Featured on their latest mixtape “Fly: The Customs Prelude”, “City Living” is the latest music video by the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble. The Chicago band of brothers are currently touring internationally but will pay California a visit June 22 for a live performance at the San Francisco Jazz Festival. A must-see band! @SolShock check/share our new video: […]

Long Beach-based singer-songwriter, musician and artistpreneur Chadwick Bishop (better known as Chad) plays the trombone and piano, sings and plays in several local bands, writes all of his songs, offers vocal lessons to young students and still finds the time to produce new projects. The Alabama native croons his special blend of Soul/R&B in a […]

After attending a special documentary screening of “Stories From an Undeclared War” held by the Freedom Writers Foundation, it was very easy to compose a short article promoting this film. Told in their own words, “Stories From an Undeclared War” is the powerful true story of former Wilson High School teacher Erin Gruwell (Ms. G) […]

Markus D. Manley (1974-2014) the creator and co-founder of WE Labs defines the innovative co-work space.

As I write this, I am seeing his smile; the one-of-a-kind glowing smile of Markus D. Manley. To me he was a peer, a resourceful mover and shaker throughout the Long Beach creative community, a kind warm person and all-around good guy. Notice of his passing was shocking and unbelievable. Reading his Facebook wall was […]

Whether you are a singer, writer, graphic designer, musician or other artist, HitRecord offers creative people all over the world a unique opportunity to create together. Founded by actor/director Joseph Gordon-Levitt, HitRecord is an innovative online collaborative production company that you just have to see to believe. Take a look at episode one of HitRecord […]