Artist Interviews 78
Q&A with School of Rock The Musical’s Brandon “Taz” Niederauer
Twelve-year-old Brandon “Taz” Niederauer is a real-life guitar whiz kid who’s played with the likes of the Allman Brothers, Gary Clark Jr., and Luther Dickinson. Now, Niederauer has landed his biggest gig yet — making his Broadway debut as “Zack” in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical adaptation of School of Rock. Opening in December 2015 to […]
Q&A with School of Rock The Musical’s Evie Dolan
Not yet twelve years old, Evie Dolan is already a triple threat — she’s singing, acting and dancing in Broadway’s smash hit School of Rock – The Musical, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s stage adaptation of the 2003 Jack Black film. Make that quadruple threat: She’s also playing bass guitar live on stage in School of Rock. […]
Interview: The ASMR Series — GentleWhispering
Building on the questions we posed to Dmitri the Massage ASMR, we dive even deeper with arguably the most popular ASMRtist out there. Maria, aka GentleWhispering, took some time to speak with us, in her natural voice, about what exactly ASMR means to her and how she goes about creating content for this field. GentleWhispering’s 3d-sound ASMR Video: […]
Interview: Yasuaki Shimizu of Mariah
No album has astounded listeners this year quite as much as Mariah’s Utakata no Hibi. From websites like Pitchfork, Resident Advisor, FACT Magazine, all the way down to the Quietus and the Vinyl Factory, not many albums released today could top such varied tastemakers’ “Best of 2015” lists, let alone with something originally released upwards of three […]
Interview: Between the Buried and Me Drummer Blake Richardson
Between the Buried and Me was one of the first heavy bands I started listening to. My brother often was the one to show me new music growing up, so I was constantly getting an influx of different bands. I first got into these guys in 2007 when they where just getting ready […]
The ASMR Series — Massage ASMR
If, you’ve traveled our world wide web recently, you’ve probably run into videos like these. Videos where someone is either whispering in a very soft voice, brushing something, or tapping at some other thing. These videos are now known as a new type of content named for the physical feelings they produce: autonomous sensory meridian […]
Tennis on Gear, Gigging and Recording Their Third Album
It would be tough, if not impossible, to describe my taste in music in anything short of a rambling, contradictory series of analogies and inept comparisons (“it’s like ____ meets ____ meets ____ with a ____ vibe and a generous spoonful of ____ for good measure” isn’t the conversation most people want to fall victim […]
Five of My Favorite Songs Featuring Chris Shiflett’s Guitar Work
Do you remember the first album you ever got? For me, I think it was Queen’s Greatest Hits (the purple one). Now, for most of us growing up, the first album we ever received came in the form of either a gift or a hand-me-down from our parents, siblings, or friends. So do you remember the […]
Interview: Greg Spero, Keyboardist on Tour with Halsey
Jazz audiences know Greg Spero as an award-winning pianist, composer and bandleader. Playing professionally since age 14, Spero has studied with the likes of Herbie Hancock, and toured the US and UK with his own jazz trio. But his enviable career kicked up a notch in early 2015, when Greg landed his gig as the […]
