Bryce Christopher Hodge

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Sun, 30 Dec 2012 16:03:30 -0500

at Mystic Mocha

Sun, 30 Dec 2012 16:03:06 -0500

at Mystic Mocha

Sun, 30 Dec 2012 16:02:31 -0500

at Mystic Mocha

Tape repair today..

Mon, 10 Sep 2012 19:11:03 -0400

Tape repair today..

Good Morning!

Wed, 29 Aug 2012 16:54:49 -0400

Good Morning!

Apple Bourbon - Imgur

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 16:12:19 -0400

Apple Bourbon - Imgur:

Imgur is used to share photos with social networks and online communities, and has the funniest pictures from all over the Internet.

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Wed, 04 Jan 2012 17:35:19 -0500

shebeards: Gettin’ our song writing on at Leilos Sound!

Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:04:11 -0400

shebeards:

Gettin’ our song writing on at Leilos Sound!

shebeards: GIF it to me baby

Sun, 09 Oct 2011 05:37:19 -0400

shebeards:

GIF it to me baby

Interview: Nate Heller [Preview]

Tue, 13 Sep 2011 19:49:06 -0400

courtingcomedy:

A couple of months ago I conducted a correspondence interview with musician Nate Heller. Nate is the current front man of band She Beards whom will be performing at Bottom of the Hill this Thursday (8/25) alongside Wave Array and Lucky Jesus. More information on that event is available: here.

Technically the interview is destined for “Antithesis Comedy” in the near future, but in the meantime we present a section as a preview of what’s to come. Also featured is a selection from She Beard’s latest EP. Enjoy after the jump.

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What was your first favorite band and what band shaped your current appreciation for music?

I’ve always loved music - family holidays usually saw us crowded around the piano with mom playing and everyone singing along. Our mom and dad were pretty instrumental in us kids’ desire to be creative. Mom was especially encouraging (or forceful?). She really wanted me to be able to read music and be able to sing, which I will reluctantly admit that piano lessons and boys chorus helped immensely with.

But like most kids, I think I really started to become opinionated and devoted to bands around age eleven or twelve. Weird Al was the first CD that I owned, but when puberty hit I started having more “serious” feelings about music.

I had an unhealthy obsession with Smashing Pumpkins, but I also loved Green Day, Weezer and Jimi Hendrix. This was also around the time that I convinced dad to buy me an electric guitar unbeknownst to mom, and soon she stopped insisting that I stay in piano lessons and I switched to guitar.

What defines you most: are you a musician, a producer, a songwriter, a hybrid or something else completely?

Wow, that’s a tough question. I definitely don’t think of myself as a musician primarily. Whenever I play music with really good musicians who are classically trained, or just practice a lot, I realize that my I just don’t have the chops they do. I love to produce music and write songs, and I think my biggest strength as a producer and musician is being able to listen to a piece of music as a whole and add or subtract elements based on what the song needs.

I guess I like to think that I am part of a newer generation of artists who can do everything themselves - It’s really easy to set up a studio in your house, compose a beat, add some instruments and write vocals these days. Going into the studio even when I first started playing in bands was a much more expensive and time-consuming process. Now, from my home studio, I am able to produce mashups, full band recordings, music for TV and film, etc.

A few of the most recent things I’ve done that [illustrates] how diverse a home studio can be - I composed a really stupid intro song for Emily’s FCC radio show (in about ten minutes), I finished 25 tracks of music for a company that licenses songs for TV and film purposes, and I also produced a song for my extremely talented thirteen year old neice who had never been in a recording studio before. It came out so good that I plan on recording a full album with her this summer.

How many bands have you been in?

I’ve been in hella bands. Is hella a number? I’ll say around 7-8 bands that actually practiced regularly and/or played shows.

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suicideblonde: Couple kissing at Vancouver riots, June 15th,...

Fri, 17 Jun 2011 22:02:14 -0400

suicideblonde:

Couple kissing at Vancouver riots, June 15th, 2011, photographed by Rich Lam

From Esquire: “Certainly the greatest photo from Wednesday night, and maybe ever.”

And still more Samba Funk girls! photo by Bill Taylor

Sat, 04 Jun 2011 00:23:00 -0400

And still more Samba Funk girls!

photo by Bill Taylor

Carnaval Dancer 3 by LifeLover4 on Flickr. There are some great...

Sat, 04 Jun 2011 00:13:00 -0400

Carnaval Dancer 3 by LifeLover4 on Flickr.

There are some great photo’s from San Francisco Carnaval this weekend! You gotta check them out!

This one is from my Carnaval group Samba Funk.

fuckyeahthomaspridgen: supanigga: LMFAOO Awesome Ahhh! lol

Sun, 22 May 2011 12:37:07 -0400

fuckyeahthomaspridgen:

supanigga:

LMFAOO

Awesome

Ahhh! lol

Lovely SHE BEARDS art by Carmen.

Tue, 17 May 2011 19:44:00 -0400

Lovely SHE BEARDS art by Carmen.

Check out my band She Beards!

Wed, 11 May 2011 15:19:57 -0400

Check out my band She Beards!

This has been my drum set-up for the past couple of years.

Wed, 11 May 2011 15:13:03 -0400

This has been my drum set-up for the past couple of years.

I’m setting this whole thing up tonight. Been way too...

Wed, 11 May 2011 15:10:52 -0400

I’m setting this whole thing up tonight. Been way too long.

Found this in some tiny restaurant in Mexico.

Wed, 11 May 2011 14:57:00 -0400

Found this in some tiny restaurant in Mexico.