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Playing a show where you only get paid in beer (or a hearty handshake) is never a great feeling, but at least you go home at the end of the…
The most concise way to break down the good and the ugly of the trope “write what you know” is this two-minute video of author Nathan Englander extolling the virtues…
As this article from The Awl illustrates, the salad days of underground music blogs has taken a nosedive in the last seven to eight years. It’s a pretty fascinating read about…
No matter who you are, you can always learn something new behind your kit. And it doesn’t hurt to sometimes learn those things for free. Here are six drummers that…
While Wikipedia says that old school hip-hop was over by 1985, 30 years hence it’s probably okay to look back at something slightly fresher without considering it “new school.” That’s…
Caffeine, cigarettes, a quick run. These are just some of the stimulants that creative types can’t do without when they’re looking for their inventiveness to be operating at maximum efficiency.…
Metal kids growing up nowadays have it easy. Not only is the genre more popular than ever, but bands can easily record their own music for almost nothing and spread…
Let’s not discuss how many times, while trying to write this article, I checked my email or looked at a Youtube or got up because I wanted to see what…
Reddit, aka The Front Page of the Internet, has a subreddit for pretty much every niche you can imagine (and if it doesn’t, you’re free to start one yourself). There…