First Impressions

5 Things Learned from the Juiceboxxx Incident

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Promoting last week’s East Side Music tour in Milwaukee, local hip-hop artist, Juiceboxxx, made an appearance on the local news. The interview was awkward, the quality of the performance was terrible, and the internet blew up. While the popularity of the video will actually probably help Juiceboxxx in the end, it’s a bit of a shame to see the knee-jerk reaction so many people had to a situation pretty well beyond his control. The incident demonstrated the ugliness that sometimes happens when artists get out of their niche and into the general public. After watching the video several times, looking at Juiceboxxx’s other performances and material, I compiled the top 5 lessons we can learn from the Juiceboxxx incident.

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Best of 2013

Embarrasingly Good Bands (I Played with in 2013)

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One of the best parts about playing shows is getting to hear the other bands splitting the bill. There’s far more excellent local music out there than most people know, and I’m often more excited to share the other bands’ music than my own. Here’s a quick round-up of the local bands I enjoyed playing with the most in the last year (in no particular order), so go take a listen!

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Digging In

Do You Dig It?

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Hey everybody, allow me introduce myself before we get going. I’m Kent Heberling, life-long musician and first-time contributor to this site. I have an extensive music background including over a decade of cello, guitar, bass, percussion and piano performance, a pretty regular gig schedule with 3 local bands, and a B.F.A. in Music Composition & Technology. I’ll be writing about everything, because everything is what I like. Do you Dig It?

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Gigs We Dig

The Evergreen Grass Band and Pay The Devil, Live

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This Saturday night on Brady Street in Milwaukee Wisconsin there will be live bluegrass music. The Up and Under Pub will play host to two Wisconsin acts, The Evergreen Grass Band (Eau Clair, Wisconsin) and Pay The Devil (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) will take the stage starting at 9pm and play into the wee hours of the morning. Music samples after the jump.

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