570 Press PARS497

Alonna Weaver (Eyes of the World and 570 Press) sits down with Bill to discuss the 570 scene and her band.

Segment 1 with 570 Press

  • Why is your Web ‘Zine called 570 Press? What would you call what you do?
  • Tell me a little bit more about the area that you support, what is it about that area that has you wanting to support the music scene?
  • What are some bands that we should check out?
  • If you were going to create a band from the local scene to manage, who would be in your band?
  • If you could sit on a bench for a hour and discuss music with any musician, who would it be and what would you discuss?
  • If you could pick one album to erase from your memory and hear it for the first time again, which album would you choose?
  • What is something about the 570 scene that you love and one thing you want to change about it?
  • Where did you go to college?
  • How did your affiliation with DI Records come about?

Segment 2 with Alonna

  • If you were given an “Almost Famous” assignment, which band would you want to follow and write about for a magazine?
  • What is something that someone in the music scene would be surprised to learn about you?
  • Tell me about an embarrassing moment that you or a bandmate had on stage?
  • If a band from my side off the state came to your side of the state, what venues should they play?
  • Tell me about the moment that you realized that you wanted to be in a band.
  • There’s a catastrophic event that wipes out almost all the humans on earth, which 2 bands from the 570 area code should survive?
  • If you had to pick your favorite music website, what would it be?
About the Author
Bill is a teacher by day and webmaster by night. Bill started working with bands and their online presence in 1995. He founded AK Music Scene in February of 2004 and the Pennsylvania Rock Show followed shortly after in September of 2004. In October of 2016, he founded Podcast your Scene Bill hopes that his websites help the bands around the world get their music heard. Unsigned music creates signed music, and there are a lot of bands out there that deserve a shot at that. In late 2017, Bill started his 4th unsigned music website, www.buildthescene.com