Survival is something that all bands struggle with. A lot of bands cover up and mask their mistakes pretending like they never happened. Instead of covering up the struggle for success, we are encouraging musicians to share their stories with each other.Continue Reading

Noise Pop is a yearly music festival that takes over a large number of the venues in San Francisco and Oakland. The Bay Area ignites with excitement each March when the festival begins with a mixer at The Academy of Science.Continue Reading

Founded by noise pop in 2007, treasure island music festival has been located on treasure island until this year when it was moved to middle harbor shoreline park. How long until the branding changes to reflect the location change? Formerly branded by its location on an island, the new location is huddled under the impressively tall...Continue Reading

This summer Balanced Breakfast has the pleasure of spending the week at Crown Guitar Workshop and Festival in Big Fork, Montana. We witnessed first hand the positive effect the festival had on guitar players looking to get better at their craftContinue Reading

For three days Gold Gate Park is the home of 5+ stages and more than 50,000 fans. The festival organizers do an amazing job of completely transforming and manipulating the park to accommodate the festival and its fansContinue Reading

I have been to a lot of music festivals. While most of them have been amazing, none of them have been as organized as High Sierra Music Festival. This is the 27th year that the festival has existed, and it shows. In addition to being a well-run festival, I also found the staff, musicians, and attendees...Continue Reading

When I turn off the freeway to enter the festival, I’m always excited to discover the upgrades introduced to the festivals flow. Each year the festival has discovered its problem areas and fixed themContinue Reading

ID10T was a nerd festival experiment that turned into a huge success. Chris Hardwick had the goal to create a new festival that featured music and comedy. I feel like he did that and more. The festival was a melting pot of nerdism. Attendees came from all parts of California to celebrate comic books, cosplay, stand up comedy, and...Continue Reading

All music industry professionals need to Eat, Sleep and Poop. Even the most hardcore band can only sustain a tour with minimal accommodations for so long. Eventually, everybody needs to sleep in a real bed, take a hot shower, and wash their stinky clothes. While on tour, one should attempt to eat healthy and get...Continue Reading

Any festival worth attending sets their standards then gets better with age. Phono Del Sol Food and Music Festival is a perfect example of this. Launched in 2011 by The Bay Bridged, a local 501C3 dedicated to covering trends in the Bay Area music scene, the festival stays true to its roots. From 1PM till 7PM attendees can...Continue Reading

The whole show felt like one long anthem ... each song kept building on the previous song. I was thrilled at the way Liam and his band brought so much energy to the stageContinue Reading

Balanced Breakfast Napa felt like a reminder to people of that scene that there is, in fact, a Napa scene. Breakfast felt like a rallying call to keep up the good fight. Sometimes it's helpful to see that were surrounded by other local musicians. You may not feel supported by your cities taste in music,...Continue Reading