Drew Gurian: Behind The Lens -Three Favorite Photos Of Mine
By: Pro Photographer Drew Gurian. Featuring The New Basement Tapes, Brian Fallon and Kendrick Lamar I find most of my best work occurs when things aren’t planned. When and where there’s the unexpected, is usually where I find success. A lot of my work revolves around...
Darryl DMC McDaniels: Behind The Scenes Of My New Song “Flames”
By: Darryl DMC McDaniels of RUN DMC I’m working on my new music project called DMC: Dynamic Music Collaborations, and I’ve been privileged to work with some of the greatest musicians and singers ever! So far I’ve recorded songs with Joan Jett, Rome from Sublime, Mick...
Bruce Leddy: My Experience Producing MTV Unplugged
By Bruce Leddy — Writer, Director, Producer I was an in-house producer at MTV in the late ’80s when Unplugged came along. I worked on the pilot and first seven episodes. I had been producing acoustic performances at the MTV studio where we built a set out of a school...
Interview: BRIAN FALLON — Behind The Songs On Painkillers
Gaslight Anthem Frontman talks new music “But here I go, like a stone, baby, back out on my own” Brian Fallon has a way with words. In fact, there’s a mutual respect — where Fallon thinks deeply about each lyric he writes and in turn, the words allow for malleable...
The In Between Is Mine
A Tribute To Pearl Jam’s “I Am Mine” “I know I was born and I know that I’ll die. The in between is mine. I am mine.” — pearl jam, “i am mine.” eddie vedder I vividly remember sitting in a focus group in college where we discussed in detail — the girl who dyed her...
Interview: 311 Reflect On 25 Years Strong
Featuring: Nix Hexum, Pnut & Chad Sexton of 311 How 311 became a way of life “Reside west coast from the Midwest, take what ya like and fuck all the rest man. We only enter in one contest that we made up ourselves that’s to be the 311-est.” Those two lines, a nine...
Publication Makeover
Artist Waves Coming soon…! I am excited to relay, this publication is undergoing a complete makeover. Deep Cuts is transforming into — Artist Waves. In this, each article featured will be directly from the artist themselves in an effort to both share their personal...
Why Watching Chris Cornell Sing “When I’m Down” Is Like Watching Picasso Paint
art by Chris FigatSeptember 2016: On June 23, 2016 I tweeted, “Watching Chris Cornell sing “When I’m Down” is like watching Picasso paint.” I wrote that just as Cornell was belting out, “and I’ll fly so far away. Until the night blurs my vision and I have nowhere to...
Why Jack White Is One Of Today’s Most Inspiring Artists
Because he sees his passions through. This past September, a visibly emotional Jack White, held back tears as he delivered a heartfelt, solo acoustic medley of the White Stripes songs, “Love Is the Truth” and “You’ve Got Her in Your Pocket” on The Tonight Show...
Interview: MYLES KENNEDY — The Power Of Writing Optimistic Songs
& How the Frontman Balances Alter Bridge With Slash “Sometimes you fall before you rise. Sometimes you lose it all to find, you’ve gotta keep fighting and get back up again.” — “My Champion.” — Alter Bridge A hero is defined as: 1.) a person noted for courageous...