Marketing Lessons From Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Macklemore, an “overnight” sensation who has been working his craft for two decades, has remained staunchly “i-n-d-e-p-e-n-d-e-n-t.” For small shops, their approach to music, art and marketing can provide some valuable lessons.
Read More5 Songs From Utah Bands (For Wasatch Academy Family Winter Weekend)
These bands hail (or have a connection to) Utah. Enjoy while traveling our great state.
Read MoreRoad Beats: “California”
California, the ideal. California, the land of milk and honey and escaping the hell of urbanized middle America and everything becoming right. Sunshine and ocean and the green grass underfoot. Delta Spirit’s “California” treads this same ground, except the escape is a dream for another, for the woman the narrator loves and abuses and drags down. For the woman who fears escape for more than a moment. “I want you to move to California for yourself I want you to find whatever your heart needs I want you to move to California for yourself But not for me.” The words...
Read MoreHop & Bop: Winter Now
Hop Fall is in the air, but during the past week, it’s been winter in my pint glass. Last weekend, friends from Washington brought us a 24-pack of Deschutes Jubelale, one of my favorite Christmas beers. It’s pretty typical of the winter seasonals–in so much as it is Deschutes, one of the best microbreweries in the country–although less spicy than some of the bolder holiday recipes. Chocolate notes and roasted malts dominate the flavor pallet, with underlying hints of cloves, cinnamon and black licorice. All of the flavors are subtle, and the sweetness is not...
Read MoreHop & Bop: Oktoberfest
Hop Local breweries celebrate Oktoberfest, Utah-style and otherwise.— Two downtown breweries, Red Rock and Squatters, unveiled new beers this week to celebrate the arrival of fall and to commemorate the annual German beer festival. Both launched their Oktoberfest beers with food specials to match at the breweries. Squatters is having an Oktoberfest celebration this weekend, with food at the brewery to celebrate the release of their new Marzen. I haven’t tried it, so if anybody else has toss your thoughts in the comments. Red Rock is going Oktober-crazy, and actually has a...
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