Rob Hoffman, Author at Down on Jane -Songs, Stories, and Making Music in your 40's

Buying A Gibson Firebird For All The Wrong Reasons

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

Every time I look up from my computer, I see a My Morning Jacket tour poster from 2003. September 22, 2003, to

That Checkerboard Floor Back in the late ’90s and early 2000s, if you were in a Pittsburgh rock band with original songs

Where’s the Info? Let’s start with the obvious: there’s not much on the internet about the Hiwatt Hi-Gain 50. Compared to the