Down on Jane -Songs, Stories, and Making Music in your 40's

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

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

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

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

Back in the early 2000s—before it became known as Tonic—an unassuming building on a busy stretch of road in McKeesport was home