Wake Up With One of the Most Caffeinated Coffee Drinks in Dallas

One in three Americans does not get enough sleep, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Why get more sleep when you can send not-so-healthy amounts of caffeine coursing through your veins? The Dallas-Fort Worth coffee scene is well equipped to accommodate. If you find yourself in need…

Dallas Musicians Warn of Another Pay-to-Play Booking Agency

The latest show listings on its website are from 2016, so it is hard to tell if The Bar & Restaurant Society, a Los Angeles-based booking and promotions agency, is still in business. In any case, the agency has caused problems for artists throughout the years. The Dallas-Fort Worth area…

Are We Witnessing the Death of Objective Concert Photography?

For some up-and-coming bands, snapshots of their shows seem priceless. There is, for the most part, a symbiotic relationship between concert photographers — who offer free press, promotional material and a glimpse into the magic onstage — and the performers they shoot. Once these acts reach a certain level of stardom,…

5 Fight Nights You Don’t Want to Miss

With most people having access to the internet or pay-per-view, it is easy to access live fights wherever they occur. It’s easy, but not cheap. When pay-per-viewing a fight costs as much as $100, like the McGregor and Mayweather fight, fans might get more bang for their buck seeing these…

Toke It Up: 5 Songs By Dallas Musicians About Weed

Weed, the drug that remains in the same class as heroin, LSD and cocaine, has been a staple of the counterculture for decades. With a handful of states legalizing the substance in some way, the taboo behind smoking pot is beginning to dissolve. People have become accustomed to marijuana’s influence on…

Hey, Musicians, Don’t Be An Ass. Be Nice to Your Sound Guy.

David Wilson, sound engineer, venue manager and talent buyer for Double Wide, has always joked about teaching a class on stage etiquette. Hopefully, enough people will read this, and he won’t have to. “Don’t piss off the sound guy.” It’s a pretty common mantra in nearly every music scene. Most…