Author • Freelance Writer • Musician

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How to Sound Check Drums like a Pro.

“Why do sound engineers say, ‘Check one-two. Check one-two?’ Because if they count to three, they are expected to lift something.” – The oldest sound engineer joke So you’ve made

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Deep Cuts: Some Weird Sin

Anyone who’s seen the movie Trainspotting is familiar with the Iggy Pop 1977 classic “Lust for Life” and has probably danced along like a hypnotized chicken. As catchy as the

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8 Musicians Killed by Their Doctors

Being the physician of a rock star can’t be easy. According to UCLA Heath, “VIP syndrome is the tendency of some physicians to provide special privileges to a patient because

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Celebrating Comedian Jaye P. Morgan

Uh oh. Miss Piggy isn’t going to like this. Women aren’t funny according to deceased British novelist Chrisopher Hitchens. But then again, Hitchens also thought his stupid haircut looked cool.

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Demonetization is Demonization

For starters, both words have “demon” in them. Money and censorship go hand in hand, like— um. Ok, most censors don’t want any handholding going on. What would the children

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I Completed Lil Jon’s Meditation Album

When I first found out about Lil Jon’s “Total Meditation” album, I laughed. The Youtube comments were amazing. “He’s gone from crunk to monk” and “sanskreet, skreet, skreet, skreet skreet”.

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