Production diary 11: A Testament for Breaking Bands and Herbal Vaporizers
Does Chuck Billy really need an introduction? No. But just in case, here a few facts: Chuck Billy is a heavy metal legend. Not only is he a cancer survivor (hell yeah!), he is also the lead singer of Testament, co-manager at Breaking Bands, a management team looking to sign and develop new and veteran artists, and the […]
Production diary 10: Bonded by Blood in a legendary Bay Area Exodus
Tom Hunting, drummer for legendary Bay Area thrash veterans Exodus, told us about the ups and downs of a three decades long music career. He started in Exodus as a teenager and the journey has been characterised by many different emotions, accidents, and incidents. Too much happened to keep track of everything, such as the […]
Production diary 9: Mashrou’ Leila and how major an independent act can be
Mashrou’ Leila is a Lebanese alternative pop-rock band that was founded in a music workshop at the American University in Beirut. The band received great media attention not only at home, but also across the Middle-East, as well as further away – like here in Europe. We had the great pleasure to meet and interview lead […]
Production diary 8: No Fun At All with new beginnings and running marathons
No Fun At All is the legendary Swedish punk rock band that has brought California-like melodic anthems to skateboarding kids all across the globe through the 1990s before going into hiatus after a decade of rockin’ out and hundreds of thousands of records sold. We had the great honour to meet singer Ingemar and guitarist […]
Production diary 7: Black Milk and the art of making business rhyme
Black Milk is a self-made hip hop producer and artist that knows exactly where he wants to go and how to get there. He has collaborated with several different artists from different genres and has mixed samples with real instruments on his productions. Also, his live performances with the Nat Turner Live Band have become […]
Production diary 6: Sonata Arctica and the pack of the metal wolfs
The Finnish power metal band Sonata Arctica has been a household name in the metal scene for over a decade. Singer and mastermind Tony Kakko sat down with us in their tour bus to talk about his beginnings as a musician, how changing from an independent to a major label affected the band, and how he […]
Production diary 5: Talking about DIY with self-made shooting star Ryan McGarvey
It was great meeting and talking to Ryan McGarvey, a self-made blues shooting star from Albuquerque. He told us how he has been going about building his DIY-music venture and he has made it work as an independent artist, without the help of a major label. We also got to hear Ryan rocking out with his powerful […]