The music industry, as we knew it, barely exists anymore. There are very few major record companies left, record stores are vacant and the indie market has exploded.
There are many diverse roads that people take in order to realize their musical ambitions and dreams. And, oftentimes, life intrudes and those musical dreams take more time to become a hard reality. John Hudak, guitarist for Brickwall Jackson has pushed his dreams along on the side, but not without intent or focus.
In 1972, Jethro Tull’s masterpiece, Thick as a Brick was released as a 45 minute continuous piece of music, charting the difficulties of a child growing up and confronting a frightening and unfair world.
Overkill is synonymous with power, precision and perseverance. Across three decades they have shaped, refined, and steadily broadened a style of power metal.
Madison Rising’s self-titled debut album was released in October 2011. The band – with Dave Bray on vocals, Alex Bodnar and Christopher Schreiner lead guitar, Steve Padelski on bass and Sam Fishman on drums – makes guitar heavy rock music with a distinctively pro-American message and sound.
Noah Benardout is a name that I expect we’ll hear a lot this summer. Backed by some of the top session players in the business, the young singer-songwriter nails down some superb pop-soaked melodies on his EP that includes a punchy romp called “Haley.”
Colorado singer-songwriter Rob Drabkin talks about Red Rocks, Martin Guitars and his musical background
An accomplished guitarist, teacher and recording artist, Matt Coffman brings his unique approach to the instrument to the world through his website, String Love Guitar. The site offers readers many in-depth articles on developing one’s ability on the guitar, as well as ways to improve one’s practicing and mental relationship to the instrument.
