contributed by Dana Detrick One of the quickest ways to get under my skin is to say that music should be given away, and musicians should instead make their money by selling schwag like t-shirts or toaster ovens or some such crap. Or even better: sell some sort of high impact membership package that takes [...]

contributed by Dana Detrick Valentine’s Day isn’t a real holiday. It has an interesting backstory, but what it means today has to do more with commerce than companionship. We train our children to celebrate it (for many, it’s when their first ‘heartbreak’ happens), we expect our spouses to celebrate it. It’s just silly. But I [...]

contributed by Dana Detrick I originally had this piece in my prior post, but it really deserved a little rant area all to itself. There are not as many MINIs made as there are Toyotas. And if it were MINI recalling faulty vehicles, it wouldn’t be the disaster the Toyota recall was. Because MINI appeals [...]

contributed by Dana Detrick There have been very few times in my life that I haven’t had some sort of recording device at my side. My very first tape recorder was purchased at a garage sale for $2 I think, had no battery cover, but was awesome. You can actually hear one of my very [...]

contributed by Dana Detrick Ahhh…Zingers! Remember those? They weren’t quite Twinkies, not cupcakes either, and also, not delicious in any way? When I was a little girl, and they were made by Dolly Madison (the company, not the former first lady of the U.S.), they were one of the few treats you could get at [...]

contributed by Dana Detrick Ever play, “A Whale is Blue”? When I was a kid, I was in the ‘gifted’ program (whatever that means. Aren’t we all special snowflakes?). We would sometimes play this game. If you have no idea what I’m talking about, one person starts out saying, “A whale is blue.” The next [...]

Advertiser Leo Burnett may be a controversial figure to some, but his speech here, “When to Take My Name off the Door” is hard to argue with from any angle. It resonated so much with us and how we approach creating content, that we had to share. What do you think?

Now, most of the time we’re serving your business, but we want to keep you satisfied in your off-hours, too! Some of the things we love to do are create handmade music and art-related items, as well as share some of our favorite vintage finds. So, it’s no surprise that we’ve set up shop now [...]

contributed by Dana Detrick My ears are dead. Working on an audio restoration project from very, very old vinyl. I’m not calling them the original acetates, only because I’ve got a 1% shot of thinking I’m wrong on that, and I’m a perfectionist. They were definitely pressed from a home tape job in 1958, and [...]

contributed by Dana Detrick So many times, as musicians, composers, and producers, we view ourselves alongside painters and sculptors as artists who create something out of nothing, who organize the junk from the ether into audible form. Sometimes that’s true. But I say we’re more inline with photographers. We capture moments. Moments for individuals, moments [...]