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Sydney Dolezal of Doll Skin

Sydney Dolezal is not your typical seventeen year old girl. She isn’t spending her after school hours in the mall with friends, checking out boys, or shopping until she drops. She isn’t concerned with the fact that she’s only seventeen,

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Memoirs of a Fender Master Builder

1993 was a pivotal year in my life. I was about to get married, and I had been working as an apprentice to Senior Master Builder Roger Giffin at the Gibson West Custom Shop. Gibson was going through some restructuring

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Never Say Die

Toronto, Canada

Rock, Hard Rock, Alternative

It’s not often a platinum selling band with a #1 song in the US announces they’re going on hiatus, but that was the case when MY DARKEST DAYS singer MATT WALST was given the

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Rich Redmond

Commitment

In my travels, I get to see many drummers of all ages and stages of their careers. By constantly observing, I notice many drummers lack commitment in their approach. When you make a commitment, you make a decision to

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Trevor McNevan of Thousand Foot Krutch

This rock band is making a mainstream splash with their latest release, “Exhale.”

Trevor McNevan grew up in the blue-collar, bedroom community of Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, not too far north of the bustling metropolis of Toronto, Ontario. McNevan and his

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Charlie Daniels

Cowboy Songs, Patriotism and Politics

Charlie Daniels will soon be celebrating his 80th birthday. That’s a big milestone for anyone to reach, even in this time of modern medicine, health and fitness gurus, and tofu burgers… But Charlie Daniels

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Going Solo vs. Collaborating

The pros and cons of both

If you’re between projects, before you embark on a new one, you may have the opportunity to take a new approach and decide whether you want to go it alone as a solo artist …

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