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Interviews and Features
Read in-depth interviews and features about independent musicians and music industry professionals.
[Interview] KMFDM Front Man Sascha Konietzko on Latest Album, Hell Yeah
KMFDM: Tossing out the Rulebook and Transitioning from Classic Synths to the Digital Domain When I...
Marc Broussard Discusses Latest Album, Easy to Love
Marc Broussard On the Challenges of Work-Life Balance for Today’s Touring Musicians In a more just...
Thirty Years of Camper Van Beethoven
A Conversation With Founding Members Victor Krummenacher & Jonathan Segel At the East Atlanta Restaurant and Lounge, known as The EARL, two of Camper Van Beethoven’s founding members, bassist...
Golden Bloom
Embracing Collaboration to Accelerate the Creative Process In today's music industry, money is tight and musicians are feeling the pressure to do more with less. For songwriters with talent on many...
Jarrod Dickenson
On Graduating From Laptop-Recorded House Parties to Overseas Touring Jarrod Dickenson did not plan on becoming a musician. Growing up in Waco, Texas, he spent his youth playing baseball and later...
Brendan Kelley: March 2013 Cover Story
City Hopping to Fuel Career Momentum http://youtu.be/mdEppaZoptk Brendan Kelly is young - so what? Get over it. The Massachusetts native has recorded more soulful music than peers twice his age, and...
Spotlight on FICTION REFORM
Take Your Truth by Fiction Reform GENRE: Punk Rock HOMETOWN: La Habra, CA ARTISTIC APPROACH: Super catchy, female-fronted punk-inspired pop. www.fictionreform.com Hailing from La Habra, CA, punk...
Spotlight on DOPAPOD
Redivider by Dopapod GENRE: Experimental Funk HOMETOWN: Brooklyn, NY ARTISTIC APPROACH: www.dopapod.com Boston-based experimental funk outfit Dopapod performed more than 150 shows over the past...
Spotlight on Fonda
Sell Your Memories by Fonda GENRE: Indie Rock HOMETOWN: Los Angeles, CA ARTISTIC APPROACH: Nostalgic sounds captured with modern digital tools. www.fondamusic.com Though they shine behind the scenes...
Garrison Starr Embraces Co-Writing
... and Finds Inspiration in Creative Limitations http://youtu.be/DISERduk9Y8 Garrison Starr is no stranger to the music scene, as she enters her second decade in the music industry. After all those...
Gangstagrass Discusses Mashing Up Bluegrass with Hip-Hop
http://youtu.be/lrCtaIAoucM Instead of writing what we think of the band, we’ll let them introduce themselves in their own words: “Gangstagrass is a dirty fightin', gator wrestlin', foot stompin'...
Aimee Bobruk
Stripping Emotion From the Creative Process & Leading Spontaneous Studio Sessions http://youtu.be/EYjuc85ZdJ4 Aimee Bobruk, the artist behind the sultry, folk-rock album /ba.’brook/ is not your...