Kurt Orzeck

About

I am a nationally recognized writer/editor/content specialist with 26 years of professional experience. Over the course of my career, I have written approximately 6,900 cover stories, artist interviews, features, news reports, album and concert reviews, and columns. Credits include New Noise, RollingStone.com, New York Magazine, FLOOD, Alternative Press, Thrasher, Vulture, MTV.com, FILTER, LexisNexis, BBC.com, Slate, Soma, Venice, Royal Flush, Devil in the Woods, Rockpile, CityLife, Mean Street, Harp, Edible Idaho, Greenbelt Magazine, Yahoo, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Idaho Family Magazine, Magnetic, The Bad Penny and other outlets. Additionally, I appeared on NPR, was quoted as an authority on music in USA Today, hosted a "Daily Show" roundtable at Politicon, was a featured speaker at UCLA and the Idaho Writers Guild Conference, and taught a monthlong course at Boise State University's Osher Lifelong Learning Institute on the evolution of rock and roll from Elvis Presley to Jimi Hendrix.My additional skills include public speaking, team-building, content management, editorial management, SEO, social media content, digital content, editing, writing, blogging, branding, marketing integration, journalism, music industry, publishing, creative strategy, copyediting, headlines, curation and aggregation.