Rock & Rhode Fest 3 Rockers Give Back How To Create a Successful Rock ‘n Rhode Fest: Ingredients: Charitable Organization.Β Select a local non-profit organization that is invaluable to a community and people feel inspired to support. Calendar Date.Β Find a date that works for most, if not all, of your volunteers. Venue.Β Select the venue from a list of potentials who have an opening on your target date. Consider: location, stage and venue size, parking, beverage selection, […]
The post-grunge/ hard rock band Blacktop Mojo was formed in 2012 by lead singer Matt James and drummer Nathan Gillis in Palestine, Texas, a town all 5 current members still call home. Along with guitarists Ryan Keifer and Kenneth Irwin, as well as bassist Chris Davis, Blacktop Mojo released their debut album “I Am” just two years later. In 2015 Matt Curtis replaced Davis, and Irwin’s departure in 2018 made way for Chuck Wepfer to […]
I recently chatted with seasoned multi-genre drummer/ percussionist/ instructor STEPHEN JOSEPH SCIUCCO Sr, aka “The Drumaster”, about his nearly five decade long career as a musician. Β KATE/ AMP: You have drummed with quite a few bands over the years. Can you tell me about that? How old were you when you started and which bands stand out the most? Β SJS: It all started when I was 6yrs old watching Lawrence Welk. My parents […]
