When the former pop- rock band Sing It Loud moved their separate ways in fall of 2010, Pat Brown (lead singer) didn’t let that stop him from chasing his dreams. He has since started a new project under the name of Good Problems and has released an EP entitled “I’m Changing My World,” and you can look for another new EP by him this year. He recently started DJing and Tour Managing with his friend Mod Sun, working as a drum tech for bands, and is a producer / engineer at Blooming Sounds Studios.
During the seven years they were together, The Format released two amazing albums, and a number of EPs; after the band split up in 2008, Same Means and Nate Ruess went their separate ways. We all know what happened with Nate Ruess’s music career, but what about Same Means’? Here’s a look at what he has been up to in the last 4 years.
Ladies Of Metal is a nonprofit modeling and metal/hardcore band promotions company, founded by Ash Jones (music/band promoter) and Kait Miller (handles the models). All the money they make goes back into the company, their events, their bands, and to fund future events. LOM gives their fans access to FREE content, and news about the biggest metal & hardcore bands out there today. They book their models for events, photoshoots, and even to model clothing company’s merch.
Scars on 45 is a 6 piece band from Leeds/Bradford, UK and it consist of Danny Bemrose (lead vocals, acoustic guitar), Aimee Driver (vocals), Stuart Nichols (bass guitar), David “Nova” Nowakowski (keyboard, piano, backing vocals), and Chris Durling (drums, percussion). Their song “Beauty’s Running Wild” was featured in an episode of CSI: New York, and their song “Hearts On Fire’ was the lead song on Grey’s Anatomy 2011 soundtrack. They are signed to Atlantic’s Chop Shop Record label, which has been successful in getting previously unsigned bands heard through song placements in popular TV programs. Scars on 45’s first EP, "Give Me Something," was released in January 2011, their second EP “Heart on Fire” was released October 24, 2011.
Most people who are passionate about music either are too afraid to follow their hearts or get sucked into some other career, but if you take the chance and you risk everything to follow your heart it will, most likely, never fail you. Here is a look into Amanda Alfieri's magnificent job at Atlantic Records in the big and bold New York City.
Hailing from Reno, Nevada (aka The Biggest Little City) unsigned pop-rockers Wayward is comprised of Chris Stanton (vocals, guitar), Allen Lewis (guitar), Brad Crane (bass), and Paul Curatolo (drums, vocals). They have been breaking into the industry since their first EP in 2009., including being featured on Smartpunk’s Top 10 Unsigned Acts, being crowned Hometown Heroes in the September 2009 issue of Alternative Press Magazine, and recently being featured on Purevolumes homepage for a week.The members believe in building personal relationships with their fans and pride themselves on being reachable and relatable; in doing so there newly released EP, “With Love”, was funded 100% by their fans from around the country. With the fans help they were able to do a full 4-song EP release with Kyle Black in West Hollywood, CA, at the same studio that All Time Low tracked their latest album. They were also able to get the songs professionally mastered by Alan Douches of West West Side Music in NYC (Bayside, Pete Townshend, Fleetwood Mac, etc). Wayward has been trying to get ahold of Pete Wentz (Fall Out Boy, Black Cards, Owner of Decaydance Records) to show him the publicly address letter they wrote for him and shorty after this interview Wentz tweeted Wayward back saying “haha you guys are funny and have dedicated fans- gonna scope when I get home.” Can’t wait to see what happens.
At 26 years young, Mike Ziemer already has 10 years of music promoting under his belt, he got his start at the young age of 16 when he started helping out friends in local bands & writing for a small online magazine. After successfully putting on his first concert at the age of 18, for some friends in local Dallas suburb bands, he started Third String Productions; where he and his team have been putting on music festivals and concerts in the North Texas area. Just last year he formed ZH Entertainment where he is the President & CEO at. ZH Entertainment is an Umbrella Company For: Third String Productions, Evolve Music Management, Revelation Booking, Third String Studios, and Archetype Records. He has been featured in BUSINESS WEEK, DALLAS OBSERVER, DALLAS MORNING NEWS, SUBSTREAM MAGAZINE, and more for his work.
The Audition is one of the hardest working bands out there. Since signing to Victory Records in 2005 they have; released their debut album, Controversy Loves Company, released their second album in January 2008, Champion, released their third album in April 2009, Self-Titled Album, and then they released their latest album, Great Danger, in March 2010. In July of 2010 The Audition announced they were no longer with Victory Records. This September the band announced a lineup change, and plans of recording and releasing a new EP, their first since leaving Victory. A few months ago they started a KickStarter to help with the costs of making the new album, they met and surpassed their goals. Here is the lead singer, Danny Stevens, talking about the band and what keeps the fire in their hearts going.
Robby Starbuck is a very talented Music Video Director from Southern California. He has done music videos for such bands like The Smashing Pumpkins, Yellowcard, Metric, The Sounds, Silverstein, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus and Snoop Dogg. Now he’s here to talk about what inspires him to pursue this industry and his future plans.
I recently got to do an interview with Anto Boros of The Swellers about what inspires him, what his last meal would be, dream tour line up and more. Read on to see what he has to say.
INSPIRER.nu's Shannah Lauren catches up with Trae Vedder, vocalist of Death On Two Wheels. The five piece band from Atlanta, Death On Two Wheels, are on the pursuit of darker mysteries on the band's self-released debut. The've shared the shared the stage with artists like Against Me!, Social Distortion, Butch Walker, and Manchester Orchestra.
Trucking from Vienna, Virginia, The Bigger Lights is a five piece male band with their minds set on bringing the rock and roll feelings that were common in the 1980’s back to the music industry today. These sounds are exactly what one experiences when slipping in one of their CDs into a car stereo, making this band a force to be reckoned with. Vocalist Christopher “Topher” Talley, guitarists John Kendall “JK” Royston and Chris McPeters, bassist Dan Mineart, and drummer Ryan Seaman bring their own unique sounds together to create a type of music that is less common nowadays in the music scene. Since putting out their first EP under their Doghouse Records label titled “Fiction Fever” in 2009, The Bigger Lights have made quite a name for themselves. Joining bands such as There For Tomorrow, Cartel, This Providence, Anarbor, and Hey Monday in tours that ran across the United States, The Bigger Lights have created an army of a fan base that is located in all parts of the world. After putting out their first self-titled full length record last year, The Bigger Lights have continued to keep themselves busy through touring, setting out on their first headlining tour called “The Caffeine and Skinny Jeans Tour” that ran for a few weeks in August throughout the east coast. The band is currently in the process of writing and recording a new album, and I got the opportunity to interview guitarist JK Royston regarding what can be expected in the future with this rock and roll band.