The blinding white lights shine on her face as she walks onto the stage. Sweat is raining from her body. The band behind her begins to play and Mary, the female vocalist, begins to sing. Mary had been looking into joining a band for some time. she went as far as to post an ad on Craigslist. However, ended up meeting her future band mates will working in a local karaoke bar.
I interview her about her experience as a musician in Albuquerque. I ask what drove her to become a musician in the first place. Mary states “I wanted to create something with meaning” viewing mainstream music as formulaic rather than creative. “It is used to dumb down the public and teaches kids to be egotistical”. As a mother, she wants