Mostly sharing my thoughts about albums and artists with a creative writing twist. My preferred genres are metal and popular music.
Got the publication name idea from Nightwish's song "Dead Gardens," which is about writer's block.
Former L.A. music industry/scenester. BOMP! VOXX Records & Warner Reprise Records Alumni - The Mo Years. My life partner is Chris Wilson formerly of Flamin' Groovies and The Barracudas.
The Third Way is my creativity lab. A place to play with ideas and people I find interesting; a place to use words and language to encourage and promote non-dualism in all aspects of life; a place for other Third Way thinkers to gather.
A music journalist’s guide to the industry. I write about how artists build careers, how music journalism works, and the trends reshaping the business—all from 10+ years of experience as an independent music journalist.
Your hub for industry insights, practical tips, interviews with pros, masterclasses, music tech reviews, and resources to boost your career. Our mission: To educate, inform, and empower music creators and entrepreneurs like you.
I’ve self-published THE SOUND OF SETTLING, A Rock and Roll Love Story. Now it’s time to manifest the eventual streaming series I can already visualize with a proper publishing deal #SignTara
Cuban sounds, and stories from the wide world of Latin music. Playlists, videos, interviews, and a serialized book about the pioneering Havana label Panart Records by Judy Cantor-Navas.
A wildly eclectic weekly newsletter on loose connections between music/culture/life/death/art & other fun stuff from Lo Carmen, singer-songwriter, host of Death Is Not the End & author of 'Lovers Dreamers Fighters’.
Punk Turns 30 Again rants, raves, and remembers a past you may have been part of or wished you could have lived through. I wasn't just a witness, I was a PARTICIPANT and INSTIGATOR with pictures to prove it!
Storytelling about rock pop music and culture through decades of interviews, reviews, and feature stories, shaken in a blender. Might be Steely Dan, Dylan, Springsteen, Stevie Wonder, boygenius. Might be Laura Nyro, Suzanne Vega, the Ramones.
Dan Pal writes about film, television, and music in addition to various memoirs. His Top Ten Memoir covers music from every year of his life and his Palangeau Park videos document with dedication and humor the progress of his gardening efforts.
Sunday round-ups of historical music events from 10 years ago through to over 100 years ago. There will be album anniversaries, artist profiles, inspiring quotes, music facts and figures, and loads more.
I was in queer media long before I went viral for "holding space with the lyrics of 'Defying Gravity," and I've always had a lot to say about movies, TV, musicals, and queer culture. Here's where I get into it all.
I write about: Making music, releasing music, cultivating creativity in general, finding flow, relinquishing control, staying curious and letting your art blow with the winds.
Energetic updates on Mondays. Long form on Thursdays.
Slices of wisdom by women age 40+. Wildly inspiring interviews, personal essays, fiction, podcast episodes, poetry and visual art delivered right to your inbox.
If you're a woman over 40, you'll relate to these stories, triumphs, celebrations, troubles, and tribulations. Alicia Dara takes the cake.
Music writing that is not restricted by the demands, wishes, and timelines of the music industry. Writing, not advertising. Love, not a battle of the brands.
"The best music history writing online!" It's rock, records, and radio, as we go behind the scenes of my years in FM rock radio and the record biz in the '70s & '80s!
Guitarist, singer, animal advocate. 2022 inductee to the Iowa Rock & Roll Music Association Hall of Fame. Relentless promoter of women in Rock, past, present and future.
