The only things guaranteed in life are taxes, death and Hunnypot Live! will entertain you. Thank you for letting us entertain you. Show #389 started of with pure rock entertainment from DJ Hot Tub's set list. We deviated a bit from the normal format and our guest DJ Stephen Perkins joined us in the hot tub to talk about his history, influences and future after we played his amazing curated set of music. Thrift got our butts moving with that dirty disco rock, Blue Midnight returned to shake pillars with hard modern rock, Stepehen Perkins hit the stage with his band Power Trip L.A. to deconstruct familiar songs like you've hardly heard and Voodoo Kills turned up and turned us out with more rock n roll. The night ended with a killer dance party set. We were entertained. 04/16/2018
Recap by DJ Spectrum (Jeff Gray) Photos by J. Gray / J.Born / M. DeShields-McClure
Iconic Drummer, noise maker and groove machine from Jane’s Addiction/Porno for Pyros, Stephen Perkins. Also known for his work with many different musical galaxies, Methods of Mayhem, Infectious Grooves, Nine Inches Nails, No Doubt, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sheryl Crow, etc.
Based out of Southern California, Thrift is characterized by noisy garage rock tones mixed with pulsating rhythms and powerhouse vocals. The band aims to captivate audiences and listeners with their easily distinguishable sound. Anna Carmela (bass and vocals) refers to their style as "dirty disco," or, in other words, garage rock-meets-pop. Thrift seeks to grip audiences and listeners alike with the in-your-face production style, lead vocal intensity, wailing bass and guitar hooks, and fierce live performances.
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Blue Midnight (Justine Glaser) is a singer, songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist, and fashion designer from Los Angeles, CA. She began performing music at the age of 8. She knew from a young age that she would deviate from the typical path taken by her family of doctors and lawyers in order to purse her passion for the arts. Her powerful music is a blend of alternative rock, symphonic metal, and grunge. Her influences include Nirvana, Bjork, Evanescence, Muse, The Cure, Kate Bush, Linkin Park, Led Zeppelin, Mozart, and Alanis Morissette.
Blue Midnight has the rare gift of synesthesia, the ability to blend sound and colors in her mind, resulting in her vivid musical imagination. She is lead vocalist and also plays piano, guitar, and harp. She plays acoustic shows solo as well as concerts with her full band, which includes noted musicians in the Los Angeles metal scene.
She is in the process of recording her debut album, Eternal Wish, with producer/composer and cousin, Sam Glaser. The album is slated to be released his summer.
The attitude, soul, vibe and legacy of the Golden State, California bands should always play music from the waist down...And of course....Keep your eyes on the road and your hands upon the wheel. POWER TRIP LA is a musical blend with several combined decades of real raw power with a relentless musical presence in the international scene. The musicians in Power Trip LA never shy away when it comes to 'Bringing It on and Tearing It Down’ Crossing a musical bridge from 'in the present & aware of our environment' straight into funk jump the sparks reference points meets 60/70ish summer of love psychedelic space travel, a new make over coating...to another wise timeless repertoire. YES...it’s true!
Power Trip LA is:
*Drummer, noisemaker and groove machine from Jane’s Addiction/Porno for Pyros’ Stephen Perkins. Also known for his work in many different musical galaxies, Methods of Mayhem, Infectious Grooves, Nine Inches Nails, No Doubt, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sheryl Crow, etc.
*Music royalty heir and top shelf melody maker himself: Alex Alessandroni Jr, known for his musical director/& keyboards role behind such artists as Christina Aguilera, Pink, Babyface, Whitney Houston, Nelly Furtado, Leann Rimes, Faith Evans, Toni Braxton, Natalie Cole, Don Felder, Bobby Brown etc.-
*The guitar master, shredder & strummer too! Rafael Moreira of Stevie Wonder, Sheryl Crow, Christina Aguilera, Pink, Steven Tyler, Cher, Brett Michaels, Alessia Cara, and Paul Stanley’s fame, but also a regular fixture on TV shows like The Voice and American Idol.
*One of a kind Producer/bassist Fabrizio Grossi with a long string of successful and award winning collaborations with the Supersonic Blues Machine, Steve Vai, Billy F. Gibbons, Eric Gales, George Clinton & P-Funk, Joe Bonamassa, Leslie West, Warren Haynes, Robben Ford, Steve Lukather, Glenn Hughes, etc.
*Garrett Holbrook on lead vocals. A young name fairly unknown to the public at large, but very much on the radar of producers and session players for his talent and delivery consistency. Garrett fronts a few different ensembles, spanning from Acoustic Blue-Grass-Country to Prog-Metal, Garrett has been making a serious name for him self and with Power Trip LA he found a great window to entertain and showcase his worth.
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Voodoo Kills is a 4 piece band based in Los Angeles but comes from France, Australia, Mexico and America. Think Rock n Roll meets 90’s grunge with a punk spirit.
Hunnypot sprung a Spring thing last night. Hot Tub brought golden April showers with his bookend DJ sets for the night. Malachi Mott jumped in to the tub to talk about the decade of music production since he met us, The Eiffels bunny hopped up for some pop rock Easter eggs, Princess Fortier may have sprung flowers of music genre mashups, Grace Blue returned to the Hunnypot stage like a messiah to help us dance, Basement Beat Revival gave us a basket of musical goodies and the night closed with a revelation level dance party. 04/02/2018
Malachi Mott is a music producer originally from Long Island, NY and currently in Los Angeles, CA. His long and diverse career includes engineering at Interscope Records, producing indie artists and teaching music production at Icon Collective. He has worked with Ty Dolla $ign, Sia, Zedd, Polow Da Don, The Game, Ester Dean and more. Now he spends his days empowering artists to create the art the world deserves.
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Relix Magazine describes The Eiffels' "sleek dance rock" as "contagious." Yahoo Music raves, "Los Angeles buzz band, The Eiffels, has the music scene in a swirl with its catchy '80's synth pop." And PureVolume calls their songs, "shimmering electro-pop anthems."
The week of its release, their debut EP was hailed by Baeble Music as an “opening salvo that any band would dream of,” and was the 15th most added record on U.S. college radio. They’ve since received support from major radio stations from Los Angeles’ KROQ and KLOS, to San Diego’s 91X and Z90.
After an ambitious United States tour, continuous buzz, and seeing their music featured in hit television shows like MTV's Are You The One?, and The Only Way is Essex, The Eiffels are ready to release their new EP, complete with the same diabolically catchy hooks and an even bigger sound.
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Miss Princess Fortier is an International Pop artist. Her career in music and acting found her while studying Neuroscience and French in college. She wasn't always clear that she could have a career in the very thing she loves to do. Thanks to some direction from special key figures in her life, the world now has access to a moving, touching and inspiring force. Princess has trained in multiple musical instruments including vocals, violin, flute, xylophone, trombone and classical piano under the direction of Donna Glover, Art Coleman, Collins Peters, Gary Catona, Nicholas Cooper, and Scott Johnson. Since the age of four, Princess could be found singing gospel tunes with her sisters at local community events in Stockton, CA, singing jazz tunes at local corporate events or performing one of her many instruments in Jazz band, Marching Band, Concert Band or Drumline. In addition to the multiple musical achievements, she also has been showcased in several theater performances as well as on film & television.
Currently, you can find Princess performing internationally in major cities, including: Seoul, Korea; Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; Beijing, China; Muscat, Oman; Tucson, AZ; Los Angeles, California; Stockton, California; Selma, Alabama; Hengelo, Netherlands; London Olympics 2012; Monaco Grand Prix 2013.
Miss Princess is able to adjust to any cultural environment, is adaptable, and flexible to an international audience. In addition to the multiple musical achievements, she also has been showcased in several theater performances as well as on film & television.
"There's always a slight moment where Its a little nerve wracking to step outside of my comfort zone. But all I want to do is perform. There's nothing in the world like it."
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Grace Blue is an alternative-pop music duo based in Los Angeles, California.
The music duo, that consists of vocalist Grace Mogz and keyboard player Joseph Arazi, have decided to move to Los Angeles this past May in order to pursue their passion and hunger for music.
Their debut music video for the single "Our Eyes" was released June 4th and had reached over 100,000 YouTube views, followed by their self-titled debut EP, that has been released July 29th.
Their music is a combination of dark emotionally driven vocals, alongside catchy, up-tempo alternative-pop.
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Born in NYC and recently relocated to Los Angeles, the Basement Beat Revival is a band whose sound lives somewhere at the crossroads of The Black Keys and David Bowie - next door to the Clash and Lenny Kravitz. Call it "GlamWave", the modern love child of glam and new wave with a healthy dose of psychedelia and soul.
Formed in 2015, BBR immediately began playing the local club scenes in New York, Philadelphia and Boston. Their mission has, and will always be, to keep the torch lit brightly for a bedrock of influences that inspire their sound. Influences such as The Arctic Monkeys, White Stripes, The Doors, The Killers, The Cure, T Rex, The Strokes, Slade, Television and The Beatles - to offer but a few examples.
Driven by deep lyricism, their sound is built around vintage guitars, classic synths and deep rhythms. From the dreamy lyrics and instrumentation of numbers like "Stars & Scars" to their rock-meets-Motown homage to the 70s club scene "New York Doll" and the haunting ballad "Time Stands Still", BBR takes their musical experimentation in endless directions.
Be on the lookout for their upcoming EP release "Heavy" due in early 2018.
This session of Hunnypot Live started with Hot Tub's brand of party music to celebrate birth and departure. Brooke Trout joined us in the tub for her birthday celebration, an interview about her music career and a funk set to shake asses. Sidney B. performed his brand of French/California funk, Noble Creatures added to the musical brass movement, Hot Sauce Holiday returned for the 6th time to keep the partying moving and Death of Politics brought it down just a tiny bit to get serious about songs. 03/19/2018
Brooke Trout is a singer/songwriter known for her polyphonic blend of rock, blues and surf tones. Her latest musical project Brill is an indie-alt-acoustic duet with former band mate and Flat Cat Radio host, singer/songwriter Dave Strauss. The group has just released their debut album Fish Out Of Water on CDBaby as well as on iTunes. The album’s first single “O Song” was featured on several programs including JVonD Radio in Boulder, CO, MuseBoat Radio in Las Vegas, NV, The Soupy Gato Show in The Netherlands with syndication in the UK and The Daily Dose on The Insomnia RadioNetwork. Fish Out Of Water has also been featured by Slacker Radio and Muzoic.com. You can check out music videos for Brill’s O Song and Shine on Youtube.
Brooke Trout’s previous albums include the 2012 release Chasing Windmills with The Red Herring which was recorded at Musician’s Institute with Dan Hughley (Manley Laboratories) as well as at the historic 4th Street Recording studio in Santa Monica with Sejo Navajas (Cold Blue Rebels, The People’s Party) and Denise Barbarita (The Roots, Stevie Wonder). Trout’s sophmore album Networth (M-Pire Recording Studio, 2009) features mixing engineer Chuck Wilson (Andre 3000, Dr. Dre) and mastering by Grammy Award winner Nancy Matter (The Who, Ray Charles). Her debut album Bittersweet was recorded with Timon Marmex, creator of Rhythm Core Alpha(SoftEgg Studios, 2006).
These albums achieved airplay on several radio stations and podcasts, as well as positive reviews in the press where Trout was compared to alternative artists like Souixsie Souix, Exene Cervenka and Sinéad O’Connor. Networth featured the musicianship of two bands, The Treble Hooks & The Anchor Men, capturing a sound that was compared to Siouxsie & the Banshees, The B-52s, and X. The title track was awarded “Most Original In Alternative Rock” on Garageband.com. The Red Herring was also compared to The B-52s and Siouxsie & the Banshees. You can expect a dark surf rock sound from this fish! As music critic Billy Sheppard writes, “This level of music pain, in varying tempi, is a serrated cut of raw Souixshe, left in the sun near the mayonnaise for too damn long.”
Chasing Windmills achieved radio play coast to coast, making playlists in major markets including WPPJ in Pittsburgh, PA, WRNR in Annapolis, MD, WRUW in Cleveland, OH, KUNM in Albuquerque, NM, WXDU in Durham, NC, WEFT in Champaign, IL and KMNR in Rolla, MO. The album also showed strong support from New York, charting for two weeks on WPNR in Utica, as well as getting play on WHRW in Bighamton, WMVL in Purchase and WCVM in Morrisville. The album also charted on WXIN in Providence, RI. Chasing Windmills also received great support in Massachusetts on the world famous WUML, getting airplay on a variety of the station’s programs including Moustache For Men, Junk & Stuff, Smith…Brings Only Nice Goods and the heralded program Live From the Fallout Shelter which has been featured in SPIN Magazine. The Red Herring made the Los Angeles indie rock charts for The Deli Magazine and were also finalists in the Eventful.com Battle of the Bands to perform at The Roxy Theatre on the historic Sunset Strip.
Brooke Trout was nominated for All Access Magazine’s 2007 Music Award Show for best female guitarist in a rock, melodic blues category, best female guitarist in a pop, alternative category and best songwriter. In 2008 Brooke Trout was made a Member of the Month for singer/songwriter organization Songsalive and included in Music Connection’s Annual Directory of Artists & Bands. Brill’s Fish Out Of Water was honored with the SongNet Award for 2016.
Brooke Trout is the stage name of Brooke Mason, an experienced journalist and former editor for The Santa Maria Times, Martin Literary Management and Mahoganygirl.com. Brooke has worked as a media coordinator with nonprofits including The San Fernando Valley Arts Council (DCA), Friends of Taxco (PTPI), Canoga Park Improvement Association, Songsalive and AFSP. Brooke is also a contributing writer for Music Connection, All Access Magazine and Bitchin Entertainment and has also appeared as a monthly guest cohost for the internet broadcast Flat Cat Radio. To catch archived shows go to http://www.myspace.com/flatcatradio.
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Born in France, currently living in the US and having traveled all over the
world–including a month living and making music with indigenous people on a small
South Pacific island– Sidney B. has explored and immersed himself in almost every
genre of music there is. From the house beats of Europe through the funk of Latin
America to the lyrical rap of the US, each area has imparted its unique music influence on Sidney, who now brings these styles together into an irresistible pop package.
At the tender age of 25, Sidney expresses himself as not just a singer and songwriter but as a filmmaker and artist too, but has always, in his heart, been a musician first and foremost. Having had his first taste of the industry in a rap group named Hors du Com 1, Sidney has since hosted radio shows in France, written soundtracks for short films and even composed for theater.
The appreciation not just from fans but from other musicians and the music industry as a whole has always been consistent for Sidney. From winning the Best Emerging Artist award at the European Indie Music Festival in 2008, through working on projects with Universal Canada and Warner Music to sharing the red carpet with Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars at last year’s Much Music Awards in Toronto, the accolades continue to roll in with increasing pace.
His slick, club-ready tracks are accompanied by self-directed fast paced videos, making this artist a double threat that’s ready to take centre stage. An award-winning first single,a full length album that’s ready to be released and a video that was the most watched video on YouTube after a Justin Bieber track mean that Sidney B. is on the brink of much-deserved US success–but you can be sure that he won’t stop there.
Noble Creatures is LA's Latin-Alternative dark horse performing 1st generational music. For almost 10 years the band has celebrated cultural diversity one stage at a time stirring up sounds from Colombia, the Caribbean islands, and Africa among a solid foundation of rock and urban music. Lately, Noble Creatures has opened for Ozomatli, they were featured on Sofar Sounds, and were included in Music Connection Magazine's "Hot 100 Unsigned Bands." Performing frequently around Los Angeles Noble Creatures continues to spread what NPR Music calls "a great big joyful sound."
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Hot Sauce Holiday is a five piece cabaret rock band from Los Angeles. Their live shows emphasize crowd participation and a great deal of improv. Bongo-solos, skits, poetry, and dance numbers have been known to break out. They have been known to feature burlesque dancers, hula hoop artists, and scandalous routines involving Playboy playmates. Genre-wise the sound varies from song to song drawing influence from 60's psychedelic and folk, to early punk, 80's electro, disco, and even a bit of barbershop. The song lyrics are surreal and witty with every band member trading off on vocals or singing in harmonies. In addition to over 20 originals the band has a variety of party cover songs they are able to play ranging from George Michael to Motorhead.
So leave the outside world behind you for a couple hours and come experience the originality, joy, and chaos that is Hot Sauce Holiday. Hunnypot Approved good time guarantee!
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The DOP aka "death of Politics" is a Psychedelic rock band from Venice CA.
Hope Springs Eternal, unless you work for the government or it's hardly spring weather in Los Angeles. Last night Hunnypot Live! sprung in to action when Hot Tub hit the decks and opened the show with an eclectic set of bangers. Carla Clark got in to the hot tub and mapped out her music journey with tales of brave utility and tunes of grave electricity. The Songery performed and brought beautiful broken heart songs and dance-able beats, Nekeith stopped in to the tub for a minute to talk about his career before his hype as hell set of future rap classics, Scilla & No:Carrier engaged with electro dark and stormy atmospheres, Selling L.A. delivered catchy riff rock and Morgan: DJ True Savage unleashed a curated DJ set without any regard for how tired our dancing legs would be the next day. Recap and Photos by J. Gray 03/05/2018
How did Carla end up working in the music business? Good question. She has a long history of being a music nerd, starting piano at 5, viola as a teenager, and majoring in music in college. After college, Carla moved to Los Angeles and after working a few odd jobs, she decided to attend the music business program at Musicians Institute in Hollyweird. And, weird it was. But, they had a great internship program. The day of her meeting with the head of the internship program, she walked in to find her grumbling about nobody wanting this internship at NBC Music Services, as everyone wanted to be at a label! Carla asked what this internship was about; it was helping out their department which chose and cleared music for all NBC shows and promos. TV & Music? Carla thought that sounded really cool, and decided to go for it. And, lo and behold, she got the internship and was lucky enough to get a recommendation when a Music Licensing Coordinator position opened up at Rhino Entertainment, part of Warner Music Group, handling clearances for all of the WMG labels. After many years at Rhino, the synch departments at Rhino, and at WMG’s publishing arm Warner/Chappell, merged, so, she was lucky enough to get hands on experience handling publishing clearances too!
After over 11 years at Warner Music Group, Carla decided she needed to broaden her horizons, and left WMG for a mobile app. company, handling clearances for over 200 songs for a musicbased game. It was an organizational nightmare, but, Carla soon had it under control, thanks to Excel and extensive color coding. After leaving the mobile app. company, she was hired at Yep Roc Music Group as their Sync Manager, working with music supervisors, pitching songs and handling clearances.
So, it was pretty ironic that Carla’s career in music business all started with an internship no one else wanted! And, here she is, 14 years later, working at a really amazing label and publisher, Yep Roc Music Group. You never know where life will lead you!
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Writing songs that deal with every color and nuance of life, The Songery aims to push mental boundaries through genre-bending pop and theatrics. The concepts, ideas, and messages behind the songs are more important than the songs themselves and every move, every sound, every visual is developed with care and intent in a final attempt to peel back the mask that humanity can so easily wear.
When asked why one person would decide to call herself “The Songery” she replies, “The Songery is more than a persona. It is a call to arms, a spearhead signaling for spiritual awakening, symbolic of an ideology that the world seems to be lacking severely and yet constantly surrounds us. For this reason, my project is grounded in story-line, integrity, concept, and character. I feel very secondary- as if I am the one driving the car, and it’s my car… but I am not the car. The Songery is a name I feel very intertwined with, I feel it so perfectly encapsulates the whimsical world I strive to show people. I’m not quite there yet. I’m still developing, completely on my own, so it is a process… but I’ll get there.”
-I also feel the name gives me freedom to play with all these abstracts and to adopt such a wide range of tones and subject matter. Some very light, some very dark, ranging substantially in color yet all unified within this world. I have been writing songs and performing since I was a little girl, and never really had the belief that I could or should be trying to make a career out of it… until The Songery came along. It sparked a purpose within me. I believe in The Songery with such passion that I want to keep fighting until I see it realized. The Songery comes with power to me. It is more than me. It is bigger than me. If I forfeited the name, the music would not feel the same. Nothing would feel the same. It would not be the same.-
The Songery loves Jonsi, Sigur Ros, Regina Spektor, Danny Elfman, Queen, Nick Cave and Warren Ellis, Beethoven, all the random hits of the 80s, and pretty much any film score.
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Nekeith, is an American hip hop recording artist, songwriter and dancer. While being raised in High Point, NC he began his career at the age of 15. He released his first mixtape 'Unbelievable' in 2012 under the stage name of Newprettyboii and performed in multiple venues to broaden his artistry. While still pursuing his career, Nekeith is currently a student at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte seeking a degree in Theatre and Film. Nekeith is the founder of D.O.P.E (Dreams of pursuing entertainment) an organization at UNC Charlotte. On March 8, 2016 Nekeith released his debut single and music video titled 'Bank' and released his “Brutally Honest Mixtape” in December 2016. Nekeith opened for singer K. Michelle at Charlotte Pride 2016. Nekeith highlighted his LGBT Rap at the 6th Annual Hip Hop Festival in Atlanta Georgia. With over 20k Views and stream downloads, Nekeith is just getting started on his legacy. The new single/video "LIQ" is out now!
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Scilla - Scilla is an award-winning singer and songwriter from Switzerland. Now based in Los Angeles, her music features pop, jazz, cabaret, and burlesque influences. As a songwriter, she won several international awards for her songs "Sometimes" and “Champagne and Sugar,” which can be heard in the award-winning movie “Muffin Top” (available on Netflix). As an artist she was a finalist in the Swiss final of the “Eurovision Song Contest” and “Switzerland’s Got Talent.”
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no:carrier/Chris Wirsig - no:carrier was founded by composer and producer Chris Wirsig in Germany in 1995. The band has released more than fifteen albums and EPs, often featuring unique singers from all over the world. It is a music project in constant evolution, finding its unique sound through inspiration from dark wave, synthpop, acoustic, and electro genres.
Chris Wirsig enjoyed classical training on piano and saxophone, studied audio engineering at SAE Technology College and has more than 20 years experience in music production. His music can be heard in games like the acclaimed Top Ten iPad game “Alien Tribe 2”, the short mystery movie "20 Matches" and in TV shows on ABC, E!, MTV, Audience Network/DirecTV and others. His music is available for licensing via his own library Counter Communications as well as other libraries and publishers.
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Morgan is a Philadelphia native. Morgan grew up in the Philadelphia punk/hardcore scene attending basement shows and the early days of "This Is Hardcore". She is not all HXC, Depeche Mode, was her first concert and is a top 10 favorite and where her DJ name is derived. Music from the 80s-00s goth,new wave, and industrial are her other major listenings. Morgan is an Ithaca College student who is interning for Hunnypot.
If Hunnypot Live! were a meme we’d be the cats that replace the Curling rocks. Last night the air outside the air was like an ice rink but inside we turned up the heat. Hot Tub got the night cooking with a music set of party songs. Shelly Peiken got in to the tub for the first time and brought us a playlist of her major musical accomplishments and influences, stories of her journey as a songwriter, author and an elevator friend to Carly Simon. Jenna Nation brought the whole Hunnypot country together for a pop music summit, V Torres rocked guitar centric gothic cowboy gypsy set, The Habits power popped us with their musical trio, Alexa Villa got dark and vicious, Frak drilled down the mantle with his rapper flow and Nordstorm & Patrik dropped a DJ set of dance heaven. Recap by J. Gray / Photos by J. Gray / J. Born / L. Phillips 02/19/2018
Shelly Peiken is a multi-platinum Grammy nominated songwriter who is best known for her #1 hits "What a Girl Wants" and "Come On Over Baby". She earned a Grammy nomination for the song "Bitch" recorded by Meredith Brooks. She’s had hundreds of songs placed on albums, and in TV and film.
Shelly's book Confessions of a Serial Songwriter chronicles her journey from a young girl falling under the spell of magical songs to writing hits of her own. It’s about growing up, the creative process, the highs and the lows, the conflicts that arise between motherhood and career success, the divas the egos and the back stabbers, but also the lovely people she's found along the way. It’s about the challenge of getting older and staying relevant in a rapidly changing and youth driven world.
Her Serial Songwriter Facebook page has become a forum for all things songwriting and ideas about navigating a changing music business as a creative person and parent.
Shelly is a contributor to The Huffington Post. She is well known in the music industry as mentor, panelist, consultant and guest speaker and a fierce advocate of creators' rights as a founding member of SONA (Songwriters Of North America).
Shelly is a New Yorker at heart who enjoys her life in Los Angeles with her husband, composer Adam Gorgoni, their daughter, Layla and her 2 cats.
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JENNA Nation is an R&B/Pop singing sensation who is quickly gaining momentum on the international music scene.
Born in Ottawa, Canada, JENNA Nation was introduced to music at an early age through her musical family. She began her career with extensive training and success with classical music/opera, jazz and then with R&B/soul while studying and graduating Summa Cum Laude with her Vocal Performance Degree from the famed Berklee College of Music.
An outstanding vocalist with a charismatic stage presence, JENNA Nation progressed to hit some significant milestones early in her career. Since she began singing, JENNA Nation has performed at the Official JUNO’s After Party in Calgary as well as for the Prime Minister of Canada and as part of the Canada Day celebrations on Parliament Hill. In addition, she has appeared at several famed festivals including the Newport Folk Festival, Boston Outside of the Box Festival and the Toronto, Ottawa, and Beaches International Jazz Festivals just to name a few. Other highlights include performing at the world’s largest urban music festival New Skool Rules in Holland where she was selected as Best Artist. JENNA Nation has also been a finalist for several international songwriting competitions.
JENNA Nation boasts a soulful and even jazzy vibe to her music. Long-time influences include Michael Jackson, Ella Fitzgerald, Judy Garland and Stevie Wonder - a notable name with whom she aspires to collaborate. JENNA Nation has worked with a number of Grammy and JUNO-nominated producers and songwriters including Boi-1da, Tommy Brown, Victoria Monet, Travis Sayles, Kinetics and One Love, Ryan "Ghost" Bowser, Elev3n, Druski, and Young Wolf Hatchlings among others.
JENNA Nation’s fourth album, You Don’t Know (released November 2017) has already received numerous accolades. The album was named Canada's Best R&B Album of 2017, one of the Top 10 Best Records of the Year and #9 Best Album of 2017. JENNA Nation has also been featured in numerous news outlets across Canada, including Music Canada, iHeart Radio, Canadian Beats, Sirius XM, State of Hip-Hop, CP24, Musique Plus Video Channel, FYI Music News, and the Global Morning Show. Forever, JENNA Nation’s latest radio single and video features Toronto rapper Fame Holiday and started 2018 by entering the Radio Indie Alliance Top 40 Chart at #8 as well as #10 on the 365 Radio Network. The video has generated over 10,000 views on YouTube and charted in the Top Ten on the Worldwide Indie Charts. Her album is currently playing on 500+ stations worldwide.
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V Torres is the epitome of the modern day songwriter. With two studio albums under her belt, Torres is prepared to release her latest project: Real Life Love.
Hailing from the beach cities of Southern California, V Torres has spent her entire life in or around music and sports. While in high school, indie-rock and hip-hop became her passion and basketball gave her the drive to persevere through adversity. Torres went on to attend Loyola Marymount University majoring in accounting and minoring in theatre arts. Upon graduation, Torres moonlighted as a corporate finance accountant to fund her musical career.
To date, she has spent the majority of her career writing and performing with the band Gorgeous Got a Gun, and released their self-titled debut album in 2009, followed by Welcome Home in 2011 and single release I Remember You in 2016. During this time, Torres’ music video for song Violent Games was featured on the blue ray release for the feature film Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. Since then, V Torres has performed throughout the country while collaborating and recording with various artists and producers including Joe McGrath (AFI, Alkaline Trio) and most recently Jonny Perdue and Steve Stout of Lost Beach.
Backed by a newfound love of yoga and a desire to share her truth, Torres infused a fresh energy and sound into her latest project, five song EP Real Life Love. Leveraging life’s highs & lows, this project is inspired by the sense of urgency she has never lost throughout the years. Like any singer-songwriter, V Torres’ music has matured while continuing to effectively convey her experiences and emotions. Real Life Love was released in all digital stores on 11/11/17.
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The Habits met each other in the blue-collar town of San Pedro, just far enough away from the glamour of the Hollywood glow to be isolated. Comprised of singer/guitarist Wolf Bradley, pianist Chance Famighetti, and drummer Andrew Macatrao, The Habits ground their music in bite size melodies that are impossible to get out of your head. Their music is accompanied by slightly melancholic lyrics that tell a story of love, loss, and everything in between. Their alt/pop sound is unique to them but stems from incongruous avenues of inspiration. From Maroon 5 to Cage the Elephant, The Habits’ music makes you wanna dance and hits you hard in the feels. The three of them have grown up together in Southern California and are more like brothers than band members. Playing pretty much every bar, club, basement, and alleyway in LA, they’ve honed in on their live show skills, giving their audience a lively and fun show experience.
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"Singer-keyboardist Alexa Villa projects a natural confidence, an admirable all-in swagger that leaves the listener convinced of her commitment to every word she sings." -Music Connection Magazine
Alexa's latest EP entitled, "ACT I" is something to be noticed. She describes her music as "grunge pop with a little blues feel and a whole 'lotta attitude." Soaring vocals, surprising chord choices and captivating stories within her lyrics are sure to leave you wanting more. But it doesn't end there. Her live performance and style match her quirky and eclectic personality.
Alexa has played Warped Tour and opened for acts like The Darkness, Drake Bell, Mark Ballas and BC Jean of Alexander Jean and Ryan Cabrera to name a few. Alexa also models in LA Fashion week, and for several fashion companies. She has been on set for SpikeTV and various music videos for artists like Chris Brown and Nikki Minaj among others.
Her influences range from Led Zeppelin, to Lana Del Rey, Lady Gaga, Dorothy, Halsey, Deep Purple, The Neighborhood, Heart, Blondie, the Pretty Reckless, Nirvana, Awolnation, and the list goes on.
From age 7, Alexa has been classically trained playing piano, performing original songs at talent shows and landing lead roles in theater class. She grew up in San Diego playing clubs with her parents' band and her brothers band before developing her own unique style.
"I want to create an escape and plant a visual in your head. I want to make you feel something new and I want it to encourage you to do the things you've always wanted to. Music is not just sound, its an entire world. It's who I am."
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Frak is a rapper from the Bay Area. A songwriter, battle rapper, producer, and music video director, Frak's art is intersectional between all these mediums. Having performed along such artists as Kendrick Lamar, Earth Wind & Fire, Anderson Paak, Shad, Travis Scott, Mistah Fab and Watsky, this is an artist unlike any other. Frak’s newest album, Limewire '03 which dropped this month, has a cohesive feel, as it mostly sampled early 2000's R&B, slowed down, reversed, and transformed into head-bopping bangers. The album attempts to sketch the millennial condition, and how our technology addiction can manifest itself in the nooks and crannies of our days, months and lives.
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Sweden based Hunnypot super-fans are back in the US and will kick our Dance Party with special guest vocalist Gustav Zetterberg! Come out and say Hallå!
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Hunnypot Live! is the most Superb Owl. What a night! Hot Tub bathed us with an early DJ set of hits and hearts. Maureen Crowe sat down with us to discuss her illustrious music supervision career and brought a set of music that no one could #resist dancing to. BNTLY, an "oh baby! band" rocked our socks off. Grace Blue came back to drop beats and lift hearts, The YeahTones pummeled us with that real rock n roll life, AMERA TechYES'd us with crazy good electronic rock and Memento once again rapped hard and left us with something to remember. Photos and recap by J. Gray 02/05/2018
Lauded by Neil Portnow, President of the Recording Academy, as "a force of nature" Maureen Crowe is a powerful voices in music and media. As the first female President of the LA Chapter of the Recording Academy, she spearheaded the effort to secure voting rights and award status for music supervisors. In 2008, Maureen Crowe co-founded the Guild of Music Supervisors (GMS), the first and only organized advocacy for professional music supervisors. In just a few short years the GMS has had an astounding impact securing both Grammy and Emmy Awards status of music supervisors, secured stories in top publications including The New York Times: Arts and Leisure, The Hollywood Reporter , Variety and Billboard and establishing the annual the Annual Guild of Music Supervisor Awards which highlights the incredible impact music and music supervision have in every field of media.
She is known for her exceptional creative work, financial and marketing acumen. Some of the most groundbreaking achievements in the field including the Grammy award winning soundtrack and chart topping single "I Will Always Love You" from The Bodyguard, the platinum selling soundtrack for the cult classic Wayne's World, and the multi-platinum Grammy and Oscar winning film Chicago.
BNTLY was formed by the siblings Adam and Julia Feldman and Adam Levy. The band has influences ranging from 70s soul/funk, classic and alternative rock to the current wave of jazz-oriented hip hop. Their newest single/video is "Wolves" which they will preform during their live appearance Monday Feb. 5th 2018 Hunnypot Live at The Mint. It's a high concept adventure and lots of fun.
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Grace Blue is an alternative-pop music duo based in Los Angeles, California.
The music duo, that consists of vocalist Grace Mogz and keyboard player Joseph Arazi, have decided to move to Los Angeles this past May in order to pursue their passion and hunger for music.
Their debut music video for the single "Our Eyes" was released June 4th and had reached over 100,000 YouTube views, followed by their self-titled debut EP, that has been released July 29th.
Their music is a combination of dark emotionally driven vocals, alongside catchy, up-tempo alternative-pop.
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The YeahTones is the tenacious rock ‘n’ roll brainchild of bandleader and frontman Jake Pinto. Born of a natural healer and a business schemer (read: Florida man), Pinto’s deep-rooted lust for “peaceful” resistance has been long in the making. In 2012, Jake graduated from private university with a degree in music, thousands of dollars in debt and an ample angst for the injustices of the world. Plagued by the typical anger and isolation of a 20 something New Yorker, Jake set aside his pricey jazz education in search of a new more liberating form of expression, enter The YeahTones. On stage The YeahTones explode with punk energy to deliver the straightforward anguish of Jake’s unassuming songwriting. The band makes audiences thrash and scream then hands out a goody bag of catchy riffs and melodies to take home for later. They do all of this while wearing matching outfits. The Brooklyn-based band are supporting their debut record, Eviction Notice, the first presentation of their fearless, unpretentious rock ‘n’ roll.
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Contrary to the popular notion that Electronic Artists just "Press Play", based out of heart of Los Angeles, AMERA is a true live performance band which takes you a sonic journey with epic soundscapes and ground-shattering drop that engage the audience for both head-banging and dance-floor experiences.
Already performing hundreds of shows worldwide, Brooke Adams (Vocals), Mikael Oganes (Synths/Keys) and Donovan Butez (Guitar) have formed a trio which is ready to unveil their sound and sonic force with the power of a tidal wave.
Crafted with organic smash of live performance AMERA is a modern fruit of musical adventure
Vocals/ Brooke Adams Guitar/Donovan Ananda Keyboard/Mikael Oganes
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Combining the lush richness of a film score, the rhythm section of a rock band, and the introspective storytelling of underground rap, Memento is a hip-hop artist from the San Francisco Bay Area.
He loosely categorizes his music as “hip-hop with an indie rock sensibility” — meaning that he uses live instruments and records his vocals within a few takes to capture raw, genuine emotion. Memento avoids the use of studio trickery in order to achieve authenticity, and always believes that less is more.
He approaches his music with the mindset of a composer: he wants the instruments to say what the words are saying, without the words. In order to do this, he pays great attention to detail while crafting his melodies and rhythms. Once the instrumental can express the emotion on its own, Memento paints a picture through his stories, his emotions, and his observations, all while maintaining a brutal honesty.
"When They Go Furlough We Get High Though" Hunnypot Live has been accused of shutting down governments before; Last night was a "'buster" Show #383 got off with Hot Tub's bubbling set of music. Tiffany Anders got in to the tub to talk about her career as a musician and music supervisor and dropped a set of forward feminism and just good jams. Little Monarch molted regal music on stage, Power Trip reconstructed hits into power gifts, Trubdr. Adam Road gave us international beats and blessings in a rock band, Lauren Lakis broke hearts (and almost gear) with her dark details, Alessandra Altieri pop'd and locked us in with her songs and performance and h2the closed the night with a super set of dance party music. Photos by Media Liberated and J. Gray, Recap by J. Gray 01/22/2018
A Los Angeles native, Tiffany Anders grew up with a lust for music, seeking out bands and attending live shows at a very early age. Her young enthusiasm eventually led her to a recording career of her own, singing backup at the age of 17 on Dinosaur Jr.’s album Where You Been, submitting a song for the heralded soundtrack to Allison Anders’ 1996 female singer-songwriter pop narrative Grace Of My Heart (for which she was also a music consultant), and cutting her 2001 solo debut album, Funny Cry Happy Gift, which was produced by rock icon PJ Harvey and released to critical acclaim. As a music supervisor, she’s worked on such films as Drake Doremus’ Like Crazy, Breathe In and Equals Michael James Johnson’s All The Wilderness, Malik Vitthal’s Imperial Dreams, Ry Russo Young’s Nobody Walks, and James Ponsoldt’s films Smashed, The End of the Tour and The Circle, as well as working on the critically acclaimed FXX television series You’re The Worst, and the upcoming period piece “Everything Sucks! for Netlfix.
Tiffany is also one of the founders and head curators of Los Angeles’ annual Don’t Knock The Rock film festival and has contributed over 500 album reviews for the largest independent record store in America, Amoeba Music. She has also contributed in-depth liner notes for the revered reissue record label Rev-Ola, for which she’s conducted interviews with Tommy James, Sweetwater, and F.J. McMahon.
Little Monarch is an LA based indie pop band whose debut self-titled EP has garnered viral success on Spotify with over 15 million streams since its 2016 release. The band consists of LA lifer Casey Kalmenson (vocals, guitar), Memphis-born Lanita Smith (vocals, keys), and Indiana native Justin Andres (guitar, bass). Little Monarch was formed when Casey found herself in the audience at one of Lanita's live performances and fell in love with her sound. The music is an unexpected blend of genres from soul to reggae. Little Monarch is currently in the studio writing for their next release and preparing for tour in 2018.
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Trubdr. Adam Road is a Tel Aviv based musician whose music channels harmonic and rhythmic sounds of flamenco style guitar with a mix of indie, folk, rock and gypsy blues music. His music has caught the attention of prominent figures in music like 6-time Grammy Award winning producer (U2, Jason Mraz, Rolling ?Stones, Dave Matthews), Steve Lilywhite, who said that Trubdr. Adam Road is "as good as Hozier.”
He's been published twice in major publications such as "Time out" as being top "5" artists to watch out for from Israel following an acclaimed set at Tune In Tel Aviv.
A child of Baltimore, Lauren grew to embrace the fatalistic spirit of the city with an ever-present & fearless approach to her work & art. The hand-crafted rawness of her sound bellows deep & true, unscathed by the prevailing winds of today's polite rock. Lauren's persistence & growth in the Los Angeles scene can be attributed to her previous bands Hobart W Fink (vocals), Slow Coda (vocals & keys) , & LA Nova (vocals, keys, bass, programming). She's performed in such LA staples as The Echo, The Satellite, & The Mint; as well asEcho Park Rising & Make Music Pasadena.
Most recently, Lauren mounted a solo-performance in a 2017 SXSW showcase in Austin, TX. Her track Lead Us On has been featured on the M:M Music Meeting Volume 43 compilation album. She is currently playing shows locally in LA with her full band.
FEROCIOUS, her first full-length solo album, is a product of passion & experience folded with a recent personal tragedy. In collaboration with her Producer-Engineer Billy Burke, Lauren explores the full spectrum of the grieving process against a backdrop of shoe-gaze inspired guitars, haunting synth swells, deep-driving beats, & lyrics imparted with true candor. All instrumentals were written & performed by Lauren with the exception of AJ Brown on drums & additional guitars by Chris Garcia & Alex Stills. Mixing tasked to the talented Chris Kasitch (Adele [Grammy-winning], Phantogram, Cee Lo Green). Artwork by Alyssa Burke
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h2the merges 80s synths and layered beats from producer Erez ‘Diwon' Safar (Bonhom, Dreams in Static, Tyrone Gosling, etc.), brought to life through dynamic visuals and sound.
URB Magazine wrote that “Safar is something else…in a profound kind of way,” calling his sound titillating and “juicy for the ears,” while The Village Voice described his productions as “adventurous and banging.”
2DOPEBOYZ and Vibe Magazine’s allhiphop.com have also noted h2the’s rap flips of 80?s inspired sonics. It’s the producer as auteur as every track takes you through the emotional space of the artist, like Kanye or Godard.
Hunnypot Live! always has more action and simian behaviour than any gorilla channel. Last night's party was a zoo! Hot Tub Johnnie opened up the party without monkeying with the party format. Oliver Hild brought a strong playlist of party music and spoke to us about his past, present and future in music. Jeshua brought the R&Boy music, Hayek & Young did that duo pop, Wehri & Young did the duo pop with fiddle, Blue Midnight shook the rafters with their hard rock music, Calamity The Kid funked the place up, Spicy Gringo was white hot electro pop and we finished the night with a truly world famous all inclusive dance party. 01/08/2018
Somewhere in the early nineties Oliver picked up a sax. He blew on it for a while. It was fine. But then he picked up a bass. Oliver’s head exploded. He learned how to play all the grunge songs he was hearing at the time and then his mom played him James Brown. More head explosions. He studied the instrument privately and played in pit orchestras for the musicals at his uptight private school that didn’t really have much other outlet for those “raucous electric” instruments and, clamoring for a release of true low end freedom, realized, “if I’m going learn how to be funky as f#@k on this thing, I’m gonna need to learn that on my own.” So he did. He played in lots of bands throughout high school and then later in college at USC, where he obtained a degree in their Music Industry program. Jam bands. Rock bands. Nu-metal bands. Then, college ended. Being broke was real. His bands thought he was lame for “getting a job,” but he did it anyway. Having a job AND being funky as f#@k on bass is very punk rock.
He got a job working within UMe, Universal Music Group’s special markets division, learning basic HTML, web graphics stuff, and music marketing 101. As part of a small team, he worked to drive net traffic to what was, at the time, an upstart concept manning the online Universal Music Store. There you could buy physical product direct from the label instead of through brick & mortar record stores or through Amazon, or this newish thing called iTunes. Oliver had a fro at the time and was mostly just trying to make ends meet, still playing in bands. Then UMG canned that whole division about a year later.
Oliver cut his hair and finagled his way into working with the NBCUniversal TV music department. He still couldn't shake the bands thing and also discovered record production and became obsessed with that. Behold. The world now had yet another bass-playing, producing, music supervisor on its hands. Great. At NBCUniversal, Oliver currently music supervises projects such as The Sinner, Suits, Damnation, & Imposters. He toured with and played bass for the band, Races, and co-produced their record, Year Of The Witch (Frenchkiss). After leaving the band, he focused mostly on producing recordings, some recent examples of which are for artist, Kaely, and co-writing/producing with fellow musician and writer, Rie Sinclair.
Jeshua is a native southern Californian boy with a soulful voice. Training as a dancer, and singing in his church choir, led Jeshua to begin performing professionally at the age of 16. After years of singing in church and dancing on tours, Jeshua soon felt the desire to create music of his own. His musical stylings are influenced by his afro-latino heritage and his time spent singing in the gospel choir at church as well as sounds picked up from his travels. With a mix of soul, pop, folk, funk and dance music Jeshua blends together the influences to create an eclectic musical experience. With his debut EP on the way (slate for early February 2018) Jeshua is a force on the verge.
HAYEK & YOUNGHAYEK & YOUNG bring their midwestern roots to the pacific ocean, blending multiple genres to create a unique California sound. Formed in Los Angeles in 2016, the group consists of Rabia Hayek handling lead vocals and flutes; & Kevin Young playing guitar and singing backup vocals. They have a self produced, Live EP titled “California Music Live at The Lemp House”, available on Band Camp.
WEHRI & YOUNG are an indie music duo with a fresh California sound. Featuring Alex Wehri on viola and vocals and Kevin Young on guitar and vocals -- join these two on there are many adventures…
Blue Midnight (Justine Glaser) is a singer, songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist, and fashion designer from Los Angeles, CA. She began performing music at the age of 8. She knew from a young age that she would deviate from the typical path taken by her family of doctors and lawyers in order to purse her passion for the arts. Her powerful music is a blend of alternative rock, symphonic metal, and grunge. Her influences include Nirvana, Bjork, Evanescence, Muse, The Cure, Kate Bush, Linkin Park, Led Zeppelin, Mozart, and Alanis Morissette.
Blue Midnight has the rare gift of synesthesia, the ability to blend sound and colors in her mind, resulting in her vivid musical imagination. She is lead vocalist and also plays piano, guitar, and harp. She plays acoustic shows solo as well as concerts with her full band, which includes noted musicians in the Los Angeles metal scene.
She is in the process of recording her debut album, Eternal Wish, with producer/composer and cousin, Sam Glaser. The album is slated to be released February 2018.
Los Angeles based Calamity The Kid are...
Sam (Guitar and Vocals): 5'11" / eye color: Green with a hint of Mojito.
fun fact: Sam once got in a car accident every month for four consecutive months.
Jack (Bass): 5'2" (but with the heart of a lion) / eye color: Emerald
fun fact colon Jack can name every fighter plane that fought in World War II.
Ben (Drums) 6'5" / eye color: Hazel Chestnut
fun fact Ben's grandpa invented AOL Instant Messenger.
When we're not writing songs about our feelings or the end of the world or probably watching television with Sam's mother.
Born and raised in NYC, then dragged to Vegas, where he discovered rock and roll. He toured the world, struggled with mental health and addiction, but he conquered it all. Spicy Gringo will conquer your ear drums with the sweet sounds and grooves he emits.
The Hunnypot Live! Holiday Party was a recitation of our most naughty list. Jonathan Lane put on his best swim trunks and joined us for the first time in the tub to talk about music, life and his impact on in Star Trek fandom. Aloud turned up on a Monday to rock n roll us right, NYIKO delivered emotional energetic poptronic songs, Caroucells spun us in many directions with eclectic, moody rock music, Emerson Star shone brightly and put out pop melodies and Mannequin Medicine were four hard rock wise men seeing their music baby come to life. 12/11/2017
Jonathan Lane’s journey to the music industry started at Fresno State University, where he attended college on a scholarship for drums and percussion. During his time at Fresno State, he changed his major to English and actively pursued becoming a professional writer. Jon’s first introduction to the world of synch licensing was by writing about it. He was hired on as a freelance writer for various music companies to write them press releases and do album reviews. His first job out of college was at Warner Bros. Consumer Products where he supported a very busy department and learned a great deal about the world of product licensing and creative product development. Jon spent 5 years working at the studio before deciding that music was beginning to take over his life again, as his band at the time UpRooted began to take off and became a focus. Knowing that music had stolen his heart, he left the corporate world to pursue music licensing full time at Atrium Music, an independent music library, where he was instrumental in growing their TV and film music licensing business and brand awareness.
Years later, and with a firm understanding of the industry, Jon accepted an offer at Audio Network where he was one of the first employees in their Los Angeles office. At Audio Network, Jonathan was responsible for managing the company’s Music Supervisor, studio, film, and trailer relationships. Jon was also instrumental in managing their relationship with the Guild of Music Supervisors and helping to develop their local marketing strategy. In 2015, Jon and his partner Caitlin Payne were yearning for a more creative outlet. To help fulfill this need, they created Tapestry Music Services – a full scope Music Supervision company for TV, film and advertising.
To present day, neither Jon or Cait could have expected for Tapestry Music to be as successful as it became. Over the last few years, they’ve provided Music Supervision services to the advertising and creative content divisions of Herzog & Co., Trailer Park, and Midnight Oil, Ayzenberg North America, and more. You can hear their work in marketing campaigns and home entertainment content for films likeThor: Ragnarok, Thank You For Your Service, Battle of the Sexes, Pitch Perfect 3, Dr. Strange, Pitch Perfect 2, Transformers: The Last Knight, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, The Zookeeper’s Wife, The Huntsman: Winter’s War, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2, The Danish Girl, Straight Out of Compton, Trainwreck! Today, in addition to Tapestry Music Services, Jonathan Lane is the full time Director of Synch & Licensing at 5 Alarm Music (an Ole company) where he looks after TV and film licensing. He enjoys frequently supporting live music, collecting records, being an unapologetic EMO fan, sipping a fine glass of whiskey, and spending time with his dog Sonny.
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After years of honing their craft, Aloud has traded in New England winters for Los Angeles’ endless summers. The band, co-fronted by husband and wife songwriting team Henry Beguiristain (vocals/guitar) and Jen de la Osa (vocals/guitar), took their uninhibited rock n’ roll show across the country en route to their new home. Always eager to embrace new ways of connecting with fans, the band partnered up with Acid VR to create a 360° virtual reality tour diary of life on the road to Los Angeles.
Aloud’s roots run deep. De la Osa and Beguiristain have written and performed together since they were teenagers growing up in Miami, Florida. Over the years, they have created a catalog of songs wide in range, but always anchored by the 60s soul and rock music they grew up on—with a particular affection for harmonies. The band is backed up by bassist Charles Murphy, drummer Chuck Ferreira, and their horn section The Feelgoods—affectionately named after the Aretha Franklin song.
Aloud has completed recording a follow-up to their critically lauded album It’s Got To Be Now with producer Benny Grotto (Magnetic Fields, Ben Folds, Weird Al Yankovic). The upcoming record is being mixed by Guy Massey (Paul McCartney, The Libertines, Manic Street Preachers). They are continuing to experiment with the role of virtual reality in music and touring throughout the year.
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NYIKO (“nee-koh”) is an American recording artist, producer, and visual artist.
After being hardened but the sub-zero winters of the Northeastern US, they relocated to the never-ending summer of Los Angeles where they continued exploring their signature brand of synth-pop. Just a few months after arrival, NYIKO was featured in MTV and the AV Club for their viral commercial work with ‘Disney Raps’ - a Disney-made web series focusing on hip hop tributes to their classic films and shows. NYIKO’s recent single, “In The Middle,” received accolades across the blogosphere with International House of Sound calling the track “an instant classic… that gets better and better with each replay of the song.”
NYIKO has performed alongside acts such as Beach Fossils, Alvvays, Vacationer, Pure Bathing Culture, and more.
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Caroucells is the brainchild of LA session guitarist Rod Castro. After a decade of working with artists from CeeLo Green, Snoop Dogg & Fishbone, working on film scores and shows like X-Factor & America’s Got Talent, Rod decided to set much needed time aside to focus on his own music. Caroucells is very much influenced by his tenures with world artists including egyptian pop star Dina El Wedidi. Blending waltzes, with aggressive guitars and ambient soundscapes creates the unique sound of Caroucells. “The story behind the name is that i believe a large majority of us find ourselves in cycles of repetition. Whether it be in relationships, jobs, or any vice, negative or positive. We get sick of the circles we run in, only to break out and run in a different circle until we get sick of that as well. Caroucells - What Was It For? E.P. coming soon!
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Sometimes all you need is a simple guitar line and a moody melody. Other times you need dissonant three part harmonies over tantric rhythms and heavy lead guitar fuzz. And once in a while you just need a shot of whiskey and some pickle juice.
Well these happen to be a few of Emerson Star's favorite things.
Based in the Highland Park area of Los Angeles, Emerson Star began as a three-piece consisting of brothers Shannon and Taylor Inouye, and their childhood friend, Sean Thomas. Having grown up singing together in various school choirs, it was only natural for the trio to start writing together, with a focus on harmony heavy indie tunes with a pop sensibility.
Craving more of a rhythm element, the band added bass player extraordinaire, Garret Lang into the mix. It was then during a magically intuitive late night jam session with Garret’s friend from Oakland, Colin Fahrner, that Emerson Star found their drummer, the perfect spirit animal to lead any peyote soul searching quest into the wilderness and beyond.
The band has made a name for themselves in the Los Angeles music scene, performing regularly at venues such as the Echo, the Satellite and the Bootleg Theater. That has led to the band to doing a deal with Wax Records and entering the studio with producer Wally Gagel (Zella Day, Best Coast, Muse, Lykke Li, etc …) in September 2017.
Look for their new album to be released in the winter of 2018 along with plenty of touring around America and Europe. Tapestry Approved!
Mannequin Medicine is a Los Angeles based hard rock band formed in 2017. The members consist of industry veterans, Adolfo Delannoy (vocals, guitar), Jeff Galland (drums), Pete Risi (Lead guitars) and Donovan Hernandez (bass). Their music has a unique sound that has been compared to Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Tool, QOTSA, Clutch and Deftones. The band has recorded their debut EP “Medicated” to be released in December 2017.
Right after the annual holiday gorging of supermarket foods, Hunnypot Live! continued our 12 year anniversary party and dressed the music and entertainment dinner table with new holiday delicacies. Hot Tub Johnnie cut the ribbon for the ceremonies with a musical appetizer of things to come. Jules Shear joined us in the hot tub for tales of his brave utility and then hit the stage to break our hearts with new music and a few choice hits. Maggie Szabo blew in to sing soul music from the great white north, 1 AMVRKA stripped down to pop off melodic raps and Zack Attack and The Neon Windbreakers played some hits from the 90's to help us reminisce with music that helped spawned the Hunnypot Live! life. 11/27/2017
Shear has recorded more than 20 albums to date. He made his first appearance on vinyl with Funky Kings (along with two other songwriters, Jack Tempchin and Richard Stekol). After their second album was rejected by the record label, he formed a new band, the critically acclaimed (but commercially unsuccessful) pop group, Jules and the Polar Bears. This band, with Shear writing and singing all songs, would release two albums (Got No Breeding and f??net?·?ks), merging a tight rock sound with the emerging synth-pop of the early 1980s. Their third album was rejected by their record label but released as Bad For Business in 1996, long after the band had broken up. With Jules and the Polar Bears finished, Shear bounced back with several solo albums. The first, Watch Dog, was produced by Todd Rundgren, and featured such players as Tony Levin on bass and Elliot Easton of The Cars on lead guitar. During the sessions, Shear and Easton struck up a friendship, based on their shared musical tastes, which would lead to various collaborations later on. The album featured the original version of "All Through the Night", which Cyndi Lauper would eventually turn into a top-five hit. The album's opening number, "Whispering Your Name", would reach No. 18 in the UK Singles Chart when Alison Moyet recorded her version of it; Moyet also performed the song on Top of the Pops. Shear then released an EP, Jules, which contained selections from Watch Dog on one side, and two mixes of a club-style dance number, "When Love Surges", on the other side. Shear's next full-length album, The Eternal Return, was a highly polished, synthesizer-heavy effort, produced by Bill Drescher (of Rick Springfield fame). The album opened with "If She Knew What She Wants", which The Bangles would make into a hit. It also featured what would prove to be Shear's only hit single under his own name, "Steady" which he wrote in collaboration with Cyndi Lauper. The single reached No. 48 in the U.S.
Shear would go on to form two more bands, Reckless Sleepers and Raisins in the Sun. He also conceived (and hosted the first 13 episodes of) the MTV series Unplugged.
His songs have been more commercially successful in the hands of other artists, notably Cyndi Lauper, whose recording of "All Through the Night" reached number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1984, and The Bangles, whose recording of "If She Knew What She Wants" reached number 29 in 1986. In 1988, singer-songwriter Iain Matthews (still using the spelling "Ian" for his first name at the time) recorded an album of Shear's material, Walking A Changing Line: The Songs of Jules Shear, with synthesizer-dominated arrangements. Some of these Jules Shear songs were previously unreleased. Matthews previously recorded Jules Shear songs on other albums.
Shear was the subject of a song by 'Til Tuesday, "J for Jules", after the end of his relationship with that band's singer, Aimee Mann. Shear co-wrote the title track of that album, Everything's Different Now, with Matthew Sweet, and collaborated with Mann on the album's leading single, "(Believed You Were) Lucky", which performed respectably, reaching No. 30 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks and No. 95 on the Billboard Hot 100.
He described his Sayin' Hello to the Folks as a "mix tape" of his favorite songs. "I felt like recording songs that I like a lot that I didn't write," he told Paste's Eliot Wilder in 2004. "I thought it would be good to record songs that didn't have a life but should've had a life. This is my attempt at giving them a life." He and Stewart Lerman, the album's producer, selected 12 songs from an original list of 60. These included covers by Todd Rundgren ("Be Nice to Me"), James Brown ("Ain't That a Groove"), Bob Dylan ("In the Summertime") The Dave Clark Five ("I've Got to Have a Reason") and Brian Wilson ("Guess I'm Dumb").
In January 2013 Jules and his wife, artist/songwriter Pal Shazar, released Shear Shazar. Produced by Julie Last, this is the first time Jules and Pal have made a full album together, though the two had recorded duets on Shear's albums before, such as "Here S/He Comes" on The Eternal Return and "Dreams Dissolve in Tears" on The Great Puzzle. This was followed later in the year by another Shear solo album, Longer to Get to Yesterday. In 2014 Shear Shazar followed up on their debut with the five cut EP Mess You Up.
Jules Shear isn’t being cagy when he insists he doesn’t know what the songs on his 13th studio album, One More Crooked Dance (Funzalo Records) – and first since 2013’s Longer to Get to Yesterday – are about. He really doesn’t, at least without being able to consult a lyric sheet, which is nowhere in sight at the moment. With nary a guitar, bass or drum in earshot, Shear didn’t have to wander far from his longtime Woodstock, N.Y., home, corralling locals Pepe (piano), touring partner Molly Farley (vocals) and the legendary John Sebastian (harp) at his neighborhood health food store and somehow cajoling them to join him at his friend’s nearby home studio.
Indeed, Shear will admit One More Crooked Dance is not a young man’s album, but from someone who has lasted over two decades (“I honestly don’t know how long we’ve been together,” he says) with wife and creative partner Pal Shazar, and is now examining that relationship in terms of his own mortality. Of course, Shear will only nod and offer, “I just write ‘em. And let them speak for themselves. And people will think what they wanna think.”
With just piano, vocals and the occasional harmonica interspersed, the 13 personal songs on One More Crooked Dance — its title a sly, Leonard Cohen play on man’s favorite sport — evoke the likes of one-time Woodstock resident Dylan (whose former house Jules can see out his window) Randy Newman, Brian Wilson, Elton John and Neil Young. The spare instrumentation, the effortless harmonies and Shear’s world-weary vocals give the record a gravitas deserving of his 40-plus years in the music business, starting with the Funky Kings (a precursor to the country-rock singer/songwriter sound), moving on to Jules and the Polar Bears and then an impressive solo career, with hits like Cyndi Lauper’s “All Through the Night,” The Bangles “If She Knew What She Wants” and his own “Steady,” a co-write with Lauper. Not to mention catalog mainstays such as Tommy Conwell and the Young Rumblers’ “If We Never Meet Again”), Til Tuesday’s “[I Believed You Were] Lucky” and Alison Moyer’s Top 20 U.K. hit, “Whispering Your Name.” And he was the host (and co-creator) of the influential MTV Unplugged.
It’s safe to say, in his long and varied career, Jules Shear has never put out an album without guitar, bass and drums, so this is certainly a first, but when he’s asked about his method, he shrugs, “It was something we tried, and it seemed to be working out good,” he said about the stark, minimalist approach. “So we just kept going.”
The plainspoken approach covers the conundrum of maintaining passion while feeling safe, examining the domestic “Rules of the Game,” the things we do to self-medicate (“Painkiller”), “Tangled Up In Blue” love songs (“Be With You” the Elton John gospel plaint of “Looking for Me”), the war of the sexes (“The Hunter and the Hunted”) and the closing one-two punch of the exquisite Beach Boys harmonies in “When It’s Right” and the harp/piano interwoven through “Wrong Again,” the ultimate rejoinder, “You think to me/It’s nothing personal/And you’re wrong again.”
Jules Shear may be coy about lyrics like “The only way you get old is from wishing/Never wishing is a waste of time” (“This Flame”) or tease the primal mind-body dualism of “Half- Hearted Head,” but don’t believe him if he tries to tell you One More Crooked Dance isn’t personal. Or that he forgot what the songs mean. Or the dog ate his lyric sheet. Or whatever story he’s trying to sell you.
Maggie Szabo is a Canadian singer-songwriter who has been winning over audiences worldwide with her stunningly soulful vocals and empowering pop anthems. Hailing from small town Ontario, Szabo is now an accomplished musician living in Los Angeles and is using her music to conquer social injustice.
After quickly becoming one of the most sought after songwriter/vocalists for DJs and notable film and TV placements, Szabo’s latest work has focused primarily on her solo project and was written in some of the most beautiful and exotic places on earth, including Greece, Amsterdam, London and Thailand.
‘Don’t Give Up’ is the first single off of Szabo’s upcoming EP, entitled Worthy. It’s a beautifully authentic and heartfelt song dedicated to transgender youth around the world who live in fear and suffer from rejection and exclusion. ‘Don’t Give Up' showcases an emotional rawness rarely found in music today, whilst addressing a subject which is imperative within today’s society. With soaring layered vocals, Szabo sings an uplifting and encouraging message of hope and acceptance. The single features a driving rhythm section and gospel inspired backing vocals, creating the perfect empowering anthem for those in need. 'Don’t Give Up’ was written and recorded in Los Angeles along with Stefan Lit (One Direction) and Chaz Mason.
The powerful and poignant narrative of ‘Don’t Give Up' is reflected in a exquisitely cinematic video, that follows a girl who is struggling with her gender identity and the pressures of conformity in high school. Szabo’s ultimate messages to fight for social justice and equality, “people are people, love is love. Society needs to stand up” professes Szabo. “I can’t stand by and watch millions of transgender youth live in fear for their safety, outcast from their homes and marginalized by society simply because they are struggling to understand their gender identity. I want to stand with them.”
Szabo’s successes to date include over 13 million views on YouTube, extensive media coverage from high profile outlets such as Perez Hilton, Yahoo Music!, PopCrush and Huffington Post, as well as being featured on multiple airline playlists and numerous notable film and TV placements. She recently was the featured vocalist on the album for German electronic DJ Schiller, who has so far sold 7 million albums worldwide.
With a quickly growing fan-base and a social media following that tops some of the nation’s most established pop artists, Szabo has effectively used the internet to showcase and market her songs to the world and her dedicated fans. ‘Don’t Give Up’ is set for release worldwide September 2017.
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A duo whose music combines the sensibilities of pop, Americana, and hip-hop, while their lyrics celebrate the common struggles of American life, 1 AMVRKA (pronounced "One America") was formed by Jesse Scott and Rudy Maya. Scott is a vocalist and lyricist who scored a hit in 2014 with the track "FML (F My Life)," while Maya is a producer, instrumentalist, and composer who has worked with Rihanna, Anahi, and Rye Rye. The two paired up and began writing material together, taking the name 1 AMVRKA to reflect their desire to make music that would help unite a divided nation by offering something for everyone. In 2016, the duo had landed a record deal with Capitol Records, and in December of that year they dropped their debut single, "Raised in the Wild." A number that reflected the struggles that played a frequent role in Jesse's life, "Raised in the Wild" fared well on streaming services, and a follow-up, "American Muscle," followed in February 2017. ~ Mark Deming
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From the depths of suburbia comes ZACK ATTACK AND THE NEON WINDBREAKERS, a fun-loving and high energy band dedicated to playing their favorite 90’s rock cover songs! With hits from artists like Nirvana, Green Day, Blink 182, Bush, Weezer, Hole, and The Goo Goo Dolls, ZACK ATTACK AND THE NEON WINDBREAKERS is sure to get the party rocking & singing along!
ZACK ATTACK AND THE NEON WINDBREAKERS are: Greg – guitar/vocals, Mike – guitar/vocals, Amy – bass/vocals, Adam – drums