ChordStrike's Amazon Blog

The Amazon Music Editorial team:

Gabi Knight
Lucas Hilbert
Jeff Reguilon
Alan Wiley
Jason Kirk
Hugo Munday
Bri Nguyen

Though she's fascinated by all kinds of music, GABI KNIGHT'S current and future preferences can be summed and projected with this handy questionnaire: Beatles or **Stones** / **Lennon** or McCartney / **Syd Barrett** or Roger Waters / **Public Enemy** or NWA (TOUGH one!) / Britney or **Christina** / **John Prine** or Kris Kristofferson (Prine, baby! All the way!)

Growing up with classic Country and Folk vinyl records in a quaint Denver house apparently made an early impression that still shadows LUCAS HILBERT in his music career. Despite his earnest college and twentysomething years of delving into New Wave, Alternative, Indie, Britpop, and Electronic genres in both Indie music stores and with Amazon’s Music Advantage Program, he still can’t escape the haunting appeal of slide guitars, banjos, accordions, and violins, not to mention Southern drawls and simple songs with a hint of dark Americana.

One time, JEFF REGUILON proposed marriage to his copy of Beulah's When Your Heartstrings Break, but was disappointed to discover man and property aren't legally allowed to wed. It's just as well, really, as he would've never been able to remain faithful to only one album. He spends most of his time now listening to an ungodly amount of music in the hope that he can shield you from the junk and expose you to the gems, but it's also entirely possible he's just looking for his one true musical love.

Cranky but kind, JASON KIRK fled the merciless Midwest winters and a rather flaccid trajectory in academia to pursue the fickle joys of performing and writing about music on the West Coast in 2003. Thick-skinned and quick to laugh, he regrets little and sleeps less.

Born in England, HUGO MUNDAY sang as a child soprano. Benjamin Britten operas, and Gilbert & Sullivan, mostly. Spent the next 20 years on stage for a living, through the late 90s. Ended up performing the unpublished repertoire of The Comedian Harmonists, throughout Germany, with an otherwise all-American line-up, called Hudson Shad. 10 years in NYC. 12 years in the Pacific Northwest.

An avid traveler and world music buff, BRI NGUYEN has salsa-ed her way through Puerto Rico, electro-danced the night away in France, and took in her first flamenco performance in Poland of all places. Her musical tastes verge on the omnivorous, ranging from New Age to Reggaeton. Despite her childhood training in classical violin, Bri is the opposite of a musical purist. She likes it when genres are mixed, and mixed well.

Other contributors include Ally Brown, Craig Downing, Robert Arambel, Ryan Trager, Shauna Furbush, and Shelby Earl.