Hey, YC here. Today I sat down with JK Phil Osé, one of Fauxtown Record's many talented musical artists, to talk about a number of things, starting with what got him into music in the first place, then moving into DIY recording of albums, and then moving on to a discussion the nature of the…
Today I had a chance to talk to my friend Bob Reich, who used to play in a band called Norm's Headache in the Wisconsin area in the mid-90's (they were from LaCrosse). Norm's Headache was a typical configuration for a rock band - 4 members, with Bob on bass, Mark Sauer on guitar, Paul…
Hey guys, Coconut here. Today I had a chance to interview one of my guitar heroes of recent times, the genuinely talented one man thrash-a-thon, Stefano Nomakills, or N-O-M-A, who hails from Orléans, France. He is most often seen rocking out in his room with hair flailing madly. Nomakills, or N-O-M-A, has been posting videos…
Today I spoke with Sarah Jane Curran, an alternative rocker and lead singer for the band The Violet Stones out of Sydney, Australia. I came across her music recently on Youtube (where she goes by Sarah Jane Music) and was impressed at all of the material on there, from original songs she's written herself and…
Hey guys, YC here. Today was a good day. I got up, fed my cat, had some coffee and sloppy joe's for breakfast, and then conducted an interview with beat-maker and online marketer Daniel Hartnett, the man behind The Corporatethief Beats. I came across Daniel while doing research on how to better use Twitter to…
IDRM Classified Log #6809 / Security Level: Delta. We were able to intercept a private conversation between wanted felon Gustav Fedoseev (pictured below) and Aldo Pimptronic (pictured right), which spans about 8 days and which reveals to us many details our department has been seeking for months. Here we finally confirm the association with both Waldo Jefferson…
Hey guys, Young Coconut here, musician and Fauxtown Records artist. Lately, as I've been getting more into making electronic music of my own, I've been hearing a lot about this program called Kontakt, and specifically the fifth version Kontakt 5, by Native Instruments. Check price on Amazon My buddy Daniel Kern uses it frequently with…
It is becoming increasingly easy to record your own professional sounding music at home, whether it's rock, jazz, folk, metal, country, and so forth. This home recording boom comes not a minute too soon, because the music industry as it once was is pretty much gone the way of the dodo bird. In decades past,…
Today we have the chance to chat with one of Youtube's The Rents - Mandy Fox, about how she runs her Youtube channel. The Rents, for those who don't know, consist of married couple Chris Raynor (AKA Stablekneez) and Mandy Fox (AKA TheFurFiles). They are proud parents to three kids, all of whom do their…
Today I (YC) spoke to mental health advocate and OCD counsellor Chrissie Hodges, who runs a consulting and peer support website and is generally a pretty cool gal. Now, rather than talk about straight up OCD with Chrissie and its effects as we have before, I wanted to ask her about OCD as it relates…
