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Events: NARIP’s Bands, Brands and Beyond
Tue, 18 Nov 2008 – 16:36:02 -0800 PST | No Comment
Events: NARIP’s Bands, Brands and Beyond

EVENT REVIEW: There used to be a big difference between a concert that sold out and a band that sold out. But for many artists, that difference no longer exists. Many examples of this new …

Events: Blue Microphone Launch Party with Chris Pierce
Sun, 16 Nov 2008 – 18:09:02 -0800 PST | No Comment
Events: Blue Microphone Launch Party with Chris Pierce

EVENT REVIEW: Blue Microphones this past week threw a private party (November 6, 2008), to demonstrate their latest products and it turned out to have the most security of any event in the city. The …

Music Critics Must Die: PR Overkill
Sun, 16 Nov 2008 – 17:35:52 -0800 PST | No Comment
Music Critics Must Die: PR Overkill

COLUMN: Artists need publicity, public relations, media management, hype, hoopla, and buzz. In every major city can be found oodles of failed screenwriters, unpublished novelists, unsung musicians, and nameless poets who call themselves PR specialists. …

Music Review: Claire Tchaikowski ‘Those Thousand Seas’ (2008)
Tue, 11 Nov 2008 – 23:55:13 -0800 PST | 3 Comments
Music Review: Claire Tchaikowski ‘Those Thousand Seas’ (2008)

REVIEW: These Thousand Emotions — Have you ever thought about what is inside the sounds you like to hear? Harmonics and overtones are in there, for a start, but it can go way beyond that …

Music Critics Must Die: The New Payola
Fri, 22 Aug 2008 – 00:03:33 -0700 PDT | No Comment

COLUMN: Payola is a fun-sounding word that may make you remember coloring with a Crayola 64-pack when you were three, but the word essentially refers to bribery. To be precise, bribery in exchange for promotion …

Music Critics Must Die: Taking the Maxim Magazine Approach to the Max
Wed, 27 Feb 2008 – 20:06:09 -0800 PST | No Comment
Music Critics Must Die: Taking the Maxim Magazine Approach to the Max

Scott G with Minarik SamhainCOLUMN: Scott G says we shouldn’t be too hard on Maxim magazine for reviewing an album they hadn’t heard. They are pioneers in a new form of rock journalism.

Music Critics Must Die: The Death of Pro Tools & Other NAMM Events
Mon, 25 Feb 2008 – 19:10:04 -0800 PST | 2 Comments
Music Critics Must Die: The Death of Pro Tools & Other NAMM Events

Minarik InfernoCOLUMN: Scott G was happy to ogle the tons of software, DAWs, gadgets, guitars, and gear galore at the NAMM show, but an Apple demo seemed to predict the way the industry is moving.

Music Critics Must Die: Grammy Whammy
Thu, 14 Feb 2008 – 02:31:07 -0800 PST | No Comment
Music Critics Must Die: Grammy Whammy

Dave Grohl of Foo FightersCOLUMN: Proving once more that bigger does not mean better, the 50th Grammy Awards event was bombastic, bumbling and bloated. Scott G watched and would have been appalled if he wasn’t so bored.

Music Critics Must Die: Awards Show Season
Sat, 15 Dec 2007 – 00:11:44 -0800 PST | 3 Comments
Music Critics Must Die: Awards Show Season

Gianetta Marconi, dance music artistCOLUMN: Going behind the scenes and inside the shenanigans, Scott G peers through the smoke and tries to avoid the noise as he accompanies Giannetta Marconi to the Los Angeles Music Awards.

Music Critics Must Die: Songs in Commercials
Mon, 12 Nov 2007 – 15:27:35 -0800 PST | 2 Comments
Music Critics Must Die: Songs in Commercials

Scott G with noisemakerCOLUMN: Like everyone who loves music, Scott G has noticed the ad world’s insistence on borrowing old songs to set the mood for commercials. Is it because they’re too lame to come up with original music? And how much does it hurt the music business?

Interview: The Saga of Sheena Metal
Sun, 07 Oct 2007 – 15:54:37 -0700 PDT | No Comment
Interview: The Saga of Sheena Metal

INTERVIEW: Managing at least 5 interlocking careers, Los Angeles-based Sheena Metal maintains a wickedly funny view of her life on the radio, on stage, and behind-the-scenes in the swirling worlds of music, movies and TV.
The …

Music Supervisors: Gatekeepers to Songs Old and New
Mon, 03 Sep 2007 – 22:49:41 -0700 PDT | No Comment
Music Supervisors: Gatekeepers to Songs Old and New

Scott G recording with a Minarik InfernoCOLUMN: Record companies, radio stations and iTunes don’t fully control what music you get to hear. Scott G examines the ever-changing role of the music supervisor for motion pictures and TV.

Music Review: Sheva
Mon, 13 Aug 2007 – 20:04:51 -0700 PDT | No Comment
Music Review: Sheva

REVIEW: Blending big ballads with confessional lyrics, Sheva touches listeners at the core of their emotions. Scott G gets lost in the melodies of “The Closest Thing” even while admiring the sonic textures of her band.

Music Review: Rob Kendt ‘I’m Not Sentimental’ – Too Much Talent is a Dangerous Thing
Mon, 06 Aug 2007 – 15:39:22 -0700 PDT | No Comment
Music Review: Rob Kendt ‘I’m Not Sentimental’ – Too Much Talent is a Dangerous Thing

REVIEW: You’ll find clever lyrics, strong melodies, and excellent musicianship on songs in several genres on the new Rob Kendt album. But as Scott G points out, this may be too much of a good …

Interview: Danielle Egnew – Rocker with Political Ideas and a Broadway Throat
Wed, 27 Jun 2007 – 19:41:49 -0700 PDT | No Comment
Interview: Danielle Egnew – Rocker with Political Ideas and a Broadway Throat

INTERVIEW: Lead singer of indie bands Pope Jane and Junkie Cousin, film actress, political clothing designer, and outrageous singer/songwriter, Danielle Egnew has a huge voice, legit stage training and a compulsion to rock. Scott G …

July 4th Music: Surprising Secrets of Patriotic Songs
Tue, 19 Jun 2007 – 17:05:14 -0700 PDT | No Comment
July 4th Music: Surprising Secrets of Patriotic Songs

Scott G with Minarik InfernoCOLUMN: There are patriotic tunes that everyone in the USA finds familiar and exciting whether played by marching band, orchestra, or rock group. Scott G reveals some of the eyebrow-raising facts about the top 14 crowd-rousing anthems.

Interview: Sean Wiggins Lives the Indie Life
Wed, 13 Jun 2007 – 02:10:27 -0700 PDT | No Comment
Interview: Sean Wiggins Lives the Indie Life

INTERVIEW: Singing, songwriting, recording, and playing lots of gigs may be the traditional way for an independent music artist to get ahead. With the release of “The Kitchen Sink” by Sean Wiggins and her band …

Interview: Delvian Opens the Gate to Indie Music Artists
Sat, 09 Jun 2007 – 22:32:01 -0700 PDT | No Comment
Interview: Delvian Opens the Gate to Indie Music Artists

INTERVIEW: Delvian Records has been called aggressive, brash, quirky, fanatical and a secret weapon for indie artists. Company president Benjamin van der Wel talks with Scott G (Delvian recording artist The G-Man) about music, marketing, …

Review: Guitars That Fan the Flames of Desire
Thu, 07 Jun 2007 – 17:26:48 -0700 PDT | No Comment
Review: Guitars That Fan the Flames of Desire

Scott G playing a Minarik InfernoREVIEW: Celebrating an endorsement between G-Man Music and the fiery axe-makers known as Minarik Guitars, Scott G (The G-Man) reviews the Minarik Inferno X-treme, a design that is fueling the excitement of a new generation of musicians.

Interview: Astrella Celeste and the Healing Power of Music
Fri, 01 Jun 2007 – 18:16:01 -0700 PDT | No Comment
Interview: Astrella Celeste and the Healing Power of Music

INTERVIEW: Born to sing, Astrella Celeste is attempting to fuse pop music to an inner spirituality. In an interview with Scott G, she talks about how songs are a part of life, love, memory and …

Interview: DJ Insane is Crazy like a Fox
Mon, 21 May 2007 – 20:16:40 -0700 PDT | 3 Comments
Interview: DJ Insane is Crazy like a Fox

INTERVIEW: A performer needs a good name, so when Marcel Oosterom started appearing in clubs to play mixes of what was called raggamuffin’ and hiphop beats, he did so as DJ Insane. Did that help …

New CDs Take Music in All Directions
Wed, 25 Apr 2007 – 17:25:29 -0700 PDT | No Comment
New CDs Take Music in All Directions

REVIEW: Scott G goes back to old habits by writing a batch of CD reviews. As in his prior reviews, the musical styles he covers are all over the place, from the hip hop of …

Covering Up: The Right of Wrong Artists to Sing Great Songs
Mon, 16 Apr 2007 – 22:19:32 -0700 PDT | One Comment
Covering Up: The Right of Wrong Artists to Sing Great Songs

Scott G photo by SnookCOLUMN: With the BBC announcement of a new version of the Sgt. Pepper album (cover versions of Beatles songs by mostly mediocre bands), Scott G suggests we take this concept to ridiculous heights (or depths). Imagine the Insane Clown Posse singing Merle Haggard.

Musicians: Mind Your Beeswax
Thu, 12 Apr 2007 – 20:42:25 -0700 PDT | No Comment
Musicians: Mind Your Beeswax

Scott G under G-Man graffitoCOLUMN: Scott G offers a warning to musicians: the world says it wants originality, creativity, boundless imagination, innovation, and new ideas, but it just isn’t so. The fact is that you can go too far. Handcrafting your own CD packaging, for example. Or covering it with wax before sending it to anyone.

Music in Commercials – What’s That Song?
Sat, 24 Mar 2007 – 21:39:54 -0700 PDT | No Comment
Music in Commercials – What’s That Song?

Scott G voicing a PSA for which he did the musicCOLUMN: Commercial makers are grabbing songs faster than ever before. Can’t quite remember the title of that oldie? Want to know who does that new techno funk dance groove track? Scott G is rather fond of some Web sites that help you out and let you help as well.

What’s Wrong With Music Journalism?
Sat, 17 Mar 2007 – 23:33:39 -0700 PDT | No Comment
What’s Wrong With Music Journalism?

The G-Man makes some noiseCOLUMN: Writing about music is like knitting about sculpture. Sure, that’s a paraphrase of a more famous line, but isn’t that the kind of thing music critics do? Scott G is happy to disparage those pencil-neck geeks of the music press (even while his alter-ego The G-Man fears the result when his “Crazed + Dazed” album is released).