March 2006 Volume 2 Issue 3 Blues ● Classical ● Country ● Folk ● Hip Hop ● Jazz ● Rock pronounced no-mah-so-nah Inga Magid Teaches Scissorfight “Keys For Kids” Michale Graves Matthew Stubbs Celebrated by his loving LowellRocks.com Benefit and very sneaky staff. Upcoming Shows Mar 18 10PM Rox's the Rock House 124 Main St(Rt 12) Oxford, MA Mar 31 10PM Character's Pub 246 Central St Gardner, MA RED MILL Apr 8 10PM KC's Tap/Club Cats 530 Broadway St(Rt 1) Pawtucket, RI Apr 6 9PM Character's Pub 246 Central St Gardner, MA Apr 15 9PM The Bullpen 1825 Acushnet Ave New Bedford, MA Apr 22 10PM Dee Dee's Lounge 297 Newport Ave Quincy, MA Apr 29 10PM Wild Spirits 1843 1st Ave New York, NY May 13 11PM KC's Tap/Club Cats 530 Broadway St(Rt 1) Pawtucket, RI July 7 11PM Character's Pub 246 Central St Gardner, MA GRAPHICS AD HERE www.geocities.com/whiskeychapel (508)234-5642 [email protected] Only 1 Issue Left! Unless You Advertise Bands get the word out about your new CD or gigs for only $65 Recording Studios, CD Du- plicators, T-Shirt Makers, Tattoo Studios, etc. Let’s Talk! [email protected] or (978) 258-2606 2 Table Of Contents The Buzz ................................ 5 Matt Stubbs ............................ 9 Publisher: Rig Painter Productions Dipthong ............................... 11 Scissorfight ........................... 12 Editor: Marc Friedman Michale Graves ..................... 13 Copy Editors: Jane B. Curran, Meg Crotty, Troll ...................................... 15 Amy Saunders, Jennifer Mottram, The LowellRocks.com Benefit 16 Marc Friedman, Sarah Kollett Inga Magid: Keys For Kids .... 18 Writers: Marc Friedman, Michelle Kellaway, RatPak Records ................... 20 Deborah L. Blicher, Matthew Robinson, Recording Songwriter ........... 21 Jill Locke, Jim Leboeuf, Robert LeBoeuf, Alyss, Bill Copeland , Jen Faucher , Hip Hop - S.E. Entertainment 23 Adam Savage, Jennifer Mottram, Keven Reviews ................................ 24 Pearce, Shaun O'Brien, Will Briere Boston Bluegrass Union ....... 28 Photography: Tom Gallo, Ryan Haskell, Krista Classifieds ............................ 29 Wallhagen, Allegra Boverman, Liz Linder Upcoming Events .................. 30 Cover Art: Paul Favreau of Red Mill Graphics Logo: Tony C. Antinoro AD RATES (Subject To Change) Businesses: $300, $175, $100, $65 Bands/musicians: $150, $100, and $65 (no 8th of page) Dimensions (WxH) 7.5" x 10" - Full pg. $300 biz, $150 bands/musicians 7.5" x 5" - Half pg. $175 biz, $100 bands/musicians 3 5/8" x 5" - 1/4 pg. $100 biz, $65 bands/musicians 3 5/8" x 2.5" - 1/8 pg. $65 biz, not available for bands/musicians For ads you can send a biz card, PDF or image (preferably 300 dpi TIFF). If we create your ad: $25 if it's just words - 2 fonts Arial and Palatino $35 for words and image Graphic art work prices available upon request NoMaSoNHa c/o Marc Friedman 30 Royal Crest Dr. Apt. 6 N. Andover, MA 01845 www.NoMaSoNHa.com www.MySpace.com/NoMaSoNHa 3 Strongarm Radio Top 10 List Strongarm Radio Hosted by Brian and Josh Wednesdays 8 - 10PM 104.9FM WRBB www.wrbbradio.org www.myspace.com/strongarmradio email mp3s to [email protected] Artist Album Number Of Plays 1. Within Choking Range Most People Just Die 5 2. Screams Of Erida Burn The World 3 3. Burn Me Down The Rough Divide 3 4. And Then There Were None And Then There Were None 3 5. Unearth The Oncoming Storm 2 6. All That Remains This Darkened Heart 2 7. Hepburn The Sleeping Bodies Of Strangers 1 8. Robby Roadsteamer Heart Of The Rhino 1 9. Shadows Fall The Art Of Balance 1 10. Camphora Automated Movement 1 2006 New England Battle of the Bands 50 Bands are getting ready to battle it out every Friday for 4 months beginning on March 10th. Hosted by Reflections and brought to you by none other than 13ME, this year's battle is anticipated to be one of the biggest shows in the Northern MA Southern NH area, giving out more than 8,000.00 cash prizes. To get involved, send any type of audio & your band's contact info to [email protected] or mail it to: 13 Music Entertainment Attn: Triana P.O. Box 1313 Lowell, MA 01853 The battle also seeks both fans and industry insiders to judge. If you are interested contact Triana at the above email address. www.13me.com 4 Local Artist & Music News the buzz To submit news items to be considered for print, please check spelling and grammar. Poorly written summaries and press releases will be discarded or returned for revision. Lowellrocks.com Mardi Gras Bash Benefit for six year old Brain Tumor Victim Lowellrocks.com held a Mardi Gras Bash featuring Parkview, Six year old Justin Bissett has been diagnosed with a rare brain Theory Shift, and Six Day Slide on February 24th at Scorz com- stem tumor called a diffuse pontine glioma. His tumor is aggres- plete with Jager girls and prizes for the ladies who collected the sive and is inoperable at this point. He is currently undergoing most beads, no questions asked. treatment at Brigham and Women's Hospital/Dana Farber Cancer And seeing as how Mardi Gras and New Orleans go together like Institute. He may need additional treatment at the Burzynski Clinic rum and coke, donations were being accepted to further help the in Houston, Texas. This clinical trial therapy in not normally cov- disaster relief effort. Any contribution of $5 or more was rewarded ered by health insurance and will cost tens of thousands of dol- with a Rockin' 4 Relief t-shirt. lars. In further LowellRocks.com news, Club 251 in Billerica also Cash donations can be sent to: hosted a Lowell Rocks Night on February 11th that featured six The Justin Bissett Fund hours of local music, a band an hour, featuring the Workin’ Stiffs, c/o TD Banknorth Plastic Cows Don't Moo, Decadence, The End Result, and The 62 Nashua Rd. Incident, culminating in the Lowell Rocks All-Stars to end the Londonderry, NH 03053 night. For full coverage see page 16. There will be a benefit held on Saturday, April 1, 2006 at the Characters Battle of the Bands Begins March 2nd Casa di Fior in Wilmington, MA. It will include a buffet style dinner, live music, dancing, raffles, and door prizes. The fundraiser will Characters Battle of the Bands (which is being co-sponsored by help with the costs of Justin's treatments. Tickets are $25 and can NoMaSoNHa) began March second with Promised Eden, Whis- be bought by calling Jen (978) 988-6322 or Brenda (978) 852- key Chapel, Lost Tribe, and Involution. Promised Eden, who 5278 or emailing [email protected]. played a tight set and brought their own entourage from Worces- ter, took home the top spot while Whiskey Chapel, who report- Rex Trailer Recuperating After Fall edly played a loose set of great songs, snagged the wild card. However, it seems as though it was a tight race with the very Rex Trailer, former host of Boomtown on WBZ TV 4 in Boston, original Lost Tribe, which is composed of two members featuring MA, Country Hall of Famer, and local legend, recently took a bad an acoustic guitar and sets of congas, bongos, and a djembe, and fall while working at his studio and sustained a fractured pelvis. Involution rounding out the bottom two. The winner of each He had been rehabbing at Wingate in Sudbury, but returned home round receives $100 prize to go with the thrill of victory and moves on February 16th to continue his recovery. Just last year,a DVD onto the next round. Photographer Dante Parker has also added documentary about Rex and the Boomtown years came out and is an additional prize to sweeten the pot for those involved. Every available at www.rextrailer.tv. participating band will be entered into a drawing to receive a free session with Dante and the winner is totally independent of the battle finals. The battle will continue every Thursday and there are still slots open, so email [email protected] and cc Marc at [email protected] to get involved. New England Battle of the Bands Starts March 10 It's that time of the year, boys and girls. The New England Battle of the Bands, formerly the Reflections Battle of the Bands, brought to you by 13 Music Entertainment and Triana, is officially taking submissions for this year's competition. Budweiser's True Music, The Lowell Sun, and Guitar Center will be sponsoring these Friday night shows at Reflections in Chelmsford beginning March 10 with Chinggis, Mindshot (with former members of Road to Nowhere), Hand to Hand Combat, Burden of Liberty, and Seduce the Enemy. More changes this year include having five bands per night with RPM Challenge: Full Album in 28 Days tickets costing $7 from the bands and $9 at the door. There will be only 50 bands, making this a 4 months show. To get involved The RPM (Record Production Month) Challenge had over 190 send any type of audio and your band's contact information to local bands making like TV's MacGyver in order to record a ten [email protected] or mail it to: song/35 minute album within the 28 days of February. Whether 13 Music Entertainment they are using state of the art recording studios or recording Attn: Triana tracks on an answering machine from a friends closet, all the par- P.O. Box 1313 ticipating artists’ music is available on the RPM web site and will Lowell, MA 01853 be heard at the listening party in Portsmouth, NH on March 9th, The battle is also seeking both fans and industry insiders to act starting at the Music Hall at 7p.m and continuing on to 4 simulta- as judges.