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| Stageview: An amateur bassist, gig day. |
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WashtubBassist writes 
"My bass case on my back, my bag stuffed with cords overflowing. I walk in quickly, hopefully unnoticed. The band is playing, i plug in immediately
and fall into the groove trance....Ahhhh, I'm home"
Chris Badynee, also known in local circles as WashtubBassist, shares the insights & experiences of a typical work day with a gig to follow. First submission in a series to follow. - Mitch
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| Vietnam Prom Review: selections from MP3.com |
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 Editor, reviewer and gonzo writing machine Mitch Phillips introduces you to (or revisits, depending on your perspective) Vietnam Prom. Though they fancy themselves time travelers, this band's unique sense of psycho-depressive realism is sufficiently available in the present...
'Vietnam Prom's music is experiential reality stripped of hope and aspiration then injected with narcotics to aid the nihilistic urge to disappear from this creation.'
Click "Read More" below to get injected.
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| ''Sleep Tight Ya Morons'' May be Power-Pop Classic |
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 Artist: Caulfield
Release: sleep tight, ya morons
Label: Storm Records
review by Mitch Phillips
With the release of Caufield's, "...sleep tight, ya morons," Storm Records out of Royal Oak, MI may have a power-pop classic on their hands. Featuring twelve tracks of intense, adrenalized rock for disaffected youth or anybody else with an attitude and some energy to burn, Caulfield has captured the genre better than any other act I've heard this year with their smart lyrics, hyper-agressive performances and hook-sharp songwriting.
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HUMOR by Mitch Phillips
A new website is making headlines and creating controversy among the hordes of musicians out there vying for that elusive "record deal."
WWW.Nobody_Really_Cares_About_Your_Band.com, is dedicated to 'every deluded soul out there with an instrument and a fantasy of finding happiness and success in the music business,' as read from the site's mission statement.
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| Random Reviews: Sugartalk |
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Band - Sugartalk
Play Song - Leave
Sugartalk mixes solid pop craftsmanship with a comfortable rock formula and throws in some new recording tricks for good measure on "Leave". This song is so listenable it's bound to show up on your home-cooked CD compilation of favorite local tracks. But "caveat surfor", dear web animal - this sample ends abruptly at three minutes and ten seconds, leaving you begging for some closure. Judging from the quality of this extra-long sample, I think I can say Sugartalk's latest CD "Go With It" is a safe buy. - Mitch
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| Interview With Lucy Webster |
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 Lucy Webster Interview
by Mitch Phillips
Ancient History
Lucy Deloach was born in Tenessee and raised in Pennsylvania by strict Southern Baptist parents. She showed an aptitude for music at an early age, banging out church songs on piano by ear for fellow bible students. She picked up the guitar at age 13, drawn to the instrument after a musical awakening at bible camp. When her father was convinced the guitar was more than just a flirtation, he bought her a “real” guitar at age 17 which she still owns and plays to this day. An homage to that guitar can be found as a hidden bonus track on “Keeping My Fingers Crossed.”
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| Lucy Webster hits Sophomore Stride |
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 Grand Rapids singer/songwriter Lucy Webster proves to reviewer Mitch Phillips that 'a craftsman’s best work is done not in the whimsical exploits of youth, but in the contemplative and settled wisdom that comes with weathered patience and hard-won middle-age.'
Click "Read More" below for a review of her sophomore release, Keeping My Fingers Crossed. Includes Link to a full-length feature interview with Lucy Webster.
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Occasionally a bulk-mail item gets read before being deleted and still more rarely, it's meaningful to your life. This unsolicited e-mail was forwarded to me by a dear friend who's had her share of major life challenges and has managed not only to move on, but succeed despite them. I don't know if this little story about Itzhak Perlman is true, but that really misses the whole point. I hope you find it inspirational or at least causes you to second-guess your self-pity.
- Mitch
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