Featured Artist Spotlight.

Jacob Rountree Passionate, Hypnotic, Multi-Dimensional, Poetic, Diverse. When you combine an artistic, contemplative soul with endless energy and an adventurous spirit, you discover Jacob Rountree, an alternative-folk/indie-rock musician. Listeners are always surprised at the fullness of his sound created with many digital effects, loops, percussive guitar playing, intricate fingerpicking, delicately placed percussions and haunting harmonies. Jacob started his musical career in the hip city of...

Tim Henry is an award-winning artist hailing from Pennsylvania. With over 40 years of experience as a musician, instructor, songwriter, engineer, producer, and performer, Tim is currently fronting the rock act Sourmash as a vocalist and guitarist. Tim has been recognized in the industry by being nominated and receiving numerous awards. In 2022, he won Josie Music Awards Vocalist of the Year at the Grand Ole Opry. The Josie Music Awards is the world’s largest awards organization for independent...

Daniel Robinson is the singer-songwriter-bassist-producer-occasional guitarist for the Philadelphia-based rock band Smart Barker (formerly Milton and the Devils Party). A former English professor, Dan currently resides in San Diego, where he plays bass in several cover bands and focuses primarily on making music and learning more about it. Although he is a continent apart from the rest of the band, Smart Barker is still going strong, having released their fourth album, All The Rivers In Hades,...

Jesse W. Johnson is a guitarist and singer-songwriter from Illinois with a penchant for dark, introspective rock that's both joyous and melancholy. Jesse's most recent band is called Dreamjacket, which he formed with his longtime friends/bandmates Dane Marcussen (drums), Yoo Soo Kim (viola, synth, vocals), and Timothy Cap (bass, vocals). They're joined by Bradley Bergstrand (guitar, vocals) and Gretchen Bergstrand (vocals) from OH band Coed Pageant, for which Jesse sometimes plays guitar as...

Clayton Edwards is a West Texas-bred electric/upright bassist who's currently based in the Dallas/Fort Worth area & on tour with Texas Country artist Mike Ryan. While on tour, he has opened up for acts like Miranda Lambert, Koe Wetzel, Morgan Wallen, Hardy & Riley Green while playing stages like CMAFest, AT&T Center & the Grand Ole Opry. A self-described "pocket player," he is as comfortable on a festival stage as he is during a worship service. Clayton is known for his strong stage presence,...

My name is Victor Potesta, but I'm better known by the nickname of Titti (that's a long story...). I've been involved in music almost all of my life. I started playing drums at age 8, then moved to bass at 18. I studied Sound Recording Engineering and served as drummer, bass player, vocalist, and sound guy for several bands. I'm actually the primary bass player and singer at our local church worship band.

Mike Imbasciani is a young blues/rock guitarist and band leader in SWFL. He has been playing for 20 years since he was five years old and had been playing professionally since he was 11. His band, "Mike Imbasciani & his BluezRockerz" band is a power trio that performs from Orlando to Naples. Their repertoire consists heavily of early to modern blues from artists such as Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson, Chuck Berry, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, and Kaleo. Their edgy Bluez-Rock won them...

Shawn Purcell, originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is a jazz guitarist, educator, arranger, and composer in the Washington, DC, region. Purcell has shared the stage, recorded with, and/or toured with Pat Bianchi, Terell Stafford, Nicholas Payton, Tim Warfield, Sean Jones, Brian Charette, Regina Carter, The Chicago Jazz Ensemble, The Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra, Jim Pugh, Chip McNeill, Eddie Daniels, Chris Potter, Steve Allee, Jason Tiemann, National Symphony Orchestra and many others. He...

Guitarist, writer, and life enthusiast "Downtown" Randall Brown hails from Knoxville, Tennessee. He's a rock-n-roller from way back who cranks up the electric guitar in the land called "The Cradle of Country Music." He began absorbing music about as early as a person can. Music critics (his mom, at least) heralded his unique cover version of Three Dog Night's "Joy to the World" at age 3. Repeated performances of his original composition, "Tennessee Do-Do-Di-Woomba," of the same era, inspired her...

HeathRow was born on April 20th, 1984, in central Texas, but raised in southern Oklahoma. Brought up on rock n' roll, he was drawn to music at an early age and meddled with a few instruments before settling on the guitar at age 14. Film and literature were a huge influence early on as well, which inspired many songs, drawing from a library of horror movies and his own surroundings. For years he honed his guitar skills with a range of influences from country to death metal. Many days of grinding...

I grew up in the small town of Nokesville, Virginia, in a musical family. Our musical roots were in bluegrass music, and I started learning guitar and banjo in my early to mid-teens. During college, I didn't play very much music, but after college, I started to take my banjo playing more seriously and began playing in bluegrass bands around Northern Virginia and Washington, DC. I started playing pedal steel and getting more into country music around 2010, and in 2015 my wife and I moved to...

Eric Giribaldi has been making the rounds in the Greater Boston area and beyond for over a decade. Having studied Music Performance at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell, he went on to do freelance work for solo original artists, local cover bands, and community theatre productions. Along with teaching private lessons, he can often be found playing acoustic guitar alongside some of New England's emerging artists. Besides all 6 New England states, the guitar has brought Giribaldi to places...

AJ is the lead guitarist of From Ashes (thrash/post Hardcore). Fun and playing shows are keywords for the quintet from Orlando. AJ is from the Northeast, born in Wilmington, DE, growing up there and Gloversville, NY. Currently residing in Orlando. Fan of all music. Identifying most with Hardcore Metal Punk! He was introduced to the guitar as a kid. He studied with great guitar teachers, his last teacher Vinny (RIP) of Vishnu Music, Johnstown, NY. Playing style has been described as right on the...

Miguel learned to play guitar while living in the Philippines and as a guitar-for-hire in the southern US (chitlin' circuit). He performs solo; with his bands Bolera (Jazz), The Movemeant Band (Soul), ATM (Hip-Hop), and karne (Filipino Rock), or with other artists. He has written, recorded, and released over 100 original songs. He is currently based in Columbus, GA.

InComing Days is a five-piece punk/party metal band from Spokane, Washington. Sure to make the crowd bounce with their unique blend of skater pop-punk and metal-core, InComing Days makes music for just about everyone.

Born in Montreal, QC, Canada, and moved to Kansas City, KS, in 2007. I first started Dying Dawn in 1999, a Death / Black metal project in which I was a Guitarist and vocalist till 2001 when we disbanded. Then a few years later, 3 out of 4 members re-united to form the black metal band; Spirit Of Vengeance, which lasted maybe two years. I took an extended hiatus which, at the time, I was considering it as a retirement due to some injuries and personal reasons ( big mistake there ). Fast forward...

I have been a bass player and vocalist in the S.E Michigan and N.W. Ohio region for over 20 years. Often described as a "pocket" player, mixing classic styles and tones with a modern approach. As a vocalist, I'm mostly covering a variety of upper harmony and backing vocal parts but am often called upon to sing lead vocals as well. I play bass in Second Hand Mojo, based out of the Detroit area and playing all original music, but have been involved in a number of groups and projects over the...

I Started playing guitar seriously by joining a band at 14 years old. I was never going to be the captain of the football team, so I had to find another strategy to get dates. Toured with Snowblind for four years in the early '80s. Then went to college and started my career in advertising. After not playing for almost thirty years, I started going to jam sessions in Boise. Had so much fun. I bought some gear. About a year later got hired on with the RJ McGinnis Band. We gig around the Boise area...

Hailing from the small town of Petal, Mississippi, singer-songwriter Cole Decker has a unique style of writing and singing that has led to some comparisons to artists such as Corey Smith and Eric Church. His writing style and singing contain influences of traditional country and southern rock. Cole began playing piano at a young age and picked up the guitar in college. He has been playing live shows for about five years and has opened up for acts such as Frank Foster, Parker McCollum, and Red...

After spending 11 years in the military, Chris Volpini decided to go all-in on his greatest passion... music. Since then, he has translated the skills he picked up during his time in service into a career as a professional bassist. From his home base in Pittsburgh, PA, he plays, records, and tours with numerous acts across the country he once served. More recently, Chris has also become a key contributor to the Low End Lobster YouTube channel. A certified "gear nerd," he helps review bass gear...

The painter T. Nem Hackett turned me on to punk rock, and I am forever indebted to him for that. Having grown up in the circumference of Meat Puppets territory in Phoenix, AZ, I was not to become aware of them until it was nearly too late. My formative years had me in a decade-long Grateful Dead coma. T. Nem and punk rock pulled me from that. I initially started playing music, during my college years, on the streets and coffee shops (Steep 'n Brew) of Madison, WI with Dave - an elderly homeless...

Haeli Allen and family band, "THE SIGHTLINERS" What kind of band do you get when you combine: An over-the-road cattle hauler (who prefers calling himself "livestock procurement and relocation executive") A singer-songwriter turned house-wife wrangling four kids, a milk cow and a mullet. A hair-dresser and health-nut/gym-rat married to a macho former Marine who only seems to sire daughters, two so far. A law school student juggling school, family (wife Mitzi and a baby boy) and three part time...

Originally from the UK, I worked as a session musician there and also had a minor hit in Europe with the Glam Rock Band Angel. I moved to the USA and the Bay Area and played in Sage an 8 piece horn funk band, for a number of years. We recorded the Sage album Funksway with members of Tower of Power. I moved to Boise, ID in 2018 and subsequently became a board member of the Boise Blues Society supporting Blues in the schools. Currently playing in two bands, the Billy Blues Band and Smooth Avenue....

Lindzy Neilson is a country music-based singer/songwriter currently living in Anaconda, Montana. Born with a traveling soul in Clear Lake, California, her love for music started early listening to her dad play guitar. When she was 12 years old, she moved to Montana—spending most of her time on her grandparents' cattle ranch, where her love of storytelling grew. Soon her dreams of horses led her to college in Wyoming and later to a horse ranch in Colorado. While in Colorado, she joined the US...

Amanda Stewart is an American folk, country and pop artist based out of Bozeman, MT. With over 15 years of performing under her belt, Amanda is gearing up for the release of her debut album. Set to release in March, 2022, the 9 track, cross-genre inspired album illustrates her life thus far with songs about dealing with postpartum depression, love and struggling to make the right choices in life.

Alex is a Chef/Musician based out of Columbus, Ohio. He Joined the Metal band Nine Mile Silence a little over a year ago. In that short time he has helped in the writing and recording of their first studio length album Metamorphosis. Nine Mile Silence has recently received multiple endorsements, with more in the works. Being a Chef by trade has helped give him the work ethic and drive to push the band to the next level of playing. Securing shows with many local and national acts, including most...

Hey everyone, I'm Mike, I play bass for the rap/metal or "trap metal" band Mettal Maffia out of Youngstown, OH. I started playing bass when I was about 14/15 years old. I started out playing some System of a Down, Blink 182, The Offspring , Nirvana and everything in between. I stopped playing for a little while when I joined the United States Marine Corps but soon picked it back up after I got out. I enjoy what I do. I enjoy music, it has always been a passion of mine as it is to many others. I...

A firm believer in the principle that life is as much about what happens as where you're standing when it does, Doug's music reflects the perspective that living in 8 different states imparts upon a person. His songs contain vividly drawn characters from all walks of life and stories from ever changing viewpoints. His sound mixes bits of country, folk, rock and blues and the result is a modern Roots Americana sound. Doug plays the majority of the acoustic & electric guitars, bass, mandolin, lap...

Alec is an actor/musician based out of NYC, where he ekes out an existence as the frontperson/founder/guitarist for atmospheric, avant-garde rock/metal outfit Ghostbound. Additionally, he was a member of Brooklyn-based psychedelic, blackened doom outfit Kosmodemonic from 2013 to 2018, having contributed guitar parts and even a few riffs for both of their full-length albums. In 2021 alone, he was able to take part in two very different releases in the form of Ghostbound's new EP, Extended Play...

I started playing covers in southeast Texas honkytonks at 16. I played in a few projects until I was 24. After a nearly 15 year layoff from music, I dove into the Missoula scene headfirst - playing in several projects, radio DJing, running a successful residency series, and helping to promote and connect musicians with multiple venues and with one another. Being a musician is being able to connect with the audience, your bandmates, and yourself. You are serving the music as much as you are...

Ohio-born bassist Kevin McManus has been active in the Cleveland and Akron music scenes for nearly two decades. McManus currently tours and records as a member of both The Buffalo Ryders and The Outside Voices. He also enjoys healthy amount of session work and sitting in with other artists. Earlier in his career, McManus played with Nick Wilkinson’s Featured Players and Burning Down Broadway, among others. Outside of music, McManus, a proud feline father, works as a journalist for an...

Born in Billings MT and raised all over the U.S. I started playing guitar around 17 years old... I started playing professionally in my late 20's with Atlanta based band Mad Margritt. I now live in the Pacific Northwest where I record, perform, and tour with Cable Creek Band and Bret Allen and the Northern Rebels as well as playing weekly with various cover bands. I love to play loud, I live for the road, and I am always chasing tone. ~Twang

My name is Steven Murphy, I'm the guitarist for Christian rock band Fire Escape . I've been playing guitar for a decade, but have been heavily involved in music all my life. I played saxophone all throughout elementary, middle, and high school, while primarily playing guitar at church. In 2019 we formed Fire Escape. Since then we've gotten to play on television twice, play local festivals, and have gained multiple artist endorsements. -Rattlesnake Cable Company -SIT Strings -WB Gear

Andy Svec is a professional bassist based in Las Vegas. He is a former US Navy musician and spent many years serving throughout Asia and the Pacific, including Guam, Hawaii, Japan, the Philippines and through the South Pacific, playing in elite rock, jazz, and funk bands. He has shared the stage with many major performers and is currently the bassist for up-and-coming country artist Dez Hoston and the Longwood Band.

Jon is a session bassist based in Hong Kong. He began playing professionally at the age of 18 playing functions and corporate events. He has performed with artists such as Alfred Hui, Hubert Wu, Jeremy Lau and JNYBeatz. Jon also recorded for Chinese boy band ONER, Hong Kong up-and-coming singer AnsonBean and local rock band Canband.

Guitarist for Eternal Black, End of Hope, and Swarm of Flies. Bike rider. Photographer of cemeteries. Salty dog.

I started playing guitar at 14 and quickly became more interested in creating music rather than learning other people’s music. I jumped around learning how to play with other people in bands. Nothing I’d call a real band until I formed the metallic hardcore band Fate Thirteen. With that band I learned how to be a real band and did numerous tours around the country. After that I joined the hardcore band The Wrath and continued touring before quitting and forming my current band Worship. With...

Born in San Luis Potosí, Mexico I studied Graphic Design at the Faculty of Habitat at UASLP (Autonomous University of San Luis Potosi) I started playing the guitar at 15 years old amazed by the grunge era. I started some bands until I formed Red Saw Machine, a Post Grunge band (Foo Fighters, Seether-like) and I started touring in Mexico with slight success until it dissolved after 5 years. A year later, together with an old friend from a punk rock band, I formed my current band Comanchet, a...

My name is Riley Haynie, originally from Billings, MT. I got started playing music (Guitar) at the age of 11 jamming Black Sabbath and Green Day songs in the basement of a drummer friends house. Began playing live shortly after that. After my high school stint and a few years in a Metalcore band, I joined an already established Rock/ Metalcore band Called Righteous Vendetta and toured with them rigorously for 7 years. In the middle of that, began crafting my own projects, A Hardcore band called...