Greetings,

We're happy to announce a new monthly interview column by Nikki O'Neill called One-on-One. Each month we'll provide an interview with a musician or industry luminary that will hopefully lend insight into this ever-changing business that we are all involved in.

Nikki is a singer, songwriter and guitar player in Los Angeles. She's the front person for the Nikki O'Neill Band, an original rock and soul outfit. Nikki is also the founder of Women's School of Rock, teaching guitar, bass and songwriting. Her teaching brought her to Sweden as a guest instructor at an all-female rock college, and she taught the only university-level class in the U.S. on women's contemporary rock and blues guitar at The New School in New York City.

This month Nikki talks with drummer/author/teacher Bobby Borg about the new and revamped edition of his book "The Musician's Handbook." Borg was part of the major label rock group Beggars Thieves (1991-Atlantic Records), Warrant (1996/1997-BMG/CMC Records), and his own group, Left For Dead (1997- Alpha Music). He currently resides in Los Angeles, California where he regularly speaks on panels at UCLA, The California Lawyers For The Arts at Pepperdine University, Taxi, and several other major organizations. You can read the interview at: http://www.onlinerock.com/interview/bobby_borg.shtml

ONLINEROCK BLOG - As both a fan and a musician involved with many aspects of the industry, I will try to post when I am inspired to do so. These tend to be my random thoughts, ideas and ramblings. As always, I welcome your comments: http://www.onlinerock.com/blog/stevebeck/

ANNOUNCE IT ANNOUNCEMENTS:

BAND NAME: Natasha Borzilova
DESCRIPTION: "CHEAP ESCAPE" is the long awaited first solo project by Natasha Borzilova, former lead singer & acoustic guitarist of the Grammy nominated band Bering Strait from Obninsk, Russia. The band was formed in Russia as a group of classically trained child prodigies and the public became familiar with them when 60 Minutes did a feature piece on them that aired three times. Borzilova has written all eleven tunes here & her music takes on a personal tone with thought provoking metaphors & truly unique melodies influenced by years of classical and jazz training as a guitarist & vocalist. With a natural gravitation toward nuance in her lyrics, one would be hard pressed to believe English is not her first language. "Cheap Escape" is a stylistic hybrid, a fusion of diverse musical influences, an intensely personal journey laced with raw emotions & delivered with such sincerity, passion and sometimes heartbreaking vulnerability that the listener can't help but to be drawn in. Each musical story is like a glimpse into a young woman's life and Borzilova's ability to create intensity without seeming melodramatic, and to write sophisticated songs while being completely accessible, makes her perspective truly engaging in this first solo effort.
CONTACT INFORMATION: http://www.natashaborzilova.com
DATE: April 21, 2008

ANNOUNCE IT - Do you have a CD or a gig you would like to announce to thousands of musicians and music fans? OnlineRock regularly sends out a newsletter to its members. Nearly 30,000 bands and solo artists have registered at our site. The number of members is growing rapidly, as are the services, features and information OnlineRock offers them. For only $25.00 you can add your announcement to our newsletter. http://www.onlinerock.com/announceit

FREE MP3 DOWNLOAD - Lucky, the title of Nada Surf's fifth album, is at once literal and ironic. Like the songs that singer-guitarist Matthew Caws, bassist Daniel Lorca and drummer Ira Elliot crafted for their previous two albums, let go (2003) and the weight is a gift (2005), lucky is filled with images of restlessness, longing and the elusiveness of love. Yet the band counterbalances the lyrical bitter sweetness with musical buoyancy. Download "See These Bones" along with other music at: http://www.onlinerock.com/partners/freedownload.shtml

CD REVIEWS - Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, along with Ida, Kyle Andrews and others are featured this month under our CD Review section. If you have a new release, send it in to OnlineRock for consideration. These reviews are perfect for your press kit or web site. To submit your CD or read the latest reviews, just go to: http://www.onlinerock.com/CDreview/

FEATURED ARTIST PROFILE - Our Featured Artist this month is Dawn Landes. I saw her perform at SXSW this year and she was one of the standouts. Dawn began work as an engineer alongside artists such as Ryan Adams, Philip Glass & Joseph Arthur in between open mics and work shifts at the Non-Imperialist Bookstore. Download a song and check out her profile at: http://www.onlinerock.com/profiles/dawn_landes_profile.shtml

GEAR CORNER - This month we give a little love to the drummers in the world by featuring the Zildjian Super Cymbal Bag. This bag has 3 fabric dividers to protect your cymbals. Holds up to 24"-diameter cymbals in zippered compartment and up to 16" diameter in the side pocket. Also has drumstick compartment. Zildjian Cymbal Bag also has hand and shoulder straps for your convenience. Check it out at: http://www.onlinerock.com/mf_store/acces..._Bag_545402.htm

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Cheers!

Steve Beck
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