WESFEST 8, Featuring Headliner BRENDON SMALL’s GALAKTIKON, Announces Concert Gear Giveaway: Epiphone “Thunderhorse” Explorer Guitar and Gallien-Krueger MB 500 Lightweight Bass Amp!

 

WESFEST 8 is pleased to announce that sponsors EPIPHONE and GALLIEN-KRUEGER are giving away some awesome gear to two lucky attendees of the WESFEST 8 benefit concert featuring BRENDON SMALL’S GALAKTIKON on Sunday, March 3 at The Roxy in Los Angeles.

This year’s WESFEST 8 lineup features the live debut of headliner BRENDON SMALL’S GALAKTIKON, as well as Derek Frank, Ali Handal, Janet Robin, Joe Travers & Friends, Colin Keenan, and Danny Mo & The Exciters (featuring 2012 Wehmiller Scholarship winner Jed Lingat).

To win, all you have to do is buy tickets to WESFEST 8, show up, and you’ll automatically be eligible to win one of the two following items!

TO PURCHASE WESFEST 8 TICKETS AND FOR FULL SHOW DETAILS, JUST CLICK HERE!

First, for the Guitarists

THE EPIPHONE LTD. ED. BRENDON SMALL “THUNDERHORSE” EXPLORER OUTFIT GUITAR (pictured above)

EPIPHONE presents the Ltd. Ed. Brendon Small “Thunderhorse” Explorer Outfit, a one-of-a-kind signature guitar for one of the most eclectic and challenging artists working today. Do we mean Brendon Small? No! Dethklok, of course! Brendon Small is the co-creator and comedic–and musical–imagination behind Dethklok, the virtual metal band featured in the hit animated program produced by [adult swim], Metalocalypse. And now with the “Thunderhorse” Explorer Outfit, EPIPHONE and Brendon have collaborated to create the ultimate 6-string weapon packed with exclusive features only found on EPIPHONE. It’s a guitar worthy of “the world’s greatest cultural force” and in the hands of Dethklok lead guitarist Skwisgaar Skwigelf, a serious and potentially lethal musical weapon to be reckoned with. Billions of Dethklok fans have already noticed the EPIPHONE “Thunderhorse” is the ultimate Brendon Small Signature Explorer and have declared it totally metal times infinity. Retail price: $999.

 

For the bassists (after all, this concert does go to benefit a bass scholarship at Berklee College Of Music!)

THE GALLIEN-KRUEGER MB 500 SUPER LIGHTWEIGHT BASS AMP

Weighing in at less than 4 lbs. and taking up less than one rack space, the MB500 delivers 500 watts of power in a package that will easily fit into your gig bag. Featuring GK’s legendary four band active EQ and contour control, the MB500 allows you to tweak your tone before hitting the digital power section. In addition to the generous tone shaping capabilities, the preamp section also features a foot switchable boost channel with independent volume control to dial in just the right amount of grind and level boost when needed. Retail price: $714.

 

WESFEST 8 is a benefit concert whose net proceeds go to benefit the Wes Wehmiller Endowed Scholarship at Berklee College Of Music. The scholarship fund honors Wes Wehmiller (1971-2005), a Berklee graduate (’92) and highly accomplished bassist, athlete and photographer who died of thyroid cancer in January 2005. Established by his family and friends, the Wes Wehmiller Endowed Scholarship is awarded annually to a continuing student at Berklee who best exemplifies the excellence and grace Wehmiller showed as a bassist and as a human being. The WesFest concert series and related fundraising drive has raised more than $150,000 over the past seven years. Additional sponsors for WESFEST 8 include Mike Lull Custom Guitars, D’Addario Strings, and Studio Instrument Rentals.

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News from Koffeehouse and Live Performance Tonight !

What a week...Russian meteors, a one-of-a-kind Carnival cruise and the Pope calling it quits.  I heard Ray Lewis and Tim Tebow are interested in vacancy at the Vatican --- but don't they know it is truly a dead-end job? It is Lent, so for me and my fellow Catholics, it's time to figure out what we should give up this year.  It's not an issue for the Lakers because judging from their performance last night, it's clear they've decided to give up a trip to the playoffs. 

Well it's girl power  Tonight for Koffeehouse Sunday Sessions at The Charleston! On Sunday, we welcome Shani (7PM), Allison Gray (8PM) and B (9PM) are the featured artists, with Chrissy DePauw and Chuck Roberts kicking things off at 6PM for our JAM Session (more information below).

  We hope you have a fantastic President's Day Weekend! 

Back from Sundance 2013

We know that many of you couldn't join us last month at the Sundance Film Festival, so we are beginning to upload videos from our Koffeehouse Chateau Music Night.

Check out some incredible performances by Crystal Bowersox, Angel Taylor, Cameron and Duwende right here on our YouTube Channel http://www.youtube.com/koffeehouse we'll have more coming soon! Also, check out some of our photos from Sundance 2013 on our Koffeehouse Facebook Fan Page at https://www.facebook.com/KoffeehouseMusic.

And now that we are back from our most successful Sundance Film Festival yet! Together with the support of some great sponsors like Stella, Monster and J.P. Cummins , Koffeehouse showcased more than 25 artists at venues all over Main Street, including The Stein-Eriksen Lodge, Flanagans and Fatali Gallery. We also showcased 15 of the most talented singer songwriters at our Koffeehouse Chateau Music Night last Sunday! Photos and videos will be posted from the event on our Facebook Fan Page at http://www.facebook.com/KoffeehouseMusic We can't thank all of the incredible artists enough for showcasing their talent with us, including Crystal Bowersox, Greg Holden, Julia Price, Duwende, Shawn Hook, Moi Navarro, Angel Taylor, SanguinDrake, Jess Furman, Juliet Roberts, Adam Gaynor, Sophia Dion, Cameron and Elizavaeta. Also, thank you to our friends at Google, Stella,KIND Bar, Tres Sietes Tequila, Aqua Hydrate, RubySnap,Monster, Hansen's, JP Cummins & Company, Bree Donahue, Kim Koury (SpinPR), Mark Chipello and Mouse Kim for all of your help! We can't wait to do it again next year!

Next Up for Koffeehouse...

In addition to our ongoing Koffeehouse OneUp Music Series at the Grand Hyatt San Francisco (every Tuesday and Wednesday evening) and our ongoing Koffeehouse Sunday Sessions Showcase at The Charleston in Santa Monica, Koffeehouse is excited to embark on a number of new initiatives this year with some incredible worldwide brands. We will be announcing some of our collaborations soon...we can't wait to share them with you!

For more on Koffeehouse – Visit them at http://koffeehouse.com

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NOFX CELEBRATE 30TH ANNIVERSARY WITH LP BOX SET

 

Quintessential California punk band NOFX celebrate their monumental 30th anniversary by announcing the release of a limited edition deluxe LP collection of every studio album they have released, from 1988's Liberal Animation through 2012's Self Entitled on February 19th 2013. This limited edition collection will be available now for preorder today at www.nofxboxset.com.

The must-have collection of only 2500 pressings will include all of NOFX's studio albums, as well as the album 7 Inch of the Month Club, which has never been available before. Included in this set are Liberal Animation, S & M Airlines, Ribbed, White Trash, Two Heebs & A Bean, Punk In Drublic, Heavy Petting Zoo, So Long And Thanks For All The Shoes, Pump Up The Valuum, The Decline, War On Errorism, 7-Inch of the Month Club, Wolves in Wolves Clothing, Coaster and Self-Entitled, all are packaged in a beautiful hardbound anniversary box and pressed on colored vinyl with exclusive colors available through both Fat Wreck Chords and Epitaph Records. This is the compilation that NOFX Fans have been waiting for.

In addition, all box sets will include a life-size version of the band's infamous stage banner and 500 LPs will be signed by the band. As a perfect gift for vinyl fans, collectors, and NOFX fanatics alike, the LP Box Set is limited edition and will undoubtedly sell out fast.

Formed in Los Angeles back in 1983, NOFX have sold well over 6 million albums in their illustrious career. Forged in the same fiery furnaces of the L.A. punk rock scene that gave us Bad Religion, Suicidal Tendencies, Germs and Descendents. NOFX emerged as punk rock juggernauts when they joined forces with Epitaph in 1989 and went on to release a string of crucial punk records. Their first major breakthrough came in the form of 1990's Ribbed, still a fan favorite, followed up by now-classics White Trash, Two Heebs and a Bean and Punk in Drublic, the latter selling well over a million copies. That was a wildly successful decade for NOFX as the band popularized the Warped Tour and was the flagship band for the skate/surf/snow culture of the 1990's.

Now on Fat Mike's own label, Fat Wreck Chords, their third decade was even more fruitful, which again speaks to NOFX's indomitable longevity. The band's decade-long ban on doing the mainstream press and media was lifted as they sought to actively share their dissent for the Bush Administration and speak out against the invasion of Iraq. And once the floodgates were open, NOFX and their "Rock Against Bush movement were everywhere” as quoted from publications Newsweek, Rolling Stone, New York Times, Howard Stern, and network television.

All that high profile interest and hype was reflected in the success of their 2003 record, The War on Errorism, which was the #1 independent record in the country at the time if its release and topped Billboard's Indie chart. The new NOFX full-length, Self Entitled, released on September 11th, is their 12th studio record. A return to their aggressive roots, the 12 tracks embrace the hostile early LA punk sound while maintaining the trademark technical and melodic sound that NOFX is renowned for.

For more information and to get your copy of this long awaited release go to: www.nofxboxset.com, www.epitaph.com, www.fatwreck.com or www.kingsroadmerch.com

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Haunted By Heroes Featured In Exclusive Interview On WVOX's Metal Mayhem This Friday

Host Matt O'Shaughnessy welcomes Haunted By Heroes live to WVOX's Metal Mayhem this Friday, February 15th at 8:20pm EST on WVOX.com Worldwide and 1460 AM in a prime time feature interview.

The world's youngest rock band, Haunted By Heroes, are growing up in Pacifica, California. They became best friends at a daycare center when they were 3 years old. These four kids are rocking it out on stage from Candlestick Park to the Whisky a Go Go in Los Angeles.

Haunted By Heros

As the youngest band to ever perform at the legendary Whisky, these boys continue to pick up media steam. The group was discovered by manager Brent Turner (whose former band once rocked the fabled Sunset Strip ) and Turner set up tours along the west coast where Haunted By Heroes perform for a variety of audiences and venues.
This summer, Haunted By Heroes recorded their debut album with legendary and multi platinum record producer Sylvia Massy.

Currently entering the seventh grade, life has changed for Haunted By Heroes. They sign autographs for young fans, tour, practice, and answer questions for the media. One thing is for sure - these kids have proven they can hang with the big boys. Metal Mayhem airs every Friday from 6-10pm and can now be viewed on live webcam from anywhere in the world on WVOX.com.

See More Videos of this Young but Awesome Band at http://www.youtube.com/user/TheThrashersRock?feature=watch

 

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Gear Review - OLYMPUS LS-100 Linear PCM Recorder with Multi-track Recording

OLYMPUS LS-100 Review By Joseph Timmons – Xombiewoof Magazine

Images Courtesy of Olympus – Technical Facts Gathered at Olympus Web Site - http://www.getolympus.com/us/en/ls-100.html

Retail Cost $ 399.00 – Personal Observation : Well Worth It, If Not Worth More !

As our readers know, I was to attend NAMM 2013 in Anaheim California this year, I was looking forward to seeing all of the wonderful new products for performing, recording and making music possible. I had the opportunity to get my hands on this perfect portable studio by Olympus. I was, at first, expecting a nice portable digital recorder with a few little gizmos, but was overwhelmingly surprised, and I must say I should have expected a product as great as this from Olympus.

The Olympus LS-100 Multi-Track Linear PCM recorder is a compact yet highly versatile piece of engineering that helps working musicians write music, create demos, rehearse, and capture live shows. It’s very easy to use, in fact ( due to my lack of patience ) had spent only 20-30 minutes reading the manual, the controls are EASY to understand I was able figure out how to use it quite easily. This unit can save to internal memory, but I used a 32 GB SD Card, never filled it, and I tried to. I was able to record all of my NAMM 2013 Interviews and some live performance segments, no problems at all. I also was able to use it to record master tracks for video interviews, and with the ability to quickly convert to MP3 format, transfer to my laptop and into my audio / video editing software was a snap !

Musicians will appreciate the onboard tuner, metronome and lissajous functions, which allow the recording of multiple tracks and studio regulatory functions all on one device. Enjoy capturing every note of a live performance, having great sounding and clean recording with the XLR inputs and because it’s designed to do it all, the convenient multi-tracking capabilities of normally much larger equipment. Getting back to the XLR inputs, WOW, if the internal microphones were not good enough ( and they are, I used only the internals, so nice not to have to lug around a bunch of cables ) you could use your own Studio Grade Microphones for the familiarity of use, and possibly to extend the range of this recording device to the limits - which the Olympus LS-100  did not seem to have, completely limitless for  portable recording with studio quality sound.

Video Courtesy of Olympus

As I said, I used the Olympus LS-100 at NAMM 2013, which was extreme and very crazy, noise blaring everywhere and not a quiet area in the convention center. I had a chance to interview Rikki Rockett of poison about his company, Rockett Drum Works, I had 20 Minutes to set up the camera, set the audio, get my questions in and finish a one take perfect interview before he had to leave for another appointment. people were clamoring for his attention, well wishers and picture takers coming out from every corner, I had one shot! I turned on the Olympus LS-100, set the levels and then turned on the camera, took my spot, interviewed Rikki Rockett and got a PERFECT INTERVIEW, or so I hoped, just after we started, a drummer started the worst sounding drum solo just behind us, I kept going and prayed for the best. I thanked Rikki for the interview and shot outside to check the track…..It was FLAWLESS, the recorder caught every word, no distortion or feedback, and best of all the automatic sound dampening features recorded from the directed aim only, no additional sounds, no drums, only Rikki’s voice and mine.

Check out the Rikki Rockett Interview, The Master Track was recorded using the Olympus LS-100, I used the track in it’s entirety with no editing, the whole track from fade in to fade out was taken in one shot. Note: the recording level was set to 5 on both left and right channels and the recorder was located in my left breast pocket of my shirt, if you look closely, you will see the built in microphones coming out of the pocket area.

Xombiewoof Magazine Video Interview with Rikki Rockett

Check out the Technical Specifications below, This little wonder Packs it all in a truly beautiful and compact form!

Specifications:

• Recording Format - Linear PCM (WAV) /MP3
• Internal memory - 4GB
• External memory - Max. 64GB (Optional)
• Frequency characteristics (Internal microphone) 20Hz～20kHz
• MIC jack - φ 3.5mm, impedance 10kΩ
• LINE IN jack (MIC jack) - φ 3.5mm, impedance 12.5kΩ
• XLR/Phone jack - impedance 10 ｋΩ
• Phantom power supply  - 48V/24V
• EAR jack - φ 3.5mm, impedance 8 Ω or more
• Maximum headphone output - 10mW + 10W (at load of 16Ω)
• Speaker - Built-in ø 23 mm round dynamic speaker
• Maximum speaker output - 480mW (Speaker8Ω)
• File editing function - Yes (PCM/MP3)
• Wireless remote control set (RS30W) - Yes (Optional)
• Voice activated recording - Voice Sync
• Play Sync recording, Pre-recording function, Multi Track function, Over Dubbing function, Metronome function, Tuner function
• Lissajous function,  MP3 Convert function, CD Write function, Lowcut filter (100Hz/300Hz), Battery - Lithium-ion rechargeable battery x1
• Battery life (Rec) - Approx. 12 hours 30 minutes (Lithium-ion battery)
• External Power Supply - AC adapter A514 (Bundled)
• Dimensions - 159.0 x 70.0 x 33.5mm / 6.28” x 2.75” x 1.31”
• Weight - 280ｇ/ 9.8 oz
• Compatible OS (USB Connect) - Microsoft Windows XP/ Vista/7 Mac OS X 10.4.11～10.7

 

Bonus, as well as being able to capture crystal clear audio, multi track record and assist with every need of the recording artist, this wonder machine will recover direct to disk, that’s right, the Olympus LS-100 can record direct to an external CD Recorder, making it a true portable recording studio, complete with CD Mastering – Remember when we used to record our garage bands with an old Cassette Recording Boom-Box, imagine if we had one of these, wow, the possibilities are endless and with a retail of only $399.00, you get so much more than you would think possible.

Get to your local Pro Audio Retailer and try the Olympus LS-100 for yourself, you will be amazed!

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