What happens when you give a group of teens backstage passes to a local music festival? They'll produce a collection of artist profiles, suggested playlists, letters to bands, and Mixtape Memoirs. Learn twenty ways to jumpstart an interview, be moved by Mosh Pit Sisterhood, or read some fan mail to Weezer.

— Simon Traub-Epstein, International Library of Young Authors

From the publisher: “Surround Sound, Vol. 1 is a collection of essays, letters, and artist profiles written by our talented Teen Press Corps, who received backstage Press passes to the Pitchfork Music Festival last summer. Featuring a foreword by music journalist Tara Mahadevan, this magazine will leave you reliving the heart-jolting wonder of your first mosh pit and overwhelmed by the many ways music has shaped your life.”