Soundwave: 1733 Purpose

First and foremost this magazine is in the realm of pseudo-journalism that I would like to call objective opinionated analysis. To summarize, this is NOT a journal designed for the following:

Hit pieces
Slander
Album Reviews
Fluff pieces
Drama
Other Bullshitery

This music journal is intended to spotlight artists, venues, music related shops and festivals. All through first hand accounts as much as possible, my descriptive analysis and thoughts on live shows, albums, merchandise, tours and more. This is no way meant to pit artists or groups against each other but rather to give some sort of meeting place for the Kearney area to distribute the work through a print and online magazine.

In my descriptions I will be analyzing current performers’ aesthetics and art direction in reference to artists in music history, both underground and legendary. NEVER is an article intended to be taken as gospel or “The Final Word” on anything, but only taken as a means to participate in a conversation.

Before I go, here is a bit about me. I myself have traveled the world for about 28 years, and fancy myself an amateur music historian. I will die on the hill that I am a 90’s kid since I was born in ‘94! Moving on, I grew up in San Antonio surrounded by Hispanic culture and music, yesterday’s and today’s. My old friends and I, a band called Good City Modern (check socials) used to hang out in the music scene of SATX, ATX and I would frequent trips to Houston; all for concerts and networking. Throughout my time in Texas I have become great friends with many musicians in all ranges of age, and always found a thirst to know how music was made, marketed and remembered through the history of man.

My mother has recently retired from her role as Director of The Music Therapy Department at the San Antonio State School and my father is an alumni of the International School of Bangkok of which he toured with a group known as The Young Internationals, which serves similar in vein to a USO show, hold the American patriotism. I will also state that I am nowhere near as practiced as any of the musicians I will write about, which is why I don’t feel it’s my place to criticize up and coming artists. I have my preferences as anyone else would; my style boundaries are well defined, but my perspective is open.

My aim is to place Kearney Nebraska and its (re) emerging music scene on the map and help our community create an atmosphere that we are not only proud of, but proud to maintain. My focus is exclusively on Kearney for the time being, but we hope, through your readership, to expand further soon!