Greetings to You, Dear Reader.

We are Tony & Tess, both part of the Member Relations department here at Sonicbids. Some of you may already be familiar with us (you may have even spoken to us on the phone), but since we have this spiffy new SonicBlog, we thought a more formal introduction would be appropriate. We both went to school for audio production and recording technology, and we both enjoy painting and are obsessed with all things music.  However, Tess went more toward the business side of things—with experience in radio and band promotion—while Tony went into live performance and media production.  Naturally, we ended up together here at Sonicbids.

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As a fan of RUSH, Rock Band and The Colbert Report I felt obligated to post this video of RUSH attempting to play Tom Sawyer on Rock Band.  Although I’ll never be as good at real drums as Neil Peart, I do think I’ve got a shot at being better than him at Rock Band drums.

Greetings Friends,

I’d like to take a little time and tell you about my time at this year’s Summerfest, held in my homeland of Milwaukee, WI. I only spent three short days there (and yes, three days is considered short in comparison to the eleven days total the festival runs) but I experienced much I’d love to share with you.

Many of the artists selected through Sonicbids were part of the Emerging Artist Series at Summerfest.  After selecting the first round, Summerfest ran a voting application through us where fans could vote for their favorite band. (more…)