OC Music Magazine

Judy Brunkala

     When singer-songwriter and guitarist Mike Stocksdale began thinking about writing songs for his most recent album, Chase You, he had no idea he’d be going to Sweden to re...

David Sachs

"I don’t know how to do this, but something inside me does.” These words portrayed a re-occurring theme as legendary Hall of Fame Songwriter Paul Williams visited Orange Coast College (OCC) Wednesday, in a presentation abou...

Nisha Sharma

Seventeen-year-old Jamie Scoles is a young and talented female drummer that has performed at venues such as Hogue Barmichaels, UC Irvine and Main Street in Huntington Beach. She has also performed in private shows and a festival for Chinese New Year.

Scoles’ love for music sprouted at the tender age of ten, when she would bang on pots and pans and pretend they w...

Accomplished business VP, family man, and dedicated musician, Philip Vandermost is not the typical concoction for a rock musician, but does it ever so gracefully.

Rhiannon: Did you grow up around here?
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Nisha Sharma

    Brothers Gilbert (guitar and vocals) and Alberto Ramirez (bass), with David Garcia on the drums, make up the Reactives.

    The group is part o...

Rhiannon Janee

As a four-man band, the Victors execute melodic modern rock at its finest. Members have their own distinct style, which has created the band’s identity.

Damien Jordan, on vocals and guitar, Kyle Lieberman on bass, and ...

Each week Rhiannon Janee will feature young and rising talent here! If you or someone you know is a talented musician under 18, send an email to rjanee@ocmusicmag.com!

Rhiannon Janee

Poetic. Sincere. Fierce. Artistic. Bubbly.

David Sachs

The Dirty Heads have simply exploded onto the local scene, earning a tight relationship with Sublime, KROQ and of course, their fans.
“We want to make sure all of our fans...

Rhiannon Janee 

Briana Harley and Taylor swift have a couple things in common. Both taught themselves how to play the guitar. They both wrote their first song before the age of fifteen.

Briana is only 17-years-old, already writing her own ...

Nisha Sharma

Carlos Garcia is a solo artist born and raised in Orange County, California. Under the name Carlos Unplugged, Garcia is a mastermind on the electric and acoustic guitars, singing his own lyrics as well.

Since the age of 16, Garcia has loved the sound of the guitar. He taught himself how to play on a Fender-Stratocaster, and four years later was inspired to begin writing songs as well.

Garcia would st...