Folks rarely visit an About Page unless they want answers to one or more of the following questions:

1. Do we know you by any other name?
2. Are you a privately-owned foundation funded in whole or in part by Monsanto?
3. Are you paid to do this?

Rest assured: no. No. And no. By all means there is cash flow involved, but the stream is only moving one way, and that is in the wrong direction.

We’re small, and size matters. Our site is about eighteen months old now. It’s Dallas-based, but please keep reading anyway. Contributors are Patrick, Desiree, Amber and Fred. Patrick and Amber have performed live in one capacity or another. Desiree is an umpteenth-generation music snob. Fred used to listen to Dolly Parton on eight-track. Are you starting to get the picture?

Personality quirks, musical preferences and brief bios are as follows:

Patrick (contact him here): force-fed The Four Seasons, The Bee Gee’s and Ray Charles until he could walk. (That’s Stevie Wonder in our logo, by the way. Just sayin!) Started spending his allowance on grunge, then metal, punk, acoustic singer/songwriter, and finally settling on the good stuff once his taste buds were fully formed. His specialty is straight-up twelve-noon indie rock. First concert: Korn. First love: crossword puzzles.

Desiree (contact her here): music is in the blood. Grandma ran a radio station, dad hired on as disc jockey. She disclaims any musical specialty, and we believe her. Quote of the day: “If radio were a genre, that would be about the only genre I’d refuse to listen to.” Loves live music. Is about to see her 100th show. (Not the numerical benchmark it seems, “Her 100th Show” is actually an old, forgotten TV show starring Jill Clayburgh.)

Amber (contact her here): raised on a steady diet of Led Zep, Joni Mitchell, and Aretha Franklin. She insists that Barbara Streisand once embodied “cool” and claims to have the evidence to prove it. In time Amber fronted “a bluesy folksy” ensemble based in Austin, but now mostly sings alongside the Eminem and Adele blasting from her computer speakers. Still owes The Muse in Music finders fees for tracks by Bon Iver, The Irrepressibles and Jesca Hoop. She is working off that debt by helping us with interviews, artwork, photography, and keeping Fred from posting about Hydrogen Pellets.

Fred (contact him here): responsible for noise rock and the About Page, meaning he is honor-bound to spend all of his jokes on the other participants and leave the table scraps for himself. Discovered Carlos Suarez and doesn’t let anyone forget it. Will throw a mandatory staff party the first time one of his posts reaches 1,000 views, so, please, don’t read. Not that you would have, anyway.