Wolff Bowden grew up in a house on concrete stilts, fifteen feet above a Florida swamp. Summer nights brought symphonies of alligators, owls and frogs. But in Wolff’s recurring dream, it was always winter, and he walked out among the cypresses to sit by a blazing fire where he would sing to a strange collection of forest beings he called The Winterlings. 
 
Amanda Birdsall was working on a doctorate in psychology, halfway through an Adult Psychopathology class, when she looked down at her notebook. Instead of transcribing the lecture, she had completely filled the margins with song lyrics. She stood up, walked out of class, grabbed her guitar and drove to Canada where she worked on organic farms in exchange for food and tiny rooms where she wrote songs by candlelight.
 
Since childhood, Wolff had been painting his dreams of otherworldly beings, skeletons on bicycles and winged women. He painted secretly from grade school to college, shot some slides, and was named Artist of the Millennium by ARTEXPO MIAMI. At the show, Wolff sold his first painting to baseball legend Andre Dawson. After that, he traveled the country making and selling art. The art sales bought Wolff time to write. He published two books of poetry, including thirty-six poems that appeared in literary magazines. But for Wolff, something was still missing. A deep wish remained unfulfilled. He had turned paint into money into time into poetry, but like an alchemist who had turned steel to silver, he knew there was another step. How could he turn bright canvases and poetry to music? He needed a way to paint the wind itself, to extract color from silence and distill it into song. But he had never learned an instrument. He couldn’t play a single chord. 
 
Meanwhile, Amanda roamed. Camping in the Rocky Mountains of Montana, bagging dried fruit in a Canadian nut factory, and cultivating collards in North Carolina gradually led her south to Florida, where she fought for abused children as a social worker. But the job was heartrending, so she left to clean houses for a year until exhaustion and the cost of rent drove her into the air-conditioned corporate world.  Her guitar went under the bed in the coffin of its case, and like any good ghost, it haunted her. 
 
Wolff  & Amanda met one night at a party where a Buddhist ritual had just taken place in a backyard fire pit. The ritual consisted of writing, on small slips of paper, wishes that would burn in the flames so their smoke might lift them into the wind and make them real. Wolff burned his wish and Amanda arrived an hour later. She was the muse and the music he had been waiting for, and his life as an artist re-awakened her desire for a creative life.
 
Wolff and Amanda sold their cars on Ebay, bought a banged-up van from a motorcycle shop, and drove to Oregon where they knew no one. They rented a small apartment next to a large forest and wrote the songs for their first album: On The Night You Were Born. This album, released under the name of The Orphan Trains, supported a second trip west where Amanda and Wolff slipped into a creative cocoon, wrote their new album, The Animal Groom, and became The Winterlings. 
While touring to support THE ANIMAL GROOM, The Winterlings have played the CMJ Music festival in Manhattan, the Northwest Folklife Festival in Seattle and have played sold-out shows at PSALM SALON and Appel Farm. 

Playing shows as a duo, trio and full band, The Winterlings now live and perform regularly in Seattle, Washington. 


Rodrigo Erdozain aka RØEHER DJ/Productor de 28 años de edad, reside en la ciudad de Neuquén capital, provincia del mismo nombre. Comenzó a introducirse en la cultura electrónica a muy temprana edad por sí mismo, conociendo los variados estilos que tiene este género, pero enfocándose principalmente en el techno. Por sus influencias familiares del rock, trash ,metal, punk, ha decidido dedicarse a el Techno. Así fue creciendo su gusto, interiorizando cada vez más en toda la música electrónica, empezando a crear sets en el año 2009 y realizando producciones hasta el momento.
A compartido Cabina con dj locales, nacionales e internacionales como: Bruno Ledesma (Concepto Hipnotico), Margot Somoza, Manchini (Chile)(Claroscuro rec & Krad Rec), Javier Ferreira (NINEFONT), Germano (Concepto Hipnotico/Vincent), Diego Cid, Sebastian MC (UnderClub BsAs), Miragliotta (UnderClub-Assault BsAs), Julixo (ARTS/Knotweed), Ariel Rodz, Juan Elvadin (Mza), Joaquin Ruiz (Children of tomorrow/Ascetic Limited), Victoria Engel (Unique Community), Elio Riso, Pig & Dan (Drumcode), Beico & Mt93 (Suara/Kraftek/Terminal M), Bart Skils (Drumcode), Layton Giordani (Drumcode), Victoria Engel, Sol Ortega, Milena Adamis entre otros y también presentándose en eventos de renombre en Buenos Aires (Culto), Under Club, Quilmes (Vincent), TCQ(Quilmes) y en La Plata (Side B/ClubCortez). 

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Composer, Singer-Songwriter, Music Business and Branding Consultant: CBE Music & In the Key of Success 

Cheryl got her start in music working at a New York City hip-hop recording studio before transitioning to the advertising industry as a commercial composer. During this time, she developed her own songwriting chops, formed a band, and starting making records. She found herself touring the world, from the streets of LA to the mountains of Switzerland. Her four piano-pop records have garnered over 40 TV and film placements, including So You Think You Can Dance, Community, Switched at Birth and All My Children. Her commercial work includes Honey Nut Cheerios’ “Grumpy Cat” ad, Ziploc, Lysol, Lowes and many more. In 2011, Cheryl founded CBE Music LLC, a music and branding company providing branding strategies, sonic solutions, scores, & songs to give films, videos, ads, and brands that extra punch.

Through her years composing, touring, and making a living as a musician, Cheryl learned that everyone has something to share. She made it her purpose to be a catalyst for expression through creativity and partnership, creating In The Key Of Success - a musician’s resource website hosting courses, workshops and coaching. She has spoken at dozens of colleges and conferences on topics like creating a profitable music career and utilizing music in marketing. You can hear her music and see her composing work at CBEmusic.com and read about her musician resources on her Living on Gigging blog, recently named a Top 100 Musician Empowerment blog. Cheryl graduated from Cornell University and studied orchestration at The Juilliard School of Music. More info at ww.CBEmusic.com.

Getting into any career is challenging, but the music industry is a beast within itself.  Ronnie Walka is the one that tamed the beast and made it as a singer, writer, actor, producer, director and celebrity photographer/videographer with the magic touch when it comes to graphic design, film, video, singing and songwriting.

Ronnie Walka was born on August 1st in Brooklyn, New York.  The oldest of four children, he had to face difficult times in the mean streets of Brooklyn.  Each corner had its own story of abuse to those who would fall victim to the streets or join a gang.  Before he became a dead statistic, Ronnie was able to leave the streets and the gang life behind.  His early years was spent at the Boys and Girls High School where he was introduced to photography. He soon transferred schools and went to the Eastern District where he took his first cinematography class.  This is where he learned the basics of filming and writing.  His amazing creative ability allowed him to merge photography and cinematography so well that he has become very much in demand.

At one point in his journey, Ronnie was an inspiring R&B artist. He managed to knock down a few doors in the entertainment industry.   At 16, he joined his first R&B group.  He was the youngest of the foursome; the other members were all over 21.  The music industry was a hard nut to crack, but that did not stop him from putting in the work it takes to be an industry mogul.  His drive and determination allowed him to see the inner workings of the industry.  He grew tired of waiting for photographers to take his promo photos, it was frustrating waiting for graphic designers to finish his demo CD covers and he no longer wanted to wait for someone to write his songs.  Therefore, he did what any driven man on a mission would do… he set out to ask questions, read books on his craft and got to work to be the powerful force behind his own success.

Ronnie had series of unfulfilled opportunities and working odd jobs on his road to super stardom.  One of his most talked about experiences was watching showcases given by Maria Davis entitled “Mad Wednesdays”.  He was inspired by a comment spoken by the Harlem native on self-own black businesses.  He was so moved by the lessons of ownership in the music business that he started working towards building a strong team and opening his own entertainment company, which consist of film, music, photography and graphics.  With loaded brain of information and know how Ronnie was able to move forward in his music to allow his fans to feel every note.  That’s a day he will never forget and it is the driving force behind his success.  

While building his dream team, he worked for independent companies, worked on films, designed media pieces, performed at events with his smooth vocal style, photographed so many major events and finally earned enough money to buy a few items of highly professional photography/video equipment.

 Through his journey, Ronnie never lost focus despite the many failures and broken promises he endured.  Ronnie never lost faith in what God had planned for him.  This was and still is his driving motivation.

 After so many years of hard work, Ronnie now has the knowledge, experience, equipment, drive, passion and the dream team.  He is the publisher for Caution magazine, creative art director for Stack Models and Titaniumgirlz Magazine, graphic designer for many publications and books around the country.  He is a celebrity photographer, videographer and is ready to unleash a series of creatively sexy songs geared towards the clubs and radio stations that are sure to set the mood in any bedroom.

In the dawn of the Big Phat n'thing up sprung the MEAT and then was the WHIP for the craic afterwards of course...tut tut .."I want a 99" said tiny bairn Timmy Three Teef and in the summer of '99' teeny tiny Tim's dreams were crackled in two,..one half of '9' for this one and one half '9' for t'other that was and hence only one small Toof remained.The misanthropes from b'neath the ocean afore the ice grew that bit too cold then again became just really cold water,Tank top weather,soon fell weary and wrinkled into something n'orriblly,noxiously,gnarlilly and knoblilly resembling a star dust diamond raisin cleg nut bum root bogey stuck under the hairy crust of the old plant's salty membrane surface.The soaked up planet husked and heckled for a laugh much to t'owd minuscule Timmy's dismay and ridicule.Through one toof with holes he whistled a wet and windy whining,winging weep t'wards the indifferent earth "Where shall all the idiotic children of all the idiots live in idiocy under one broken holey old brolly like big daft stupid idiots please?" Timmy wondered wistfully like a little idiot..."Only b'neath the cheesy,oniony crisped blanket hanky wank socks of the absolute shite sack n crack smoke stack sloppy dump depths of doom till death or otherwise and eff off fast now please and real quickly" gaffered the voice from the head.The gigantic stone temple dome head with omni one eye bleeding dripping hot juices.The head was the god,the god had nothing,no cards,crowns,raffle tickets or owt and nowt much happened thus unto the infant Timmy and all his kin f'rever and ever,never even and so on and so foowerth sowethed the forests forrads and just went on as per usual really,growing upwards,sidewards,bentwards and backwards for a bit infinitely.Then at once we made some music.Have a listen.!.Have thee a download..It's what he would've wanted :') Laters x

A little something about Houzeman......
Married with 5 children (4 girls, 1 boy)
Working on bachelors degree (liberal arts)
Got into musicmaking about a year ago. Met my producer (Zach) at a popular karaokee bar in Fort Worth called Yupps (yes, I'm a big karaoke nut!). He was wanting to start producing music and asked be to listen to a track he had put together to see if I liked it. I loved it! The rest of the story is to be written!

My music.....
I love music that makes me want to dance, bob my head, cruise around, clean house, etc. I hope my music conveys these things to all who listen. I just love hiphop, and having the opportunity to make music in my own vision is a sure blessing! 
All of the people responsible for this project are connected together through friendship. These people are talented, smart individuals who blessed me with their talents, and I am extremely grateful for their time!
I would love to hear any comments, so please leave them, good or bad. I'm always interested in others' thoughts!

Holla at ya boy!
Houzeman

Mark Spector celebrates a quarter century on the Edmonton sports scene this season. So that means two things:

Spec is getting old (soon to be 46), and with that much experience under his belt, it is time for a daily radio show.

Yes, 25 short years in the media business leads to the The Mark Spector Show, going from 12-2 p.m. on the Team 1260. Spec brings all of his experience as a media man to the airwaves, but before also a lifetime spent in the stands of Commonwealth Stadium and the Northlands Coliseum, as an Edmonton-born sports nut who lived through the best years in this city’s sporting history.

After watching the Eskimos Grey Cup dynasty from section Q at Commonwealth from 1978-82, and celebrating the first two Oilers Stanley Cup victories on Jasper Ave., Spector started at the Edmonton Journal in the spring of 1987. He arrived just in time to watch the Oilers go to a Game 7 against Ron Hextall and the Philadelphia Flyers, and by 1990, Spector was covering the Oilers beat full-time.

There haven’t been as many Cups in Edmonton since ’90, but we’ve learned along the way that the stories are always juicier when the team isn’t winning everything in sight. So Spector battled with Glen Sather and Peter Pocklington through The Gory Years of the Edmonton Oilers, and took on the Kay Stephensons, Don Matthews’ and Hugh Campbells as the Eskimos faltered.

That led to the job as columnist at the Journal, but after 15 years there Spector moved to the National Post, where he was both Western Correspondent and National Columnist for seven years. This fall marks a fourth year of his gig as the senior columnist at Sportsnet.ca.

Along the way there have been four Olympic Games, three World Series’, a couple of Super Bowls, nine Grey Cups, 11 Stanley Cup Finals, and a myriad of Briers’, boxing and UFC cards, Winter Classics, GMs and Board of Governors meetings.

You name it, Spec’s covered it.

He’s been in the Yankees clubhouse after a Series win, and followed Marian Jones through her five-medal performance at the Sydney Olympics, to her downfall seven years later in the BALCO scandal. He’s interviewed Barry Bonds and his godfather Willie Mays, and watched Robbie Alomar as a minor league second baseman with Las Vegas, when Alomar wasn’t even the best second baseman on his Triple A team.

Spector has had a hand in at the Team 1260 almost since we opened our doors back in 2002, guesting, co-hosting Total Sports, and now with his daily “Spec Report” on the Jason Gregor Show.

In his personal life, Mark is set to marry Shelka in late August. He has two children, Rudy and Haley, and now two stepsons as well: Landon and Jayce. And a dog named Nike.

Life is good. And it’s about to get even better.

The Mark Spector Show goes every day, from 12-2 p.m.

Experience the voice of experience.

My name is John Saunders, I am a songwriter and musician (for want of a better terminology) and I am the author of 'The Vernham Chronicles' my first novel. This page is a place where I shall be uploading songs and instrumentals that are designed to accompany an audio version of my book should the opportunity arise.
There are 3 instrumentals here not connected with The Vernham Chronicles and come from my murky past as part of an ongoing body of work called 'Filmless Soundtracks' that hails from the early 1980s.
The Vernham Chronicles’, John Saunders’ first book, is a charming light comedy with a schoolboy sense of humour that is perhaps a little dark around the edges at times, it features twelve chapters, ten of which detail a day or event in the life throughout a year of a little fantasy village called Vernham. Two chapters are dedicated to complete and utter nonsense, one recounting characters and events of Vernham past (Of Idiosyncrasies, Ideas and Idiots), the other details the farcical happenings in the Vernham native’s lives (Vernham Gossip Update).
‘The Vernham Chronicles’ confuses fact with fiction, merging historical events with complete fabrication. It is written as a narrative in the present tense, with the odd recycled joke, in a children’s story style which is often sarcastic, and the occasional digression and flashback to previous events that explain the reasons behind the current situation.
The little village of Vernham, buried deep in the Vernbury Vale, is a hive of activity with its natives going about their everyday business in sometimes less than conventional ways. Almost frozen in time, where its populace struggle to come to terms with the modern day, Vernham village refuses to recognise the £1 coin, only £1 notes are accepted in its shops. For visitors to Vernham, or ‘Spruggles’ as the Vernhamites call them, the £1 notes are printed in the city of Busted at the back of a Bureau de Change, where the exchange rate is £1.20p to £1 note, and when the need to change notes back to coins arises you’ll only get 80p in return for your £1 note. The characters are all a bit odd, there is the local Bobby PC Fred Sweetman who has a strange habit which is revealed in chapter two, a Fire Chief that is irresponsible with matches, Mrs Bunkerton who’s been recently widowed seven years ago as she tells everybody every day, she also suffers from a strange obsessive compulsive disorder and irritable bowel syndrome, but we won’t mention too much about the latter. A very alcoholic Reverend Parsworthy, always collecting for the Church door fund, and spending the proceeds in the local pub ’The Grummet and Nut’, the door never gets bought. And the star ‘Mr Robson the counterfeit Scotsman’, seemingly ubiquitous and irritating, convinced of his Scottish ancestry and past lives after he had a dream about Rabbie Burns, which he wrongly refers to as his ‘post monition‘, a warning after the event. Mr Robson of course has always been a Vernhamite, as were all of his ancestors, he’s quite mad. The final chapter sees Mr Robson realising his Celtic dream at a Christmas party, in a sad but very sweet way.
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