Anthony decided to remix a song he found on the collaborative art community hitRECord.org (spearheaded by actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt). Here’s a video documenting his creative process with the final audio track overlaid. The recording process took about three hours, all done under Ben’s scrutinizing lens. For more from the hitRECord community, head over to hitRECord.org [...]

If you have any experience with the Southern California music scene, you know who The Colourist are. An energetic four-piece hailing from Orange County, they’ve charmed audiences at Detroit Bar, the Silverlake Lounge, and the Glass House (to name a meager few). We were lucky enough to join them for a couple hours and capture [...]

Carsick is Andy Paniagua, an Anaheim local. Crossing over from the punk scene, he’s recently been trying his hand at writing sparse, acoustic songs. We found him at an open mic, stashed between Bob Dylan cover artists and Jason Mraz sound-a-likes. He was different; his guitar playing was unassuming, and his vocals were subdued and [...]

Time & Energy is comprised of Jorge and Brennan, two multi-instrumentalists that manage to sound like a band at least twice their size. With the help of numerous looping pedals and impeccably timed arrangements, they build a blanket of sound that is both original and headbangable (Merriam-Webster: take note). Born from the ashes of another [...]

We decided to begin the new year with an old friend. We’ve known Matthew Smith for a little while now, and when we found out that we’d both be in the same place at the same time, we took that as the universe’s nod that it was time for a collected shoot. Honed on the [...]