Made In America - CONNECTIONS, "Body Language" (2013)

Being prolific in the music business is no easy task, well, it's no easy task for most. Look at Frank Zappa's sixty plus albums during his career, and I've still only listened to Freak Out! and maybe one of the fifteen albums he released posthumously. So I should really change my opening to something along the lines of being a music factory is one thing, turning out quality product worth a listen is the difficult part.

Columbus, Ohio's Connections are off to a pretty good start. Seven months detached from their debut album Private Airplane, Connections are back with their second effort Body Language, out on Anyway Records. They are also rumored to be studio bound to begin work on a third album to be released some time in the new year. That's a lot of music in such a short time but Connections seem to be on top of their quality control department.

Made In America - MONSTER RALLY "Return To Paradise" (2013)

The career I've had for the past 17 years comes with an unstable work schedule. Sometimes I work days, sometimes I work nights. Sometimes the work is incredibly hectic and I'll work weeks without a day off and somRtimes there is mind-numbing downtime where I think I've reached the outer limits of surfing the internet. It's the nights that I often enjoy the most though. In the quiet darkness, without the usual distractions of daylight activity, the nights seem to last forever. During that time I'll usually catch up on paperwork or reading, but I'll always have music playing in the background. For me, the night time is the right time to discover new music.