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I’ve read countless articles on Medium about “How To” make hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars on this platform each month. I appreciate and enjoy all of them. What seems to be lacking however is the more realistic, less extravagant, and infinitely more attainable, “How to earn $1 to $5…

Writing poetry or articles, as I’ve been doing weekly (sometimes daily) here on Medium for the past year, is a lot easier than writing an entire piece about myself…but here goes! Hi, my name is Rob Janicke. I was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York but don’t have the…

Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), the debut album of Hip-Hop pioneers, Wu-Tang Clan, continues to influence nearly three decades after its release — “Wu-Tang Clan ain’t nuthin ta fuck wit Wu-Tang Clan ain’t nuthin ta fuck wit Wu-Tang Clan ain’t nuthin ta fuck wit” November 9, 1993, is one of the most important dates in music history. It was right in the heart of the early 90s musical and cultural revolution when it…

Fort Worth rock veterans owned the crowd at The Stone Pony in Asbury Park, New Jersey (10/21/22) — At the height of the 90s grunge/alternative revolution, the world was focused on the music emanating from the rainy Pacific Northwest, namely Seattle. Almost 2,100 miles away in sunny Fort Worth, Texas, music fans were privy to a diamond in the rough known as the Toadies. Made up of four…

My conversation with Hip-Hop producer and Ph.D., Configa — Artistry comes in many forms. Technical skill, hours, years of practice in your field, DNA from creative parents, and many other places. The most important place, though is from your gut. The love and passion you have for something will always outweigh everything else. Don’t get me wrong, skill, practice…

Those pops and hisses you hear when you drop the needle on the record are anticipatory bliss — Listening to music is supposed to be a contact sport. If you don’t feel anything, you’re dead. You want “flawless” sound, instant gratification, and seamless transitions from one song to the next? It’s not music you want, it’s a digital wasteland masquerading as music. Be gone. The experience goes like…

The Menzingers at Starland Ballroom 4/2/22 — Let’s go back a bit, shall we? The date was March 11. 2020 and my life (and everyone else’s) was about to look radically different. You’d think this sentence is going to be about the Covid-19 pandemic, but it’s not. At least not yet. If we turn the calendar back…