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Monster Energy Drink Aftershock Festival

September 23, 2012
Sacramento, CA
by Teri Doty

The long awaited Aftershock Festival had finally arrived. Took a 5 hour haul to Sacramento to witness some of the greatest bands around. But first…let me make a quick comment about the …

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Spotlight

Gumshen

Production: DIY – Recorded under the supervision of Rich Hinklin, who was part of the “Seattle Sound”, working under Jack Endino (helped w/ Nirvana, Soundgarden, Gits recordings) and now has been teaching audio engineering at Seattle Arts Institute for many …

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Videos

RUSH – Headlong Flight

All the journeys of this great adventure It didn’t always feel that way I wouldn’t trade them because I made them The best I could, and that’s enough to say
Some days were dark I wish that I could live …

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Articles

Forrest Day

Attention-deficit-disorder rock in a tragic era
by Teri Doty and Tamara Halbritter, Music Insider Magazine

Ever hear of the Boogaloo Cats? That’s the name of the band that vocalist Forrest Day, bass player John Sankey and guitarist Terrell Liedstrand — …

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Articles

Standing up for your Rights

Ending “pay to play” gigs
by Stephen Stern, executive editor

The Equal Rights Amendment of the 14th Amendment was adopted In July 1868, but it seems most venue owners failed to get the constitutional memo. Rather than support the …

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Articles

Engineering up Close

A marriage between the technical and creative
by Erich Gobel, engineer, West Triad Studio

Fellow engineers may know the great feeling you get when you mic up an instrument, begin to shape the sound of a recording and then hit …

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Reviews

Cab Ride Home – To the Top

by Brian McKinny

Cab Ride Home is a thrash/speed metal band from Manassas, Virginia that has, like most bands do, evolved from their original incarnation into something slightly different from where they started. The current incarnation of Cab Ride Home …

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Articles

10 Key Components When Looking for a Producer

Avoiding the production abyss
by Julian Coryell

After weeks, months or even years of writing, you’re finally ready to record that long awaited album but you’re lost in the production abyss. Where do you begin? Here are some key components …

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