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“I’m an angry young man – I’m a punk rock refugee And I’m working on a plan, to smash the disco scene” Recently in mid-June 2024 there...

This year, the Martinez Music Mafia's annual Toy Drive Concert really busted out. Several years ago, we expanded the event to two shows,...

Open mic events are aptly named – it’s an event (usually recurring), hosted at a venue where any musicians can sign up to play a few...

We have often heard folks who have discovered the Martinez music scene react in ecstatic ways, and with good reason! On weekends with...

Most times, you don’t want to be confronted with a task list. Visions of sorting laundry, cleaning the gutters, pulling weeds and getting...

On January 18, 2022 an article appeared on SFGate, telling the story of the Music Scene in Martinez. Now, those of us who have been...

This is our last blog post of 2021. As we all do this time of year, we reflect on the “Year That Was” and look forward to the new one....

You’ve seen it a million times at live shows – at some point, someone in the band says “We have a special guest joining us for a few...

One of the coolest things about being a performing musician is, people generally say nice stuff to you. If you did a good job, you made a...

I like t-shirts - always have. They’re plentiful, inexpensive and comfortable. OK, maybe only that first thing is always true. The...

(Side note - the picture is of the great Sam Bush, but these are not his words and I am not representing them as such) (After a good...

I have a lifelong war with socks. I never wear matching socks - it’s a habit since adolescence, and that has made my tense relationship...

I have written columns about all the things that go wrong at a gig. It was fun and cathartic to recall all the weird things that have...

I can’t say why, but it seems like I’ve been seeing a lot of butterflies these past few weeks. I would think that’s a spring thing, but...

This is my first blog post of 2021. Traditionally, I should say something important, pithy and clever about the milestone. But what pops...