1956 Hofner Model 127 In this installment, we’ll take a look at this 1956 Hofner Model 127, also...
Benjamin Ricci
Records That Changed My Life with Lightning Pill
I'm Lightning Pill, a 28-year old keyboardist/singer-songwriter from Boston, MA. The genre I take...
Mackie Launches Redesigned MR Series Studio Monitors
Affordable, high-performance monitors for modern musicians, producers, and content creators....
Live Review: Hangout Fest
Festival goers from across the country trekked down to Alabama's Gulf Coast this past month to take part one of the first major festival offerings...
Live Review: Baby Baby
A Baby Baby live show is one of those rare musical events where an audience has the opportunity to become more then mere passive bystanders. From the very first wonderful blast of distortion, the...
Live Review: Performer Presents at PA’s Lounge
For anyone who wasn’t in attendance, you missed out on a fabulous and entertaining time. Without doubt, it was one of the greatest performance nights of local and unknown talent that this town has...
Live Review: Blue Mountain Bustdown
Great Scott// Boston, MA// April 30th, 2011 Blue Mountain Bustdown is one of those bands that pours its heart and soul into its music. Dynamic grooves, rhythmic variety,...
Live Review: 500 Songs
Spring is in the air, and nothing epitomizes the magic of the season in Atlanta's local music scene more than another edition of the “500 Songs for Kids.” Held at Smith's Olde Bar for ten nights,...
Live Review: Some Kind of Jam 6
(Photos By Gabriella Thurman) Jibberjazz Productions' 6th Annual Some Kind of Jam Festival in Schuylkill, PA was the perfect start to 2011's summer...
DIY LICENSING: Inside a Music Licensing Office
For many years I have been inundated with questions mostly about copyright. Lately at conferences and in consultations, the overwhelming majority of questions I receive are about music licensing....
Record Review: Zoe Muth and the Lost High Rollers
Zoe Muth and the Lost High Rollers Starlight Hotel Ballard, WA “Stellar by Starlight” The ten tracks on Zoe Muth’s sophomore outing, Starlight Hotel, aren’t what most listeners would expect to hear...
Record Review: The Trews
The Trews Hope & Ruin Toronto, ON “Canadian rockers craft their latest masterpiece” Hope & Ruin is the culmination of a decade’s worth of grit, road-wear and hard rock bombast. The Trews...
Record Review: Times New Viking
Times New Viking Dancer Equired Columbus, OH “Snapshots of garage pop perfection” Dancer Equired is a collection of perfect snapshots. Just as a skilled photographer captures unfiltered and...