of the music industry and I
guarantee you that you won’t regret spending your time to read it.
You can find a link to the book on my blog page on my website
presented below in the reference box. Don’t sell yourself short;
research, study, then apply. You won’t regret it.

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Okay, here’s the deal. I have an event calendar on the Music and
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want to start promoting your live shows. Email me dates, times and
locations of your gigs to paul@musicandband.com and I’ll post them
there. Please include street addresses of the gigs give me a few
weeks advance notice so I have time to get to all the postings.
Thanks!

That wraps up another edition of the Music and Band Ezine. Your
questions, comments and/or concerns can always be forwarded
directly to me at Music and Band at paul@musicandband.com.

If you would like to post an article in a future edition of the
“Music and Band Ezine”, please email your submission to
paul@musicandband.com for review and consideration.

I personally thank you for your readership and interest in this
ezine. Looking forward to bringing you the next edition of Music
and Band, I am…

Paul Heingarten
Founder
Music and Band Ezine
paul@musicandband.com
http://www.musicandband.com

***The views expressed in this ezine do not necessarily reflect
the views of the publisher***

Greetings!!!

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The Whole Note – from the Publisher

Rasan Allbritton Interview
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Tips on How to Be a Better Musician
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The 12 Greatest Costumed Rock Bands Ever
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Rasan Allbritton Interview
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Music and Band Ezine’s Publisher, Paul Heingarten

Rasan Allbritton answers the Music and Band Ezine Interview this
week.

Q: What genre (if any) would you classify your music in?
A: Acoustic/ folk rock/ pop-punk
 
Q: Do you play only originals, or do you do covers?  In your
average gig, what’s the ratio of original songs to covers?
A: I have done covers in the past but for most show I won’t do a
cover. I plan on changing that in the future.

Q: Who are your musical influences?
A: Bright Eyes, Bob Dylan, The Avett brothers, Tegan and Sara,
Pink Floyd.
 
Q: What are your songs about?
A: My songs are about me, my friends, and family. That’s all I
know and that’s all I care about.

Q: What are your band’s goals?
A: My goal is to make music for the rest of my life. I want this
to be a career I want this can be my only focus.

Q: Do you sell CD’s or MP3′s of your music?  If so, where could
someone find them?
A: I sell my CD’s at my shows. You can download my E.P. at
www.rasanallbritton.bandcamp.com

Q: What are your most and least favorite venues to play, and why?
A: I honestly haven’t played at a venue that I did not like. If
there is a place where I can plug in my guitar and sing my songs
for people who want to listen, then it’s a great venue.

Q: Which songs do you perform most frequently?
A: Lately I have been play my song “All night” that on my E.P.
called “Old Situations”. “All night” is about my summer when I was
18 turned into a love song about hanging out.
 
Q: On a gig, do you play from a set list or do you just pick songs
on the spot?
A: I really try my best to write out a set list but I really won’t
until I get to the venue.  Also while I am on stage I will Which
some songs around based on how I feel the show is going.
 
Q: Who in the band writes your songs?
A: I write all my own songs.
 
Q: How has your music evolved since you started playing together?
A: I believe the my lyric have gotten better since I started and
also my guitar playing. It makes me want to perform more often
when I write a new song.

Q: Last thoughts?
A: Please download the EP, check out the MySpace
(www.myspace.com/rasanmusic) and the Facebook
(www.facebook.com/rasanmuisc). Thank you!

About the Publisher:

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Tips on How to Be a Better Musician
Written By: Abel Alexander
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Playing an instrument and singing is not all there is to being a
real musician. Remember that when The Beatles and Elvis
revolutionized the music industry, all manufactured artists became
taboo. There are certain things that you must do to be considered
a good musician.

Write Your Own Material
Not everyone was born with the ability to do this but this is
really an integral part of your musical career. You may not be
born with the same level of skills like The Beatles or Eric
Clapton but I assure you that you can develop some skill enough to
collaborate with others. Just get on it and practice. Try it and
improve it. If at first you failed again, just try or die trying.

Get Some Experience
You will never know how good you are unless you perform in front
of a crowd so get some experience. Even if it means playing on
crappy bars with 2 people in the crowd. Just do it. If you’re
really good, you’ll move up the ladder. The only thing that will
prepare you in performing before a 300,000 – crowd is practice.

Experiment on Other Sound
Don’t close your doors to other possibilities – genres,
instruments, groups, etc. you’ll never know, you might find a
hidden talent. You may even come up with new mash ups that will
make the world watch you in awe. Try everything, don’t shut any
idea right away.

Listen to Other Music
You have to know music, not just your own but music in general.
That is the business you are getting into so know it. Besides, you
do need to scout the competition and know the trends if you ever
plan on setting your own trend or crushing the competition.

Focus
Know what kind of music you want to play and master it. If you
keep on shifting back and forth, you will not achieve anything.

Love Your Craft
Love it unconditionally even if you feel like it’s not loving you
back. Give it your heart and soul.

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The 12 Greatest Costumed Rock Bands Ever
Written By: Brenda Hineman

Rock and Roll has had its share of larger than life characters.
Some were born with an innate charisma that just demanded
attention: Elvis, Jim Morrison, and Iggy Pop, for example. Other
artists, however, fully embraced rock and roll’s shared sense of
rebellion and theater to create new personas through costume. At
StarCostumes.com, we have an affinity (and maybe a little bias)
for these artists. So, without further ado, we present you The 12
Greatest Costumed Rock Bands Ever!

12. Mortiis

Havard Ellefsen is the brainchild behind the man and the band,
Mortiis. Hailing from Norway, a nation whose musical contributions
are most associated with the black metal genre, it is not uncommon
for artists to sport some sort of makeup and leather. Combining
industrial rock and ambient electronica, in turn, Mortiis take
costuming further with custom created prosthetic face and ear
pieces, dreadlocks, and dress that sometimes is no more than mummy
wrapping and sometimes shredded leather covered in corn flour.

11. Behemoth

For nearly 20 years, the Polish black metal band has been using
its anti-Christian lyrics and breakneck rhythms to become one of
the most notorious metal bands in the world. While their live
shows may feature them wearing standard black metal fare of
leather with big steel spikes, and white face paint with some
black smears here and there, it’s the photo shoots where Behemoth
shines. From custom fit leather frocks laden with zippers and
chains to body armor reminiscent of Roman warriors, Behemoth takes
their costumes seriously. After all, they have a bad reputation to
uphold.

10. Red Hot Chili Peppers

While they may not be the first band that comes to mind when you
think of costumed bands, but there was a time in the mid-90s when
these SoCal funky punks donned some of the most outrageous
costumes ever. From being dresses as light bulbs, to wearing just
a sock on their genitals, to wearing helmets that shot fire 10
feet into the air, they not only wore these things, but actually
delivered full 90-minute sets that way!

9. Mushroomhead

From the hometown of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (Cleveland,
Ohio) comes the masked metal band known as Mushroomhead. While
their costumes have changed little over the years, their most
popular look features black jump suits and black masks with X’s
across the face. Interestingly, the impetus for Mushroomhead to
wear costumes was not to create a new identity as much as it was
to hide their own identities, because they were originally a side
project of several other more popular Cleveland-based bands and
wanted to keep their identities separate.

8. Alice Cooper

Every trend has to come back to one individual, the person who set
the trend in motion. When talking about rock bands and artists who
perform in costume; it all starts with Alice Cooper. From the
streets of Detroit Rock City, Alice Cooper used the experimental
period of the ’60s to start changing a normal rock show to a
theatrical tour de force, complete with guillotines, snakes,
electric chairs and, of course, his trademark black eye makeup and
leather costuming. Without Alice Cooper, it is suffice to say that
nobody else on this list would be here.

7. Hollywood Undead

The youngest band on this list, Hollywood Undead are also the
least adventurous when it comes to costuming. Often sporting
simple plastic hockey masks, poorly applied makeup, or just
bandanas, it’s as if they hardly even make an effort. The genius
of this, however, is that they motivated thousands of young
angst-driven boys on MySpace to also start wearing bandanas on
their faces, specifically because it didn’t take much effort. Yes,
they lowered costuming bar to reach the most apathetic crowd…
and it worked!

6. Lordi

When your front man is a costume designer by trade, well, it’s
pretty much a foregone conclusion that you are a band that is going
to be wearing costumes. Hailing from Finland, the band Lordi is
named after founding member… Mr. Lordi. They rose to fame as the
winners of the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest, making them the first
Finn’s to ever win the contest. Their grotesque masks and medieval
garb combined with big ’80s-era hooks landed them gigs on the
Ozzfest tour main stage. In recent years, however, their popularity
has waned.

5. Mudvayne

While Mudvayne no longer wears makeup or costumes, part of their
identity early in their career was very much tied to makeup and
costumes. During the era of their first release, the band relied
very heavily on face paint coupled with experimental hair styles.
For their second release, they donned alien masks and colored
suits to offer their fans something new and different. Since that
time, they have been makeup and costume free, but their diehard
fans still associate them with that style.

4. Marilyn Manson

While costume is primarily used as a way to draw attention and
controversy, perhaps no artist on this list has received more of
either than Marilyn Manson. Early in his career, as the front man
of Marilyn Manson & The Spooky Kids, his garb was more colorful,
evoking images of circus performers or even Willy Wonka. By the
time he released Antichrist Superstar in 1996, his image and
costume switched very heavily to a raw gothic style characterized
by prosthetic wings and other appendages, as well as rag clothing.
While he has reinvented his look several times in his career, he
is most often associated with Goth makeup and costumes today.

3. Slipknot

Few bands on this list have reached such critical acclaim as
quickly as Slipknot. With seven Grammy nominations (and one win),
two platinum records, and two gold records in just 10 years, it’s
easy to forget that Slipknot’s initial notoriety came in large
because they wear masks. In fact, with matching jumpsuits,
horrific masks, and numbers (instead of names), Slipknot’s initial
image was a new level of shock. Kudos to The ‘knot for having the
good sense to license their masks for merchandising as well.

2. Kiss

There are stars. There are superstars, Then there’s Kiss. With 24
gold albums and more than 100 million records sold worldwide, they
aren’t just an amazing costumed band, they are the band that used
face paint and costumes to create a brand that is as instantly
recognizable as Nike or Coke. Add fire breathing, blood spitting,
lasers and enough pyro to stock a small army, and Kiss’s live
show does everything to cement their reputation as the
quintessential rock band, even as the members of Kiss enter their
60s.

1. GWAR

Until Gwar, Alice Cooper and Kiss had the market on shock rock,
but their approaches were rooted in makeup and traditional theater
posturing. When Gwar arrived, they did so in full latex costumes
and sci-fi personas. Looking less like something from a Kubuki
production and more like something out of an Alien movie, their
stage shows notoriously address taboo subjects and often leave
concert-goers walking home drenched in fake bodily fluids. With an
image like that, it would be easy to forget that they also have
two Grammy awards.

There you have it. Some shock. Some thrill. Some channel their
inner demons. But they have all done it with some type of
costuming, though. And along the way, some of them have changed
the course of rock and roll… forever.

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want to start promoting your live shows. Email me dates, times and
locations of your gigs to paul@musicandband.com and I’ll post them
there. Please include street addresses of the gigs give me a few
weeks advance notice so I have time to get to all the postings.
Thanks!

That wraps up another edition of the Music and Band Ezine. Your
questions, comments and/or concerns can always be forwarded
directly to me at Music and Band at paul@musicandband.com.

If you would like to post an article in a future edition of the
“Music and Band Ezine”, please email your submission to
paul@musicandband.com for review and consideration.

I personally thank you for your readership and interest in this
ezine. Looking forward to bringing you the next edition of Music
and Band, I am…

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Founder
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Eugene Christopher Interview
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The National – Electric Factory / Philadelphia, PA
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Submitted by: Blake

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Daniel Moore of the band Eugene Christopher answers the Music and
Band Ezine Interview this week.

Q: How did you come up with the name of your band?
A: I’ve always wanted to use that name as an alter ego, but I
decided to use it as a band name with no one having that name. 
It kinda represents a democracy. 

Q: What genre (if any) would you classify your music in?
A: Indie/Folk/Rock

Q: Do you play only originals, or do you do covers?  In your
average gig, what’s the ratio of original songs to covers?
A: At this time we are playing all originals.  Maybe one day we’ll
cover a song, but we will definitely make it ours.

Q: Who are your musical influences?
A: Wow, that’s a broad question with a very long answer so here is
the short answer:  In no particular order they are, Dave Matthews
Band, The Beatles, Jack Johnson, Tori Amos, Lisa Mitchell, Dewey
Cox, Bob Dylan, Ray Wyles, Mozart, Marching Bands all across the
globe, and many more.

Q: What are your songs about?
A: Connecting as a human race. 

Q: What are your band’s goals?
A: World Wide recognition.

Q: Do you sell CD’s or MP3′s of your music?  If so, where could
someone find them?
A: Our new CD “Based On Live Performances” will be released soon. 
You can find out more about that at these websites:
www.eugenechristopher.com, www.9livesrecords.com.

Q: What are your most and least favorite venues to play, and why?
A: Most favorite venues would be private parties, and really big
venues.  Least favorite would be small bars with a crowd that
can’t stand up straight. 

Q: Which songs do you perform most frequently?
A: All of them.

Q: On a gig, do you play from a set list or do you just pick songs
on the spot?
A: We usually have a set list, but it is never set in stone.  If
the crowd wants something or needs a pick me up or a slow me down,
then we provide what they desire.

Q: Who in the band writes your songs?
A: I (Daniel Moore) write all the songs, but that is just for
now.  Who knows what the future will hold. 

Q: How has your music evolved since you started playing together?
A: Just listen to my solo album “Thoughts of A TV Chair”, then
compare that with our debut, “Based On Live Performances” when it
is released.

Q: Last thoughts?
A: I just want to everyone in the band, Agustin Frederic and Cami
Elyse for making the music happen, and we all want to that our
fans for getting us where we are, and we also want to thank our
producer Jon Neiss as well as our record label, 9 Lives Records
for believing in us.

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The National – Electric Factory / Philadelphia, PA
(Concert Review)
Submitted by: Blake

Courtesy of Post Hoc Management

I’d never been to the Electric Factory before this concert and
frankly, I had some mixed feelings about it. As a Pittsburgher,
anything Philly related leaves a bad taste lingering in the mouth…
like a skunky beer. Or morning breath. But, being a bit savvy in
the ol’ music department, I knew this was a big time venue.

Pouring over concert listings over the past 10 years for anything
with the letters PA near it, it was always “Electric Factory –
Philadelphia, PA” followed by a groan. Those big time venue
assumptions were confirmed when I walked up to the venue to see
the upcoming concert listings in big, bold, letters:

“Ted Nugent”. Nice.

“Phil Collins”. I loved Tarzan.

But, all these names were over shadowed by tonight’s listing –
“The National”, and holy guacamole, did the concert measure up to
those big letters on the sign out front. Now I’ve only had the
pleasure of seeing The National once before, and it was at a small
private college in central PA. Short set list, small crowd, and a
case of the flu touring with the band had the night stacked
against me. That’s ok. At the time, it was what I needed to quench
that desire to see Slow Show and the rest of Boxer burning live.
What I’m trying to say is, if you’d let me finish, I was
definitely unprepared for the show they put on at the Electric
Factory. The Saturday evening show was the second of a two-show
stand at the E.F. I can only assume that Friday nights show was
good, but it couldn’t have been as red hot, as intense, as blind
drunk, and as reckless as Saturday’s show. With a small horn
section and the ever present but somewhat invisible Padma Newsome,
the band was armed with a strong and sharp sound with no intention
of holding it back. The Dessner twins, cool and confident at the
helm with the Devendorf Two making the foundation stagger and
groan beneath us, the audience was treated to frantic, percussion
driven versions of their favorite songs.

Can we talk about Matt Berninger for a sec? I’ve said it before,
but never to you, that guy has an awkward and angular stage
presence that you can’t take your eyes off of. He broods. He turns
his back to the audience. He’s agitated. He shies away but every
time he steps back to the mic he’s trying to start a riot one word
at a time. The guy is aces. So a quick warm-up with Brainy from
their last release, Boxer, and we were off to the High Violet
races. Anyone’s Ghost and Bloodbuzz Ohio were sleek and composed
with a jittery Berninger all closed eyes and white knuckles at the
mic. I was prepared for the full High Violet repertoire, but was
shockingly surprised when the staccato drum pattern of Mistaken
For Strangers hit me in the stomach so early. The crowd loved it.
A few more pre-High Violet tunes mingled with the sorrowful but
strong Afraid of Everyone and Little Faith rounded out an
exhilarating first half of the set list.

This is where it got real. Really real. A quick sip of white wine
and Berninger and the Dessner twins were pounding out that
swaggering self lusting anthem All the Wine from Alligator. One of
the twins went on to apologize to those in the crowd who aren’t
familiar with their Alligator album that a love fest is about to
ensue.

Alligator. Yes, you read that correctly. My thoughts exactly…
cheese and crackers!

If you can imagine “that guy” singing along to every song,
pounding air and head banging in an indie rock way – yeah, that
was this guy, and man, was it worth every sore neck muscle in the
morning. A grueling rendition of Abel countered with the
heartbroken melodies of The Geese of Beverly Road and Sons and
Daughters of the Soho Riots had the crowd wrapped around the
band’s little finger. I was almost embarrassed to find myself
clapping and yelling for more when the band left the stage after
England and Fake Empire – what more could they give us? How could
we ask for more after 18 heartfelt, beautiful, songs had even the
lavender smelling girl next to me all sweat and stink. How could
they top it? Picture Berninger climbing the mezzanine, shirt
untucked, screaming the chorus of Mr. November over and over. I’ll
let your imagination do the rest.

If you live anywhere with a day’s drive of seeing The National on
this High Violet tour, do yourself a favor: grab some friends, a
minivan, some Pacific Cooler Capris Sun, and make it happen.

See the National Official website here…
http://www.americanmary.com/

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FL Studio production tutorial: chapter 1 – soundflow / step
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Submitted By: NYPH

Soundflow

Soundflow is the flow of the sound in a specific environment, from
where it begins and where it goes, all the different stages that
modify it in some way are going to be explained here.

Soundflow in FL Studio begins in the channel window, more
specifically in the step sequencer or alternatively the piano
roll.

The sound in FL Studio is produced by “channels”, and these can be
samplers, VST instruments or internal generators. Each channel can
be assigned to a specific mixer track, from which the sound will go
to the main mixer track called Master and then to the soundcard
output (after the main volume and main pitch steps), but if you
don’t route the channel to a mixer track the sound will directly
go to the Master, leaving you without the possibility to add
effects to that specific channel, but you can still generally add
the effects along with all the other channels that weren’t
assigned to a mixer track.

At the end of the soundflow we got the main volume and main pitch
sliders at the top of the main panel, you can manipulate the main
volume at will while working on your project, but you must reset
the slider to default position to render your work. For the main
pitch you may do as you please.

Step sequencer

Audio data in FL studio is introduced via the step sequencer or
alternatively the piano roll. Both data inputs do the same work,
but providing easy interfaces to approach the music creation in
different ways depending on what your needs are.

Step sequencer makes it really easy to create percussion loops,
it’s as simple as clicking some dots on the screen and then click
play or (spacebar) to hear it. Of course, making music is actually
more difficult than that, but the main procedure is the same.

To add some complexity to your loops you can click on the “Graph
editor” icon (G) to show an array of properties that can add new
dimensions of depth to really simple loops. Those properties are:
note panning (Pan), note volume (Velocity), note release velocity
(Release), cutoff (Filter cut), resonance (Filter res), pitch
(Pitch) and shifting (Shift). Let’s say you fill completely all the
steps in a hi-hat sample, and let it play just like that. Pretty
annoying in my opinion. Now open the “Graph editor” icon (g) and
randomly modify the pitch sliders, nothing special, just enough to
hear how the same steps sound very different with little effort.

If you think about it, messing with the pitch in this way is not
very musical, in the sense that you can’t make a note progression
by modifying only this property or at least it will be more
difficult than using “Keyboard editor” (k).

“Keyboard editor” is a micro piano roll embedded in the step
sequencer, more immediate to use than the actual “Piano roll” and
with a few characteristics to have in mind:

1) you can transpose the notes you draw in it by pressing and
holding ctrl key.
2) notes can slide by pressing the slide button at the top of the
“Keyboard editor”.
3) making chords is not an option, for that is the actual “Piano
roll”

You must remember the general law of VSTi and DX instruments: they
don’t natively support FL Studio slide feature. This is solved by
the use of portamento in each VSTi and DX instruments
individually.

The maximum length of a pattern made in the step sequencer is 64
steps, if you want more space…just make another pattern!

Until next time!

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want to start promoting your live shows. Email me dates, times and
locations of your gigs to paul@musicandband.com and I’ll post them
there. Please include street addresses of the gigs give me a few
weeks advance notice so I have time to get to all the postings.
Thanks!

That wraps up another edition of the Music and Band Ezine. Your
questions, comments and/or concerns can always be forwarded
directly to me at Music and Band at paul@musicandband.com.

If you would like to post an article in a future edition of the
“Music and Band Ezine”, please email your submission to
paul@musicandband.com for review and consideration.

I personally thank you for your readership and interest in this
ezine. Looking forward to bringing you the next edition of Music
and Band, I am…

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The Whole Note – from the Publisher

The Gremlins Interview
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Homemade Studios – The Life of the Musician Amateur
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Q: What is your name / the name of your band?
A: The Gremlins.

Q: How did you come up with the name of your band?
A: I wrote a song about Gremlins antagonizing the flight crew of a
WWII B-17 Bomber. The name seemed to fit as a band.

Q: What genre (if any) would you classify your music in?
A: Surfy Garage Horror Punk.

Q: Do you play only originals, or do you do covers?  In your
average gig, what’s the ratio of original songs to covers?
A: We mostly do originals. We’ve covered the following songs:
Boris the Spider, Halloween (Misfits), and Don’t Get Too Close to
My Fantasy (Ween).

Q: Who are your musical influences?
A: We have a wide variety; probably the single greatest influence
is The Monks. Also The B-52′s (old stuff), Sonic Youth, Frank
Black/The Pixies, The MakeUp, 999, 60′s surf rock…

Q: What are your songs about?
A: Death, Apocalyptic themes, and Atheism are the most prominent
elements of our music. Our songs, while heavy on dark humor and
bleak narratives, attempt to marry whimsy to the inevitable death
that awaits everyone. We also attempt to make plain the fragility
of concepts like civilization, modernity, technology. We are all
bags of guts and blood that kid ourselves into believing that we
are noble creatures.

Q: What are your band’s goals?
A: To do a nationwide tour, make and put out a kickass record (on
vinyl), and try and make jolly atheism the new hipster trend.

Q: Do you sell CD’s or MP3′s of your music?  If so, where could
someone find them?
A: The Gremlins can be contacted by emailing Joey Gremlin at
joey@gremlinbrigade.com. Gremlinbrigade.com is a work in progress.
Also you can check out one of our songs at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPqC8-RoAUw.

Q: What are your most and least favorite venues to play, and why?
A: Our most favorite gigs are house parties. Our least favorite
are benefits where everyone ignores the band.

Q: Which songs do you perform most frequently?
A: The originals Here Come the Swallows, Sushi for the Sea Devil,
Who Goes There?, and Explorers from Beyond the Grave. Sometimes we
throw in Hunt the Wumpus, the aforementioned covers, a warm-up
song called Darth Vader, and one of a number of acoustic banjo
filler songs like Advocate for Entropy, the Earthling Child, or
Neutron Star. Once in a while we do a dance number called The
Turtle.

Q: On a gig, do you play from a set list or do you just pick songs
on the spot?
A: Set list. We do, however, take requests.

Q: Who in the band writes your songs?
A: Joey Gremlin.

Q: How has your music evolved since you started playing together?
A: Quite a bit! Tyler (the drummer) has come quite a long way.
About two months in we realized that surf beats are fairly easy
and sound fantastic, and the death songs soon followed.

Q: Last thoughts?
A: We need more gigs! If you’re in the Philadelphia area and like
our sound, let us know! It’s very hard to convince bookers that
people will come.

About the Publisher:

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Homemade Studios – The Life of the Musician Amateur
Written By: Diane Aron
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For all musicians, the only thing that cares is to shine in the
world of music. What I can say is that most musicians dream about
writing their own music as well as recording, their own albums.
They are just two ways to achieve it: Go to a professional studio
or build your home recording studio.

Basically, talking about going to a professional studio. A
professional studio has all the tools and equipment needed to
record a kick ass album including a team of professional recording
engineers to your disposal. The recording studio would be at your
services for the glorious amount of about less than $40/hour. And
I am talking about the cheapest. Other studios may charge an
amount up to $1000/hour.

If you are able to afford such budget, I encourage going to a
professional studio. Nevertheless, most people cannot afford that
budget; taking into account that recording a song may take all day
thus recording the whole album may take you about a week. If we
take the cheapest studio, we will spend about $320 dollars in a
day and about $1600 in a week.

Okay, $1600 is not that much; however, the recording stage is just
part of the process of developing the album. After recording the
next step is mixing the song, and then mastering the song. The
mixer engineer may charge from $80/hour to $500/hour as well as
the mastering engineer. So do the math.

So, we spend $1600 on the recording studio plus $3200 on the
mixing studios and about $5000 from the mastering engineer summing
a total of $9800. I do know you but that is a lot of money. If you
are able to afford that quantity of money, and if you are planning
to get launch to be famous, so that is ok.

Amateur musicians take music as a hobby, and most of us cannot
afford a professional studio, but we can afford a home recording
studio. A home studio is cheaper and the only thing we must spend
on is on the equipment.

Building a home recording studio is easy, and the price is
affordable. I did the accounting and find out that you need about
$2050 dollars to build it. The studio can be built using cheap
equipment, cheap compared to professional studios. Still the
equipment has enough quality to stand and do the work.

About the Author:

Diane Aron is an amateur musician owner of a recording studio.
Since she started in the word of music she is helping musicians to
get on the road by helping them to build their own studios.

Learn more about
[http://www.aboutmidi.com/Recording-Tips/Homemade-recording-studios/]
home recording studios at http://www.aboutmidi.com

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Important Guidelines For Promoting Your Band
Written By: Leslie Jordan
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If you and your friends are in a band, you have likely put a lot
of effort and time into rehearsals, writing music, and fine tuning
your performance. Before you hop onto the big stage you want to do
your best job at promoting the event in an effort to draw a crowd.
It can be helpful to put together a couple promotional pieces of
marketing literature to create attention. Both professionally
printed flyers and professionally printed posters can be easy to
design and the printing can be completed in a professional and
timely manner.

Flyers can help spread the word about your upcoming show. A well
designed flyer can be distributed around town at locations where
your customer base may frequent. A few ideas include music stores,
coffee shops, and book stores. Flyers come in a variety of sizes
including 1/8 of a page, 1/6 of a page, 1/4 of a page, 1/2 of a
page, and full page.

Posters are a great visual that can attract a variety of
passers-by or customers that frequent specific venues. A nightclub
or establishment where you plan to perform will benefit by hanging
up a poster that can be seen to customers inside as well as
placing the poster in the window that can be seen by individuals
walking on the sidewalk outside. The posters can benefit both your
band and the venue, after all, you both want a large crowd.

Both flyers and posters should transmit a feeling of the style of
music you will perform. If your music is more subdued and classy,
you may want a more conservative design that will convey that
message. A loud and energetic rock band will likely want a vibrant
attention getting graphic that is as attention grabbing as their
music. Flyers and posters can be printed on glossy paper with a
protective aqueous coating.

Custom flyers, posters and
[http://www.nextdayflyers.com/glossy-brochure-printing/] Color
Brochure Printing can help draw a crowd to your next performance.
Keep in mind you also may want to investigate
[http://www.nextdayflyers.com/business-card-printing/] Business
Card Printing to go along with your other marketing pieces.

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ANNOUNCEMENT: Send Me Your Gigs!!!

Okay, here’s the deal. I have an event calendar on the Music and
Band Ezine blog page that has not gotten much use lately and I
want to start promoting your live shows. Email me dates, times and
locations of your gigs to paul@musicandband.com and I’ll post them
there. Please include street addresses of the gigs give me a few
weeks advance notice so I have time to get to all the postings.
Thanks!

That wraps up another edition of the Music and Band Ezine. Your
questions, comments and/or concerns can always be forwarded
directly to me at Music and Band at paul@musicandband.com.

If you would like to post an article in a future edition of the
“Music and Band Ezine”, please email your submission to
paul@musicandband.com for review and consideration.

I personally thank you for your readership and interest in this
ezine. Looking forward to bringing you the next edition of Music
and Band, I am…

Paul Heingarten
Founder
Music and Band Ezine
paul@musicandband.com
http://www.musicandband.com

***The views expressed in this ezine do not necessarily reflect
the views of the publisher***

Welcome to the June 2, 2010 edition of music and band ezine.

Madeleine Begun Kane presents Limerick Ode To Cher posted at Mad Kane’s Humor Blog, saying, “limerick review of Cher’s Vegas show.”

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Morgan Schwartz presents 1/Fourth: How Omaha’s Sickest DJ Crew Adds Up posted at Omaha Music, saying, “Nice writeup about Omaha based 1/Fourth”

Jordy Clements presents Interview with It’s True on the Eve of Their Record Release posted at Omaha Music, saying, “We caught up with Omaha’s It’s True on the verge of their first full length CD release and sure to be popular show at The Waiting Room. Click through for an intimate look at the band tuning up and goofing off, with practice footage and a band interview.”

Jeff presents Why Your Band Should Use Social Media posted at Independent Musician Magazine | Chorus Magazine, Edmonton AB, saying, “Why your band should be using social media, including tips and tricks.”

Jeff presents Tape, Tape Revolution – Independent Musician Magazine | Chorus Magazine, Edmonton AB posted at Independent Musician Magazine | Chorus Magazine, Edmonton AB, saying, “How & why cassette tapes are making a comeback for DIY musicians.”

Jeff presents Review: CDBaby posted at Independent Musician Magazine | Chorus Magazine, Edmonton AB, saying, “A review of the popular music distribution service, CDBaby.”

Jeff presents 6 Tips For Booking Your First Tour posted at Independent Musician Magazine | Chorus Magazine, Edmonton AB, saying, “6 essential tips for booking an independent tour.”

Ryan presents Sell Your Music posted at The Music Producer Dude, saying, “A how-to on setting up a band’s website, plus services that can help.”

concerts

Kelli Petersen presents Big Motif CD Release Party: Hippies, Rockers, and a Whole Lot of Lasers posted at Boho in the ‘Burbs, saying, “A review of the Big Motif CD release party”

music lessons

Ryan presents Your State of Being Affects Your Singing posted at The Music Producer Dude, saying, “Many people don’t realize just how much their state of being affects their singing.”

music reviews

Guitaroracle presents Best tube amps? posted at Guitar Oracle.

Madeleine Begun Kane presents American Idol?s Problem ? Crystallized posted at Mad Kane’s Humor Blog.

Tom McCool presents Guitar.. Amplifiers posted at Guitar Sounds.

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