Sometime this past week I was chatting with some of my musician friends. Not surprisingly, we discussed many topics of grave importance. Which album by which artist was their best; how this or that band really went downhill after they brought that new guitarist on board; and that if bands want to land local outdoor […]
Andy Powell
Andy Powell is a congenital music lover and hosts The Album of the Week Show on KWPT 100.3 FM Tuesdays at 6 p.m.
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You Never Give Me Your Money
Sometime this past week I was chatting with some of my musician friends. Not surprisingly, we discussed many topics of grave importance. Which album by which artist was their best; how this or that band really went downhill after they brought that new guitarist on board; and that if bands want to land local outdoor […]
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Knowing Where You’ve Been
There’s the old saying that goes, “You can’t know where you’re going if you don’t know where you’ve been.” I think Jesus said that. There’s also a slightly less older saying that goes, “Well, we know where we’re goin’, but we don’t know where we’ve been.” That was David Byrne of the Talking Heads. I’m […]
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You’ve Got to Fight
In Humboldt County we rarely experience a joy greater than that of the outside world noticing how awesome we are. Whether it is the Washington Post naming Humboldt the second most beautiful county in the country (somehow behind Mugu-Rock-having Ventura County) or some other national rag documenting Eureka as having the most artists per capita, […]
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Welcome Students!
To everything there is a season, a purpose, and a time. It may be short, or it may be long, but undoubtedly time continually hurries on. I don’t really know what that means, but I’m sure whomever I plagiarized understood. Let’s just say it’s about seasons and cycles and changes. A couple of changes present […]
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Music in the Time of Infernos
Many musicians will tell you that summer in Humboldt County can be a rough time of year for working bands. Nothing stops completely on the coast, but it sure slows down a lot. With the mythical Humboldt State University student back home in San Diego showing off his or her new Bernie Sanders shirt and […]
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Music Success in Nine Weeks
By Ariel Hyatt Self-published As we take a new trip around the sun, many independent (read poor) musicians are silently wondering if they’ll survive another year. The music business isn’t getting any easier and it doesn’t seem as if opportunities abound for the independent musician. The "Do-It-Yourself" ethic used to be worn as a badge […]