I'm stoked to be a part of this awesome site NO PULP! And hope you can come visit us once in a while to show some love and share your thoughts. So let me introduce myself.

My name is Brittany. Friends call me Britt, Bic, Forge, BForge—yes, it’s very feminine, I know. HA. Like a lot of people, music has been in my blood since the very beginning. I'm currently working in entertainment television, but my love for music has not faded away—in fact, it has only gotten stronger. Living in Manhattan is definitely all it’s cracked up to be. Having the best music scene right at my fingertips is a plus, so I try to take as much advantage of that as possible by seeing shows, big and small, MSG or Arlene's Grocery...all these venues rock. It’s all about discovering the raw music.

The best sounds are found in the places you’d least expect it. So though my family is from NYC, I am not. I was born in Dayton, Ohio but grew up in Boca Raton, Florida and then moved to Long Island, NY to attend Hofstra University (home of the 3rd & final presidential debate) GO PRIDE! I graduated in May 2008 after spending four years heavily focusing on Audio/Radio broadcasting and Music production and performance. I also DJed at the radio station WRHU 88.7FM (www.WRHU.org), hosting shows like Rock N’ Roll Oasis (classic rock), Airwave, (indie & experimental music), Alternative Nation (alt rock 90’s-00’s) and Uncharted Territory (top 40). I grew up singing Broadway, classical and jazz music—Always was into the arts, whether it was acting, drawing, dancing, you name it…I did it. So anyone in my shoes knows that NYC was the place for me to make my “dreams come true.”

I interned for music management firms and a few television shows, and then one in particular landed me the J-O-B, which I am very proud to currently be a part of. But the most memorable thing I did while I was in college was the time I spent as a “College Marketing Representative” for Sony BMG Music Entertainment. I was the official rep for Long Island, which meant that I was in charge of monitoring the buzz of music on the island, seeing shows, keeping people informed of new and unique music, hooking people up with free swag and holding listening parties and events as often as possible. I attended all of the great shows, all the festivals—Warped Tour, Lollapalooza, Taste of Chaos, Family Values, Bamboozle, Coachella, CMJ, etc etc. (Coachella 2007 was the most amazing experience of my musical life so far. Why? 75,000 people and I in the scorching hot desert screaming for the return of RAGE!).

I was honored to stay with Sony BMG for the last two years of college, and then I had to pass it on when I graduated. But so much of my heart was in that job that I didn’t have time for much else, but I didn’t mind that one bit. I think everyone knows what makes them “tick,” what makes their heart beat just a little bit faster than anything else. For me, it’s music. I’m a big Rage Against the Machine fan, but I’m also a sucker for “pretty” songs and mellow indie rock. It shows my true colors. I like what I like. But I also love to be introduced to new ideas, sounds, and concepts, so I want you help me—be the ears of the industry. Keep ‘em open! We all live miles away from one another, so there may be a good demo that slips through the cracks. So let’s be friends, see shows and inform one another of inventive new sounds. Hell, I’ll toast to that!

Britt