Smartphone technology has become as ubiquitous as automobiles. In Austin, Texas, a city that is widely known as the “Live Music Capital of the World,” smartphones have been embraced by the music community not just as a way to document and promote, but to create music.
A rock guitarist, a horn player, and a solo artist explain.
Guitar Hero
Most rock musicians will tell you their career plan is pretty simple. They want to play, score a record deal, and get famous. Phoenix Steel Knight says his mission is to become a guitar god and change the face of music.
Knight, 18, plays in a rock band called Love Sing Dance (formerly known as Regret Roulette Reload). He started the band four years ago and has managed to play small venues in and around Austin. Since its inception, the group has been renamed more than once and has gone through about 40 personnel changes. Having been mainly composed of teenage musicians, Knight credits that for the ever-changing lineup. “They were high schoolers and didn’t know what they wanted to do in life,” he says.
