I had no planned coverage until 4:00pm the first day to cover Paris Texas so my time was spent conversing with the other media members in attendance...

To say I was excited to see Tyler The Creator and Kendrick was an understatement...
My day started a bit earlier for day two - I headed in and immediately went to the merch stand to grab my buddy a shirt...
Tyler’s stage set modeled that of a junkyard with stacked cars and a crane dangling over his automobile perch. The LED background was filled with different scenes depicting a constant evolution of set and setting...
This show was on a Monday as well which I thought was funny that it was one of the most lit crowds I’ve seen this year...
After dropping the heartfelt track, 'Slow Dancing in The Dark,' it was apparent to myself and many others just how talented Joji was as an artist...
What the f*** do you mean - You don't wanna suck my nuts? What the f*** do you mean - You don't wanna suck my nuts?
Originally, it was just cool imagery. We found this vintage bunny on eBay, and it became a studio mascot. Then we said we should just make it the album cover because it's been through the whole ride.
Honestly, for this one, I don't have a ton aside from...
RANDOM

Over-classifying genres is incredibly interesting to me, although I greatly prefer creation of new terms instead of listing several things consecutively...

The intro to the set was one of my favorites I've ever seen and it is going to stick with me for months I am sure.

The concept for reverse nightmare tower was actually inspired by my friend who sent me an unpublished script/rough draft idea for a game/visual novel style thingy he was making...

Neupink is my tiny little noise rock slash digital punk slash diy slash whatever-I-feel-like-doing project that aims to explore whatever intense soundscapes I feel like

Right now, the norm is for labels to make decisions based on data. And they've all got access to more data than ever before, so it turns into a science. They look at the trajectory of streaming numbers and social media followings, and they avoid artist development...

Live Nation told me Daniel's first three songs of the set would be performed under a massive curtain. I knew this would be interesting...













