Artist Interviews: Randy Johnson, (Vengeance Guitars) Courtney Cox, Desiree Bassett & Kei Alexander
BackStage360 catches up with Randy Johnson, (Vengeance Guitars) Courtney Cox, Desiree Bassett & Kei Alexander
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Falling Through April – Zodiac
This North Carolina band has definitely found its wings with lead singer Mikaela Salazar fronting the band. Mikaela vocal grabs you on the first track, an acoustic rendition of “Better off Alone.” You can tell the band is more than comfortable in the studio, writing catchy hooks and good melodies. The production of each song […]
Artist Interviews at NAMM: Billie Stevens – Yolanda Johnston & Bob Jaffe (Tsunami Cables)
BILLIE STEVENS For those that don’t know who Billie Stevens is; here is a little information to get you up to date taken from the www.billiestevens.com website: “Billie Stevens is an American singer/songwriter. He is best known as guitarist and singer in the Southern California bands WANK (Maverick Records) and Handsome Devil (RCA Records), and […]
Exhibitors: Sadowsky Guitars, Bergantino Audio Systems, Friedman Guitars & Fodera Guitars
SADOWSKY GUITARS Roger Sadowsky is one of the most highly respected instrument makers in the world. He gained early acclaim for outstanding repair and restoration work on guitars and basses. In the early 1980s, the heated vintage market increasingly pushed guitars and basses out of reach for working musicians. In response, Roger realized that it […]
Pfeifer Drum Company
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 […]
Friedman Amps – Hard Wired for Tone
Recently we caught up with Dave Friedman the owner of Friedman Amplification to discuss his vision for the line of Friedman Amps. In the world of digital amp modeling amps Dave has stayed true to the old ways. Hand wired tube amps with Tone for days. Dave got his start making custom effects boards for […]
Ampeg Ambassador – Marco Mendoza
In the world of bass guitar there is not much Marco can’t do or hasn’t done. He has recorded and toured with some of the biggest names in the rock and music such as Blue Murder, John Sykes, David Coverdale, Whitesnake, Thin Lizzy, Ted Nugent, Lynch Mob, Neal Schon, Dolores O’Riordan of the Cranberries, and […]
The NAMM Show 2018
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 […]
Falling Doves gaining Momentum
There’s a band that has been gaining some momentum from Los Angeles, California called “Falling Doves.” Recently, back from touring Japan, I thought I would venture out on a Saturday night to see them play at the House of Blues in downtown San Diego. I showed up early to get a good spot to check […]
Gene Baker (b3 Guitars) – Jon Mulvey (3G Guitars) – Justin Emord (Fender)
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 […]