Tommy Hash

About me:

Who is the ‘Hashman,’ No I never was some tree-hugging pothead (nor do I even drink anymore - sober for...I lost count, which is a good thing), But let’s see - one time Sony Music employee (that's pre-BMG merger/era folks), former record store clerk (couldn’t tell you the last time I was actually in a “brick and mortar” store), Cincinnati, Knoxville, Murfreesboro, & Nashville Native (actually it's Hashville!) I’ve lived everywhere up & down the Tennessee & Ohio valleys, current PR/Media Planner, Medical Industry enthusiast (yes, that was medical), Music Critic/Journalist (Metal Rulez!!!), High School Salutatorian, Belmont University student turned MTSU graduate (there was only so much of that conservative atmosphere that someone like me could take at BU after a couple of years), Vinyl LP collector, Guitarist (just play for fun nowadays – the whole ‘dream musician’ thing, let’s not go there), and I own a few basses & a synthesizer…haven’t turned my recording gear on in years – again, it’s all about having fun and enjoying music – not being pretentious about it. And once upon a time a Book Editor, Publicist & Webmaster….
About my Writing, or should I say my Avocational Catharsis –
I got my start for two notable webzines in back in 2003 (right after college graduation - finally entering the 'real world,' how fun!), MondoGordo.com (A site owned by renown journalist/critic, the Rev. Keith Gordon), where I was also Webmaster and Co-editor between 2006 and 2007 (until it dissolved into www.thatdevilmusic.com - the title is a reference to the way people saw 'delta blues' music back in the day), Axehound.com, and RevelationZ.net, known as your Heavy Metal and Hard Rock Resource (was a staff writer until early 2006). I Joined the staff of Ytsejam.com (known as your 'progressive rock one-stop') in 2005, and I have been bringing a large scope of heavy metal & hard rock to the site ever since (even stuff such as free-jazz to the un-explainable); even finding time to co-edit two print books, the Alt.Culture.Guide V.2 & V.3 which between the two features exclusive interviews with Steven Wilson, Blackie Lawless, Steve Hackett, Timo Kotipelto, Jag Panzer, Kurdt Vanderhoof, & Alex Scholnick among others. And while living in the Cincy area, I was writing for Cincinnati’s Only Local Music Magazine (yes, "Only Local Music" was the rag’s actual title); the time up there was fun while it lasted.

I also find time to write the occasional article for a handful of various print publications