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Author and Staff Coordinator: Mallory Douglas
Mallory loves to cover the Jam Band, Rock, Ska and even Bluegrass genres for the Seven Cities as she leads Hampton Roads Team33!
Authors
Author: Jazzarae Mitchell
Jazzarae Mitchell is a San Diego, CA native raised in New Jersey and currently residing in Virginia. An outgoing artist, Jazzarae does everything from dressmaking/fashion design, home décor creations, painting, poetry, to music. This ambitious young lady has attended Carolina School of Broadcasting, as well as Norfolk State University where she is studying Fine Arts with a minor in Business. Jazzarae has written for several publications as well as having the opportunity to work for an array of radio stations on the east coast. Which has lead to a healthy relationship with many major record labels. Jazzarae is also the Founder and Co-Owner of the hottest recording studio in Virginia called "Music Theory" MusicTheoryStudios.com.
Author: Buddy Mars
Buddy Mars is a singer, songwriter, guitarist, and front man of Rebel Rock band Under The Bridge. After spending years playing venues throughout the United States, he has come to Magazine33 to give insight on the life of an underground musician.
Author: Cassandra Gibson
Cassandra is an aspiring writer and an enthusiast of words, music, and traveling. By the age of 5 she lived in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Iceland. Four years later, she moved to upstate New York, where she embraced her inspiration to write. She has since attended Jefferson Community College while working on her Associates in Business Administration and Eastern Nazarene College to work on her Bachelors in English. She joined the U.S. Navy in 2006, and serves in Norfolk, Virginia as an IT. She has published poetry at a very young age, performed in readings for her college open mic nights, and is now taking on the art of journalism and screenplay writing; as well as traveling Europe and the Middle East. An assortment of music has served as inspiration to this young writer. Artists include everyone from Louis Armstrong, John Legend, and J. Holiday to Atreyu, Sublime, 30 Seconds to Mars, and Journey. Her eclectic collection of writings is comprised of authors such as F. Scott Fitzgerald, Nicholas Sparks, Walt Whitman, and Simon R. Green. Cassandra maintains her stride towards her passion for writing and hopes to be an addition to her assorted collection of authors someday.
Author: Dorian Wright
Dorian Wright has lived in Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Japan, and finally Virginia, where he's resided for nine years. He recently graduated from Christopher Newport University with a major in English, concentration in journalism, and a minor in Spanish. Dorian recently started freelancing writing articles about local theater, restaurants, and most recently local music. Some of his favorite musicians are Jamiroquai, Jurassic 5, Sade, the Clipse, Led Zepplin, Gustav Von Holst, and the Budos Band.
Author: Erin Murphy-Hicks
Erin is a 22-year-old, happily married to her husband Richard. Together, they have two beautiful little girls, Rien and Bristol. Erin and Richard live in Norfolk. Erin was born in Oklahoma, adopted at six years old, and was raised, alongside her younger sister Shannon, in Boise, Idaho by her parents Marty and Linda Murphy.
Growing up, Erin traveled the world with her parents, visiting places such as Papua, New Guinea, Australia, and the Dominican Republic. After graduating from Centennial High School in Boise, Idaho, she served three years in the Coast Guard and was based on the CGC Midgett out of Seattle, Washington. During this time she circumnavigated the world, visiting several countries. She is now a stay at home mom who enjoys journalism and music. Erin aspires to one day be a traveling journalist for the military.
Author: Monet Freeman
Monet Freeman hails from Virginia Beach, and has her roots dug deep into music. Most of her childhood was spent singing in the church choir, Voices of Tomorrow in Elementary School, and Chorus in middle school. By the time she reached high school she found that her calling was not in the spotlight but behind the scenes. Finding comfort in journalism she began to write poetry and raps to help cope with the growing pains of life. Now she has found that the best way to find herself is in the service of others, thus leading her to aid the exposure of others who are finding their way in the music industry. With her loves of fashion, cosmetology, photography, writing and music, she feels there is no better way to live than with her heart planted in hip hop.
Author: Ryan Mason
Ryan Mason was born in Hampton in 1989. He grew up listening to the generic bands on the radio before discovering classic rock and expanding his horizons. Now you'll find him listening to just about anything, from Pink Floyd to The Sound of Animals Fighting. Naturally this lead to him playing music himself, and he is the proud owner of a Gibson SG and a 5 string bass guitar. Unfortunately he sucks at them both, but hey, there is always Magazine 33! Some other bands he likes are Stiff Little Fingers, the Velvet Underground, Bob Dylan, Incubus, Hendrix, Lamb of God, The Doors and the Gorillaz.
Photographer: Thomas Gordon
Thomas is an ex-New Yorker (who still can't yet bear to call himself a Virginian) and an escapee from the world of contract negotiations who was lucky enough to find his passion as a self taught freelance stock/commercial photographer. He is currently an exclusive photographer with Istockphoto as well as an approved contributor for Getty Images, and is always looking for that next model or cool concept. You can find Thomas online at GordonsLifePhoto.com
Photographer: Ben Dejaeger
Ben Dejaeger has wanted to do something music related for some time now and actually plays some keyboard and organ. Skateboarding and travel have really influenced his music perceptions, making him pretty open-minded to a variety of music. Some of Ben's favorites are Radiohead, The Kinks, MGMT, Of Montreal, The Doors, George Harrison, and Passion Pit.
Photographer: Daniel Morris
Daniel's hobbies include photography, music, cars, and skating. His favorite bands include The Devil Wears Prada, A Day to Remember, We Came As Romans, Asking Alexandria, and Our Last Night. Photography has been a growing passion of his for roughly two years now. One of Daniel's goals is to actually do an article for Honda Tuning.
Photographer: James Holt
James has lived in the Hampton Roads area his whole life. He became a father at seventeen years young, so his teenage years were cut short. Though he aspires to go to college, life keeps him busy. James is very open-mided when it comes to music; enjoying Punk Rock, Blues, Reggae, Bluegrass, Ska, and underground Hip-Hop, including much more. He is always interested in exploring unique and talented bands.
Photographer: Kim Giffin
Born on 7/7 in Honolulu, Hawaii, Kimberly is taking a breather after a tempestuous and fruitful 30 years thus far to include the making and baking of three handsome young men (Sky/6, Dane/2, Gavin/1). She is excited about her most recent new conquests: photography for Magazine33, and skating as a fresh meat with the Dominion Derby Girls! Her daily grind includes grooming dogs and shaving cats with Petsmart (in Chesapeake), where she's been for over ten years. She considers herself to be "Earthy" and a believer of all things common~sensical. Her favorite concert is a toss-up between Paul Simon and White Zombie, and you'll never catch her at a horror flick! Also please note that she is shy in large crowds and would love it if you would come up and introduce yourself ~ thanks!
Photographer: Lauren Nicolaus
Lauren Nicolaus is a photographer from Virgina Beach who dabbles in many other forms of art. However music is her greatest passion. She EATS SLEEPS BREATHES music.You can find her at shows, she'll be the one screaming her lungs out. You can check out her photography portfolio online... LaurenNicolausPhotography.webs.com
Photographer: Michael Farley
Michael grew up on 16th and 26th Streets at the beach and went to school with a bunch of local talent. He knew the owners of a lot of the area businesses, as he used to service restaurant equipment. Michael used to love to ride the old roller coaster at Ocean View Park, or just hang out at Seaside Park. He was a short order cook on the 15th Street Pier and Ocean Eddies, where he has met and made a lot of his musician friends.