MidPoint Music Festival is the Midwest’s premier independent music festival. Now celebrating its eighth year, MPMF2009 will be held on September 24 – 26 throughout the downtown Cincinnati area. The festival lives up to its slogan, Music Starts Here, by bringing the region together to celebrate the music of nearly 250 bands from all around the world.

Unless you have been living under a rock for the last several years you recognize the name 8KOunt. If you are a music fan you have seen them. If you are in a band you've played with them. They have the riffs, the hooks, and the image needed to stand out in today's saturated musical landscape. The guys could write a manual on how to constantly develop your bands sound and image. If you can say anything about this band it is that they are not sitting on their ass waiting for someone to give them a break. They are out there trying to take what they need to get where they want to be and still manage to stay humble along the way. Check out this months 10Q with 8KOunt.