Welcome to Tape Op #8. You'll notice that most of the issue was written by our contributors (practically a staff at this point) and let me tell you that there wouldn't be a new issue if it wasn't for all of them. I've been super busy with my recording studio (Jackpot!) churning out albums, singles, compilation tracks and demos like there's no tomorrow. In fact, a 7 day work week is the norm lately, especially when you throw our band into the equation. I've also gone through some tough personal stuff lately, as some of you may know, and that's taken it's toll on my "free" time. Anyway, I'd like to point out that while I may give this mag a direction, there's a lot of talented folks backing me up and I thank them and you should too.