Welcome to Local Music ‘Mericans, where we get to know the people behind the scenes in Dallas/Fort Worth music. Lisa McDaniel’s interests are an unlikely duo: metal and math. In all fairness, she likes local music of all different kinds. But when it comes to her faves, she’s as down…

Welcome to Local Music ‘Mericans, where we get to know the people behind the scenes in Dallas/Fort Worth music. In 2009, KZPS-FM 92.5 fired Derek Walker from their promotions crew. Unfortunately, he was sorely misunderstood by the marketing department’s then-head honcho, and was let go after going shirtless for a…

Welcome to Local Music ‘Mericans, where we get to know the people behind the scenes in Dallas/Fort Worth music. Jamie Kinser started booking shows after shaking hands with Ernest Tubb’s nephew, Lucky Tubb. Before long, a handshake turned into a partnership. Next thing you know, Kinser’s original endeavor of booking…

Welcome to Local Music ‘Mericans, where we get to know the people behind the scenes in Dallas/Fort Worth music. John Iskander was “at dinner with a priest” when he came up with the name Parade of Flesh, his one-man live music “boutique.” But it would be rather antiseptic to label…

Welcome to Local Music ‘Mericans, where we get to know the people behind the scenes in Dallas/Fort Worth music. Chris Galt isn’t always the most welcome person in a venue. He comes rolling in with his own console, often unplugging everything and rewiring the systems together just hours before a…

Welcome to Local Music ‘Mericans, where we get to know the people behind the scenes in Dallas/Fort Worth music. If you play your cards right with a local music venue, all you need is a huge picture window as your marketing tool. Certainly anyone who has strolled by LaGrange and…

Welcome to Local Music ‘Mericans, where we get to know the people behind the scenes in Dallas/Fort Worth music. It blogs. It books cool local music shows. It’s a must-follow Facebook and Twitter page. It promotes bands, free of charge. So what is Dallas Distortion Music, exactly? Essentially, DDM is…

Welcome to Local Music ‘Mericans, where we get to know the people behind the scenes in Dallas/Fort Worth music. Lee Russell has spent the last 27 years doing live sound at just about every major amphitheater in the country, traveled the world with some really big productions, and is the…

Welcome to Local Music ‘Mericans, where we get to know the people behind the scenes in Dallas/Fort Worth music. Who is Kim Finch? Hell if she knows. She’d pour you a nice shot if you could help her figure that out. Finch was once “Puncho Villa” in the Assassination City…

Welcome to Local Music ‘Mericans, where we get to know the people behind the scenes in Dallas/Fort Worth music. Alex Gerst has been mixing some of the best (and most historic) Dallas rock for well over a decade now. On Fair To Midland’s latest LP, Arrows and Anchors, you can…

Welcome to Local Music ‘Mericans, where we get to know the people behind the scenes in Dallas/Fort Worth music. Ever look up at apartments above some of our local bars and wonder who the hell lives there? Meet Ilona Scheel, who resides just above Expo Park’s Amsterdam Bar. No, she’s…

Welcome to Local Music ‘Mericans, where we get to know the people behind the scenes in Dallas/Fort Worth music. Josh Baish is the head honcho at Denton’s Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios, perhaps one of the most important venues in DFW’s music scene since opening in 1997. Baish owes its success…

Welcome to Local Music ‘Mericans, where we get to know the people behind the scenes in Dallas/Fort Worth music. Annie Karundethu runs a small but passionate organization called Local Euphoria, comprised of a couple folks who want to expose local talent and contribute to charity at the same time. She’s…

Welcome to Local Music ‘Mericans, where we get to know the people behind the scenes in Dallas/Fort Worth music. Vince and Dawn Barnhill have been running Universal Rehearsal since 1987, five years before they tied the knot. Over that time, they’ve hosted rehearsals by Erykah Badu, The Dixie Chicks, Miranda…

Welcome to Local Music ‘Mericans, where we get to know the people behind the scenes in Dallas/Fort Worth music. Drue Mitchell has worked for 97.1 KEGL in promotions, as on-air jock at (old frequency) 94.5 KDGE and 89.7 KVRK, and now does television for a Christian music network in Los…

Welcome to Local Music ‘Mericans, where we get to know the people more behind the scenes in Dallas/Fort Worth local music. Local Music ‘Mericans officially debuted on November 16, 2010. Close enough for rock and roll, as far as some sort of an anniversary commemeration is concerned, right? Our first…

Welcome to Local Music ‘Mericans, where we get to know the people more behind the scenes in Dallas/Fort Worth local music. Tom Morningstar’s art can be seen adorning the walls of a few Gaston-area spots of Deep Ellum: The Elbow Room, Big-E’s Convenience Store (killers tacos there, by the way),…

Welcome to Local Music ‘Mericans, where we get to know the people more behind the scenes in Dallas/Fort Worth local music. When it comes to local music scene contributors, Andy Odom is one for whom we made the call to bend the behind-the-scenes rule of this column slightly on his…

Welcome to Local Music ‘Mericans, where we meet some of the people behind the local music scene — those who aren’t necessarily members of bands, but make the scene move. Bear Claw’s family is part of the Kiowa Indian tribe up in Oklahoma. He works nights as a bouncer at…

Welcome to Local Music ‘Mericans, where we meet some of the people behind the local music scene — those who aren’t necessarily members of local bands, but more the people who make the scene move. Back in the day, Paul Quigg played in some amazing and important local music acts…