Pick of the Week — Borrowed Time
This week’s Pick of the Week is for a Blues/Rock jam band/cover band in suburban Chicago called Borrowed Time. Here is a little about the band from guitarist Michael Sommerfeld: “What we really are is a bunch of old friends with wives and kids who started getting together at a studio on Thursday nights to just jam for the hell of it. After about 5 years we realized we were making some good music and we should start playing in front of people. So we started playing local bars, and [...]
Go All Out
We decided to showcase a couple of really nice overbleed custom pick designs. Overbleed, or full bleed, is an option for custom picks that allows you to create your design so that the art, graphics, photos, text, etc. will extend all the way to the very edge of the pick, instead of having a border around them. This simple change in the normal design process will allow for some really cool effects, like the picks shown below. The pick on [...]
Pick of the Week — Mike Goncalves of HIP KITTY
This week’s Pick of the Week was created for guitarist Mike Goncalves. Mike is the lead guitar player for HIP 
KITTY. HIP KITTY is a female-fronted rock band based out of Nashville, TN. They play over 250 dates a year from Key West to Alaska. They work with AFE (Armed Forces Entertainment) and play military bases all around the globe in support of our troops. They have 2 songs; “Other Personality” and “Stuck in a Rut” off of their album The Art of War that appear on ROCK BAND. They [...]
Justin Velte of Poisonwood
Poisonwood is a Melodic Death Metal band from Arkansas. Formed in October 2009, the band has already played extensively in their home state and throughout the south, gathering a loyal and devoted 
following en route. In 2010, Poisonwood released a 7 song EP, titled “Dark Days,” which showcases their full on, brutal and melodic sound. Made up of Justin Velte (Guitar, Backing Vocals), Dan Niven (Drums), Tyler Scalise (Vocals), Matthew Velte (Guitar), Andy Honer (Bass), Kyle Reed [...]
Pick of the Week — Midnight Run
This week’s Pick of the Week is for a band called Midnight Run. These picks were created on our white pearl
material, and we love how Midnight Run’s artwork, with its bold colors, has a really cool 3-D look. They also chose a rounded triangle shape which added extra space for the design. Here is a little info about the band: “Dedicated to replicating the sounds of the phenomenal band, Journey, Midnight Run delivers incredible vocals, incredible sound and an incredible show. Each musician is committed to providing as true a [...]
The Campaign 1984
The Campaign 1984 is best described as a “dirty south” rock ‘n roll band from Asheville, NC. The band is comprised of founding members Matt Anderson on lead vocals/guitar and Justin Biltonen on lead guitar/backing vocals, as well as bassist Jordan Luff and drummer Springs Wade. The band was formed in Fall 2004 and immediately began writing and recording music. In 2005, they 
self-released “Jazz For Burning” and followed up with a tour up the East Coast. After a handful of other [...]
Geno Carlson of Wild Colonial Bhoys
Geno was no more than 3 years old when he saw someone on TV playing a guitar. That was it! Geno knew then and there what he was going to do. By the time he was ready for his first guitar (at age 7), he had saved up enough money to buy it himself. The 3/4 scale Anjo acoustic guitar that cost $100 all those years ago has led this Canuck to a passion for fun, energetic Celtic Rock that Rocks! 
Geno [...]
Bob Artavia of Akasha
Bob has been playing piano since he was 7 years old, and guitar since he was 14. Today at age 26, he’s Akasha’s lead guitar player. Akasha has been around for a little over 5 years. They are the top rock act in Central America. With over 40,000 registered fans, thousands of records sold, and many awards and recognitions- next step is South America. Their videos are always featured on 
MTV, TELEHIT, and other smaller regional TV Channels. Their singles always reach [...]
