Scott "Dr. Music" Itter
Pulse of Naperville Music Scene – A New Way to Look at Conversations
At this point after doing an interview I would’ve hung up the phone and started writing up the feature piece for the Dr. Music...
Pulse of Naperville Music Scene – Friendship in tuff times
This story is one of the most difficult columns I’ve ever had to write. With everything going on in the world, I found it...
Pulse of Naperville Music Scene – Live streaming trend creates in-home concerts
I have always been someone that seeks out music; and being a music journalist comes with a certain amount of music seeking me out through publicists...
Pulse of Naperville Music Scene – Find joy and inspiration through music!
I never thought I would be writing this column from a quarantine situation such as the one we are all experiencing with the global...
Pulse of Naperville Music Scene – Success through kindness
Last month I told you about a strong, independent businesswoman named Jaunty Meek. A record executive who built her business from the ground up,...
Pulse of Naperville Music Scene – Using social media for encouragement
In today’s age of social media, I tend to see a lot of negativity on platforms like Facebook and Twitter, but I can tell...
Pulse of Naperville Music Scene – Rush Drummer brings happiness
So often we find ourselves enamored by celebrity. The people that entertain us seem to hold a special place. The recent death of Rush...
Pulse of Naperville Music Scene – Life is ‘pretty nice’
Approaching the New Year is always a time of reflection for me. I not only think about the past year, but I think about...
Pulse of Naperville Music Scene – Ring in the good spirit
As I sit here enjoying a hot cup of Thanksgiving Blend coffee, I’m thinking about how the season changes so many people. Throughout the...
Pulse of Naperville Music Scene – Drinks to music
On a recent visit to the Starbucks Reserve store, one of my favorite Downtown Naperville haunts, I had one of those moments where your...
Pulse of Naperville Music Scene – ZZ Ward
When I go to concerts, I always like to show up early and support the opening bands. Much like when I used to spend...
Pulse of Naperville Music Scene – Party in the park
In the throes of 90’s alternative rock like Smashing Pumpkins and Soundgarden, I remember hearing a hit that shed a little light in that...
Pulse of Naperville Music Scene – Last Ribfest at Knoch Park
I rode past Knoch Park about a week after Ribfest ended this year. The large space seemed to be comfortably breathing as the baseball...
Pulse of Naperville Music Scene – Rockin’ with great bands
As the weather was peaking at 56 degrees, I wondered what might heat up this unseasonably chilly season. Rock and roll, of course!
Aside from...
Pulse of Naperville Music Scene – Steve Vai takes the stage for Little Friends
Above / Three-time Grammy winner Steve Vai will take the stage in Wentz Concert Hall at 6PM Sun., Aug. 4, 2019, to give a...
Pulse of Naperville Music Scene – Pulse of Naperville Music Scene
There’s a good chance that, as you’re reading this, the sun is shining down on you or the temperature is somewhere in the moderate...
Pulse of Naperville Music Scene – Applied history
I think I get this whole “history” thing now.
I never performed well in history classes, and have never been one to look behind me....
Pulse of Naperville Music Scene – Bill Idol to headline Ribfest July 3
Naperville Exchange Club’s Ribfest event has always been a special time for me and my family. We only went to one Ribfest before moving...
Pulse of Naperville Music Scene – August for 2019
As 2019 comes rushing in, I find myself reflecting on the many friends that I have gained throughout the course of my life. And,...
Pulse of Naperville Music Scene – Bohemian Rhapsody
Let me start by saying that I don’t fancy myself a movie critic, but there seems to be an elephant called Bohemian Rhapsody in almost every...