A Noteworthy Series – What Inspires Us 2
August 28, 2019From the desk of the fiddler: To be honest I have a LOT of artists, not only musicians, that inspire me. We’ll start with a bard that gave me goosebumps the first time I heard her, and convinced me that us geeky, video game loving, dragon-seeking musicians could really make it. Malukah started out uploading her fan songs on YouTube back in 2012, but had been learning and growing in music since she was 8 years old when she started learning piano. Now creating music from her home in Monterey, Mexico, she’s famous for her covers of the songs from…
A Noteworthy Series – What Inspires Us 1
So it’s been asked a couple of times what inspires us. What artists, what groups, heck what games, or anything that gives us that spark to keep creating. Who makes us say “we want to be like them when we…
Sweeping up the Mess
Hullo all! *waves* Friendly neighborhood webmistress here! Just a quick note that the events page is updated! Go check out what we’ll be doing for the next month or so! Also, check back frequently! There will be new events posted…
Dust…and things.
Like everything, change comes. It’s often messy, sometimes painful, and almost always transformative. Our entire band name is based on it, giving us the space to always improve, always try something new. Like our music, our website is growing and…
And now for something completely different… (Part I)
Okay, band stuff first. Music = good. Paying gigs = good. More paying gigs at which to play music = REALLY good. There. Enough of that. Let’s take a little trip, you and I. A stumble down memory lane, if…
Ants Marching
Great news! We’ve decided to become a Dave Matthews Band cover band! Isn’t that cool ?!?
From the Different Drummer
Brian speaks: Work continues on the studio. Currently trying to find clients. I know they’re out there, I just need to connect with them. If you know someone looking to record, tell ’em to contact me at journeyfrogaudio@gmail.com . They’ll…
(Brian speaks:)
It’s been a busy year. I graduated from GCC in May, with my degree in Audio Production Technologies. Only took me 30 years to finally nail down a college degree, go me! Since then, in between gigs with the band…
Apples and oranges
Welcome back, friends and neighbors! June has been a busy month for us. Let’s get right to the post-game show. We started the month big. Really big. Phoenix Comic Con big. We played Friday morning on the Adams Street Stage,…
Holy cow, we have a blog!
Yeah, we know, it’s been a while. There’s been some behind-the-scenes changes here at Open Beta. We’re getting back into the swing of things, though. Yes, we know we owe you a post on the release of our first album,…
That’s crazy. Let me know how that turns out.
I don’t think we’re going to do that again. I mean, yeah, we’re going to record again. We have a lot more to say, a lot more music to make, and we’ll keep putting it out there. But we’re not…