Comments on: Blast from the past http://n10ahmusic.wordpress.com/2007/06/06/blast-from-the-past/ Your independent music network Sun, 30 Sep 2007 17:51:45 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: chil3 mik3 http://n10ahmusic.wordpress.com/2007/06/06/blast-from-the-past/#comment-1761 chil3 mik3 Sun, 30 Sep 2007 17:51:45 +0000 http://n10ahmusic.wordpress.com/2007/06/06/blast-from-the-past/#comment-1761 i dont get dis chit i bet da seventys had funier chit den dis :/ i dont get dis chit i bet da seventys had funier chit den dis :/

]]> By: Hessinger http://n10ahmusic.wordpress.com/2007/06/06/blast-from-the-past/#comment-917 Hessinger Sun, 10 Jun 2007 01:29:22 +0000 http://n10ahmusic.wordpress.com/2007/06/06/blast-from-the-past/#comment-917 O.K. You got me Left Nut. Funny. Funny. I wonder how many other people will catch on before doing the search. Hey, I've got a friend named Web Site. Google his name and see what you get. O.K. You got me Left Nut. Funny. Funny. I wonder how many other people will catch on before doing the search. Hey, I’ve got a friend named Web Site. Google his name and see what you get.

]]> By: my left nut http://n10ahmusic.wordpress.com/2007/06/06/blast-from-the-past/#comment-912 my left nut Fri, 08 Jun 2007 12:57:54 +0000 http://n10ahmusic.wordpress.com/2007/06/06/blast-from-the-past/#comment-912 I challange all of you to google me! Just type my left nut in the search engine and see what you get! In fact, for added fun do a google image search on my username, you won't be disappointed! You'll see my left nut has been very busy over the years! I challange all of you to google me! Just type my left nut in the search engine and see what you get! In fact, for added fun do a google image search on my username, you won’t be disappointed! You’ll see my left nut has been very busy over the years!

]]> By: Baba Googoo http://n10ahmusic.wordpress.com/2007/06/06/blast-from-the-past/#comment-910 Baba Googoo Fri, 08 Jun 2007 04:35:45 +0000 http://n10ahmusic.wordpress.com/2007/06/06/blast-from-the-past/#comment-910 You know, S-Hess makes an interesting point. I actually took the Google test on myself and I have to say, what showed up startled me. Some old party pics popped up of me with my shirt off at an all-night kegger I don't even remember...but some douche from my college put them up on his Myspace and labeled them! I also found my name attached to a Cosplay website from a few cons I went to a few years back. I found THREE pics of me dressed up as Goku from Dragonball Z!!! And I have a unique name that no one has... so I'm pretty much screwed I guess when I apply for a job after I graduate. We Googled S-Hess and learned what we thought was the truth. I dely all of yuo out there to Google yourselves and discover what the world will think of you at first glance. I...for one...was stunned. You know, S-Hess makes an interesting point. I actually took the Google test on myself and I have to say, what showed up startled me. Some old party pics popped up of me with my shirt off at an all-night kegger I don’t even remember…but some douche from my college put them up on his Myspace and labeled them! I also found my name attached to a Cosplay website from a few cons I went to a few years back. I found THREE pics of me dressed up as Goku from Dragonball Z!!!

And I have a unique name that no one has… so I’m pretty much screwed I guess when I apply for a job after I graduate.

We Googled S-Hess and learned what we thought was the truth. I dely all of yuo out there to Google yourselves and discover what the world will think of you at first glance. I…for one…was stunned.

]]> By: Peter Guzinya http://n10ahmusic.wordpress.com/2007/06/06/blast-from-the-past/#comment-908 Peter Guzinya Thu, 07 Jun 2007 21:00:01 +0000 http://n10ahmusic.wordpress.com/2007/06/06/blast-from-the-past/#comment-908 Yeaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh bbbbooooooyyy! Now that's wha' I'm talkin' 'bout! I'm tellin' ya, yo... S-Hess truly IS the big man with the plan Leaving no doubts no more, THAT'S for sure. I'm jus' breaking down things that we all be feelin' Pullin' down beats that be on the ceilin' OK, it's rough, but I only just thought of it. But see, your point's made. I'm a white guy that lives with my folks, but if I tried to rap about that, I'd have my ass handed to me. Man, this site's really cooking now with useful info! Yeaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh bbbbooooooyyy! Now that’s wha’ I’m talkin’ ’bout! I’m tellin’ ya, yo…

S-Hess truly IS the big man with the plan
Leaving no doubts no more, THAT’S for sure.
I’m jus’ breaking down things that we all be feelin’
Pullin’ down beats that be on the ceilin’

OK, it’s rough, but I only just thought of it. But see, your point’s made. I’m a white guy that lives with my folks, but if I tried to rap about that, I’d have my ass handed to me. Man, this site’s really cooking now with useful info!

]]> By: Hessinger http://n10ahmusic.wordpress.com/2007/06/06/blast-from-the-past/#comment-907 Hessinger Thu, 07 Jun 2007 20:32:56 +0000 http://n10ahmusic.wordpress.com/2007/06/06/blast-from-the-past/#comment-907 Well, we interacted with totally different groups of listeners. What I think can be more difficult is the Internet as folks around here have observed. Because, of course, I blog in one place as an entrepreneur and another as an editor of this blog. More will be coming soon as I become more involved in Internet writing and in business stuff both on and offline. There are fewer barriers between what you do in different areas on the web and it can sometimes lead to trouble and misunderstandings because it's seen as somehow deceptive to do more than one thing when people are clearly aware of everything you do simply by Googling your name. I think it would be more deceptive and more counterproductive to do everything under a different name, but I have blogged under aliases and alteregos in the past and probably will again when it suits the purpose of what I'm doing. I don't think there's anything wrong with a persona if its a harmless tool to present another aspect of what you do and if you're upfront about it. After all, I performed under the name of Big Daddy Blue and entrepreneurs incorporate and file for ficticious name liscenses to increase branding and trade under a name that is more descriptive of what they do. I think for you performing hip hop under an alias is practically expected. It's part of a performing persona and part of the art of what you are doing. It doesn't mean you would lie about you're real name or background in another situation. It's like playing a role and as long as the audience is accepting of that it enhances the experience for everyone. Well, we interacted with totally different groups of listeners. What I think can be more difficult is the Internet as folks around here have observed. Because, of course, I blog in one place as an entrepreneur and another as an editor of this blog. More will be coming soon as I become more involved in Internet writing and in business stuff both on and offline. There are fewer barriers between what you do in different areas on the web and it can sometimes lead to trouble and misunderstandings because it’s seen as somehow deceptive to do more than one thing when people are clearly aware of everything you do simply by Googling your name. I think it would be more deceptive and more counterproductive to do everything under a different name, but I have blogged under aliases and alteregos in the past and probably will again when it suits the purpose of what I’m doing. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with a persona if its a harmless tool to present another aspect of what you do and if you’re upfront about it. After all, I performed under the name of Big Daddy Blue and entrepreneurs incorporate and file for ficticious name liscenses to increase branding and trade under a name that is more descriptive of what they do. I think for you performing hip hop under an alias is practically expected. It’s part of a performing persona and part of the art of what you are doing. It doesn’t mean you would lie about you’re real name or background in another situation. It’s like playing a role and as long as the audience is accepting of that it enhances the experience for everyone.

]]> By: Peter Guzinya http://n10ahmusic.wordpress.com/2007/06/06/blast-from-the-past/#comment-906 Peter Guzinya Thu, 07 Jun 2007 18:39:07 +0000 http://n10ahmusic.wordpress.com/2007/06/06/blast-from-the-past/#comment-906 Ain't it the truth (about S-Hess's earlier posts about who listens to indie music) And yo! I can't believe how prolific S-Hess is either. I feel like a dummy doubting him and feel even more silly that I pretended to be black. But that goes to show that as an artist, sometimes people won't accept what you love to do strictly based on who you are, right S-Hess? I mean, blues is tradionally rooted in black culture, yet it sounds like your other band (The Buck Hills) was more hillbilly style which is generally rooted in white culture. Did you find it difficult for listeners to accpet that yuo could sing both? Peace out! Ain’t it the truth (about S-Hess’s earlier posts about who listens to indie music) And yo! I can’t believe how prolific S-Hess is either. I feel like a dummy doubting him and feel even more silly that I pretended to be black. But that goes to show that as an artist, sometimes people won’t accept what you love to do strictly based on who you are, right S-Hess? I mean, blues is tradionally rooted in black culture, yet it sounds like your other band (The Buck Hills) was more hillbilly style which is generally rooted in white culture. Did you find it difficult for listeners to accpet that yuo could sing both?

Peace out!

]]> By: Hessinger http://n10ahmusic.wordpress.com/2007/06/06/blast-from-the-past/#comment-905 Hessinger Thu, 07 Jun 2007 15:57:58 +0000 http://n10ahmusic.wordpress.com/2007/06/06/blast-from-the-past/#comment-905 Hey, I 'd like to hear some of those tapes Left Nut! I made a lot of tapes throughout high school and college (kind of answering Helen's question). Don't know where most of them are now. And they were of various different styles. The blues stuff was just the first attempt I made at a commercial release. As for the posting, well, it's been rough. I wouldn't say I've disgarded other blogs so much as I've tried to figure out what works and tried to integrate the time into my already hectic schedule with varying degress of success. My hope still is that n10ah will be a success. Helen, my parents were pretty eclectic musically, I think because even though we don't think of it this way today, they grew up in the early 50's when despite the later emergence of rock 'n roll music just hadn't become that homogenized yet. My Dad listened to an AM station from Wheeling, West Virginia, a station that played traditional country and honky tonk and that you could only receive in northeastern Pennsylvania late at night. Popular culture was a wild frontier in those days. My mother enjoyed Broadway show music, folk music and classical music and had vinyl records (remember them) of all of it. My dad, in addition to his back woods country interests also enjoyed rock 'a billy and had records by Buddy Holly and Ray Charles. He also had some bebop and more mainstream jazz stuff that I think was a little too out of the mainstream at the time for my mom's tastes. When I think of the old records I have from those days including recordings made on air from the stations my dad used to listen to late at night, I think of the democracy that was involved in popular music back then. But I'm not overly nostalgic. Instead, I tend to look at the Internet and it's possibilities for the future. Some of those live local performers my dad has records of were better than others, but even the biggest, like Elvis, were able to start from humble beginnings. Why not something similar with modern technology. Why not a place where Left Nut or anyone else could post their music and people could just respond honestly positively or negatively. That's already happened to some extent with sites like mp3.com and those that came after, but the possibilities are endless. I see n10ah as just one method of charting the way. Hey, I ‘d like to hear some of those tapes Left Nut! I made a lot of tapes throughout high school and college (kind of answering Helen’s question). Don’t know where most of them are now. And they were of various different styles. The blues stuff was just the first attempt I made at a commercial release. As for the posting, well, it’s been rough. I wouldn’t say I’ve disgarded other blogs so much as I’ve tried to figure out what works and tried to integrate the time into my already hectic schedule with varying degress of success. My hope still is that n10ah will be a success. Helen, my parents were pretty eclectic musically, I think because even though we don’t think of it this way today, they grew up in the early 50’s when despite the later emergence of rock ‘n roll music just hadn’t become that homogenized yet. My Dad listened to an AM station from Wheeling, West Virginia, a station that played traditional country and honky tonk and that you could only receive in northeastern Pennsylvania late at night. Popular culture was a wild frontier in those days. My mother enjoyed Broadway show music, folk music and classical music and had vinyl records (remember them) of all of it. My dad, in addition to his back woods country interests also enjoyed rock ‘a billy and had records by Buddy Holly and Ray Charles. He also had some bebop and more mainstream jazz stuff that I think was a little too out of the mainstream at the time for my mom’s tastes. When I think of the old records I have from those days including recordings made on air from the stations my dad used to listen to late at night, I think of the democracy that was involved in popular music back then. But I’m not overly nostalgic. Instead, I tend to look at the Internet and it’s possibilities for the future. Some of those live local performers my dad has records of were better than others, but even the biggest, like Elvis, were able to start from humble beginnings. Why not something similar with modern technology. Why not a place where Left Nut or anyone else could post their music and people could just respond honestly positively or negatively. That’s already happened to some extent with sites like mp3.com and those that came after, but the possibilities are endless. I see n10ah as just one method of charting the way.

]]> By: Helen of Troy http://n10ahmusic.wordpress.com/2007/06/06/blast-from-the-past/#comment-904 Helen of Troy Thu, 07 Jun 2007 15:14:18 +0000 http://n10ahmusic.wordpress.com/2007/06/06/blast-from-the-past/#comment-904 Wow, every few days here at n10ah seems to bring a new direction! Now Chippy's gone, Shawn's posting every few hours, and my left nut is playing nice! Just go with the flow I guess. First let me thank Shawn for posting some of this information. I, like many others here, have been waiting to hear about your background as a musician so it was nice of you to follow through with your story. I have to say I'm a little impressed that you tried to make a career out being a blues singer at that age. When I think of myself and my friends just out of college, most of us still listened to pop music then. Musical tastes seem to evolve over time, but yours seem to have moved much faster. Where you always a fan of these styles, or were you raised to hear this music at home? I'm just curious. Did you try other projects before these? I'm thinking of my left nut's band in high school...did you have any early failures like that? Wow, every few days here at n10ah seems to bring a new direction! Now Chippy’s gone, Shawn’s posting every few hours, and my left nut is playing nice! Just go with the flow I guess.

First let me thank Shawn for posting some of this information. I, like many others here, have been waiting to hear about your background as a musician so it was nice of you to follow through with your story.

I have to say I’m a little impressed that you tried to make a career out being a blues singer at that age. When I think of myself and my friends just out of college, most of us still listened to pop music then. Musical tastes seem to evolve over time, but yours seem to have moved much faster. Where you always a fan of these styles, or were you raised to hear this music at home? I’m just curious. Did you try other projects before these? I’m thinking of my left nut’s band in high school…did you have any early failures like that?

]]> By: my left nut http://n10ahmusic.wordpress.com/2007/06/06/blast-from-the-past/#comment-901 my left nut Thu, 07 Jun 2007 13:18:26 +0000 http://n10ahmusic.wordpress.com/2007/06/06/blast-from-the-past/#comment-901 Man, a few days ago everyone was bitching that S-Hess never posts, and now you can't shut the man up! Just funnin' ya there, it's good to see you on more often! All this talk of high school reminds me of my high school garage band: Scab Workers Union. We never perfomed any gigs, but we made tapes of the stuff we did. It was pretty bad, but we had a good time! We also made some videos that are pretty lame today, but everytime I visit my hometown and see of those guys we always talk about that stuff! Weird, how that stays with you! Man, a few days ago everyone was bitching that S-Hess never posts, and now you can’t shut the man up! Just funnin’ ya there, it’s good to see you on more often!

All this talk of high school reminds me of my high school garage band: Scab Workers Union. We never perfomed any gigs, but we made tapes of the stuff we did. It was pretty bad, but we had a good time! We also made some videos that are pretty lame today, but everytime I visit my hometown and see of those guys we always talk about that stuff! Weird, how that stays with you!

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