About

About

AudioSuede, first founded at the beginning of 2010, is a site dedicated to the love and appreciation of music, to informing the masses of news and events that matter, and to exemplify integrity within the fields of music criticism and music journalism.

Our Mission Statement:

- Our opinions are based on reasoned, logical arguments which we can knowledgably provide in a clear and understandable fashion. However, our opinions are just that: Opinions. No one is more aware of that than we are, and we welcome dissenting opinions from anyone, anywhere, anytime.

- We do not, under any circumstances, judge any music based on nothing but our biases. We believe there is a criterion for what makes good music and what makes bad music, and if we think we might be biased, we will be wholly up front with that information so the reader can make up his or her own mind.

-It’s not about us, it’s about the music.

-We challenge our readers to respectfully pay attention. Weigh every point made before claiming some sort of fault in our reasoning. That way, if you still think we’re wrong, at least you can back up your assertion.

That said, we love and welcome any and all readers who might find us, and we hope that this site is as fun for you to read as it is for us to make.

The Staff

Christian Hagen (Founder/Editor-in-Chief)

Christian is a young buck music journalist from Minneapolis. His work has appeared on Pajiba, The Music Is The Message, and The Minnesota State University Reporter. AudioSuede is his baby, and he will try to raise it right.

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Caspar (Contributor)

Caspar lives in London and writes and thinks about music and books and things in the spare time he has away from the job that he doesn’t quite understand.

 

ChrisPolleyChris Polley

Chris feels awkward when there is silence instead of music. He resides and teaches high school English in Minneapolis, co-runs and writes about pop culture for The Blogulator, and has written about music for Pajiba, The Music is the Message, and Reveille. But the obsessiveness doesn’t end there: he also plays guitar in his band Paragraphs and incessantly updates music and movie-related lists at I Can’t Come Home, Grace. I’m an Adult.

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Cooper Foyt

Cooper is a cynical semi-student and budding musical critic from St. Paul. His works have appeared on the kitchen fridge but that is hopefully changing for the better. He is giddy with excitement to be on this staff.

FeliciaFelicia (Contributor)

Felicia specializes in threatening to punch people in the face, drinking large amounts of alcohol, making homemade enchiladas and speaking her mind.  Minneapolis is where she calls home, even though for seven months out of the year she questions why the hell she lives there.  The answer is because home is where the heart is and Minneapolis is one of the top music towns in the nation.  She approaches music writing as a fan first, attempting to leave pretension aside.  She doesn’t take any shit and has no fear of going Jersey Shore on your ass if you try.  All this and more at her blog My Boring Life.

 
If you might be interested in writing for us, or if you have any questions/comments/feedback, feel free to send Christian a short email: christianhagen@live.com