Anja Bartels’s mom worked at RCA Records in Germany and used to fly to London to transport master recordings back to Hamburg. Her father plays Django Reinhardt style swing. She knows more about Guns N’Roses than any other person on the planet.

Gabriel Kline is a die-hard music aficionado who has traveled far and wide in search of The Sound. This adventure has taken many forms, from unnecessarily sneaking into an all-ages show to surviving a hailstorm at Bonnaroo. Each adventure has uncovered more of what it means to be human, spanning the spectrum of experience from agonizing to ecstatic. The truth is that life get real! But, if you get confused, just listen to the music play.