Pensacola Beach Needs Original Rock Music!
Part Two (Tomato) When you see the same old people playing the same old tunes you perhaps begin thinking Pensacola Beach is where good...
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Russ Maines
- May 21, 2022
- 4 min
Music Report
Bands On The Beach TRUE BLUE Plenty of interesting groups play around Pensacola Beach. This week, I caught a bit of True Blue, a sort of...
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Russ Maines
- May 6, 2022
- 4 min
Pensacola Beach's Need For Original Rock
"Oh, Baby! Let The Love Come Runnin'!" It's been a while since we talked last. I needed some time to recharge my batteries. Maybe you...
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Russ Maines
- Feb 13, 2022
- 3 min
The Truth Behind Music's Lack of Art Today
Believe it or not, Rap and Hip-Hop artists complain about the lack of art in today's music. It's the same argument when Rock 'n' Roll...
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Russ Maines
- Nov 21, 2021
- 4 min
Tales From The Music Hard Drive Graveyard
Dear Friend, You may have noticed I slowed down blogging. That's because I'm not sure I've done the music biz right. I thought if I wrote...
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Russ Maines
- Aug 20, 2021
- 2 min
Mojo Hippies
When I was in college, some of the locals had a bit of contempt for "college students". Music, being the blessing in my life it's always...
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Russ Maines
- Aug 20, 2021
- 3 min
Meet Rob Lopez!
Over 20 years ago, I met a woman playing a game of pool at the local watering hole in Socorro, New Mexico. The Capitol Bar, which is...
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Russ Maines
- Aug 3, 2021
- 4 min
There's Beauty In Chaos (Dirk Doucette)
The other day, I was getting out of the shower, where I often find the white noise and warm water help me meditate on things, and took a...
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Russ Maines
- Jun 15, 2021
- 3 min
Hook, Line & Sinker (Writing The Album)
Writing an album all on your own isn't easy. You have to focus on every aspect of the experience from the listener's point of view, and...
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Russ Maines
- Jun 12, 2021
- 1 min
MyRig
The other day a good friend of mine asked me how I intend to "play out" with no band. I said, "Russ-a-Oke". Here is the video. Thanks for...
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Russ Maines
- Jun 4, 2021
- 1 min
Songwriting Demo
The other day, I got an email asking me what tools and processes I use to capture thoughts on the computer. I made this video to help...
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Russ Maines
- Jul 26, 2020
- 4 min
Bait & Switch Song 4: The Last 2 No
Leaning on my youth, and recalling how my heart was broken a few times, I decided to take those experiences, put a story behind it and...
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Russ Maines
- Jul 26, 2020
- 2 min
Itz Not U, Itz Me: Bait & Switch's Song 5
Shortly after finishing "The Last 2 No", and digging into my love life history, I went further back in time. When I was like 12, a new...
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Russ Maines
- Jul 25, 2020
- 2 min
Bait & Switch's Art
Phil Thomas Katt and I were about half way through getting Bait & Switch recorded, mixed and mastered when I realized there wasn't an...
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Russ Maines
- Jul 24, 2020
- 4 min
Bait & Switch: Filling In The Blanks
In my last blog, we covered the bookends of Bait & Switch. As I said, I had only two songs for Phil to review. And that left me thinking,...
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Russ Maines
- Jul 18, 2020
- 3 min
The Fish House And Bait & Switch
Phil Thomas Katt and I met at the Fish House, an iconic Pensacola restaurant, for lunch to discuss partnering. If you couldn't tell from...
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Russ Maines
- Jul 17, 2020
- 3 min
How Bait & Switch Happened
After I took a long listen to the songs Stu put together for me, I realized two things. His mixing was better than mine, and his singing...
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Russ Maines
- Jul 11, 2020
- 2 min
Suns 'n' Beaches
After I contacted Stu Epps about producing "Everyone Needs A Hero", we quickly came up with 5 more songs to produce. Each song was put on...
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Russ Maines
- Jul 7, 2020
- 1 min
Everyone Needs A Hero
When I first started doing music more professionally, I realized I couldn't sing very well. I could write songs pretty OK. But singing?...
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Russ Maines
- Jul 5, 2020
- 1 min
Value & Relevancy For Boomers
Let's face it, we're getting older. Our dollars don't go as far as they used to. We once took our health for granted. And to make matters...
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