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The Letters Band
MCC show 27th October 2012
See snippets of the live action by clicking on our videos page!
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 Here Comes That Feeling Again |
 This Is MOD Vol 1 |
 The Bristol Compilation |
Nicholas Barron
Importan shows November into the future
Hi my friends. I'm playing a really intimate show at SPACE in their Studio on Saturday November 24 at 8pm. Tickets are $20 which gets you a CD of the show! This is my favorite kind of setting for my songs and voice.
I'l be opening solo for the legendary Buddy Guy at Buddy guys on Saturday January 5th! This is quite an honor. People come from all over the world to hear Buddy play his own club every Weekend throughout January every year.
I'm also headlining LINCOLN HALL in January. The date looks like Friday January 25. However that may change. I haven't headlined ths joint yet which has one of the best PA sytems and sitelines in the world!It will be a show with my band and special guests which will include a stellar horn section and more!
I will be opening for big name artists in 2013 at The City Winery, Space, Lincoln Hall, Martyrs. House of Blues and other places. Shows are not finalized yet.
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 I'm Not Superman |
 The Swimmer Years |
 "Live In Transient Sound" |
 As I Am |
Nicholas Barron
Indie go go campaign
I'm starting a campaign on Indie go go to raise money for my next record which includes paying my band and very special guests. I will also need funds for Artwork and to pay a Publicist which seems to be a crucial reason why some artists are more successful than others. I've always felt that that has been my biggest missing piece. I am not on a label anymore and need as much help as possible. The wonderful thing about Indie go go is that folks who donate money get certain perks depending on the amount donated. I am also a Painter as most of my fans know and my work ranges from very small spontaneous pieces that i call recycled Art to medium and large Cnavas and Wood Paintings. My prices range from $2500-$6000 for Canvas and wood and $500-$1200 for windows and smaller pieces. Other perks will include getting into shows for free and CDs of course as well as other stuff yet TBD. Look out for this on my Facebook.com/chicagonicholasbarron page! Thanks and Love!
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I'm Not Superman |
The Swimmer Years |
"Live In Transient Sound" |
As I Am |
David Ullman
"The Vinyl Countdown" @ Blue Arrow Records in Cleveland
"The Vinyl Countdown" was filmed at Blue Arrow Records in Cleveland, Ohio--where I'll be celebrating the release of Light The Dark on December 22nd with an all-acoustic in-store performance--and features my top five favorite records on their shelves.
Trace the development of my musical tastes, influences and idiosyncratic collecting and listening habits--all from the couch of this amazing independent record store best known for its 1300 square foot album-cover floor, which is covered entirely with vintage LP sleeves (you have to see it to believe it!).
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 Dog Days |
 Secondhand |
 Deja Vu |
 Light The Dark |
Isaac James
Sat Nov 4th Pre-Show Meet & Greet
Hey St. Louis! This Saturday Nov 3rd!
If you are planning on going to the Haley Huber benefit this Saturday/Nov 3rd (which you SHOULD BE doing - great cause for a great little girl) - Royal Bliss and Isaac James will be hosting a meet and greet at The Bean House at 4 pm on Saturday BEFORE the show!
This will be a great chance to say hey to the guys and get some merch signed and get some pictures taken! We will also have merch for sale at that time, so you can wear it and represent that night!
THE BEAN HOUSE: 1100 Lemay Ferry Road, St. Louis, MO 314-631-7220
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 Too Much Horsepower |
 Shut Up and Listen |
King Mike V
My Solo Exhibition This November in Las Vegas at Studio 8 Ten
Studio 8 Ten Gallery is located directly across the street from History Channel's "Pawn Stars" Store on the Las Vegas Strip
Portion of sales proceeds go to Transition Services Inc.
Providing creative, business-based employment to people with disabilities
Petty Thieves
Petty Thieves Announces NEW YEARS EVE at the Lookout Lounge at Lake Lawn Lodge in Delavan, WI
Get your rooms now for NEW YEARS EVE! Lake Lawn expects to be sold out for this Event! Petty Thieves will be closing out our 2012 Sticky Fingers Tour in style and will announce or 2013 Tour that night!
Bloody Diamonds
Thank you!
Tour is officially over. Hard to believe we were on the road for that long, feels like yesterday we were packing up the van and leaving Halifax. We wanted to say thank you sooo much to everyone for everything. Thank you to all the promoters, bar owners, and awesome sound techs we had the pleasure of working with. Thanks you to all the amazing bands we had the opportunity to play with. To all the awesome people that gave us places to stay and meals to eat. To all the people that bought a CD or a T-Shirt, you have no idea how much that helps, and we thank you so much. And of course to all the people that came to our shows, you guys and gals are what make everything worth it and we love you more than you know. So seriously, thanks so much to everyone who has supported us in any way ever. We love you all!!
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 They've Got Secrets |
The Letters Band
Ladybird Tattoo vid!
Click on "videos" to watch the newly created Ladybird Tattoo vid.
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Here Comes That Feeling Again |
This Is MOD Vol 1 |
The Bristol Compilation |
DANCE TO TIPPERARY
Remembering Liam Coleman and Dave Moran.
During recent weeks we sadly lost two great guys who campaigned, appeared in videos, and had the craic with "Tipp" and many others along the way, Liam Coleman and Dave Moran. Liam and Dave you were both the life and soul of all things great about Irish music and the craic and you both shared a great love of the mandolin and knew how to get the thing rockin! Sadly missed and lovely memories. R.I.P. Our thoughs are with you both, your families, friends and all at these unexpected sad times.
King Mike V
SOLD at Hellpop Gallery Show
Zombie Alfalfa and Zombie Pee Wee
Thank you to my buyer(s) - Thanks for your support!
arche3.0
3 Reasons to Quit and Why I Won't
Honestly there are so many reasons for me to stop thinking I can make a difference in the world or connect with people using my music.
Let's take a look at a few of them:
1 - I am not using the latest and greatest software to make music. I prefer to use audiotool.com, which has limitations. I like the limitations, but it means it is harder to make those more popular sounds people like. Does this matter? Not really, so this reason is bogus
2 - I don't have any money to professionally master my tracks before selling them. Well, that's true for a lot of people out there who are independent. The only answer to this is to sell music to make the money to then hopefully get the mastering done professionally. The other option, which I have been using is to pay for critiques that include technical notes and adjust mixing based on those. Well I've run out of "tuition" money to pay for critiques, so I'll do more trial and error now, but again this is bogus and I won't stop because of this. The fact is, getting a pop shine put on my music isn't going to get people to like it any more or less. There are so many people giving advice to get things to that perfect quality, but the imperfection is actually my selling point.
3 - I don't have the fan reach. Well this is true. I don't have the fan reach with buying power to help pay for my way to get better and release more professional material. So what. I can still make music and just not sell it or just sell it and wait a long time to get the sales. What really matters here is that I don't have the fans to help me launch a successful charity campaign. I have great fans, but not enough of them. So does this mean I should quit? Well I would like to get fans and connect with people and eventually have a charity drive, I think I should go for the more realistic option of doing micro charity options where one track gets "sold" via Give and Get widget.
I could go on, but I won't. I feel like giving up and not pushing my name out to social exchanges, other artists and any other way to get myself a possible fan/listen. I'm discouraged at times because I know my music is niche and therefore not going to be applauded by everyone, but I also like the fact that I will always have a small fanbase. I enjoy trying to make music that I feel is good enough to sell and even if I can't make the money to step up my technical options, I plan to continue.
As far as a charity drive, I need more help. I need people to get on board with what I'm trying to do and spread the word. Facebook is making viral marketing harder and I don't have the money to submit to more blogs for exposure. I need fan powered word of mouth help. Anything is appreciated from a purchase to a facebook like/share. Just keep the word going and let people know that they can get the latest info about me and my work at arche3.0 website.
- arche3.0
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 New Dawn |
 Uninspired Love |
 Archetech |
 Electric Emotions |
 Metronome |
 Clueless |
 Burning Desire |
 Missing Love |
 Forward Conversation |
Petty Theft
Dan's Bar & November Shows!
Hey Honey Bees & Refugees,
We had a blast performing the whole Damn The Torpedoes album at the Mystic Theatre in Petaluma to a high energy fantastic crowd. We had so much fun doing it that we decided to do it again up in Caspar the next night as we celebrated Tom Petty's b-day. We're already thinking about performing another album next year…
In the meantime, we kick off our November schedule this Friday 11/2 at Dan's Bar in Walnut Creek. This place is always a wild n' fun time. We will perform three sets starting at 10:00 PM (Doors at 9:00 PM), so if you want to hear some songs we don't always get time to play, this will be a great night for it.
On 11/10, we make our debut at the Chicken Ranch Casino in Jamestown followed by a wine country appearance at Silo's in Napa on 11/17. Next we roll into the Thanksgiving Holiday with two very special shows. We return to the Sweetwater Music Hall on Friday, 11/23 and on Saturday, 11/24 we head to Café Du Nord in San Francisco. These shows are expected to sell out so get your tickets in Advance!
Last but not least, we want to give a BIG shout out to the San Francisco Giants for winning the 2012 World Series and treating us all to an AMAZING season!
FOLLOW US ON TWITTER or ADD US ON FACEBOOK (and invite your friends)!
Upcoming Shows in November (check our website for details and RSVP below):
- 11/02 Dan's Irish Sports Bar, Walnut Creek
- 11/10 Chicken Ranch Casino, Jamestown
- 11/17 Silo's, Napa
- 11/23 Sweetwater Music Hall, Mill Valley
- 11/24 Cafe Du Nord, San Francisco
The Shine
Radio Airplay
Thanks To Barry Dickson for including The Shine , excellent show have a listen
Down To A Deathmatch
AMAZING FIRST GIG!
First of all a massive thank you to everyone who turned up! we were over the moon with the turnout!
We had a amazing time playing this and we are currently looking for new gigs! get intoch with us through facebook or my personal email:
A huge thank you to Darren Bunting for letting us play this slot! our next gig is with the Continents on the 27th we hope to see you all there! Thanks again for coming!
Graham Murray
Singing & Swinging Pubs
I will be taking part in the annual Guinness Singing & Swinging Pubs Festival tonght in the Crescent Bar, Wexford Town from 9.15pm onwards. I will be singing one of my original songs soon to be released on EP. Hope to see you down there. Tks.
Shivering Timbers
SoundCloud - Live at KDHX
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 We All Started In The Same Place |
 Sing Sing |
King Mike V
NEW Album by PSIX- Underworld Netherlands: Cover Art by: Mike Vanderhoof
PRE-ORDER NOW at http://www.underworld-netherlands.com
PSIX Presents: Underworld Netherlands
Cover Art by: Mike Vanderhoof / King Mike V (Also featured on a few songs)
PICK UP A COPY!
Roy Rogers
Roy Rogers Fall Update
Thanks for all who came to Yoshi's in San Francisco last week-end - what a blast! :)
Roy has been hopping the globe this year both with The Delta Rhythm Kings and with MRB (Manzarek Rogers Band.) It's been a fantastic year and we are looking forward to the holidays at home.
Now it's time to settle in to the Bay Area region and see all our fans and friends on this side of the planet!! Fall is in the air, and there are just a few more times to enjoy contemporary slide guitar master Roy Rogers this year! (for MRB news go to www.manzarek-rogersband.com)
Saturday November 10th Center for the Arts, Grass Valley - MRB
Saturday November 24th Sweetwater, MIll Valley - RR & DRK w/ Special Guest Carlos Reyes
Saturday December 8th Tap Room at EJ Phair's, Pittsburg - RR & DRK
Monday December 31st The Palms, Winters - RR & DRK
Bring your friends and families - celebrate the holiday season with us and see you on the dance floor!
Time to shake it out ~ look to the year and move forward! :) Don't forget to VOTE !!
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 Live! at the Sierra Nevada Brewery Big Room |
 Slideways |
 Blues on the Range |
 Slidewinder |
 Roots of Our Nature |
 Travellin' Tracks |
 R & B |
 Everybody's Angel |
 Ballads Before The Rain |
 Split Decision |
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
Ramblin' Jack Heads to Utah
Ramblin' Jack is back from his East Coast swing - and will be heading to Utah for the Heber City Cowboy Poetry Gathering the 1st, 2nd and 3rd of November. Welcome back to the West Jack!!
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 The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack: Original Soundtrack |
John Karl
The Journey From Albany To Nashville
John Karl – The Journey From Albany To Nashville
12 hours ago
New York native John Karl is building a career in Country Music that all started right here in the Albany area. Now, Nashville is Karl’s new home and he’s ‘Country Star’ bound!
What was your ultimate decision in making the move to Nashville?
It was after I talked with Heath Wright of Ricochet back in 2000. I had done a show at Northern Lights with them and Heath and I where at the bar talking. He told me he really enjoyed my sound and said I should be in Nashville, not just performing at home. That night when I went to bed I thought long and hard about what was next and realized that my career could not grow if I stayed in the Capital District. Nashville offered so many more opportunities. Since that day I have toured with Ricochet as their 5th member on a fill-in basis for 2 years (If someone was sick or could not make the date) and still to this day have stayed friends with them all.
What’s been your biggest accomplishment while living in Nashville?
That’s a hard question to answer. In my eyes I have accomplished so much. House artist at the World Famous Wildhorse Saloon (243 days in 2008-2009), House artist at Legends Corner and The Stage on Broadway’s Honky Tonk Row (Current), 200 shows a year for the past 7 years within 43 different states. Song (Small Town Thing) in the movie “American Reunion”, Number one Song on MP3.com with “There Goes The Neighborhood”, Top 10 song on the Christian Country Charts “Just Love Her” and of course Charting (Song is still Climbing) with my first Country Radio Release “Redneck Rich”. But to me accomplishments are not just music related. My wife and I are still married and in love after 15 years. I have the best core of friends anyone could ask for and I have influenced countless artists in Nashville that have been there for me as I have been there for them. To me that is more of an accomplishment then the rest, especially in this business.
Have you had any good encounters with other singers in the business?
I have had the privilege of performing with a wide range of country acts some of which are very close friends today. Of course starting with Ricochet, Zac Brown, Eric Church, Brantley Gilbert just to name a few. I have done 18 shows withLuke Bryan over the past 3 years and have become good friends off the circuit, Josh Thompson and I used to have BBQ’s or we call them GuitarBQ’s every Sunday Night for 3 years when I first moved to Nashville with guest writers like Jarrod Niemann, Kip Moore to name a few. I have been very fortunate to have some of my 80′s idols become good friends like Kip Winger (WINGER), Mark Slaughter (Slaughter), Bret Michaels (Poison) and Richard Marx. The cool thing about Nashville is how small of a knit community it is. We all get to know each other over the years.
How does it feel to have your own Nashville album out with a single that’s started to get some airplay called ‘Redneck Rich?’
My goal when moving to Nashville was to let the public hear my music. It is a hard and sometimes heart breaking business. Drive, heart and determination is what it takes. I have been working towards my Radio Release for 10 years. Now it has come to light, has been spinning over 2800 times a week across the country and is still picking up speed. Reaching the Music Row Main Charts for me has been a milestone and it seams to be growing weekly. I can’t thank the Fan’s enough for requesting it and letting me know that all the late night shows, Thousands of miles of travel and time away from home has been worth it. After the first of the year I will be releasing my second single “That’s What I Believe” and can’t wait for the public to respond to it. I do not do this to get rich or famous, I want to have a legacy for my family. I want to hear people sing the songs I write and record, as if they have live it themselves.
How did you land an appearance on the ABC show ‘Nashville?’
Funny Story. The producers had been at one of my shows at The Stage on Broadway and approached me for a card. The next day the casting department emailed me to see if I would be interested in being in the show. As of right now I have been an extra in episode 4 and 5 and have been asked to do some more with the band which will be filmed soon. You can see me as a “Hip Bar Patron” and a “Coffee Shop Patron”. Who knows whats next.
What does John Karl hope to accomplish in the next 10 years?
I am hoping to continue my career in Country Music as a writer/performer/artist but I have a few things extra things I would like to do. I want to give back to the newbies to Nashville by teaching a performance class on how to entertain and connect with your listeners. I never had anyone help me and I know how hard it is to learn. Then I want to…….. No laughing…… write a 4 movement symphony. Music comes from your heart whether you understand it or not and I feel that all styles of music are within each and every one of us. As they say “Life is a Highway, I want to ride it all night long! "
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 Are You Ready For This |
 Redneck Rich (Hillbilly Happy) Single |
 That's What I Believe |
Huke Green
Midnight coming Halloween 2012
Midnight Part 2 of 'Waiting For The Sun To Rise' takes us through the darkest part of our journey and is set for a Halloween release date. Keep and eye on my Twitter feed and my store to get your limited time FREE Download of this E.P.!
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 On The Wayward Path |
 Rustic Poet |
Clint Crisher
Clint Crisher – Clint’s Read Music Video from Perfect World
Clint Crisher – Clint’s Read Music Video from Perfect World
Clint`s Read was written and recorded by Clint Crisher is from his full length album Perfect World released in 1999 and produced by Willie Ray Lewis. For more fun, news, updates, photos, videos, and more visit online:
http://listn.to/Clint
http://facebook.com/CrisherMusic
http://reverbnation.com/ClintCrisher
http://twitter.com/ClintCrisher
http://myspace.com/CrisherMusic
http://last.fm/label/Clint+Crisher
http://vimeo.com/CC
Willie Ray Lewis Crisher Entertainment Clint Crisher mentioned.Clint Crisher Official Site - Clint Crisher: Get the latest news, listen and download MP3s, watch videos, see photos, get lyrics, tour information and join the community.
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 Perfect World |
 Terrific Distraction |
L'eclipse Nue
10/27 @ DOM STUDIO, KOENJI
濁朗 + L'eclipse Nue present...
PSYCHIC MENAGERIE 13 - HALLOWEEN PARTY
@ DOM STUDIO, KOENJI
Oct 27th OPEN/START - 19:00
TICKET - 500 yen
ハロウィーンの仮装をしてきてくれた方には先着で２０名様にハロウィーンギフトを無料で差し上げます！！
The first 20 people wearing Halloween costumes will receive a free Halloween treat!!!
(L'eclipse Nue/濁朗 split CD-R limited in 25 + candy.)
Bands;
STILLBORN DIZ [from Russia, on their Japan tour!]
http://www.myspace.com/stillborndiz
SLEEPING BEAUTY
http://www.geocities.co.jp/Technopolis-Mars/7805/
濁朗 (DARKLAW)
http://darklaw01.blogspot.jp/
L'ECLIPSE NUE
http://www.leclipsenue.com/
SWARAGA
http://swaraga.com/
PSYCHIC MENAGERIE 13 - HALLOWEEN PARTY
@ DOM STUDIO, KOENJI
Oct 27th OPEN/START - 19:00
TICKET - 500 yen
ハロウィーンの仮装をしてきてくれた方には先着で２０名様にハロウィーンギフトを無料で差し上げます！！
The first 20 people wearing Halloween costumes will receive a free Halloween treat!!!
(L'eclipse Nue/濁朗 split CD-R limited in 25 + candy.)
Bands;
STILLBORN DIZ [from Russia, on their Japan tour!]
http://www.myspace.com/stillborndiz
SLEEPING BEAUTY
http://www.geocities.co.jp/Technopolis-Mars/7805/
濁朗 (DARKLAW)
http://darklaw01.blogspot.jp/
L'ECLIPSE NUE
http://www.leclipsenue.com/
SWARAGA
http://swaraga.com/
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 Varying Degrees of Discomfort [CD] |
The Shine
MRU Music Nomination
The Shine have been nominated in the best unsigned U.K act at the 2012 MRU Music Awards :)
Long Train Runnin'
LTR at the Skyport Chicken Coop Friday, November 16th
Long Train Runnin' will be performing at the Skyport Chicken Coop Friday, November 16th. Show starts at 8:30pm (no cover charge) but come early to grab some delicious Chicken Coop cuisine. The Skyport Chicken Coop is located at 90 Skyport Dr, San Jose, CA 95110, just down the street from the San Jose Airport.
Come and kick off the Holiday Season with Long Train Runnin' at the Coop. It's gonna be a rockin' good time!
Rhema Soul
(Photo: Derek Minor, K-Nuff, juanlove, Butta P, Thi’sl,...
(Photo: Derek Minor, K-Nuff, juanlove, Butta P, Thi’sl, Anthony Rose)
We had a chance to hit up the Unashamed Tour in Miami, FL this weekend. We had a great time. Thanks to our homie Thi’sl who invited us out as his guests. We got a lot of love from the Reach family. It was an honor to go out and support, see them, & congratulate them on all their success. We are very proud of the 116 movement. It’s exciting to see the impact it’s having on our generation and hopefully the ones to follow. We got a chance to hang out and grab some food with the fellas. It was definitely a good time of just getting to know each other. Andy Mineo and juanlove looking like two hipsters, skateboarding through the streets of Miami. I love to see artists get together and just show love beyond the music. It definitely was an encouraging night for us. We gotta continue to support each other. So if the Unashamed Tour is coming to a city near you, go. You’ll get your faces melted. Plus Trip Lee & KB drop some word for ya. Shout out to Derek Minor and his $108 churasco steak dinner! (We joke, he didn’t pay that much.)
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 Dope Beats & Good News |
 Worn Soles |
 Fingerprints |
Rhema Soul
Behind the Scenes Video Shoot
We just wrapped up the filming of our next music video for ‘Need An Answer’ We can’t wait or you to see it. We had a blast filming it. Stay tuned for the release date.
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Dope Beats & Good News |
Worn Soles |
Fingerprints |
O.Z Bangaz
It's All About Finding Asia
Storycatchers Theatre prepares young people to make thoughtful life decisions through the process of creating, producing, and performing original musical theatre inspiered by personal stories.
Storycatchers is the official charity of O.Z Bangaz. O.Z contributes his skills as a teaching artist in music and theatre to build the confidence of young people and help them find their voice throughout the city of Chicago.
The staged production of "Finding Asia" is the culminating event of Storycatchers Theatre's Fabulous Female program.The Fabulous female program showcases the writings and gives voice to the stories of brave young women serving time at the Illinois Youth Center in Warrenville, Illinois. Often these young ladies are dealing with traumatic issues that no one knows about, not even the closest of their family and friends..
Through the platform that storycatchers has created, the young ladies of the Fabulous Female program are allowed to make audiences laugh, cry, and understand their experiences. It is one of the most powerful experiences you can have with theatre.
This would be a geat experience and show for those involved in Youth Advocacy and Activism, Social Justice, and those that just want to be apart of something real.
SHOW DATES: November 10 and 11, 2012 at 12PM You must RSVP for the show by October 25, 2012. Check out http://www.storycatcherstheatre.org for more info and other productions.
The Despoilers
No Mark but Still a Great Night!
Thanks to all of you that came along to the Victory Pub for Saturdays gig. You may have noted that day job commitments kept Mark from the stage, however he will be back in the line-up for our next show at the Jug'N'Barrel on Saturday 10th November. We arranged a very guitar based set for the Victory and couldn't comply with the requests for some of the Pink Floyd numbers we usually love to play. They will however be back with a vengeance at the Jug'N'Barrel.
The Despoilers
The Good For Naughts
Free live recording of "They Weren't There So They Can't Say"
Hey fans! We've had so much love and support from everyone lately we'd like to return some of that with a free gift for all! Download this live track free. We played this one at The Cameron House in Toronto recently and this was how it sounded. Not perfect but lots of fun.
As you'll hear, "They Weren't There So They Can't Say" is a song about two separated refugees who plan to escape and promise to meet each other later. One arrives and the other doesn't. The song is about the one who refuses to leave the spot where they were to meet. Check out the lyrics too. Love, The GFNs
Just click Jamie's head below to go to the song:
arche3.0
Audiotool Artist Feature - Bluedude
The audiotool artist feature for the month of October - Bluedude
Coarse Meal
This is what was submitted to me for the feature and is certainly a good one. The intro has a nice catch to it that immediately gets the listeners attention, but draws you in for more until the complextro elements. This one has a fantastic groove to it and flows very nicely with the droning bass synth. One could almost zone out to this if it wasn't for the electro bass hits, glides and yoy. Well mixed and ready for getting you moving. I dare you to sit still while listening!
Daft Punk - Crescendolls (Bluedude Remix)
It's hard to do famous remixes without either completely copying the track or ruining it. I think this one hits that middle ground because it has Bluedude written all over it. That bass is classic Bluedude and gives it a slightly grittier feel than the original. This one is well mixed and full of energy, but where's the 303 sound? I want that 303 acid. The real treat here is that it shows that you can make decent remixes of famous music in audiotool without it sounding cheap.
Smoking Sands
This one grabs you with a little more exotic feel. One thing I notice in Bluedude's music is that he does well to catch your interest in that first 30 seconds. This really is what makes hits because you have to get the attention span deprived masses right away. But he slows it back down to develop in preparation for the drop. I love this drop except for that loud wobble bass that comes out at times. It's out of place and either mixed too loud or just not needed because it hurts the flow. It phases back into the mix better as the chorus continues. I love that melodic feel though in the middle and before the drops. If I'm not mistaken, the two heavy chorus parts are fairly identical (perhaps the drums are slightly different, I'm not a drummer). Nice mellow outro and finish on Smoking Sands.
Enigma
I guess this is Bluedude on Trance. It's very much an Enigma. The intro has a build to it that helps bring you in, but it's also awkward in its sounds and mix especially the bass. When it gets going, everything starts to fit together much better and of course there are those obligatory trance claps. I would say the high synth is a bit harsh and needs some softening and the overall progression is repetitive like trance should be. The euphoric break is really more of a nice slow down and chance to get our bearings again in preparation for another build to the trancy chorus. In all I like the track, but it's definitely not Bluedude's stronger tracks. Not sure if it's the style of if it is just one of those things that happens. I think it could definitely be a great track with extra care, but as with many of us, we don't always want to go back to refine, but rather move forward to make more. BTW - my favorite part was that outro.
Eliptic
Here is an older track. Great start even if it is with the overused noise effect. I'm interested right away. When the bass grove starts, I'm already moving...I really don't think you can not move listening to Bluedude. The punchy sounds in there are strange. They work during the complextro portion kind of, but not really. There's a loss of flow because of them. I think it's one of those, it sounded cool at the time, but at the expense of what could be a great track...yes, I think it hurts the track enough to keep it from being a download. All the other complextro elements flow well with the bass and are quite well integrated. I love hearing the bleeps increasing in pitch. Harping on those punch sounds, it's like other unnecessary loud bass sounds. Bluedude still uses these elements as noted in Smoking Sands and for me it's not so good. I prefer when he doesn't include these out of place sounds. Otherwise a fun and very inviting track.
Mite
Latest track as of this writing with a creepy picture of a mite. Again wonderful start - this is what all the industry people tell me I should be doing, so maybe I'll steal his ideas. Truly a complextroish track with full sezure inducing bleeps and blips....just the type of Bluedude I like. That bass is a monster. It might just need a touch more anger to it, but hell I feel like it's barking at me. Those pads are fantastic! This is what Bluedude is capable of world, so take notice! The flow of the track is nice and one part I like is that it doesn't drag the pre-drops like so many in this style. It just let's me enjoy the music with some great twists. I expect a lot more like this from Bluedude in the future. Not necessarily the style, but the well thought out flow and composition.
Bluedude is an audiotool artist well worth listening to and following and listening to. Be prepared world, this guy is on his way and with work and now needs to start working on getting professional feedback to take his music to that next level. Sites like Music Xray can help (use promo code "cdbaby2012" to get out of the $4 fee and there are some free dropboxes or low price ones for reviews). Also Soundout has a free focus group option that I have found helpful.
Again feel free to agree or disagree with me in the comments.
-arche3.0
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