The State of Music Journalism
Music journalism is going through big changes in today’s world due to technology. Many say it’s dying or dead, others say it’s just evolving. The Fader was once my favorite music magazine due to it’s unique photography and intimate articles on both upcoming and established artists. However, now they are playing catch up with the digital world and competing with the likes of music media companies such as Pitchfork and Genius. Unfortunately, in attempts to stay “relevant” it se
Worst...Job...Ever
(Check Out the Playlist Below) One of my least favorite jobs is ironically the one I look back on the most fondly. While the job was tedious and left me with back problems for years afterwards, it was a period where my tastes in music evolved the most. And I owe that to my manager at the time, Dave Gunderson. Dave was five or six years older than me, and was a huge music fan. He had been playing bass in local bands in Seattle for a number of years and had a fairly eclectic ta
Psychedelic Sounds of Scandinavia
(Check out the playlist below!) As a fan of psychedelic music, I always keeping an ear out for something new or at least new to me. We’re all inhabitants of the internet age and information has never been easier to come across, but often time’s great finds are overlooked due to regional differences, language barriers, the vast amount of music out there (see our Sept. 27 article “Survival of the Fittest” for more on that) and a number of other issues. For these reasons, I’d li
Into the Great Wide Open
Rarely do I write personal stories about my musical hero’s, but today my idol Tom Petty passed away. In my fandom and career, there are a couple of people I have kept myself at arm’s length from so I can just enjoy their music. Some talents reach me so deeply that I prefer to let my ears and imagination be the only encounters I want from them… Tom Petty was one of those artists for me. I have gained so much from his music that I never wanted to meet the man in person. I heard