Break out the Tequila, Chips and Guacamole for a pre-CINCO de Mayo day concert with Johnny Vatos Boingo Dance Party! This Firday May 4th at Brixton on the Redondo Beach Pier.  Hear all your favorite Oingo Boingo songs live, performed by some of Original members who created them, Johnny Vatos on Skins, Sam “Sluggo” Phipps [...]

Let’s help Tom get his guitars back, please spread the word. A $7,500 reward was being offered today for the return of five guitars belonging to Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers that were stolen from a rehearsal hall at The Culver City Studios.  Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers are offering a $7500 reward with no [...]

The third day of the 2012 NAMM Show continued to offer attendees more industry insight and business tips to take home with them, starting with a Breakfast Session called “The Top Web Marketing Trends for 2012” presented by John Arnold, marketing author and columnist at Entrepreneur.com.  The session demonstrated the best ways for companies to [...]

Roland’s Birthday Bash and Young Lion Apprentice are competing in round 2 of DUB CITY’s BATTLE OF THE BANDS!!!  Both at Fenix 5-4 THIS SUNDAY (12/11/2011). Come party it up with Roland as well as to vote for YLA to become Dub City Champions!!!!! Where:  Fenix 5-4  6754 Greenleaf Ave, Whittier, CA 90601 Time: 7pm [...]

Winds of Plague stopped by on Monday to go over some transitions before taking off to Dallas Texas for the official start of the Vans Warped Tour, on June 24th, 2011 at the Superpages Center.  Check out their tour dates section at facebook and let them know who’s coming out! After rehearsal Jon and I [...]

College gigs are the stepping stones to the bigger scene. However, if you talk to a few people who have followed this path, they will eagerly tell you what a painful process it is. It is true that booking college gigs can be painful sometimes, but not if you follow the guidelines given below. The [...]

If you haven’t seen emerging rock powerhouse Starving for Gravity perform yet, then you should attend this free concert at Tommy’s Place, the brand new concert venue on the USC campus, located in the Ronald Tutor Campus Center.  It’s also connected to Traditions Restaurant. Two members of the band will be celebrating their birthdays as [...]

NEW MUSIC SEMINAR (NMS) HAS FINALIZED PROGRAM FOR LA EVENT The New Music Seminar (NMS) has finalized the program for this year’s seminar, one day after the Grammys. Network with the leaders in today’s music business. It includes Presidents of major label record companies, CEO’s of major tech companies, branding and licensing companies showing artists [...]

Our long time friend Ronny North will be all over NAMM again this year.  If you are there, go say hi and tell him Hothouse Studios sent you.  I thought I’d give everyone the update on Ronny’s NAMM (National Association of Music Merchants) schedule for this week. He’s looking forward to seeing everyone at his [...]

Let’s go all the way back to the academic definition of music rehearsal first: “Rehearsing a musical composition often involves repeating some passages over and over again until everyone in the ensemble (band or group of musicians) masters them.” Well that’s the core of rehearsing, its main foundation… the one that no matter what, you [...]