How does it feel to embark on your solo career since your days as the lead singer in TheGray Vines? What motivated you to begin this journey now more than ever before? I just wanted to finally do whatever I wanted to do, you know? In the past, I experienced a lot of,“I know what’s best for you”, and I remembered I do this for me. There’s no promise of…
If you’re into heavy music or, more specifically, inclined towards stoner rock in any capacity, the sludgy guitar play in Sisteria’s Dark Matter may well be the most intriguing element of the record to behold, but if you listen a little closer, you’re definitely going to see that there’s more to this LP than is initially expected. With lead vocals that bring to mind the fragility of a bohemian folk-rock…
How would you describe your musical genre and style? Where do you draw inspiration from when cultivating your sound? Firstly, thank you for having me. I don’t know really… There is a musicality within me that can go in so many directions…from prog rock to classic or psychedelic to acoustic… And I know I am a problem for music biz folks because I will often change direction before the commercial…
When did your musical journey begin? At what point did you know music was a passion that you’d like to pursue professionally? My parents aren’t musicians, but they are music lovers, so It was rare that there wasn’t music playing in my parents’ houses (they divorced when I was 5) growing up. I also had an obsession with reading and writing basically since I could spell. I started singing lessons…
Walk us through the start of your music career; at what point did you know you wished to pursue music professionally? Music was something I was invested in for a long time now. I remember my father putting me on to Hip hop and R&B greats as a child and I always saw it as an amazing career path but I didn’t have the confidence to fully get into it.…
It’s rare that an album like That Girl I Knew by Black Sweater would require a parental advisory sticker, but that is sure to be the case. Essentially a 16-track review of a break-up with blow-by-blow commentary, That Girl I Knew is a rather gentile-sounding record. However, there are moments that see outbursts of internalized rage and confusion. Black Sweater somehow combines several aspects of multiple genres into a solitary…
What is your song-writing style and process like? How do you get into the writing mode to bring your ideas to life? My song process and writing style differs from song to song. Sometimes I write, other times I freestyle and or pinch in bar for bar. Overall I breathe in life and use what ever I’m going through or see around me as the topic for my music. The…
Nick Demopoulos could have played it safe. Cyber Solstice could have been a nine track collection of straight ahead techno tracks with a bright keyboard and synthesizer-fueled bounce. Predictable, but intelligent and possessing widespread audience appeal. He chose another direction with his project Smomid, however, and now several releases into a growing discography, the latest collection Cyber Solstice plays like the fullest realization yet of the project’s promise. FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/Smomid…
With ten albums and countless singles under your belt you are undoubtedly a very hard worker. “Two Hands” is a testament to this fact, and with that, do you have any advice to those who need that extra push and motivation to work hard and do their best during this challenging time? The world will give you exactly what you give it. I think of the old saying “the grass…
What was the intention behind “Shake Down” and why was it important to incorporate the beautiful farm setting for the visual? Can you talk about the process of creating the concepts for both the song and music video? The intention behind “Shake Down” was to show my love of Country Fried Chicken, Horses, and of course country life, food and good times with friends on the farm. The process of…
Norman Alexander makes some significant progress with his latest single ‘The Reason.’ The unwavering musical aura of Norman Alexander is spreading even far with his latest musical activities. The latest music video, ‘The Reason,’ has premiered with an official music video that garnered over a million views in just 12 days. Aside from the track ‘The Reason’ creating a massive buzz in the music industry, Norman also caught the attention…
Canada’s Jeremy Rice may have finally found that breakthrough hit – “Why Do You Lie” has jumped and jived its way onto the pop rock scene. The song’s swagger and addictive chorus will surely have audiences dancing in the aisles. Rice, who is from Quebec, injects just a bit of French-spoken lyrics, and leaves most of the talking up to the harmonies and the excellent music riverbed. Tethered to the…
Nick Phoenix has released a cinematic video for the song ‘Andromeda’ from his ‘Wide World’ album.The video was shot in Pasadena, CA on the historic campus of the California Institute of Technology and various locations in the Mohave Desert. Explaining about ‘Andromeda’, Phoenix says “The song is about an astronomer who dreams of visiting the Andromeda Galaxy and he designs a propulsion system. The song delves into whether he is looking to escape this world…
Austin, TX based Cody Jasper is a chameleon of Rock N’ Roll – releasing music that is themed around the way he lives and shared life experiences with his fans. His bold choices show a daring to mix in different genres along with straight ahead Rock N’ Roll, including Blues and Outlaw Country. With the release of new song “Who You Are” he sings about an enduring universal theme, unconditional love. Cody explains “After…
Can you explain the process of creating the characters of the cowgirl and the alien? The title came first while I was mixing the original track in my home studio. They were opposites to me, the cowgirl and the alien. The visuals came quickly after, as I thought of one scene after the other. I lived in Tucson, Arizona for a bit and love the desert and for me the…
You’ve heard this story before. It hasn’t quite been told in this iteration, however, with onetime darlings of the more than fledgling rock scene of early 1990’s Nashville playing a starring role. Guevara zoomed right up to the brink of potential global success before fashion and bad fortune knocked them out of the box. The whole band’s existence comes out of the blue. They likely never expected to go as…
Mary Kay LaBrie’s name conjures visions of a kind and benevolent sitcom writer and, indeed, she’s cut a successful swath through the sitcom world of the long ago 1990s. LaBrie and a number of her friends worked together on spec scripts for a variety of sitcoms and weeded their way through the production slush pile to pen episodes for marquee network sitcoms such as Wings and the Candice Bergin-starring vehicle Murphy Brown. LINKED…
Francesca Beghe has tasted success. She’s seen her face and name flash across television screens and in magazines from Rolling Stone, People Magazine, and the New Yorker. She’s performed on some of entertainment’s biggest stages. Her new album Francesca Beghe Live features fourteen tracks culled from her three 2019/2020 shows, her first with a full-band backing in over two decades, and reveals her as an artist with nothing left to…
Actor Linda Collins isn’t one for lying fallow. There’s something restless and yearning about her obvious constant involvement in one project or another, centering on film or music, that distinguishes her and others like Collins from mere entertainers. Make no mistake – the capacity to entertain the masses, even in part, is a blessing and increasingly so in the midst of the modern world’s struggles. We need respite, safe harbor,…
Using size and sonic depth to tell us a story is nothing new in alternative rock, as the shoegaze movement has been teaching us for the better part of the last thirty-five years, but this isn’t to say that Panda Riot’s new album Extra Cosmic is lacking in profoundness – quite the contrary, truth be told. Where a lot of other alternative acts have abandoned indulgence in favor of a…