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By Ryan Van Etten on 11/11/2010
The building used to be a bank. But in December, 2004, when I first met Chris Dinardo, the sign on its door read “SMR Studios.” Chris, and two of his hard-rock bandmates, from DownNeck had opened the rehearsal-recording space there in Garfield, NJ and were running their own label, Saturday Morning Records. I discovered the new studio via Craigslist—
Posted in Events, Interviews, Music, Music Flux, Popular | Tagged band, Chris Dinardo, Clifton, Dingbatz, DownNeck, entertainment, Garfield, guitarist, guitars, indie, interview, James Donovan, KISS, Lowdown, metal, music industry, MusicBiz, NeverImage, NJ, NYC, Object 7, old school vs. new school, Paul Jach, photos, producer, production, punk, rock/pop, silver, SLeuX, SMR Studios, story, story-driven, The 33rd Revolution, underground rock, video |
By Ryan Van Etten on 06/22/2010
The story of the new mobile music startup, Sound Around, starts in 2009, in a little place called Raleigh, North Carolina, where brothers Scott and Steve Klein had been brainstorming tech startup ideas. Both were students at NC State, but with opposite majors—nearly yin and yang. Add entrepreneurial DNA, and they’re Pinky and The Brain.
Posted in Apps, Editorial, iPhone Apps, Music, Music Flux, Narrative, News, Popular | Tagged acquisition, app services, business, development, entrepreneurs, indie, interaction, iPhone, Lauchbox Digital, MobBase, mobile, mobile dev, mobile music, music apps, music startup, NC State, Pinky and The Brain, platform, resources, ReverbNation, service, smartphones, social music, Sound Around, startup story, startups, story-driven, TechStars |
