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Aquiles Priester

Out on the road with the PsychoOctopus

I was introduced to Priester’s playing a little over a year ago. As a drummer, I am amazed by his speed, level of skill and technique and have been a huge fan ever

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David Victor

San Francisco Bay Area native David Victor, didn’t start playing guitar until he was 16, but by age 18 he was performing with both original rock bands and rock cover bands throughout Northern California. He graduated with a degree

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Apocalyptica

Music of epic proportions

Hailing from Helsinki, Finland, Apocalyptica consists of three cellists, Eicca Toppinen, Perttu Kivilaakso and Paavo Lötjönen, and Mikko Sirén on drums. They began their music career as a band in 1993, and their current singer Franky 

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Saving Abel

Leading a rock revolution

Saving Abel is a hard-working, perpetually touring hard rock band from Memphis, Tennessee. They are as blue-collar as it gets.

BrianSavingAbelTheir work ethic reflects that upbringing and their musical ethos. That “band of the people” image …

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Music Industry Jobs

Opportunities beyond performing

It takes a community of people in numerous positions to make an artist or band famous. If you want to break into the music industry, how do you go about it when you don’t have a windfall

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Extended Range Guitars

ERG is a term I hadn’t heard until about a year ago, which is an acronym for a fast-growing underground network of guitars with a wider sonic range than your typical six-string guitar as we know it.

The ERG requires …

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