Music is a pretty amazing part of the universe. It has so many pathways to express what it means to be a part of the human condition. I’ve been thinking a lot about the different ways we connect with music, and why we all have such a different musical taste. There are a lot of influences to what shapes our personal taste in the songs we love; culture, religion, emotional state of being…the list could go on and on! For this blog post I decided to narrow my field down to just t

Well hi everyone! It’s been a minute hasn’t it? This summer definitely flew by before I realized, “oh wow I haven’t sat down to the Flat Iron Blog lately”. Well it feels good to be back! Even though the summer was fast burning as they always are; barely giving us Midwesterners time to put our winter boots away before it’s over—it sure had a great soundtrack! From favorite bands putting out new albums, to discovering new bands I hadn’t previously listened to, here is a highli

For this week's Staff Pick Playlist, we enlisted our studio intern, Wyatt Fenner to curate a playlist, and share a little about what initially ignited his passion for music. Wyatt has been an intern here at Flat Iron Recording for the last three years, and a student of ours (Rock School and private lessons) since he was ten years old. We love having him as a part of the Flat Iron family, and can't wait to see where his talent and creativity take him in life. Wyatt Fenner, 201

My dad is the king of music trivia in our house. from humming melodies and asking, "name that tune!" to playing songs that have a suspiciously familiar melody and saying, "now what does that sound like?" Not a week goes by without some form of music trivia. recently, I was cleaning up around the studio and singing, Make you feel my love by Adele, and out popped dad saying, "did you know that's a Bob Dylan song?" Which I indeed did not know, (But honestly who's surprised, he's

Hey, we made it around the sun once again! I hope 2017 treated you well, and if it didn't, I'll join you in being super excited for a fresh new year. 2017 was an awesome year for music. so many talented artists put out some really great albums, and it was hard to stay on top of my listening game! I'm always hunting for new music, and 2017 was chock full of new discoveries for me. this list could go on and on, but I decided to share my favorite top 5 artists I started listenin

Image source: facebook.com/noahgundersenmusic/ A lot of great music has come out this year, but I think it’s safe to say my favorite new album of 2017 dropped the first day of fall, and I’ve listened to it daily since its release. That album would be White Noise by Noah Gundersen. Noah Gundersen has been one of my favorite artists since 2010, when his music was coffee shop folk with deep and honest lyrics. In the seven years I have been listening to his music, Gundersen has m

Photos by Sarah Miller I don’t know about you, but sharing music with people is one of my favorite human experiences. I binge listen to music like people binge watch Netflix. If you let me, I could talk endlessly about whatever I’m currently listening to. It occurred to me it would be really fun to combine my two favorite things: music and writing—and thus, this blog was born! Every other Wednesday you’ll find a variety of music related posts like: new album reviews, old favo