If you’ve been thinking about picking up Drumming for 2012, now is the time.

My very talented friend Sarah Wilson is offering up drum lessons here in the Atlanta area.

Atlanta Drum Lessons

Visit her page to learn about all the details.

Good day fellow interneteurs! I am here to tell you about Web Devils, my newest venture.

As I am sure you have noticed, not much action has been happening here on bretphillips.com, there is a good reason for that I have been working hard at getting everything together for the launch of the Web Development company Web Devils.

For as long as I have been on the internet(well over half of my lifetime) I have been putting together websites.  One of the first things I ever did was figure out how to get web hosting through my modem service provider and the URL was something like http://user.bellsouth.net/~username/bin/homepage/this/is/getting/rediculous.

My good friend and fellow Web Devils co founder Michael Ollinger has been right there with me doing the same thing.  We’ve started several online communities, built countless personal websites, blogs, profiles, etc. And now are coming together to use our expertise and help Your Small Businesses web presence.

Web Devils specializes in using WordPress websites, Search Engine Optimization, and Social Media to generate leads for you.

Below is a short listing of the services we offer.  For more information please visit http://webdevils.biz/services.

WordPress Development

- Thesis Theme Development
- Custom WordPress Themes
- WordPress Training

Social Media

- Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.
- Learn How To Use These Tools
- Increase Brand Awareness

Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

- Keyword Research
- SEO Copy Writing
- SEO Lessons

Band / Artists Package

- Custom WordPress Website – Customer Myspace Layouts – SPECIAL PRICING(Contact us to find out more)

Contact me today here or via Web Devils and lets talk about your next Web Presence!

A good friend of mine who runs a music blog called Shot From Guns has been using the ‘interview’ as a great source for material on his site.

So far he has interviewed some really great people from all over the world, and I am honored to have been asked to do this.

Anyways, without further a due, here is the link to the interview, enjoy!

“Read All About Him – Bret Phillips”

http://shotfromguns.wordpress.com/2010/03/10/read-all-about-him-bret-phillips/

Today I am launching the web presence for my recording studio, the Ozone Lair.  During the month of January, I have been putting together all the pieces required to really make this thing happen.

Over the past 3 years, many bands from all over the country have come through and recorded some fantastic music at the Ozone Lair, some of which you can hear by visiting the Portfolio page over at the Ozone website. Working with these bands has given me the hands on experience to use the knowledge that I have gained while being a student this world of audio.

Already in 2010 I have had the chance to record some old and new clients. As well I have been extremely fortunate to be introduced to a high level professional in the industry. This person is allowing me to sit in and learn from their years of experience which I am soaking up like a sponge.

Needless to say I am very excited about what this year has in store for the Lair, and I hope that you can be a part of it as well.

What can you do? Some very easy things, and while I certainly do not expect you to do all of these, I am definitely not apposed to the idea…

• Sign Up for the mailing list
• Follow the Ozone Lair on Twitter
• Become a Fan of the Ozone Lair on Facebook
• Add to Friends the Ozone Lair on Myspace
• Tell your friends and family!

Word of mouth and getting that ‘warm contact’ has definitely been the key to meeting and working with all of the artists that I’ve had the pleasure to record, so please keep my service in mind

To everyone that has supported me in this endeavour thus far, please know that I appreciate it more than you might know. Without the support of my own family and friends I would not be able to follow this path and do the things that I love to do.

If you have not heard about Pandora yet, it is time that you check it out.

Pandora.com is a serviced based on the Music Genome Project.

I have been listening to Pandora for a few years now and it continues to get better and broader.

Today I wanted to talk about the holiday stations.  Typically around this time of year one would need to either play from their own collection of holiday jams, be it CD’s, records, MP3s, etc., or they would need to tune into that one radio station in the city playing all holiday jams exclusively.

Sometimes though, especially from personal experience, this is not enough.

For one thing, the holiday jams on the radio are the same holiday jams I’ve been hearing on that station since I was just a tiny little tot.  Don’t get me wrong, they are good jams but there e so many other takes on those jams available, why not mix it up some?

As for my own personal collection of holiday music, I will always fancy it.  It continues to grow every year and I definitely play MY favorites from it annually.  These might not be everyone elses favorites though…which is where Pandora comes in.

This year around December 1st, I went to Pandora.com and typed in “Chirstmas”.

As you can see there are at least 99 holiday stations ready for access.

I’ve have not nearly been through all of them, and to be honestly this year have mostly stuck to Jazz Holidays.  There are some real sleepy tunes that play there occasionally, but for the most part, it is some great jazz musicians playing some excellent holiday covers. I highly recommend you take a listen to that station stat.

I plan to do a future write up about Pandora as a whole, as I think it is a very interesting project and am very excited to see how far it has come in the time that it has been online, so stay posted.

B