Attention! General Money Is In

What all started off as a child looking for answers and acceptance, grew into a tremendous movement of emotions flowing lyrically from General Money. Hailing from New Hampshire, G-Money spits some of the freshest tracks out right now.

General Money started rapping at a young age, and he's not planning on stopping any time soon. "It's been a long road" he was telling me on the phone, "but all this hard work, working little by little, really pays off in the end". This has been nothing but true for the General. When he first made it into the studio to record his first mixtape in 2007, Money Call Mixtape Vol 1, tens of thousands of people flocked to download it for free. This mixtape was so successfull and popular that General Money had to get into gear to work on a full length studio recorded album. His time behind the mic was well spent, and the U.N. was concieved. At this point, General Money was collaborating with other hip-hop artists of his calibur. The U.N. features Mo Deezey and Will Kindler.

General Money hit the ground running after the U.N. dropped. It was time to go even bigger, and General Money knew that he needed to take more steps to continue getting recognized, so Crank Records hit the internet. After the first week of launching his website, CrankRecords.net, buzz was happening and traffic flooded in from all around. It didn't stop there. By using websites like Twitter, Myspace, General Money started to become an internet sensation.

All of this and he still doesn't stop. It's all about moving forward and getting done what needs to get for General Money. He and his bassist, Tod Angel, play live shows that often get sold out. He takes time to go to radio stations for interviews and meet and talk to the people that are rocking out to his beats.

What's General Money doing now? Currently he's back in the studio working on the next album. He had also taken the time out to come and show love to NY. General Money came onto the show for an interview, freestyle, and to just hang out. He is an indie artist making all the right moves with the right attitude to further progress his musical career and spread his music to the world.

To hear the interview click HERE.

He represents, and we respect that.

Awesome Song, Awesome Band

With all the music submissions we get, my Ipod is a fun little toy that is ever changing tunes. Occasionally there will be a song that I didn't get to really listen to in detail before it made it to the Ipod. One of those songs that just blew me away was 'Maybe Baby' by Gabriel the Marine.

Gabriel the Marine is a five piece indie rock band, hailing from right here on Long Island NY. You might have heard them before. They have been broadcasted as a feature on 92.3 Krock (RIP fm), played Bamboozle this year next to No Doubt, Taking Back Sunday and others, featured on Purevolume as a featured artists, and moved audiences all over.

The song 'Maybe Baby' rings so true; It is eerie, depressing, inspiring, and hopeful. The emotions that were brought forth were so moving, I had to play the song multiple times to sort them all out. They have a sound like none I've been fed before. The lyrics are capitivating and Michael's voice does the perfect job of capturing the emotion behind them.

The boys (Michael Desmond (Guitar, Vocals), Dylan Ebrahimian (Piano, Violin, Vocals), Robbie Hassett (Bass), Dominick D'Agostino (Guitar), and Tommy Davis (Drums)) are on tour right now with Asteria and A Love Like Pi through August and then will back in NY for a couple of shows.

With all the bands out there it's hard to find the ones you really enjoy. Gabriel the Marine it one to along with Coldplay, Dave Matthews and O.A.R.

MYPSACE
PUREVOLUME

Check them out, and try to catch them live!

To Izzy

One of the bands that we follow, His Mighty Robot, had just sent out an email with some sad news. Their former guitarist Izzy has been fighting brain cancer, and just recently lost that fight.

This is the email lead singer Soda sent out to all HMR family, friends and fans.


Well...

This past Wednesday I got the sad news that my friend and former bandmate Izzy had finally lost his long battle with brain cancer. Although this wasn't a shock the news was still very sad...Izzy was with me when I first started HMR back in 2003 and he played our very first show with me. We connected right away, he was a great guitar player and a very fast learner...and it's very sad that another very talented young man who was involved with HMR has been taken long before his time.

At Izzy's service this past Friday I had asked his family if I could honor him on our sites and send out an email in tribute to his memory and they were happy to know that I wanted to do this...and I know that some of you have been on this list since day one and were probably at that very first HMR show. And as always, this band has shared every intimate detail with everyone who has ever cared...

Izzy was one of the most harmless people I had ever met in my life. He loved music and toys and always seemed to be in a good mood. I had last seen him in March/April and if you didn't know that he was terminally ill...you'd have thought that he was a happy, healthy, well adjusted guy.

So...to my friend Izzy. I will miss you, and my heart goes out to your family and all of your friends.

Izzy will be honored on all of our websites as well. So stop by and send him some love long distance.

Yours.....always...
-soda.


RIP Izzy. You will be greatly missed.
Stop by these sites to send regards like Soda said, or leave a comment here.
http://www.myspace.com/hismightyrobot
http://www.hismightyrobot.tv

Taking Concert Photography

Part of enjoying music is watching music. So for us, going to shows is a regular thing. We've written articles on the shows we've been to, all indie bands that have played locally at some club or bar. Over the course of these shows, we've been taking pictures of the bands, slowly learning how to take great pictures at these types of venues.

First off, you don't need a sick nasty SLR. I had been using a Canon Powershot SD1100, a point and click for most people. If you understand the connection between aperture, ISO, and shutter speed, you'll take awesome pictures. I'll talk more about these cameras in a minute though.

Don't be shy. Step up to the stage, make your way up there through the crowd. If you can get right next to the talent, you will have great angles and you'll be able to play with light a little more. Take a few pictures with flash on, you'll be able to capture a lot of expression and movement. Just keep in mind, if you want to capture more atmosphere in your photos, flash will kill all the lights in the room.

So take pictures with your flash off. If you are using a SLR with an extended flash on it, turn it away from the stage. This is where your ISOs and aperture matter the most. If you can capture pictures when the light is right, you can keep things pretty normal, ISO 400-800, with only a little extra exposure.

You will need to play with it. Practice at home in low lit areas and just take pictures on different settings. Just remember the exposure triangle.

If you don't have any equipment and you are interested in shopping around, I suggest these four cameras to start with looking. They are all under $600, just take a look at the used prices. These are all excellent cameras.

22 And Beyond!

We had a grand time this week after being away for Downtown Sounds the week before. Lots of old favorites and brand new music in this weeks show, check out the shortest Moment of Zen ever! It will really put you in that mindset to being productive.

STREAM/DOWNLOAD <------------here

Playlist:

Elmoncho the Man From - Living in the Sun
Millionaires - Martinis and Mixed Feelings
Between the Doors - Self
Dlugokecki - Too Many Borders
Roster McCabe - Spark a Light
The Pink Spiders - Seventeen Candles
The Dresden Dolls - Coin Operated Boy

Passenger Action - Night Frisbee (Moment of Zen LISTEN)

MAE - Just Let Go
Alserene - Stay With Me
XELA - Devils and Demons
Code Anchor - Lonely Savior
The Jakes - Cough Syrup
United by Unicorns - Dear November
Dancing After Hours - Dancing After Hours

Tons of new music just came in, tune in with us next Friday and lets rock out!