We were lucky to catch up with William Moore recently and have shared our conversation below. Hi William, really happy you were able to join us today and we’re looking forward to sharing your story and insights with our readers. Let’s start with the heart of it all – purpose. How did you find your […]
Gretchen Ward Warren. “Woah,” I thought to myself. That’s a name I haven’t heard of for a long time. Before pursuing music, I started out acting in films and theatre. One of my first serious roles was when I was asked by a Dance Professor, Gretchen, to be an actor in the play she was […]
Death by Overkill has released our sophomore album, Come At Me, Bro. Not only is this album pure magic and fun but it will be the first album I’ve released on Vinyl. This is true for all 4 members. Between the lot of us, none of us have released Vinyl. To some, this is an […]
About a week ago the Portland Chinatown History Museum and Foundation asked if any of the members of The Slants had equipment they’d like to donate to their upcoming exhibit “What’s Worth the Fight: The History of The Slants.” There’s a chance that we will be performing at the exhibit in February 2025 but worst […]
I’ve been asked to serve on the Board of Directors for the Slants Foundation. I’ve spoken about my time playing lead guitar in The Slants. During those tours, we’d have long stretches of road to talk about the woes of keeping a day job while on tour and began brainstorming on how we could start […]
Weeeeell this should be most excellent! I was asked to be a Music judge for the Global Asian Creative Awards! There’s still time for any Asian filmmakers, screenwriters, artists, musicians, and writers to send out their submissions! And I shall gloriously judge yoooou! *cue evil laughter* Well, specifically I’ll be judging the music portion. You […]
January is always such a wild time of year. It’s great to reflect on what has passed and start gearing up for what the new year will bring. A few particular areas have been blossoming over these last few months. Death by Overkill (DBO) has set forth on tracking a full-length album called, “Come At […]
Reuniiited and it feeels so goooood! The Slants reunited to do some farewell performances and release The Band Plays On record. There’s a Spotify link to it on the side of this page. It was great to see everybody and to work on the songs. We swapped parts over the internet and exchanged files, leading […]
So much to share! The music mentor in me feels the need to remind people that it’s never too late to pick up new skills. I wanted to give an update on my drum journey and share some news about some developments. DRUMS! I started out with a midi kit which works well for recording but […]
Releases Got that pep in the step again! I’m very excited that The Adarna released our latest single “What’s Your Name” and is available to listen to now! Soon to follow in January we will be releasing Remastered versions of our debut 2 singles, “Honestly” and “Smell of Gasoline.” In a recent posting on The […]