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Hey There,

My name is Dan, I'm a junior at West Chester University, studying English, and this is my first official blog aside from a Xanga account I made and rarely used back in the sixth grade. After nearly a decade of being "out of the game", I'm excited to start up again.

I started this up as a forum to talk about practically anything music related. I've been playing instruments since I was 7 and still playing every single day. I mainly play guitar, bass, and sing, but I also play piano, woodwinds, and just about anything else you throw at me. I also write my own songs and am in the process of trying to get together an EP of some of my stuff (but more on that if and when the time comes).

Aside from being an avid player, I'm also a pretty obsessive listener of music, both old and new, and I'm always on the hunt for something fresh and exciting. My family is heavily musical, and I grew up listening to everything from The Beach Boys to Led Zeppelin to Michael Jackson (Thriller was actually the first album I ever owned... on cassette no less). Through the years my tastes have changed dramatically, from following My Chemical Romance religiously when Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge was released to becoming a devout metalhead for years after picking up Megadeth's Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? on a whim one day (Fun Fact: I got my first guitar because of that album). Nowadays I'm more of an alternative/indie/singer-songwriter kind of guy (seeing Bon Iver in August managed to beat out seeing Modest Mouse for my favorite concert ever), but I'm always down to listen to something in any genre so long as there's something interesting going on there.

So there's a quick life story: I'll be spending most of my time here talking about any new albums that come out, performance reviews for bands both mainstream and underground, and to satisfy all the gear nerds out there, any sweet pieces of musical gear that have come out (which is convenient since the NAMM show was held only a couple weeks ago and there's some sweet new gear coming out)

That about sums it up. If you guys have any questions/comments/suggestions, drop them in a comment or message me, and who knows? Maybe something you want me to talk about will get it's own dedicated post!

Until Then,
Dan