Email Author Joshua McNichols

2008 Stories by Joshua McNichols

• Day Job: Kym Tuvim

  published July 23, 2008

  Kym Tuvim never wanted to be a piano teacher. Once when she was a music student in college, her dad came to visit."We were having dinner... More >>

• Dread the Office, Not the Music

  published June 4, 2008

  Dawud Raamah is a musician. But he kept the fact hidden from his family for over a year. They thought he was only a dentist.Raamah's... More >>

• Driving a Bus, and Driving the Band

  published May 28, 2008

  Like most drummers, Steve Smith carries around a spare set of drumsticks. He whips them out and plays a rockabilly beat on the steering wheel... More >>

• Bimbo's Refried Robot is Your Tiny Viper

  published May 7, 2008

  Jesy Fortino makes music under the name Tiny Vipers. But to pay the bills, she slops beans at Bimbo's."You just use the spoons, and... More >>

• RA Scion: The Dog-Sitting MC

  published April 30, 2008

  Most people know RA (real name: Ryan Abeo) as half of the hip-hop group Common Market. But in one condo building on Capitol Hill, he's known as... More >>

• Backstage By Day, Onstage By Night

  published April 23, 2008

  Michael Moore plays cello with the Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra. The group includes all kinds of people. There are French teachers and public... More >>

• Kristine Evans: Turntables by night

  published April 2, 2008

  "Usually I'm a pretty hyperactive person," says Kristine Evans. "The first album I released is called Ichibiri. That's Japanese slang... More >>

• Flipped From Art to Music

  published February 20, 2008

  In college, Whiting Tennis majored in painting. And while a career as a visual artist is hard enough, Tennis felt even more conflicted when his... More >>

• Creating Silence By Day

  published January 30, 2008

  "Music is just one of those things that's going constantly through your head," says Colin Wolberg. "Practicing and going over things in your... More >>