Great things have been happening at She Shreds, so we thought we’d take a second to share all the good news!

In May, we moved into our first office at the fantastic ADX community workspace in southeast Portland. Make sure to check out the awesome blog post they wrote about us moving in.

Fabi at our new office in southeast Portland.

Additionally, we were stoked to find out that the awesome folks at Bitch Magazine wrote She Shreds up in their latest issue. Check it out:

We’ve also launched national distribution of the second issue, with friends in major cities lending us a hand in getting She Shreds into local businesses across the country. You can now find us in NYC, Washington D.C., and Seattle—and soon in Minneapolis, Los Angeles, Baltimore, Atlanta, Austin and San Francisco. If you want to help bring She Shreds to your town, hit us up at sheshredsmag@gmail.com!

Now that our second release party has come and gone, national distribution’s underway, the limited edition baller caps have gone on sale (almost sold out!), and we’ve moved into our new office, it’s officially time to get into Issue #3 crunch mode. Get excited! Issue 3 will be even bigger than our second issue, with new kinds of content we’ve never done before, like a certain undisclosed shredder’s self-directed photo essay from being on tour and an in-depth exploration of the awesomeness that is surf guitar, not to mention exclusive interviews with some of our longtime shredder heroes and new guitarists who are making waves.

Want to get involved? We’re always looking for new writers and visual artists, but we’d also love to hear about what you want to see in the magazine. Also, we’d love it if you helped us spread the word about our current search for a volunteer creative director. We’re looking for someone with experience in visually translating abstract concepts and working with artists to bring that vision into reality. Desired skills include Photoshop, InDesign, a solid eye for print layout, and the usual high work ethic, reliability, and attention to detail. Oh! And you’ve gotta live in Portland. Any of that sound good to you? Email us at sheshredsmag@gmail.com.

Have a great week!

-The She Shreds team

For a limited time only we’ll be selling these special edition “She Shreds magazine” baller hats.  Support the one and only magazine dedicated to women guitarists and look good while doing it! Only 50 of these made so get them while they’re hot and available.

Black and White
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Grey and Black
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The She Shreds Sessions are a series of videos where we get a guitarists and a drummer who have never jammed before to get together in a unique setting and play for first time ever. In this session we got local guitar legend, Lauren K. Newman (LKN) and drummer extraordinaire, Lisa Schonberg inside of a print shop to create the magic you witness in this video.

Directed by Fabi Reyna
Filmed by Ralf Rodriguez
Edited by Natalie Baker
Filmed at Gann Brothers & Printing 

This Friday we’ll finally be releasing issue #2 to the public. If you live in Portland please come out and show your support! We’ll be raffling off a Corin Tucker Band tote bag filled with Kill Rock Stars merch, a guitar and 2 hours worth of rehearsal time brought to you by Guitar Center PLUS, among other things, there will be FREE delicious sizzle pie pizza from 8-9.

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Sometimes it can be nerve wracking and uncomfortable when playing with a new drummer. To take some of the initial stress off we wanted to create an exercise that might help guitarists ease into a “jam sesh”.   
One way to do that is to take a guitar part from another band you’re in or that already exists and try it out with your new dummer.   This will take some of the pressure off of having to make up a melody or a chord progression on the spot.

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If you’ve already subscribed then you’ll be getting this beauty in just two weeks! With a re-vamped logo designed by She Shreds staff member, Natalie Baker, we’re excited to finally share the cover photo with you.  Not mentioned in the cover but included in the magazine is an awesome interview with Erin Smith of Bratmobile, a feature on 4 bassists including Kathy Foster of The Thermals, and lots of cool tabs and gear reviews.  Keep your eyes peeled for info on a release show April 19th if you live here in Portland!