Organize Your Band with BandCentral

May 5, 2010 | One Comment

When a band is busy, things can go haywire pretty fast. There are many difficulties associated with staying organized during the touring, performing, writing and recording processes. Wil Padley, a bass player in the U.K. band The Domino State, came up with the idea for BandCentral to help him and his fellow musicians attempt to [...]

Are There Any Drawbacks to Being a Geek?

Nov 4, 2009 | 8 Comments

My mouth hit the floor when I read the title of this thread earlier on Geeks. A drawback to being a Geek – what?! Are you kidding me? Being a Geek is the best possible thing to be. We have it all – brains, looks, girls… what more could we want? The looks, well, just [...]

Our Community Playlist

Mar 24, 2009 | One Comment

A few days ago, I blogged about a musician in our community named David Crandall. I was blown away by what he does, and how good he is. I was also (apparently wrongly so) surprised to find we had such a talented musician in our little Geek community. As I said… I was wrong to [...]

Are There Musicians in Our Community?

Mar 19, 2009 | 11 Comments

Add to iTunes | Add to YouTube | Add to Google | RSS Feed I was taking some live calls the other night when David Crandall called in. He said that he’s a musician, and wanted me to check out his MySpace music page. I did – and was blown completely away! Who knew we [...]

Web Music Communities for the New Musician

Aug 20, 2007 | 2 Comments

From “shaggysi0” in our live chat: I really love music. I play guitar and bass and use the PC as a recording tool, currently running Adobe Audition for music production, which I find is a good, feature-packed, but easy-to-use application. About a year and a half ago, I was looking for a place on the [...]

Future of the Music Industry

Apr 15, 2007 | One Comment

Dave Dederer, best known as guitarist and singer for the Presidents of the United States of America, was born on October 5, 1964. An alumnus of Seattle, Washington’s The Bush School and Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, he founded the Presidents with fellow Bush School alumnus Christopher Ballew, with whom he had been playing [...]