Image courtesy of Epic Records

Look At Her Now: Amy Heidemann and the Music Business

“I still count Amy among the very small number of people in that town who did not make my life a living hell when I was growing up. She was always incredibly sweet and open to talking to me when our paths crossed, and she treated me like a human being not ‘the fat weird […]

Art by Dan Blakeslee

Public Service Announcement for Boston

I’m going to say right now that this post is not about music, but it’s very important. I have a ton of blog posts ready to go-interviews, personal essays, etc. But this week has been a nightmare for many people I know, care about, interact with…and the city I live in. Promoting stories and writing […]

Heyrick Chasse photography.

A Call to ‘Inspire Art’: A Guest Post by Sarah Fimm

As an artist who sources inspiration from her grandmother ( a Holocaust survivor), tradition, and artists as varied as Leonard Cohen and Alice and Chains, Sarah Fimm is hard to peg. I can’t tell how I want to describe her music. Bjork? A Perfect Circle? A voice akin to a disciplined Florence Welch? Toris Amos […]

She & Him 
(c) Farah Joan Fard 2010

LaParadiddle’s (Hopeful) Purpose & Pursuit

Pick up an instrument. Form a band. Join the honors jazz choir. Get a scholarship. Fail an audition. Have a backup plan. Master ear training. Music production. Music business. Licensing and publishing. Performance. Music journalist. Music educator. Music therapist. Play gigs on the side. Give lessons. Go on tour. Record a hit single. The possibilities […]