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We currently ARE looking for new writers/contributors and photographers! If you think that you have what it takes to write or shoot for MYGLOBALMIND, send us an application with information about you, plus at least two positive and two negative reviews (never can hurt to send more) to [email protected] or via our contact form and see, if you can dazzle us with your brilliance If you are serious about this and about being a steady contributor to our site don’t miss this great opportunity to hear great music, meet great bands and be part of the ROCK!!!

What you need:

• Extensive knowledge of many sub genres of Rock and Metal

• Very good knowledge of the English language in spoken and written form

• Commitment and dedication

• Ability to work organized

• Good time management

• Ability to follow existing rules and privacy policies

• Ability and willingness to continuously contribute over a longer period of time

• Experience with other magazines is no disadvantage

• High-speed internet connection preferred

What you get:

• An international team of readers and contributors that write for fans

• The chance to interact internationally with fans and also musicians

• The chance to find new bands and sounds

• The chance to support bands and labels worldwide

• The chance to write for an internationally acclaimed online magazine that averages at around 20,000 visits and more than 400,000 page views as well as over 700,000 hits each month.

Please keep in mind that it is not as easy as some might think to write fair reviews on a constant basis, also with deadlines as well, especially as there also will be CDs that are just plain bad or simply mediocre, but still require as much attention as others… We receive a LOT of promos every month, so we will be keeping you busy on a pretty constant basis, but we try to cater to your tastes as best as possible.

MEET OUR STAFF

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Denys Jaime – USA

Founder/CEO/Editor-in-Chief

Welcome to Myglobalmind Magazine we are one of the premier online magazines in the genres of Hard Rock and Heavy Metal. We have been around since our humble beginnings in 2007 and risen from the ashes of past great online magazines, as a huge fan of theirs myself I always appreciated them introducing us to great new bands and acts. As the site’s founder and Editor in Chief, I’ve had the pleasure to work and meet great artists from around the globe as well as the honor to work with supremely talented staff of writers, photographers and live gig reporters that make our global mag a total success. This enterprise has been a dream come true for a Rock fan like myself. Our goal on MGM is to keep exposing and keeping alive the TRUE ROCK spirit and as the wind changes we keep the old creed alive here, and that is “ROCK WILL NEVER DIE”. We welcome you to our space and hope you will keep reading us and supporting our bands and music. Thank you and Rock On!!!

Favorite Bands: Kamelot, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Queensryche, Evergrey, Redemption, Gotthard, Dokken, Whitesnake, Danger Danger, FM, Stryper, Dio, Journey, Riot

Films: Matrix Trilogy, Memento, Apocalypse Now.

Books: George Orwell’s (1984}, Isacc Asimov (The Foundation Trilogy), Dante’s Inferno – Divine Comedy, Tim Powers (The Anubis Gate)

Actor/Actress: Jack Nickolson, Al Pacino

 

 

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Adrian Hextall – UK

UK Editor-in-Chief

Attended first gig in July 1989 to see Dare (Darren Wharton ex Thin Lizzy) at the Derby Rockhouse in the heart of England. Since then I’ve seen everything from Journey to Slayer (with a few tangents on the way). In 2007 I was lucky enough to be able to join the London Rock n Roll Fantasy Camp and got to play with Jack Bruce (Cream), Bruce Kulick (Kiss) , Jon Lord (Deep Purple), Randy Bachman (BTO) , Bill Wyman (Rolling Stones) and more. We also recorded tracks at London’s famous Abbey Road studios and played live in Liverpool at the Cavern Club… definitely the week of a lifetime.

I have a real taste for Scandinavian rock music and would highlight bands such as Crashdiet, Reckless Love, Crazy Lixx, Santa Cruz, H.E.A.T as standard bearers for fantastic hard rock music.

I’ve lost track of the actual number of gigs attended to date but with the advent of technology and the reduced restrictions around photography and video recording I now use the internet to keep track of everything I see. Find me on Facebook and check out my HEXMEX100 profile on YouTube.

My first review\photopass for Myglobalmind was in 2013 covering Crashdiet and Jettblack on a co-headlining tour. I now have ‘the bug’ and cannot wait for the next assignment to come in.

Favourite Bands: “(I live and breathe) Def Leppard”, Gamma Ray, Helloween, Within Temptation, Nightwish, Reckless Love, Crashdiet, Motley Crue, Accept, Airbourne, Alice Cooper, Asia, Bad Religion, Bloodbound, Bon Jovi, Dan Reed, Doro , Dragonforce, Europe, Firehouse, FM, Ghost, Ginger Wildheart, The Wildhearts, Gotthard, Green Day, Hammerfall, Hinder, Jettblack, Judas Priest, Kiss, Kix, LA Guns, Leatherwolf, Linkin Park, Lordi, Manowar, Masterplan, Orden Ogan, The Poodles, Powerwolf, Pink Cream 69, Primal Fear, Q5 (remember them ??) , Queensryche, Rammstein, Shinedown, Slash, Steel Panther, Ten, Treat, Turisas, W.A.S.P.

Genres..? So long as it sounds good, I like it.

 

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Chris Martin – USA

Senior Staff Writer

I have been listening to hard rock/heavy metal since I was 5 when I was listening to LP’s of KISS, Alice Cooper, Black Sabbath, and The Beatles. As the years progressed I became a voracious listener of so many different bands and styles. My love and passion for music extended to live shows where in 1984 I saw my first concert KISS and Krokus on the Animalize tour. After that live shows became the biggest source of enjoyment for me. I have had the honor and privilege of seeing so many fantastic live shows in my lifetime. Several years ago I started writing concert reviews on my MySpace page, and later Facebook. I was contacted by Denys from MGM after he read my review of the Iced Earth/Symphony X show I attended. I was already supplying my write ups to the Get Ready To Rock blog and figured getting my words out to more people would hopefully get more publicity for the bands and music I love so much. I’m not a professional writer though I play one on the Internet. I did write some articles for my college newspaper at Appalachian State where I received my BA in English. One thing I feel that gives me an edge in my writing is that I make them personal to my experience. I like taking the reader to the show with me through my words. I also have a different angle to the music business than some writers as I spent a good 5 years playing in bands myself. I don’t have any major ambitions with my writing (though that is a disappointment to some of my friends and family.) I do it because I enjoy the music and love sharing my experiences with others. I do mostly stuff on concerts, but do an occasional album review.

Favorite bands: KISS, Frank Zappa, Savatage, Loudness, Raven, Anthrax, Exodus, King’s X, Fates Warning, Dream Theater, Symphony X, Twisted Sister, Iron Maiden, Megadeth, early Metallica, Thin Lizzy, Harem Scarem, Journey, Goatwhore, Slayer, Cannibal Corpse, Dying Fetus, Rush, and far too many others to list of varying genres.

Favorite movies: A Clockwork Orange, The Exorcist, Texas Chainsaw Massacre (the original,) Dawn of the Dead (the original,) The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, The Shining (the original,) and pretty much anything horror, especially zombie movies.

Favorite books: It, The Stand (pretty much anything Stephen King,) Johnny Got His Gun, The Jungle, The Grapes of Wrath, The Hobbit/Lord of the Rings. I also love reading true crime stuff especially stuff about Charles Manson and people like that. I also love reading Biographies and/or autobiographies.

Favorite TV shows: The Walking Dead, The Simpsons, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Bates Motel, The Following, Breaking Bad, and I am a HUGE wrestling fan, though I tend to prefer watching the old school stuff from when I was growing up. I do still watch the programming today though.

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Travis Green – Canada

Senior Staff Writer

Musically, I was raised up on country music, but I quickly grew out of it, as I experimented with other genres and quickly found Metal more to my liking. Even as a kid, I was liking bands like Metallica and Iron Maiden, but the first band I really got into was Fear Factory: The combination of clean vocals and harsh growls was something that seemed so fresh and exciting to me at the time, and even to this day that probably influences my taste a bit, as I’ve grown to love Symphonic/Gothic Metal with a “Beauty And The Beast” vocal approach.

After further experimentation, I found my favorite genre was Power Metal, as I love the emphasis on melodies and vocals, along with the speed, while still having some heavy guitars at times. Whenever symphonic elements are added, that just makes me even more excited. In general, I like most types of melodic Metal, Progressive Metal,more epic styles of Folk Metal, some types of extreme Metal, and some Thrash Metal here and there. Outside of metal, I obviously like some Progressive Rock, and even some modern Alternative Rock. But Power Metal (and specifically Symphonic Power Metal), will always be my favorite, I think.

I have hundreds of favourite bands at this point, but here’s some of the ones that I think have influenced my tastes the most over the years:

Fear Factory, Iron Maiden, Ayreon, Stratovarius, Helloween, Nightwish, Epica, Tristania, Dream Theater, Symphony X, Opeth, Coheed & Cambria, Ensiferum, In Flames (early), Exodus (later albums)

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Robert Cavuoto – USA

Senior Staff Writer

Moonlighting in pharmaceutical marketing to pay the bills, Rob finds his passion with his family and music. At the age of 15 Rob was influences by Kiss and purchased his first guitar. He never looked back. From there he formed a few bar bands while attending high school and college in New Jersey. He even played in his church’s folk group for 7 years! His love of hard rock/heavy metal music and guitar collecting soon became an obsession. Buying, taking apart and rebuilding guitars (and sometimes getting them to work) consumed him. As life happens and as his career in pharmaceutical advertising/marketing grew, the dreams of stardom faded away. Years later a family is created, a house is bought, a daughter is born, and a guitar collection sadly collects dust. The passion of music is still strong but a new passion is created from the ashes of old rock’ n’ roll dreams with photography.

Where guitar playing started in 1980 with Kiss, an opportunity in 2004 arises to photograph them at Madison Square Garden for international magazine and website – ROCK TRIBUNE. A new obsession is born. With an eye on creativity through the lens his pen drives the juices to review the shows. Opportunity arises from another publications and websites as senior writer and photographer for GUITAR INTERNATIONAL and FURY ROCKS. With a can do attitude and the idealism that it doesn’t hurt to ask, Rob has interviewed and photographed some of rock’s most iconic figures to help promote their CDs, DVDs, artwork, tours, and books such as Alice Cooper, Nikki Sixx, Joe Perry, members of Def Leppard, Sammy Hagar, Steve Howe, Lemmy Kilmister,  Zakk Wylde, Richie Kotzen, Bill Ward, John 5 and Ted Nugent to name just a few.

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Zenae Zukowski – NYC, USA

Staff Writer

My passion for music has only grown since I was a young teenager.  It started when I was at a music store and a friend of mine told me to buy Metallica’s Ride The Lightning how it would change my life forever, and well it has.  In addition to music, I am also a film lover where I received a BFA in film in 2006 at School of Visual Arts in Manhattan.  Over the years I have learned to wear multiple hats from writing, Post Production, Photography and Producing.  I am highly ambitious and have devoted myself to music.

Hobby: Music, Movies, Travel, Pets and Fun

Favorite Bands: This is a tough one since there’s so many in several sub-genres!  Metallica, Iron Maiden, Cradle of Filth, Epica, Blind Guardian, Ensiferum, Anthrax, Slayer (and hundreds more)

Favorite Styles: Symphonic Metal, Melodic death Metal, Power Metal, Thrash, Folk Metal, Gothic Metal, Death Metal, Extreme Metal, Glam Metal, Heavy Metal, Alternative Rock, Post Rock, Nu Metal, Rock/Hard Rock

Favorite Singer: Tarja Turunen (one of the many)

Favorite Guitar Player: Kirk Hammett

Favorite Records: Metallica – Ride The Lightning, Iron Maiden – Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, Epica – The Phantom Agony, The Cranberries – No Need To Argue, Cradle of Filth – Dusk… and Her Embrace, Blind Guardian – Imaginations From The Other Side, Mötley Crüe – Too Fast For Love (and so many more)

Favorite Movies: Clockwork Orange, Nightmare on Elm Street, Airheads, Hesher, Hot Tub Time Machine, Truman Show, Ace Ventura When Nature Calls, Groundhog Day, What About Bob, Lost Boys

Favorite TV Series: Dead Like Me, Big Love, Lost, American Horror Story

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Dhruv Kumar – USA

Staff Writer

Hi, my name is Dhruv and I have been a photo hobbyist for 7 years now, shooting concert professionally for 3 years. I started photography with my dad’s Minolta film camera to various digital point and shoot cameras and finally ending up on the DSLR. Yes I shoot both ways (Canon and Nikon) but I prefer Nikon. I am addicted to collecting lenses and I don’t think that will stop anytime soon. I also collect vintage cameras from the Nikon’s first film camera to Polaroid’s. I’m obsessed! I enjoy photography as a hobby that I wouldn’t want to pursue it as a career. I’m more of a video person. But I do have some goals I would love to accomplish in photography before I move on to the next level. I started off shooting photos for my college newspaper to shooting major concerts for myself to then shooting concerts for nextmosh.com and MyGobalMind. I am excited working with these publications and hope to work on more in the future. Follow my wackiness on twitter @videodhruvy where I post things I love, things I hate, what I eat, what bands I shoot and my thoughts… Or my website DhruvKumar.com.

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Mark Schaff – USA

Staff Writers

The husband and wife music loving team. Our passion for music has kept us together for more than 20 years. Hailing from the Western New York our close proximity to Canada gives us the opportunity to see a lot of shows in the US and Canada. We go to a lot of concerts, probably average 3-4 a month.

Myglobalmind has given us the opportunity to spend quality time together. Music has always been a huge part of our lives.

When not attending concerts or working our day job’s (Pam) loves to paint and play guitar. Pam is in a band called Gypsy Witch. (Mark) is an avid golfer and loves sports. We love horror movies and collecting horror movie posters.

Some of our favorite bands: Misfits, Black Sabbath, Slayer, Danzig, Samhain, The Stooges, Dead Kennedys, Black Flag, Electric Wizard, Sleep, Kyuss, COC, Sir Lord Baltimore, Melvins, Clutch, Pentagram, The Obsessed, Acid Bath, Down, L7, AC/DC, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Circle Jerks, MC 5, Dax, Riggs, Alice Cooper, Howlin Wolf, Godflesh, The Cramps, The Sword, Crowbar, Blue Cheer, and many many many many more……

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Alan Daly – Dublin, Ireland

Staff Writer

Discovered metal in 1991 when I bought The Black Album, along with G’n’R Use Your Illusion I & II and Megadeth’s Peace Sells But Who’s Buying. My new-fangled Compact Disc (or “CD”) player blasted nothing but metal from that day forth. Before broadband internet found its way to the mucky corners of Ireland, exposure to new bands was limited, so obsessions with the afore-mentioned bands began, along with a few others including Sepultura, Pantera, Fear Factory, Suicidal Tendencies and Marilyn Manson. In more recent years, I’ve been really into bands like Devildriver, Breakdown of Sanity, Lamb of God, and Stone Sour. I began writing gig reviews in 2013 and have been lucky enough to meet and interview some great bands and musicians that I really admire.

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Olga Kuzmenko – Dublin, Ireland

Staff Writer

Originally from Moscow, I started shooting live gigs by sneaking my camera into small club shows in 2012, and the hobby turned into obsession. Since then I have shot some of my all-time favourite bands with official photo passes and covered festivals including Download and Bloodstock Open Air for MyGlobalMind. My taste in music is very wide, as long as it’s good. Among the heavier stuff, I like listening to Behemoth, Job For a Cowboy, Dying Fetus, Decapitated, Fleshgod Apocalypse and many more. But I could be found listening to anything. I’m also interested in videography as well as photography and have made some music videos for local bands. Please check out my website www.OlgaKuzmenko.com to see some of my work.

Karen Hetherington – Belfast, Ireland

Staff Writer

I developed an obsession with music as a very young child. Both my parents were musicians and I grew up listening to classic rock and all it’s variants. My taste is eclectic and I listen to rock, hard rock, blues and folk.

I love all forms of live music whether it be festivals, concerts or local cover bands playing in bars.

Other interests include travelling, history, literature and anything motorcycle related and I’m studying for a degree in Humanities.

I have written various articles and reviews over the years on numerous different subjects but am relatively new to music journalism.

Favourite bands: Led Zeppelin, Jethro Tull, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Fleetwood Mac, AC/DC, Black Sabbath, Whitesnake, Def Leppard, The Rolling Stones, WASP, Aerosmith, and way too many others to mention

Favourite movies: Old Hitchcock films, psychological thrillers and anything with a good soundtrack

Favourite books: I love Tolkien’s writing, Victorian fiction and The Child Ballads by Francis James Child which I am currently studying

Favourite TV shows: Documentaries on Music, History, Archaeology and Criminal Psychology

 

Gabor Kleinbloesem

Gabor Kleinbloesem – The Netherlands

Staff Writer

Born in 1977, I started a fanzine called Strutter’zine way back in 1994. The first 12 years were very hectic with up to 6,000+ reviews and hundreds of interviews with a lot of established musicians and independent acts from mainly the AOR/Melodic Hardrock/Progressive Metal genres. However, as the 1990s were very unfriendly towards melodic genres, the fanzine and later magazine/website became more an obsession for me personally to promote especially all those great unsigned acts in the genre. Eventually internet made it more easy throughout the 2000s for unsigned acts to reach their audience, but I feel as an editor people will always need our websites to learn about that certain new great unsigned act. That’s why I am now also working for MyGlobalMind, in order to expand and reach more readers, all focused on uncovering the undiscovered gems in the melodic genres. Besides countless reviews of mainly independent releases, in the next few years more and more interviews will be featured, but also hopefully gig reports.

other stuff, well check my facebook page I guess: http://www.facebook.com/gkleinbloesem

e-mail me at: [email protected]

Besides everything that is music related, I also love the outdoors, the summer sun, riding my race bike, walk through the old ancient European cities, sitting in a train, watching movies, go to the Gym, swimming, tennis, table tennis, South Park, I am addicted to beautiful girls (i am single by the way, LOL) and anything else that makes life on earth such a great adventure… oh and I work for a shipping company to actually make a living…

Thomas Schwarzkopf

Thomas Schwarzkopf – Germany

Staff Writer

When it comes to rock and metal music I like the more Melodic side of the genre with it’s sub genres. That means melodic rock/metal, hard rock, glam/sleaze metal, AOR, power metal.

from: Germany

job: working for a newspaper (online department)

hobby: music, concerts, writing, movies

Favorite bands: Gotthard, Avantasia, Bon Jovi, Alice Cooper, Beautiful Beast, Shakra

Favorite styles: Melodic Rock/Metal, Hard Rock, Glam/Sleaze Rock, AOR

Favorite singer: Steve Lee (R.I.P.)

Favorite guitar player: Richie Sambora, Kee Marcello

Favorite records: Bon Jovi: “New Jersey”, Gotthard: “Need To Believe”, Avantasia: “Angel Of Babylon”, Sonata Arctica: “Stones Grow Her Name”, The Poodles: “Sweet Trade”

Favorite movies: Pirates Of The Caribbean, Braveheart, Saw, Gladiator, The Dark Knight, Scream, Lord Of The Rings

Favorite TV series: Game Of Thrones, Spartacus, 24

 

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