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Editor GUITAR PLAYER magazine, Artist, Producer. |
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| Location: | California |
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| Last Login: | Oct 13, 2008 (1 days back) |
About Me |
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| Yes, for whatever it's worth, you've found the current EDITOR-IN-CHIEF of GUITAR PLAYER magazine.THE MARVELOUS GET YOUR FACE IN GUITAR PLAYER CONTEST (detailed in the May 2006 issue): Simply invite me to your myspace music page to preview your fab mp3s. If the GP staff and I like what we hear, you'll win a short feature story in GUITAR PLAYER magazine. We're looking to expose our readers to ballsy, inventive, creative, innovative, and technically marvelous guitarists, so take a shot. Let me hear what ya got! Good luck.SOMETHING ABOUT ME, FOR ANY WHO CARE: Michael Molenda is a seminal San Francisco punk and new wave artist ('70s-'80s vintage) with Silhouette, Wobblies, Soul Poets, Ascot Jacket, Monkey Trouble. Listed in WHO'S WHO IN CALIFORNIA ROCK. Creator of one of San Francisco's first modern multimedia rock performance-art productions with STREETBEAT in 1983, which utilized a live stage band, dancers, rear-projections, sound design, sets, a libretto, a choreographer, and actors. Co-owned SOUND & VISION STUDIOS, San Francisco, (1983-1994) with Neal Brighton. Current co-owner of TIKI TOWN, Mill Valley, California (1995-present) with noted producer Scott Mathews. Has produced, engineered, and/or composed works for NASA, Paramount Pictures, CBS, SBK Music, Imago Records, Taxim Records (Germany), U.S. National Park Service, Alcatraz Island, Sire Records, and various U.S. and European indie labels.THE TROUBLE WITH MONKEYS soundcheck at Beale Street, San Francisco, Oct. 4. Michael Molenda (GUITAR PLAYER magazine) vox/gtr; Patrick Wong (BASS PLAYER magazine) bass/vox; Michael Gallant (KEYBOARD magazine) keys, vox; Jake Wood, drums. | |
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Music:Member Since: 2/11/2006Influences: Beatles, Bowie, Mick Ronson, T-Rex, the Who, Ramones, Sex Pistols, Bill Nelson (BeBop Deluxe), Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Kinks, Buzzcocks, Neil Finn, Crowded House, Otis Redding, and, well, EVERYBODY! Record Label: Taxim (Germany), MI5 (London/New York) Type of Label: Indie |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Rock / Pop Punk / Ambient) |
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| May 2008 Editor's "Noize" Column in GUITAR PLAYERWhen John Lennon sang, "Just give me some truth," it was a far different era, and one populated with different demons. But, today, the truth is perhaps... Posted by Michael Molenda on Mon, 26 May 2008 08:32:00 PST |
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Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp |
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| I just finished my first day as a camper at David Fishof's Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp in Los Angeles. Now you may ask yourself why a professional sorta-somebody who has been in several hundred bands o... Posted by Michael Molenda on Sat, 18 Feb 2006 11:17:00 PST |
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