Entering a competitive industry such as the music business is no easy task, so it's inspiring to know that some notable UCLA alumni have gone on to pursue successful music careers. Read more...

The band Cake has fascinated me since I first heard their song "Never There" a few years ago, mostly because the '90s band from Sacramento is pretty much unlike anything I've ever heard. Read more...

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COLUMBIA RECORDS

Back in the early 1970s, Billboard Magazine called Fred Walecki, owner of Westwood Music, asking him if he wanted to buy a one-page advertisement thanking the Beach Boys for all the business they had given his guitar and amplifier store. Read more...

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Tracy Newman and the Reinforcements will be the first musical group to play at the new performance space in Fred Walecki’s Westwood Music store.

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Songs by Auto-Tune-loving musicians may fill the radio these days, but the members of L.A. Read more...

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THATWASTHEN
thatwasthen, winner of best band at last year’s Spring Sing competition, will be performing at the Troubador on Saturday, Jan. 8.

The music of "Iron Chef America" comes from all around the world. Whenever he travels, Craig Marks, a UCLA alumnus and the show's composer, carries a microphone to record the sounds he hears around him as possible inspiration for his upcoming assignments. Read more...

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UCLA alumnus Craig Marks has composed the music for reality shows including “Intervention” and “Super Nanny,” and he recently released his soundtrack for the popular Food Channel cooking competition show “Iron Chef America.” Marks interned for composer Hans Zimmer while he was an undergraduate at UCLA.

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