When I was starting up the idea for the podcast, I met these guys on on a social media site from DistroKid called Slaps.com. I was instantly a fan of their music and, them, as human beings in general. Their particular music style is one of their own however, I would describe it as early (1980's) Metallica flared with some Pantera. Heavy guitars, heavy vocals and heavy drum beats. The earlier work that I [...]
April Rose Gabrielli will be playing at the world-renowned venue, New York City’s Oldest Rock Club, The Bitter End, on Friday, July 23rd, 2021. Here is a well done review of her gig: April Rose Gabrielli At The Bitter End, Friday, July 23rd, 2021, Reviewed New: April Rose Gabrielli Rules Her Destiny New Yorker, APRIL ROSE GABRIELLI, singer, poet, performer has traveled the world, working with bands, performing to large audiences; sometimes headlining, sometimes [...]
Indie Artist Tee Shirt Drive - The Idea Sometimes people will buy shirts just because they love the look of them even if they don’t know the act on them! Let's give this Indie Tee Shirt Drive a go! As we all know, merchandise sales are one of the best income streams available to independent music artists. It can sometimes be difficult to get the word out there however. We want to help, so [...]
Image Credit: Anton Barbeau/Big Stir Records Walter has been busy this past week building some new features into the bus sharing engine. From our headline you may be asking yourself, "BandCamp has public playlists?", and no, they don't. But we managed to come up with a way to make playlists ourselves and then pull the meta data from BandCamp in a lightweight way for each track to share on Twitter. The image [...]
Everyone loves a good story about second-chances, and that’s exactly what Bill Abernathy’s story is all about. The Kansas City, Missouri resident began writing songs in his early teens. He played all through his school years, but then he stopped...Life took over. Bill went about getting married, building a business career, and raising his children. After his kids graduated from school and started their careers, Bill picked up the guitar again and began trying to rekindle [...]
