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OC Bands Battle for Best Of
by Valerie Oxford
posted 2007-03-14
I was recently invited to go see some bands play as part of the Orange County Music Awards competition. What are the Orange County Music Awards you ask? I had never heard of it, and I grew up in Orange County! So I went and took along my pen and paper, ready to jot down my notes. This is what I found out. The Orange County Music Awards is a best of Orange County competition to showcase local independent bands and solo artists who either live or work in Orange County, California.
Aaron Lewis
by Valerie Oxford
posted 2007-01-18
A unique solo acoustic concert, that’s what the billboard on the 91 freeway said as I drove past it every night on the way home from work. I didn’t know much about Aaron Lewis other than he is the lead singer of Staind, a band with a taste of 80’s hard rock, 90’s grunge and current alternative rock sounds. I was intrigued by the prospect of hearing how this would translate into a solo acoustic show, so I had to go check it out…
Thirty years on...
by Stephen Miller
posted 2006-09-25
Thirty years on, dinosaurs roam the Earth or at least The House of Blues for one night. Tuesday, July 25th, The Buzzcocks live at the Anaheim House of Blues at Downtown Disney…
The H2O Audio Reviewed
by Steve Ackerman
posted 2006-11-02
iPods quickly became the market leader in portable media players, and for good reason. No other company has been able to produce the innovation, design and quality that comes out of the Apple machine in Cupertino. Music, photos and now video… What will be next? And now that you have your pod… Of course you want to take it everywhere with you. Right? So how do you take a media player to the beach without it getting destroyed by the elements…
The Fusion DMP Reviewed
by Steve Ackerman
posted 2006-10-24
In this day and age, cell phones and portable media players have become a huge part of our lives. The ability to purchase music online and take it on the road with you has fueled a need to flood the marketplace with portable audio gizmos and gadgets, from tiny 32Mb mp3 players all the way up to the gigantic 80Gb models that can display photos and digital video, available in many shapes and sizes. But there are only a few solutions on the market for water sports enthusiasts…
Virtual guitar site amps up with LAMP
by Tina Gasperson
posted 2006-09-19
Chordbook.com is a virtual playground for guitarists. The site is one of the most popular guitar chord databases on the ‘Net, and was once listed as one of the BBC’s top 10 educational sites…
Rax 2.0
by Peter Kirn
posted 2006-09-14
Rax 2.0, a music utility from plasq, the creators of Comic Life, brings the same kind of easy access to virtual musical instruments and effects plug-ins that Apple’s Front Row provides for music, videos, and photos…
