When I was asked to review, JD and the Straight Shot’s, all acoustic, new album, “Good Luck and Good Night” back in September, along with interviewing, violinist/vocalist, Erin Slaver, I became an instant fan of this band, with a genre all their own. As luck would have it, I was asked again to review their […]
The day started out to be an unusually sleepy, dark and dreary day on the San Diego harbor, but the Kenneth Rexrode Production’s annual Mardi Gras Cruise was determined to be a spirited, shining light on the water. If it’s in San Diego and produced by Kenneth Rexrode and the Six String Society, you already know […]
Friday night’s performers at the Yamaha sponsored concert on the Grand Stage had remained a secret up until the lights went up and the beat went down. Fans and spectators spilled over the venue into the thruways and sidewalks that ran along the anchoring hotels, sipping cocktails and enjoying a variety of food trucks waiting […]
Los Angeles based, power pop, indie, alternative rockers, Ok Go, headlined at the Yamaha Grand Stage, at NAMM 2018, on Thursday, January 25th. This energetic, unconventional band of talented artists have been on the main stream music scene, since 1998. Known for their quirky and whimsical music videos, captures their audience from the word “go’! Even though […]
How do you get an emmy award winning composer and violinist extraordinaire to give you a moment of his time for taped interview? You simply walk up to him and ask him! In a big fan girl moment, I was honored to spend a couple of minutes on camera with the famed electric violinist and former […]
RCF Pro Audio presents “ULTIMATE “NAMM” NIGHT” was a highlight of shows during the week and was a virtual who’s who of luminaries in the music industry. On any Tuesday night, at the infamous Whisky A Go-Go, in Hollywood, you can pop in for their “Ultimate Jam Night”, hosted by Paulie Z (Zablidowski). Paulie Z (Zablidowsky), from […]
BackStage360 took a moment to speak with first time NAMM exhibitor, Daren Pfeifer, of Pfeifer Drum Company, based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he was debuting his “September Series”, “Imperial Series” and “Generation Series” snare drums. Daren opened his fledgling percussion manufacturing company in 2016. In that short period of time, he has designed, modified, tested […]
The 2018 winter, National Association of Music Merchants, kicked off on Tuesday, January 23nd, with the NAMM Foundations’ Day of Service, at the Anaheim Convention Center, in always sunny, southern California. It started to gather speed on Wednesday, with a small series of educational events, a tech summit, several live performances, a special event for […]
On day three of NAMM, team photographer, Bill Towner and I had the joy of sitting down with San Francisco bay area based, professional musician and 3G Guitar designer and manufacturer, Jon Mulvey, to talk about his beautiful instruments and the technology behind them that makes them so unique. Jon’s “Performer” takes design, sound and performance […]
It just wouldn’t be Christmas if Gary Hoey wasn’t running amok around the U.S. entertaining us with his Ho Ho Hoey tour! Now in its 22nd year, Gary Hoey and his band continues to make the season bright! On December 15th, his sleigh made a stop at the infamous, Coach House in San Juan Capistrano […]