by Ben Marazzi | Mar 5, 2013 | Interviews and Features
Genre: Frantic Lo-Fi Punk Hometown: Long Beach, CA Artistic Approach: Twisting stage rage with bubblegum pop. whitemurder.bandcamp.com Safety in Numbers b/w Real Tough Chicks by White Murder As drummer Paul Gonzalez describes it, “I heard a Redd Kross song and I had... by Jesse James Salucci | Jul 31, 2012 | Booking Gigs & Touring, Music Promotion
Not every band’s van has an extra seat for the merch girl. That’s what I realized while on tour with my band, The Lights Out. In your home city, there’s always a friend or girlfriend who can be roped into selling your stuff for a few beers. But when you’re on the... by Benjamin Ricci | Jun 13, 2023 | Booking Gigs & Touring
If the pandemic taught us anything as musicians and music-lovers, it’s how much we took for granted seeing live music (and performing live on-stage for those of us who do so). And during the past few years, if you were spending more time in the studio than on the... by Michael St. James | Mar 27, 2023 | Music Licensing
For independent artists and labels, there is definitely a love/hate relationship with Spotify. We love how the deals with distributors have made the track uploads process easy. We hate how we have very little shot of making an editorial playlist on music alone, (hint:... by Melanie Kealey | Jan 27, 2023 | Music Promotion
[Guest article courtesy of Melanie Kealey of Bandzoogle] Even in a time when new platforms and online technologies are exploding in popularity – Web3, TikTok, Yubo, and more – it has never been more critical for musicians to build and maintain their own website, their...