How did you get into making music, and how did arts education (or lack thereof) affect you and your music?
Deanna Steege: I’ve always been into music and thought it’d be awesome to be in a …

How did you get into making music, and how did arts education (or lack thereof) affect you and your music?
Freestyling. That’s how I got into making rap. The first time I just let my mouth …

Military Special: Peter Blomgren, Danell Norby, Joe Schweigert & Charlie Smith
How did you get into making music, and how did arts education (or lack thereof) affect you and your music?
Charlie Smith: Like any toddler who …

How did you get into making music, and how did arts education (or lack thereof) affect you and your music?
I grew up in a house of music fans, so naturally when the opportunity arose to …

photo by Chris Mitchell
How did you get into making music, and how did arts education (or lack thereof) affect you and your music?
I started playing music when I was five. I can’t remember if it …

How did you get into making music, and how did arts education (or lack thereof) affect you and your music?
Both Mandy and I got into music pretty young. Mandy started singing in church at a …

How did you get into making music, and how did arts education (or lack thereof) affect you and your music?
I first got into making music at age 10, back in New Zealand. I was starting …

photo by Lauren Treece
How did you get into making music, and how did arts education (or lack thereof) affect you and your music?
Speaking personally and probably for the rest of the band, we started out …

How did you get into making music, and how did arts education (or lack thereof) affect you and your music?
Short answer: Naturally. Long answer: It was a way too keep sane and perhaps not sane …

photo by Jeff Henrickson
How did you get into making music, and how did arts education (or lack thereof) affect you and your music?
All of us in City on the Make grew up in South Minneapolis. …

How did you get into making music, and how did arts education (or lack thereof) affect you and your music?
Erik Widman: My first memories of music are listening to records while spinning around in my …

photo by B Fresh Photography
How did you get into making music, and how did arts education (or lack thereof) affect you and your music?
I came into making music because I grew up around musicians, and …