by Steph Castor | Sep 23, 2016 | Guitarability
Song: Like Eating Glass Artist: Bloc Party Album: Silent Alarm Released: 2005 At 5:00 PM, we stuffed ourselves into the two vehicles like amateur clowns and drove to the Depot to load in for the show. When we arrived the staff informed Rufio that we were not on the...
by Steph Castor | Sep 16, 2016 | Guitarability
Song: Donner Party (All Night) Artist: Alkaline Trio Album: Good Mourning Released: 2003 We progressed north through the morning rush hour of Denver’s nine to five and crossed Greeley city limits at approximately 7:30 AM. Evan passively tried to explain that Rufio,...
by Steph Castor | Sep 13, 2016 | Guitarability
Song: This Night Has Opened My Eyes Artist: The Smiths Album: Louder Than Bombs Released: 1987 The Distance is Safety tour kick-off was an acoustic show in a midget car garage at the Heartland Race Track, just hours after I was stuffed into the frayed backseat...
by Steph Castor | Aug 12, 2016 | Guitarability
For years, the music industry has suffered the wrath of commercialization. From advertising campaigns to artist endorsements, brands have developed professional relationships with primarily professional musicians. In other words, unless you are selling out arenas and...
by Steph Castor | Aug 5, 2016 | Guitarability
A vehicle is an artist’s home—a safe haven from failed gallery showings and withheld bar ring percentages. At the end of the night, your van is your bed; your pillow and closet and personal entertainment center. It’s a threshold for intimacy with a stranger or four or...
by Steph Castor | Jul 29, 2016 | Guitarability
There is a phrase that modern musicians have heard way too many times, and that is “practice makes perfect.” The problem is that perfection doesn’t exist, at least not in the the creative industry, because the idea of perfection is to be free of all flaws. But flaws...
