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Anyone Can Be a Rock Star

My mom makes an insane apple strudel. She is the Eddie Van Halen of apple strudel. I can state with authority that, in the world of apple strudel baking, she stands alone at the crest of Mount Olympus. Over the years she has often been asked to share her recipe and she has answered that [...]

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    Whether actually playing a bass part, coaching every musician in the room, especially the guitar players on how to get more out of their instrument ... he manages to help every artist perform at a higher level. And he does so without intimidating or losing the critical flow and timing of each session.

    —Ron Hitchcock, Producer/Engineer/Mixer

Sellaband…Two Years

July 28, 2008

Sellaband will be celebrating its second birthday in August with Sellabration ‘08, a concert at the famous Paradiso in Amsterdam featuring some of the top artists on the label. One of the more influential “Believers” has posted a forum thread asking the Sellaband community to answer the question, “What was and what will be?” With [...]

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Sellaband and the 80/20 Rule

July 16, 2008

There are two things about traveling to Europe which stress me out above all. First, because I normally am limited to flying coach class, I experience bouts of anxiety up to the moment I am safely seated in either a bulkhead or emergency aisle seat. Occupying a frame of six feet, seven inches, my big [...]

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Sellaband’s Natalia Safran

July 7, 2008

What a great day I had today! Sadly, it was my last day in Salzburg. The Mozarteum workshop was fantastic and the ConFused5 cd release party was a most memorable night. So What destroyed the dressing room, drank all the beer and played their young asses off, Gisel de Marco proved beyond any shadow of [...]

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The Mozarteum, Getting in the Back Door

June 29, 2008

It was the summer of 1968. My parents, having seen “The Sound of Music,” had saved for the better part of a year in order to alleviate their homesickness and make the journey back to Salzburg to visit my grandparents for the summer. It was a summer of milestones for all of us. My [...]

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Sellaband’s Gisel de Marco

June 19, 2008

The fourth of July is a big day in the United States. For most Americans it is a day of hot dogs, apple pie, homemade ice cream, outdoor band concerts and fireworks. There are also a few people who recognize the day as commemorating the signing of the Declaration of Independence and signaling the birth [...]

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Angela Carole Brown … a Pro By Any Other Name

June 18, 2008

Yesterday I had the pleasure of recording one of my all-time favorite singers. I’m finishing up the SolidTube tracks and we will begin mixing the album in a few days. While in Vienna, I had Mandana sketch out the background vocals but another voice will really add some meat to the tracks. And I know [...]

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