Video: Interview: One might argue that placing an ad on Craigslist isn’t the best way to find bandmates, but I recently met a band called Fall From Silence who did exactly that—with great results. >>Read the full interview here>> Biography: Fall From Silence entered the music scene in 2015 with an irrepressible sound, confounding all […]
Steve Hostetler is making a name for himself as a commercial music photographer in Colorado, where he works alongside Denver’s largest radio station to capture unique moments in performance at places like Red Rocks Amphitheater, Fiddler’s Green, The Pepsi Center and the Denver Botanic Gardens. I caught up with Steve a couple of days before
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Bullying and alcohol abuse were the norm for an average teenager at the little prairie school where I used to teach. In order to combat these rampant problems along with a growing drug subculture, my school had become involved with STAND, Students Taking A New Direction, a nationally-sponsored drug and alcohol prevention program that partnered
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One might argue that placing an ad on Craigslist isn’t the best way to find bandmates, but I recently met a band called Fall From Silence who did exactly that—with great results. Colorado Springs doesn’t have many decent metal bands, but Fall From Silence, whom I interviewed this week, is a band I think really
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I put myself out there and risked criticism when I exposed my life as a victim of bullying in “An Open Letter to my Eighth Grade Self,” but little did I know the impact that letter would have on those who read it, which got me thinking. I have a friend whose daughter, whom I’ll
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Little did I know that interviewing Smith House at the suggestion of a former student would open up a host of opportunities not only for the USR music site but also for me as a writer. Zach Brown from Smith House asked me to write an article promoting all the bands featured in the May
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