“Why am I not getting any better?” It is the universal cry of the bedroom guitarist, the basement producer, and the living-room pianist. Every self-taught musician asks this eventually. You’ve been at it for months – maybe years. You can play the songs you learned in your first six months with your eyes closed. You’ve
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Songwriting is like any other artistic profession. The more you do it, the better you will get. There are no shortcuts and passion and drive are needed. We recently came across Azwel, who has been creating music for over 20 years. That test of time has refined a style that hits all the right spots
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A band that is open to evolving and exploring will always be able to move forward. Creating music must be both fun and cathartic to make it all worth it. Our new friends The Crypt have been doing it for over a decade together and just keep releasing new music and refreshing older songs. We
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There are reunion/anniversary tours… and then there are statements. When The Afghan Whigs hit the stage at Webster Hall on April 30, expect the latter. Celebrating 40 years as one of rock’s most compelling outliers, the Cincinnati-born band has never fit neatly into any scene—and that’s exactly the point. Emerging in 1986, the Afghan Whigs
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