The Archives
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02.03.09Becky N: Biography1 When did you start writing/recording music in your present form? About two years ago. I had been playing music for a while but the thought of writing, let alone recording anything I wrote myself seemed like the worst kind of ridiculousness. Eventually I was emotional enough to do it, and in the heat of the moment recorded 'Pink Flowers', my first song. 2 Where did you get your band/artist name from & what does it mean? What's your real name if I can use it? I wish I had a good band name, I'm always trying to think of one but I ...
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02.03.09Jane Gilmore: Biography1 When did you start writing/recording music in your present form? Sometime in 2007. 2 Where did you get your band/artist name from & what does it mean? What's your real name if I can use it? Jane Gilmore comes from Jane (which generally stands for female anonymity and also British romantic era novels' heroines) and Gilmore (which is my real life middle name). I made my psuedonym because I don't want crazy internet stalkers killing me. I'm paranoid, but that's part of who I am. 3 How would you describe your music to someone that has never heard you? Folk-ish, but plain and simple with ...
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09.03.08Biography: Fig Mints (Of Your Imagination)FIG MINTS (OF YOUR IMAGINATION)Fig Mints is the brainchild of Bobby Rogan (real name "Pinky"), a band name that he flippantly coined to make fun of himself recording without a band, and he's been reluctantly stuck with ever since ("I had this idea to mix instrumental versions of my songs and do a self-styled karaoke with each "band member" having a part in the act that was prerecorded and very self-deprecating"). Unofficially coming into existence in the Spring of 2004 after moving into the actual Cozy Home on Henry Street, Utica NY - Bobby was inspired by the music and madness of that ...