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Making It Without Leaving the Studio

When I was twenty-two, success as a musician had a very specific picture: dudes crammed in a van, a tour, and hopefully

There’s a special kind of disappointment that only comes from thinking a gig is going to be something, and realizing upon arrival

Some nights I open up Logic, stare at the empty track, and… nothing. Just that blinking cursor when the screen just blinks

I’ve always been a gearhead when it comes to guitars, amps, and pedals, just like some people are with cars. For a

There’s something electric that happens when two bands who have no business being on the same bill share the stage and make

Tom and I lived in a one-bedroom apartment on Beaver Avenue with another guy named Anthony during our time at Penn State.

I’m in my 40s, with a full-time job that sends me across the country once a month. My wife works just as

There’s a sweet, chaotic magic in starting a band in your 20s: the dreams are bigger than the rehearsal space, the gear

I never thought that malware could inspire a song, yet here we are. Flash back to the early 2000s, a simpler time,

Before opening for My Morning Jacket, the Southside, Soundscape Studios, and long before the name Down on Jane ever existed, there was