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New Domain: Massbands.org

Sunday, February 5, 2012

I’ve just purchased Massbands.org from my hosting provider, 1and1 Internet (great company by the way!). I’m psyched to finally have secured all three MassBands domains (.com, .net and now .org). I plan on using the “massbands.org” moniker as the main reference for this website in the future. (more…)




CD Review: Love & Opium

Sunday, January 29, 2012

Recently, I had a chance to sit down and listen to the self-titled debut album from the band Love & Opium. This is one great album! It’s put together well, and recorded with greater quality (more…)




New Featured Artist: Problem with Dragons

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

I’ve just posted some links up for Problem with Dragons. Awesome, awesome band! After a few seconds of listening to them I could tell they got some really good, mesmerizing songs. I’ve been listening (more…)




Website Updates | New Featured Act

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Hola, people! This site has been redesigned again. I’ve adapted my previous design into a wordpress theme. Now, you’ll notice the blog is fully incorporated into the website. Well, at least everything except for the comment section. The comment section will be down untill I can get a better grasp on this wordpress PHP coding. Before, every time you would click on an article to read it, it would go over to the black and white WordPress template. Well, not any more! I still have to get all the plugins back in place, or whatever I had set up before.
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Website Update II

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

I’ve updated some of the website programming, fixed a few dead links, fixed the download page and also put that same page into a “shuffle” mode. Each time you load the download page now, the artist downloads listing will shuffle. Also, I fixed up the downloads .zip files. Each zip file of MP3s now includes an HTML document with links to all the bands who have contributed MP3s to download. I hope some of you out there will consider putting forth your live recordings for free download, if you would just like to add a back link to your website/file hosting service, that would be fine. According to Archive.org most bands allow their live music to be traded freely. I would like to offer the same.
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Website Update

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

MassBands.net is the home of good local Northeast US music. If your in a band or act and would like to be featured on our site send me an email at admin@MassBands.net. I’m hoping to get a lot of the bands featured on some upcoming shows. We will be putting on some shows in 2012 and wanna get everyone aboard. Also, if you are a club or venue and need some dates filled send me an email. We usually like to take a whole night or two and book ‘em. Check out our links page for local band and club listings, also our full site at http://www.MassBands.net/ for band links and info. Hope everyone is having a good day, and happy holidays!




Website Redesign | MassBands v4.0

Friday, November 11, 2011

I’ve just posted yet another web-site redesign of MassBands.net. I hope you all like the new layout. It’s been simplified a lot from the previous version. I thought the last version was too cumbersome. Now everything’s front and center, at the top. If you would like to compare the new version to the previous version, just click here.  It’s now easier to migrate over previous content using PHP scripting. I realize the last update was only published a few months ago, but I’ld like to keep it fresh. One of the newest features I’ve added is a “shuffle()” script that allows all bands to appear in random/shuffled order. This happens every time you go to the page or hit the “refresh” button. Check it out. In addition to bands appearing in random order; every page load, video, media player and picture gallery will also change their order when you click refresh/land on the page.

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Event: Friday 11-18-2011 – Ralph’s Diner

Monday, October 24, 2011

Have we got a show for you, or what?!! Ralph’s Diner, Friday, November 18, 2011, Worcester, MA 01609. I’m not to sure on the order of operations yet, but here is the line-up: Server the Drama, Tung, The Slobbies, Full-Blooded Mutt. Ralph’s Diner 8:00PM Worcester, MA!! Oh, hells yeah! This is gonna be a good time for all in attendance. Ralph’s Diner is sure one of the legendary clubs of Worcester. I’ve been looking forward to getting back there. It’s great to be playing there under Full-Blooded Mutt. We are gonna rock the house! Let me tell you! We got our friends on board. The show is hosted by John Tru and Ralph’s Diner, doors at 8:00PM

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New Featured Artists | Website Updates

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

I’m working on yet another re-design of the MassBands.net site. From this point on, you can check out all “staged” re-designs-in-progress by adding the sub-domain “v2.” before MassBands.net or any MassBands created site(that has a newer version in the works). I’m hoping to get more input on how things look and work around here. It would be nice to maybe eventually turn this into a “.org” site, more community/consensus driven. Until then, I’ll be your administrator, please keep your trays in the upright/locked position; hope you enjoy the show….

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New Featured Artists Posted

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

I’ve just posted some new links for three local acts on MassBands.Net. Slowly but surely, I’m starting to feature more local area acts. My goal with this website is to be your one-stop-shop for the most awesome sounding, professional local rock, folk and rap acts in the Northeast US area; a linking directory and a message board. I don’t intend this to be a “sign up make a profile site”, I’m hoping to keep it more selective than that, and much less cluttered. Anyways…

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Useful Links:

Local Bands

3SK (Hip-Hop)
4 Inch Stud
Act on Impulse
AFTERMATH
Alviera
Ape
Aralis
B. BROS
Barricades
BEFORE THE FALL
Best Friends Solitude
The Black
Black Hand
Black Mountain Symphony
Blue Book Addiction
Broken Mindz
Cereal Theory
Chaotic
Chillmark
Scott Damgaard
Diana
Diesel Theory
Dispatch
Division of Hate
DOWN GYPSY
Eden's Lie
Electric Mummy
Everunder
FERRIS
Final Hour
For What it's Worth
Forgo Famine
The Franklin Kite
FULL-BLOODED MUTT
GIVE ZOMBIES THE VOTE
Go Gadget Go
Graveyard BBQ
Griffon
Grip on the Sun
Gypsycho
Hated
Head First
Hell Within
High Hopes
Hixx
Kultur
Ladderlegs
LOVE AND OPIUM
The Mcgunks
Metro
Now Denial
The Organ Beats
Planetoid
Promised Eden
Pretty Pollution
Refuse Resist
ROOM NUMBER NINE
The Sift
THE SLOBBIES
Social Suicide
Skullhammer
Skulltobogan
SPEAK!
Spectris
Stereo Subculture
Stonewall
Suicide Dream
Superpower
The Susan Constant
Swaggering Growlers
Tara White
Tester
Tung
Tunnlvision
The Uncomfortables
Well Aware
The Wolf Hongos
Zero Godz

Local Clubs

The Abbey Lounge (closed)
The Avalon
Bill's Bar
Bru Burgers Bar
The Cantab Lounge
Club Bohemia
Cask 'n' Flagon
The Chicken Bone
Club Passim
The Compound
Copperfields
Good Time Emporium
Hampton Beach Casino
Harpers Ferry
Hotel Vernon (The Shiphouse)
The Java Hut (Worcestor)
JJ's Sports Bar and Grill
Johnny D's
K.C.'s Tap
The Lazy Dog (Marlboro)
The Lizard Lounge
London Billiards
The Lucky Dog Music Hall
Lupos
Middle East Club
Midway Cafe
Mill Street Brews
The Milky Way
Milly's Tavern
O'Briens Pub
The Palladium
The Paradise
www.ralphsdiner.net
The Raven
Sit N Bull Pub
The Sky Bar (closed)
www.somerspubs.com
The Tavern
Tammany Hall
T.T. the Bears
Union Street Restaurant

Famous Bands

311
Aerosmith
Aesop Rocks
Audioslave
The Beatles
The Black Crowes
Chevelle
Jimie Hendrix
Jefferson Airplane
Led Zeppelin
Letters To Cleo
NIN
Pantera
Radiohead
The Rolling Stones
Sonic Youth
System of a Down
Super 400
Superpower
The White Stripes

Music, Profile
& Networking Sites

Discogs.com
rockscarz.net
BandInTown.com
www.fanbridge.com/
soundcloud.com/
www.bostongaragebands.com
www.taxi.com
www.ourstage.com
www.gigya.com
dropcards.com/
PlayingHere.com

Local Promoters

Art Attack Entertainment
Art Attack [Facebook]

Local Blogs

http://alteredlines.com/
http://www.massbands.net/

Radio Stations

MassBands.com/radios
www.wbrs.org
www.waaf.com
www.wbcn.com
www.wzlx.com
www.wfnx.com

Massachusetts Music Sites

www.thenoiseboard.com/
www.punkradiocast.com/
www.masshiphop.com/
hulkhatetimetravel.com/
www.75orlessrecords.com/
www.MassBands.com

Artists

Jacek Yerka

Promoting

www.socialweb.net
boston.going.com

Music Publications

Amazon New Release List
Billboard New Release Schedule
ReturnToThePit.com

Music: Legal

5 Ways to Protect yourself from Infringement
www.vlama.org/
www.copyright.gov
musiccontracts.com/

Publishing Companies

www.ascap.com
www.bmi.com
www.sesac.com/
Society of Composers

Music Downloads

www.phonezoo.com/
BeatPort.com

Guitar Parts

www.stewmac.com/

Sound Sample Sites

www.soundsnap.com
www.sounddogs.com
www.blamepro.com
www.pdsounds.org
www.soundbible.com
www.partnersinrhyme.com

Sheet Music

zzounds.com/edu--printablestaffpaper
www.blanksheetmusic.net/

Lyrics

www.darklyrics.com/
www.lyricsondemand.com
www.azlyrics.com/
www.lyricsfreak.com/
www.seeklyrics.com/

Tablature

olga.net
www.mxtabs.net
www.tabalorium.com
www.rockmagic.net
www.all-good-tabs.com/
www.e-chords.com/
www.harmony-central.com/

Music Other:

wearyourmusic.org
www.taftsound.com
www.cyberbee.com/cb_copyright.swf
Frequency Chart
Troposheric Ducting Forecast