Steven Wilson’s new album out soon, take a sneak preview

Steven Wilson is best known for his work with Porcupine Tree, as well as producing various albums including some work on Opeth’s Damnation album. He’s known for his dark melodies, inspiring compositions, and incredible melodies. He has a new solo album due out soon which also features Jordan Rudess from Dream Theater on a track. [...]

Jonathon Carver moves on to Absolute Goo Semi-finals

Jonathon carver is a great St. Louis local musician who is known for his great Goo Goo Dolls Covers. In fact, he does such a good job at covering their material he decided to submit one of his covers to the absolutegoo.com cover challenge. It was a great move by Jon, as his cover is [...]

Recording your performance using an iPhone 4 and iRig

Recording audio can be tricky especially with a small device such as the iPhone. In my past experiences, I’ve had good luck with a few apps and devices, and bad luck with a few apps. I’ll outline my experiences in hopes of giving you some advice. I’m an avid fan of trying out new apps. [...]

Are you in a band? Need a cd or flyer?

HardWiredMedia does quality design work at a low price! Whether its a cd design, a flyer, a promo video, we can help capture your music and design your artwork!! You can check out a sample below:

5 blatant song ripoffs.

Everyday there are new rip-off artists. Some of these songs may not be intentional. Some of them are. It’s a matter of opinion, but no one can debate that these songs all are rip-offs. The melodies, or basslines, or beats all came from previous artists before them. It’s obvious! Weezer’s “Hash Pipe,”  rips off the [...]

Cookie Monster does a Tom Waits impersonation…classic

When listening to Tom Waits, with his low gravely tones, you do often think of an image of the cookie monster. Well this video took it a step further. Tom Wait’s sounds like the cookie monster anyhow so to me this is an instant classic. “Gods away on business” is an original tune from Waits. [...]

The new Glowing Souls festival website, designed by HardWiredMedia!

The Glowing Souls Festival is a brand new festival going on it’s second event, “Equinox Moon.” In preparation for the great new bands, HardWiredMedia was asked to design a fresh new look for their website, which focuses on the bands and the great crowd that is involved. The festival is planned for October 6-8, 2011. [...]