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October 23, 2012
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Rammstein – Engel
Live in virtue, no desire
In the grave an angel’s choir
You look to heaven and wonder why
No one can see them in the sky
Just as the clouds have gone to sleep
Angels can be seen in heavens …
October 16, 2012
Articles
Filing taxes as a musician
The deadline to pay your 2011 taxes is over but 2012’s is right around the corner.
Should you incorporate your band, or pay taxes based on your portion of the take…individually?…
October 16, 2012
Articles
‘Goodtime’ Charlie Brechtel
Fusing music and the freedom of the road
by Brian McKinny, editor, Music Insider Magazine
Charlie Brechtel is an icon in the realm of Biker Music. In fact, you might call him the ‘Godfather’ of Biker Music, and you wouldn’t …
October 10, 2012
Reviews
Hoobastank – Fight or Flight
by Brian McKinny
Fight or Flight is the fifth release from Hoobastank, and it is their first album since leaving Universal Records to take the independent label route, hiring Gavin Brown to produce their new album and take them into …
October 10, 2012
Reviews
Step Daddy – Love
by Brian McKinny
Step Daddy is a new-age, funk, thrash, progressive, avant-garde metal band from Seattle, Washington. I’m not going to go much deeper into their background than that, because frankly, I don’t see this band, or their genre, whatever …
October 10, 2012
Articles
Attention Endorsement Gear Junkies
Read the fine print
by Stephen Stern, executive editor, Music Insider Magazine
Defining success as a professional musician comes in many forms — including the organic creative charge it creates within you and others; the horizons it expands from travel …
October 10, 2012
Articles
12 Ways to Get More Studio Gigs
An insider’s guide to session drumming
by Rich Redmond
As a 15-year veteran of the Nashville music scene, I’ve been fortunate enough to record 10 number-one hits with country rocker Jason Aldean, a number-one hit with the pop-country duo Thompson …
October 9, 2012
Articles
A Vote for Originality
Power to the songwriter
by Aaron Triplett
I’ve spent most of my life — 35 years — as a professional guitarist in rock bands. I joined my first band, Intruder, at age 14 and began playing gigs. I started writing …
October 9, 2012