Interview
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Trevor Collins – Thanks for Asking! – by Liam Sweeny. RRX: We all get a little support from those around us. And we also can be impressed by our fellow performers. Who do you admire in your community, and why? TC: The list is long, the music community in this area is incredibly unique and […]
Fleshspoil – Thanks for Asking! – by Liam Sweeny. RRX: What was the very first reaction to your music, from the first person to ever hear so much as a practice jam or the demo of your first song? Mike Van Dyne: Well, once Jeff Andrews (guitar/vocals) and I had rough instrumental demos of our […]
Shannon Tehya – An Xperience Interview – by Niki Chaos. Shannon Tehya reminds me of an exquisite rainbow flamingo mermaid. Elegant and quietly fierce. Stretched to the sky, crooning songs with her flock. We bond over what it’s like to be a musician in the 518 and supporting women in all spaces. RRX: What inspired […]
Sabrina Trueheart – An Xperience Interview – by Liam Sweeny. The beauty of being a musician is that your sound is the product of everything you’ve ever loved. It is not unique; all art is a composite of the things we’ve loved, and maybe hated, in life. All artists and musicians have the power not […]
OP Callaghan – An Interview Article – by OP Callaghan. I’ve considered myself so fortunate to be able to write this column. As a drummer, it has been important to me to highlight those of us who know what it’s like to always sit in the back, have the most shit to carry, and are […]
Luke Dow – An Xperience Interview – by Rob Smittix. RRX: You’re a busy guy. LD: Oh, no doubt, it’s crazy. RRX: I’m very much looking forward to the Rock the Dock Music Festival on Saturday, July 12th, Lake George, New York. And it’s got a killer lineup this year! LD: Yeah, we kinda outdid […]
Weird Al Yankovic – An Xperience Interview – by Neoptolemus. I was a high school senior in the mid-1970s, living just west of Syracuse, NY. I was gifted a JVC receiver and speakers from my brother, who picked it up in Japan on his way home from Vietnam. With it, I discovered a Utica, NY […]
Sarah Holub Schrom – Xperience History – by Liam Sweeny. Originally published in September 2019. Art is the currency of meaning. The great thing about such a currency is that you don’t need to hoard it, because just one work can grow in meaning, or change meaning over time, and all you have to do […]
Lost in Space: Carmine Gontz and the Icons Behind the Anthem – by Lori McKone. How a rising rock visionary joined forces with legends like Rudy Sarzo and Matt Starr to create a sound that’s truly out of this world. Carmine Gontz isn’t just a rising star; he’s an artist who knows who he is. […]
Martin Benjamin – An Xperience Interview – by Sketchy Hubris. Ansel Adams, in 1930, had been training to become a concert pianist while considering a career as a photographer. He decided, after seeing the photographs by Paul Strand, that “the camera, not the piano, would shape [his] destiny.” His mother and aunt both pleaded, “Do […]
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