"You've got to build your community like you build the Sims!" A Day Without Love's Brian Walker jokes on an interlude of his brand-freakin-new album A Stranger That You Met Before, a collection of songs in the alt rock/emo/folk-punk genre that are
The interviews I do for musicpulsestudios continue to surprise and delight me! Today we have a little chat with Adam Chandler, aka thatdudechandler, a rapper from St. Louis whose early love of Eminem has influenced his highly lyrical and conceptual output. Past projects of his include a sick
Lettuce continue our journey into this new content vertical, Three Music Thingz, where I ask musicians about three things that are essential to their musicianship. In this one, I asked Hannah Jocelyn, a writer, audio engineer, and songwriter who records as The Answers In Between, about three things that helped
Hello, I am addicted to new blog formats. This one is very simple — think of it as like an insert in a print magazine that will help you learn just a little bit more about a cool musical artist than you did before you read the insert. With Three Music
At peak 'music blog' time — like 2010/2011 — you know, Hipster Runoff, Tiny Mix Tapes, Hype Machine, Pitchfork at full powers but not yet scooped up by Conde — I was in college, whittling away at my English degree. I had a Tumblr where I attempted a weak impression
Hellooo all. "Heavy shit" has been happening on the home front that has rocked my daily schedule but utterly. But I've been preparing some sensational new blog posts for you to read, starting tomorrow. We're talking interviews with people who give a gigantic hoot
Here at musicpulsestudios, musicpulsestudios marketing in all forms. I previously blogged about some interesting music marketing tactics I'd been noticing, including Madelline's choose-your-bass-line approach and Mitski's lush description of her new album's limited edition vinyl. And now I&
This past weekend, I was carried to Ohio on a swarm of bees. Just kidding, I flew there on a Delta plane. Chris and I went to Cincinnati — a city I am only just beginning to learn to type correctly in one try, despite being with a Cinci man for
If you have been reading musicpulsestudios even just a little bit, you know I'm a fan of Pacing (aka anti-folk revivalist Katie McTigue) and of Sun Kin (the solo project of in-many-different-bands Los Angeles melody maker Kabir Kumar). I recently interviewed Katie over a game of
Summer 2023 is rapidly coming to a close, and between Taylor Swift's Eras Tour and Beyoncé's Renaissance Tour, stadiums across America have been getting a serious workout, both from those with the gumption to keep a standing ovation going for eight minutes, and those who know
One thing about me, editor-in-chief of musicpulsestudios, is that I am open for pitches. I can't guarantee I can write about everything, but I always want to hold some blog space for direct inquiries, because the internet is very large and if you dare to reach
Wow I barely blogged last week and I really felt its absence. Work got busy, life got busy, "Sorry I Haven't Posted." I'm back, and this week there are some killer blog posts in the pipeline featuring great musicians...excellent music...a guest post?