Cinco de Mayo: Mariachi Band playing on the roof of La Cabana Restaurant

Can We Guess What Instrument You Played In Your High School Marching Band?

5 signs your band is doomed

Does your musical project have an expiration date? For what seems like a lifetime, but is probably just a few short years, your band has been your life. Every waking hour is spent rehearsing, perfecting and writing your material, and every sleeping hour is spent dreaming of the next level of success. You’ve planned your …

This Quiz Will Reveal What Your Punk Band's Name Should Be

Study Finds Most People Find Their Favorite Band At The Age Of 13

A new study has found that most people discover their favorite band at the age of 13.

What is La Tomatina, how did it begin and where does it take place?

Origin of food festival can be traced back more than 70 years

Why An All-Or-Nothing Approach Is Bad For Your Band

There’s something about making music that has the ability to bring out hard-line attitudes within a person. Maybe it’s because the process of writing music is often jarringly intimate and revealing for some of us, like an urgent accounting of how we truly perceive the world as human beings. Or perhaps the competitive you vs.

How to Draw in Promoters and Press With Your Band Bio

This article originally appeared on the site of our friends over at Sonicbids As a musician, having a bio is incredibly important. It’s your opportunity to make a great first impression, no matter what stage of your career you’re in. Giving interviews, gaining fans, playing shows – these all require someone to take interest in …

A Linguist Has Some Tips for Choosing Your Future Band Name

What the Who, Slayer, and Guns N’ Roses all have in common.

Why Trying To Be Different Might Make Your Band The Same As Everyone Else

Time and time again, the sort of music that finds its way to the top of relevance, prominence, and appreciation are ideas that manage to blend listenability with stark originality. When musicians create new, fresh musical ideas presented in accessible, engaging ways, listeners take notice. With this in mind, it makes perfect sense why so

How 11 Famous Bands Got Their Names

From wartime slang to public bathrooms, find out the surprising (and hilarious) ways these famous bands got their names.

How a New Band With No Fanbase Can Start Building Local Buzz

Use these field-tested tips to start building a buzz – and a career – around your music, even if you're just starting out.

Why Keeping A Band Together Is So Difficult

Music is one of the world’s most beloved and widely consumed art forms. It can do things like help us sleep, cope with a breakup, and give us the boost energy we need to focus while working at a boring job. But as vital as music is, most non-musicians ever consider how incredibly hard it

12 bands who started playing together in high school and never looked back

Not even old enough to get into the bars they were trying to play, these bands didn’t let their age get in the way of their success.

Nope: Why You Shouldn't Say ‘Yes’ To Everything In Music

There’s something so exciting about when a band transitions from looking for opportunities to getting asked to be a part of them. From other bands hoping you’ll open for them at a show to local nonprofits asking you to donate your music for a good cause, play music long enough and you’ll start to get

Find Low Calorie Mexican Food at Your Favorite Spot

Learn how to eat healthy in a Mexican restaurant. Find out how to order low calorie Mexican food with healthy swaps and quick tips.

Find a Burger Restaurant near you

Are you looking for the best burger restaurant in your city? Find your nearest Umami Burger and stop in for gourmet burgers and craft beer.

The 17 Things Local Bands Just Don't Understand

Are you in a local band and trying to get past the plateau you're stuck on? These are the typical pitfalls bands fall into, and how to get out of them.

The band whose DIY videos make fatbergs dance

Everything Everything say it's love, not money, that makes a good video.

Is Your Band Sexist, or Are Womxn Just Annoying?

Is your band name sexist? Let’s find out!