Dear Bandheads, 

               Though I've enjoyed listening to and learning about your bands and volunteering to spread the news about your music from this website for the past eight years (and some years before that on other sites and rags), my free time has grown short due to additional responsibilities in my life that demand more attention. What time I do find for myself will be spent pursuing my own creative needs.
               Good luck with all your endeavors and take care of yourselves.  More importantly, take care of each other. 

Sincerely,

Mitch

I dropped by Kozy Koffee in Highland Michigan last Thursday and shot some video of the performances then made a short montage out of it so you would get a feel for their Open Mic Night.  The show started around 7pm with some impromptu drum, guitar & keyboard music then moved on to several solo & duo performances.  There was a decent-sized younger crowd at this place who were occassionally inspired to get up and get freaky.  Click the video to the left to check it out. 

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Now that our so-called representatives have sold us down the river and we'll be renting refrigerator boxes from JPMorgan Chase well into the future, the need for musical escapism is more important that ever.  So on a randomized safari through our band links section I thought it particularly serendipitous to discover the music of Muruga & The Global Village Ceremonial Band in our Original Artists/World & Ethnic Music category.  The leading track on Muruga's Amie St. web page, "Rock The Planet",  has that bizarro P-Funk vibe, like you drank way too much cheap wine and wandered into a block party in some forgotten corner of Detroit and you don't care if you ever get home. The kind of vibe that gives you permission to smoke whatever is passed to you in a circle of strangers.  That kinda vibe. The best part - you can get five of Muruga's funky surreal sonic-scapes on Aime St.for just $1.10 and that's better than a bag full of sliders after a night on 8 Mile - and you don't even have to go there.  Click "read more" for the link and details.

FLINTDRIVE is in the studio putting finishing touches on our 5 song EP. This CD is ROCKIN!!  Great all-new songs.

We've been through quite a few changes in the last few months. Our singer Ron who has been with us about a year is Kicking-Ass! Recently we've added Rob on bass and Nick on drums. Look for us at a club near you soon. The CD release party will be soon - probably at The Machine Shop (Kevin and Craig you guys Rock! And John kicks ass on sound!)  Till then keep rocking and if you see us around come talk to us,tell us what you think of the new stuff.

Click "read more" below for our links.

Several months ago I added a members-only feature called the MB Puzzler on the right hand column of this website.  Well, apparently, our members are much too busy with their music careers to be bothered with such trifles as word games, right? So out of the goodness of my heart, I'm opening up the puzzler to anybody who cares to solve it.  Click "read more" below, solve the band-name anagram, find the secret link, solve the puzzle and win prizes!  Well, the first two who send me the correct answers to the puzzler will get some free music. Are you up to the challenge? - Mitch

 The City of Wixom Parks & Recreation Dept. will host a teen battle of the bands at 5 p.m. this evening (Friday 9.19.08) at Sibley Sqaure park located in the new downtown area.  Teen bands will battle head to head for up to 30 minutes each in front of a panel of "distinguished judges."  They'll be judged on professionalism, timeliness, quality of set, energy and their "Ready To Rock" look. Concessions will be available stage-side but attendees are encouraged to check out Wixom's new stores and restaurants.  Lawn chairs or blankets are welcome and be sure to dress appropriately for the weather.

 Click "read more" below for more information, a line-up of bands and their links.

One of the highlights we caught at the Metro Music Expo was the performance of one of the Fox Rocks 2008 finalists, Garden City's AYNTELLYN (pronouced Ain't Tellin' - ed: do you know how hard it is to find a band on the internet when they get fancy with the spelling?).  Of particular interest were the lead vocals as delivered by Dino Johnson.  Johnson has been blessed with the golden locks and a golden baritone that screams CLASSIC ROCK!  - which should make them a shoe-in for the grand prize - an opening slot for Lynard Skynard at DTE on September 21st, 2008.  In fact, Johnson's voice is such a draw that even when he sang karaoke at the DJ's Pro Audio booth he drew a sizable crowd.

 Click "read more" below for links to the band, newspaper articles about the band and links to the Fox 2 contest.