Author Archive: Tim Wenger
And The Black Feathers
by Tim Wenger In the words of Literati Records’ founder Mark Pruisner, And The Black Feathers are unique. Plenty of bands claim that in their Facebook bio, but these guys put the music where the mouth is on their new record. Showcasing the dark side of Denver’s alt-indie scene, the tracks are danceable and dirty. […]
Musician 101 #11- College Radio
What to do to take it to the next level by the Swami Back in the 90’s when I had a developmental deal with Sony, I was privileged to have several great mentors. Then the labels still had A/R departments and would look for talented artists to sign and then “train” to be a pro. […]
VapeWize Sponsors the Driftin’ Suns, but What is VapeWize?
VapeWize was started out of passion from Shaune and Sarah Walter because Personal Vaporizers finally allowed them to kick the butt. On the evening of January 15, 2014, they bought their first Vape Pens their combustible cigarettes became a thing of the past and they never looked back. Shaune was studying for his Phar.D. was […]
Nanook Enterprises Offers Exchange Program, Brings Musicians to Jamaica
by Tim Wintemute For local musicians, the Colorado music scene can be a little overwhelming. The constant demand to create new music while touring, recording, working your day job, weather delays and playing regular local gigs. Local music fans can also find themselves overwhelmed and need to take a musical vacation… to Jamaica. Nanook Enterprises […]
This Ain’t No Cowtown Releases Volume 6
This Ain’t No Cowtown, a Colorado-based compilation series put together by John Baxter of ZetaKayeHouse, released their sixth volume on May 20. With proceeds slated to benefit 7th Circle Music Collective (an all-ages DIY music venue located at 2935 W. 7th Ave), the comp features over 40 tracks from local musicians, comedians, and spoken work […]
Cruxvae- Through Hell-Until The End
by Tim Wintemute The Denver music scene is being taken over by Latin Metal and Cruxvae is one of these bands that are defining what Denver Metal should sound like. Cruxvae is heavily influenced by classic metal bands, such as Iron Maiden, Sepultura, Judas Priest and Metallica; and also traditional Latin music from South America. […]
The Manager’s Corner- June 2014
by Chris Daniels Even though I’ve managed my own band for 30 years, I’m in the Colorado Music Hall of Fame and I’ve produced more than 20 albums, the business of music is changing at light-speed. It takes working harder than ever to break through all the noise. Success is still built on some tried […]
CREATE MSU’s OWN IT Music Mastermind #4: Networking and Building Relationships—June 10, 2014
by Angela Kerr and Leah Parker [email protected] [email protected] Sold out crowds have become the standard for the mastermind series, the last boasting standing room only. Kevin Shipley, President of Music Munch Management and Tom Sailor of Winterset Concert Events had a provocative conversation about what talent buyers for large festivals do and what they focus […]
Filthy T- Fragile
by Tim Wenger Filthy T is back with a vengeance. The hip-hop rock outfit has dropped the hardest hitting album of the year to date out of Denver. Driven by punk attitude, the band raps about all things honest and relevant and backs it up with engaging harmonic backups and rock-driven instrumentation. They take rap-metal, […]
Mike Ring & The Connection- To Your Sisters & Brothers
by Tim Wenger Mike Ring & The Connection is one of the names currently trending out of Greeley, and their new ep To Your Sisters & Brothers speaks as to why. The album contains five tracks of upbeat, heel-kicking pop rock. Locally, I would compare them to Foxfield Four– Ring’s high vocal range drives the […]
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