Silversafe frontman Johnny Davidson announced to fans in the band’s emailed newsletter this week that he would resume his solo career. Davidson, who has followed in the footsteps of the Goo Goo Dolls frontman and adopted to go by “Jon” as a soloist, has showcased his solo skills in live sessions for Silversafe, taking over guitar and mic to change [...]

There are plenty of ways for musicians to gain notoriety in the mainstream market, or even to widen their audience. For music labels and critics, there is a standard formula for success, and even if they don’t admit it, the three main ingredients of this formula have to be balanced to ensure a band’s full [...]

Most bands who get started with a bang do so through great marketing and addicting talent, and Portland-based Silversafe is no exception. With all sorts of little notes in various small social networking sites, a Google search completed on February 16th, 2008 shows 1310 results, and most are relevant. That’s saying something for a band [...]

I have neither supported the numerous insane proposals for the use of hemp to replace every single tangible thing in the universe or been big on the production of the marijuana plant in general. I have, however, just recently purged every CD case I own because I have CD spindles and a large CD tote [...]

McMenamin’s White Eagle Saloon on N Russell St (off N Interstate Ave under the I-5/I-405 interchange bridges) is having an open mic and songwriter showcase on February 10th at 7:30pm. Tired of whiny pop wanna-bes on American Idol? See live ones! And actual singers too, by the way. If you’re one of those, I have [...]

On September 7th, at about 10:55 am, whilst eating a vending machine sandwich in the break room of my corporate master, the Colbert Report was playing on the telly. A commercial for Clark College here in Vancouver, WA, cut into the national ads, and I didn’t pay much attention… at first.
When the background music started, [...]

Dear God: I am writing to you today to do me a favor and smite Jack Ingram. That guy’s voice is annoying, and his version of Lips of an Angel sounds like he’s singing from a lyric sheet for the first time. The song itself gets played so much I could play it myself, but [...]

Music has taken plenty of twists and turns over the course of the last few decades. The sounds of today would hardly be radio play in the mid-1990s or even a glimmer of musical styles of the 80s or 70s. But as music evolves, it periodically reroutes back to solid staples of good music. Rock [...]