DeathbyRomy's "No More" is proof that bending genres is totally possible, and she does it creatively. The combination of hip hop drums and a Spanish sample that starts off the song, foreshadows her sexy entrancing vocal melodies. Her lyrics seem to express darker sides of her personality as an artist, yet her intriguing phrasing will take your ears on a melodic adventure.
When she was asked what the story behind her name was, Death by Romy replied.
"Death By Romy was the name I came up with for myself when I was 15. At the time I was struggling a lot with my depression and suicidal thoughts I didn’t think much of myself and felt very alone, I wanted to die because I didn’t have enough hope in myself until I realized I was the only one stopping myself from really believing I was beautiful or work this life. So I said why not try to claim being something dark and bright since that’s just who I am."
Her song "No More" definitely stays true to this statement and what she stands for as a person and artist. She is authentic, dark, light, and she reminds us to embrace our flaws and embrace life's journey.
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Baby FuzZ is getting up close and personal this time with his intimate new video for the single "I'm Still Holding Out For You". This ballad will get you feeling free and peaceful. Baby FuzZ shows us a softer side to his craft and we are loving it. He is being captured behind his piano playing and singing with the scenery behind him changing to create a beautiful rendition of this song. The colorful blurrs of ambient saturated green, pink, and blue lights really capture the lyrical and melodic creativity that FuzZ is expressing. This pop alternate act never fails to keep us interested and excited for more!
Be sure to catch Baby FuzZ playing Hunnypot Live #407 January 7th, the best way to kick off your new year!
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Pardison Fontaine and Cardi B's new single has everyone "Backin it Up". Their energy is contagious and people can't stop dancing to this hot new single. The song was released in late September and has been making us move since. Aliya Janell's choreography is hot, sexy, and will make you want to drop whatever your doing and join her dancers in backin it up. Their fierce dance moves combined with Pardi and Cardi's fiery voices will force you to take on their attitudes and let lose.
The two rappers have been friends for awhile, and Cardi showed her appreciation for him in a throwback Instagram Post, "Pardi has helped me a lot with my growth and development as a recording artist," she wrote, "I’m really happy to be joining him on his next single Backin' It Up."
The two had worked together previously, as Fontaine co-wrote Cardi's chart-topper "Bodak Yellow." He also co-wrote 12 tracks on Cardi B's debut album, Invasion of Privacy, in addition to tracks on Kanye's album,Ye, and G-Eazy's hit "No Limit."
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The motto at Hunnypot Live is "Smock 'em if you got 'em". We sure did that on Monday night. Show #406 was our winter holiday party and last show of the year and we did celebrate. Our true love, Hot Tub Johnnie, gave to us an opening set of good tidings music. (Christmas) Tree Adams hung and stocked us with care with an interview about his career as a band guy and a film and television composer. Then he jumped right down the chimney with his band Dagnasterpus and funked the audience right in their faces. Trishes brought us to musical ecstasy with multiple....personalities electronic pop/ Everyone got Heather Cole in their stockings and it was an amazing pop music gift. Mt. Vrnon rose just like an empress above the mid city and h2the fueled the dance party with a set that could have lasted for 8 days. 12/10/2018
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Tree Adams approaches the sound of a wooden spoon mashing potatoes, church bells tolling in Corsica, or air pushing through a tube mic pre with equal interest. Any of these could inspire a fresh way to tell a story with music, which is what he does. Equally at home conducting a large orchestra, programming beats in the studio, cranking out loud guitar solos in an amphitheater or arranging vocal parts with a gospel choir, Tree lives to create original and unique work for his every project.
Over the past 20 years, Tree’s adventures in film and television have given him the opportunity to collaborate with great talent in diverse styles. Current projects include an epic scifi score for Jason Rothenberg’s The 100 (CW), which is rife with dark soundscape, Middle Eastern colors and orchestral themes. Warner Bros/Water Tower has released 3 soundtracks of Tree’s score for The 100. For NCIS: New Orleans, Tree layers contemporary high energy procedural pulses and textures with New Orleans inflected blues/jazz ensemble elements and voodoo. The Freshman series‘Lethal Weapon called for him to score hip-hop-driven car chases, comedic cop banter and tender moments underscoring a range of relationships. Ken Biller’s international espionage thriller, Legends (TNT) featured a more minimalist approach combining solo celo and electronic soundscapes. For the John Hertzfeld’s redemption film Reach Me (Millenium Films), a traditional orchestral score. A gritty rock score for Californication (Showtime), an urgent cerebral score for the crime drama, Perception (TNT) a high energy electronica score for action/thriller Run (Millenium Films.) A dusty western score for Swelter and gritty hip hop grooves for Denis Leary and Bob Fisher’s comedy Sirens (USA).
Tree was somewhat reluctantly immersed in classical piano training at an early age. When he was around 10 years old, he heard Hendrix, at which point he picked up the guitar and found his love o’ the sport. He spent most of the ‘90s on the road as the frontman for a rock band called The Hatters, who released several records on Atlantic. They were road warrioirs, touring with bands like The Allman Brothers, Tribe Called Quest, King Sunny Ade and Jimmy Cliff. While in the studio recording the band’s last album, Tree had the opportunity to produce an end title song for a studio feature film and he had his first taste of music as an applied art. He found the process of working to picture exciting and intriguing and when his band dissolved later that year, Tree set out on a new course as a composer.
Since then, Tree has enjoyed collaborating with filmmakers to craft music with storytelling, where he employs an expansive musical palette in his adventures in film and television.
A true raconteur, Tree unveiled the first of his six issue graphic novel series DUSKRIDERS in spring 2017. The story chronicles the perils and pursuits of a three-man renegade army fighting to save a dying Earth and avenge the murder of protagonist Dublyn Stinson’s father. The comic was released digitally, along with a self-titled soundtrack, and is available at DuskridersComic.com.
Born in Berkeley, raised in New York City, Tree lives on the east side of Los Angeles with his wife and kids.
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DAGNASTERPUS is a groove machine that fell out of the mind of road warrior/composer, Tree Adams, former frontman of the New York City jam band, THE HATTERS, recently known for his work scoring film n tv projects such as THE 100, CALIFORNICATION, LEGENDS & NCIS NOLA.
DAGNASTERPUS features nimble horns, grimy beats and soulful vocals. Tree’s lyrics are imaginative and evocative, weaving observations of the everyday life with tales of secret agents, disreputable characters and a healthy pinch of who gives a fuck.
The Dag squad is an amorphous organism comprised of trumpeter, Jordan Katz (DeLa Soul, Method Man & Lucinda Williams), saxophonist, David Ralicke (Beck, Ziggy Marley & Macy Gray) and trombonist Shaunte Palmer (Earth, Wind & Fire & Kamasi Washington). Bassist, Ethan Phillips (DeLaSoul, Ghostface Killah & Raekwon). Drummers: Yayo Morales (Rita Marley) and Michael Jerome (Blind Boys of Alabama, Me’shell Ndgeocehllo) along with James Brack (background vocals, keyboards and percussion). Joey Massari (keyboards) and Andy Schuyler (guitar).
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Trishes is a project by Trinidadian native Trish Hosein, created to express Freud's constructs of self (the primal, conscious and spiritual) through spoken word, live looping and vocal effects. Her undeniably original songwriting, fleshed out by hip-hop beats and pop hooks, examines human struggle through an anthropological lens.
Hosein began touring the U.S. and abroad after graduating from the Berklee College of Music, and has opened for acts like Damian Marley, Vic Mensa, K. Flay, Neon Hitch and Gavin Turek. Her dynamic live show awes audiences as Hosein takes them into her museum-like mind and creates a sonic blanket with her unique sound. After seeing Hosein perform Marie Claire, Allure and Cosmopolitan writer Shyema Azam called it "Enchanting," continuing, "It wasn't hard to see that this one woman show was super talented, making her own music and expertly layering her voice over catchy tunes as she went along."
Hosein's upcoming album "Ego" focuses on the entities that define humanity while addressing the current cultural and political climate. Each focus track on the album will be aided by art collections and personal essays. When not working on music, Hosein helps resettle refugees in the Los Angeles area, volunteers with Rock n Roll Camp for Girls, and is on the board of the Elder Entertainment Organization. She is also a brand ambassador for American Express and Discover LA.
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Emerging pop artist, Heather Cole teams a compelling vocal talent with heart, passion, and ability to connect and move a room full of music listeners. Heather explains, " What I love most about music is how it connects people through shared experiences. Making and sharing music is like a group therapy session. Sometimes it's just letting loose and dancing, and sometimes its admitting a mistake, sometimes its declaring to choose yourself over a relationship. No matter what it is, we all have personal experiences we want to share. The best way for me to do that is through my music."
The Los Angeles based Alaska native is influenced by powerhouse pop artists, such as Katy Perry. Justin Timberlake, and Demi Lovato, Cole's music portrays her ability to balance a soft and vulnerable side with sultry confidence.
In 2015, Cole released her first co-written track a song called "Not that Smart", which is a duet with fellow Belmont classmate and former American Idol finalist, Rayvon Owen. Soon after she released "Hearts Will Break" to radio. Gaining attention from iHeart Radio's "Most Requested Live with Romeo," Cole visited Top 40 stations across the country, being touted for her engaging and authentic personality, along with her ability to capture an audience. Cat Thomas, VP of Top 40 at Cumulus, bragged, "[Heather Cole] is a real artist. When you meet her, you know she has the 'IT' factor.
Earlier this year, Heather released her debut EP entitled "One of Our Hearts," which is also a visual project. Cole tells the story of one relationship, beginning to end through music and film. Cole created the concept, wrote the script, co-choreographed the dancing, and was the overall creative director for this video project.
"Everyday Lover" is the first single from her new project. "When I wrote this song with Abe Stewart and Rhett Fisher, I was happily in a relationship I wanted to hang out with everyday."
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Mt. Vrnon is an indie folk project born in Los Angeles, CA. Their music blends layered harmonies, retro synths and acoustic sounding programmed beats, to create a sound that transcends genres. The sound and songs have a dreamlike quality disguising ardent, introspective lyrics in trans-formative textures and expansive reverb.
“Brilliantly blending 80’s synths with an new cutting edge sampling style, rising hip hop/experimental producer h2the released his debut single titled “Taste Of The“, a teaser/cut-up off his new beat tape exclusively available on cassette!” – UGHH
URB Magazine wrote that “[h2the] 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.
Laroussi’s vocals are beautifully rich and well produced. I’m not really sure what is supposed to be attached to her beautiful face. Is it a face sucker from the movie Alien? Its eye catching whatever it may be and for that reason perhaps makes it the focal talking point of the music video which has a visual similarity to Adele’s “Send My Love (To Your New Lover).” The slow motion shattered glass at the end is certainly a metaphor for the psyche. The lyrics repeatedly stressing the fact that she gets lost sometimes and perhaps we are left with the feeling that with this explosion she is finally becoming free from any of her inhibitions. Lost somehow manages to be reminiscent of late 90s introspections like Alanis Morisette’s "Thank U" and Madonna’s “Ray Of Light.” The video ends with what sounds like a child talking about bullying which within the context of the video makes the whole song a possible look at the inner child that just wants to be loved. Lyrically the song seems to deal with themes of loneliness in the face of personal challenges. In the end I think it is a good anthem for being brave in spite of fears and perhaps the mask on Laroussi’s face is just hiding her vulnerability and protecting a joyous smile beneath.
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Check out Trishes' newest music video 'Hydra', it has a really unique vibe in the music, and feel the girl power, Hunnypot approved. Also come thru Hunnypot Live at The Mint on December 10th, Trishes is going to perform live at the party! Doors at 7:00pm, all ages, no charge, 420 friendly.
Trishes is a project by Trinidadian native Trish Hosein, created to express Freud's constructs of self (the primal, conscious and spiritual) through spoken word, live looping and vocal effects. Her undeniably original songwriting, fleshed out by hip-hop beats and pop hooks, examines human struggle through an anthropological lens.
Hosein began touring the U.S. and abroad after graduating from the Berklee College of Music, and has opened for acts like Damian Marley, Vic Mensa, K. Flay, Neon Hitch and Gavin Turek. Her dynamic live show awes audiences as Hosein takes them into her museum-like mind and creates a sonic blanket with her unique sound. After seeing Hosein perform Marie Claire, Allure and Cosmopolitan writer Shyema Azam called it "Enchanting," continuing, "It wasn't hard to see that this one woman show was super talented, making her own music and expertly layering her voice over catchy tunes as she went along."
Hosein's upcoming album "Ego" focuses on the entities that define humanity while addressing the current cultural and political climate. Each focus track on the album will be aided by art collections and personal essays. When not working on music, Hosein helps resettle refugees in the Los Angeles area, volunteers with Rock n Roll Camp for Girls, and is on the board of the Elder Entertainment Organization. She is also a brand ambassador for American Express and Discover LA.
The Prodigy are an English electronic music group from Braintree, Essex, formed in 1990 by keyboardist and songwriter Liam Howlett. The first line-up of the band also included MC and vocalist Maxim, dancer and vocalist Keith Flint, dancer and live keyboardist Leeroy Thornhill, and dancer and vocalist Sharky. Along with the Chemical Brothers, Fatboy Slim, and other acts, the Prodigy have been credited as pioneers of the big beat genre, which achieved mainstream popularity in the 1990s.
The Prodigy first emerged in the underground rave scene in the early 1990s and have since achieved popularity and worldwide recognition. They earned titles like "the premiere dance act for the alternative masses" and "the Godfathers of Rave", and remain one of the most successful electronic acts of all time. They have sold an estimated 30 million records worldwide, and won numerous music awards during their career, including two Brit Awards for Best British Dance Act, three MTV Video Music Awards, two Kerrang! Awards, five MTV Europe Music Awards, and two Grammy Award nominations.
Check out The Prodigy's new music video 'Timebomb Zone', such a crazy and energetic group who make dope music!
ROSALÍA's new video for her song BAGDAD gives us the chills. She is depicted wearing a red jumpsuit dancing on a poll in front of a man who seems to being enjoying her sensual dance. When she finishes her dance she angrily runs to the bathroom and shuts the door abruptly. She starts crying in the bathroom so distraught and broken down that the whole bathroom starts to fill up with her tears. Her innocent and emotional vocal melodies make u feel the pain she is feeling in this moment alone in her misery. As the video progresses she starts to drown in her own tears. Some of her Spanish lyrics translated state:“And it’s going to burn, if it continues this way.The flames rise up to heaven to die. There’s no one else around here. There’s nobody else, sitting and clapping”.
This is just a taste of the intense feeling she emits in this song. As she starts to drown in her tears her vocals sound like a choir almost foreshadowing her leaving this world into heaven. The video will not fail to capture your attention, possibly make you cry, and feel her pain as she moves into the heaven state. The ambient colors combined with her mesmerizing vocals will take you somewhere euphoric.
Rosalía crossed the Spanish boundaries after receiving praise from international influencers and after several collaborations with artists such as J Balvin and Pharrell Williams. Her sexy, innocent, and seductive voice are undeniable and we love escaping into her passionate world!
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Our guts (not our brains) tell us we only have about 100 years till the end of this planet and only 1 more Hunnypot Live show before the end of this year. Our 2nd to last show of the year, #405, might have made it all worth it.
Hot Tub Johnnie cooked the atmosphere early with "green" house gasses & party jams. In a not so change of climate, industry professional Kristen Agee (411 Music Group), jumped in the (fire) water with us. Kristen got an A+ on her interview where we learned about her career as a professional musician and copyright keeper. She also brought an awesome diverse playlist of music she shared with us.
The Living Strange gave us that curious life music filled with riff rock and catchy melodies, Velvet Starlings weren't nearly as soft as their moniker while they performed high energy rock n roll music, SILVERSAGE straddled that pop/rock/dance music line as tight as ever, Franklin Manor returned to perform melodic rock hits, and Hot Tub closed the night with a scorched earth dance party. 11/26/2018
Kristen Agee is the CEO and Founder of 411 Music Group. 411 provides synchronization licensing, publishing, administration, artist development and digital distribution for music rights holders. Three years after starting 411, the head of global music marketing at The Coca-Cola Company featured Agee in a Q&A centered on ‘the life of a music startup’ about becoming a musical entrepreneur. Agee secures global partnerships for 411 and oversees creative and strategic business development. She is a classically trained violinist, bassist, composer and sound engineer who resides in Los Angeles.
Agee has spoken on panels and hosted workshops across the world. She grew up in Oklahoma as a Classical violinist and started writing, recording and playing multiple instruments when she moved to Los Angeles at 18. After a stint at the LA Recording School, she built and opened a studio in Silver Lake and recorded Punk bands and developed writing partnerships. She started touring with multiple indie acts as a violinist and bassist before transitioning to full-time writing. After writing for publishers in the sync world, Agee crossed over to the business side of music and started 411 Music Group. As a music business owner, Agee has a fundamental understanding of the creative process across multiple musical genres and provides insight to the inner-workings of sync deals, publishing and TV, film and interactive music models. At 411 Music Group, she negotiates worldwide partnerships with artists, catalogs, publishers, TV networks and brands, as well as videogame, digital and production companies. In April 2017, Agee was called to run the music department at All3Media America where she was the Executive In Charge of Music from April 2017 to August 2018. Agee currently composes music for Chrisley Knows Best, Undercover Boss, 24 Hours to Hell and Back, Shark Week and Breaking Homicide.
The Living Strange is an alternative rock band based in Brooklyn, NY that is the brainchild of 19 year old songwriter, Elijah Sokolow. Sokolow wanted to form a band that could combine heavy guitar driven riffs of Tom Morello with a more modern electronic atmosphere in the vein of Annie Clarke of St. Vincent. On the new debut album “Gunk”, nearly all instruments are performed by Sokolow other than drums, which are performed by Ben Shafrir. As a live act, The Living Strange consists of Sokolow (vocals, guitar), Ben Shafrir (drums), Nico Sleator (synth), and Miles Blue Spruce (bass). The band has toured throughout the U.S and recently did the Vans Warped Tour.
Currently the band is looking for Film & TV licensing opportunities and playing shows to support their new album release “Gunk”
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Velvet Starlings is fronted by Christian Gisborne a 15 year old indie rock singer, songwriter, producer and multi instrumentalist based in Los Angeles. He is known for a powerful 60s era Eric Burdon (The Animals) influenced vocal style combined with a commanding stage presence. Velvet Starling's unique performance style has invited media and industry insider comparisons to Jack White and Ty Segal. Gisborne's early musical influences included British Invasion staples, such as The Beatles, The Who and the Rolling Stones. Already making a name for himself at such a young age, Velvet Starlings has garnered attention from Los Angeles powerhouse KROQ as well as Sirius XM. His fusion of gritty garage blues coupled with Brit inspired rock has led to high profile festival bookings including SXSW/MEcon and Summerfest Milwaukee. Velvet Starlings’ long awaited self-titled EP on Sound x 3 Records / Rock N Rolla Records is set for release late 2018 which was a collaboration with producer songwriter Roger Gisborne (leader of 90s Brit Rock band “Plastiscene”), mastered by Brian Lucey (Arctic Monkeys, Beck, Black Keys). The seven track EP kicks off with leading single and video, “If Life Ain’t Getting You High”. The single features vintage guitar sounds, driving drums and hard hitting rock vocals. With introspective lyricism detailing living in the moment, "If Life Ain't Getting You High” is an anthem for the youth of today. The band wear their influences proudly on their sleeves with second single, “Borrowed Time”, a clear tribute to the sixties British Invasion era, which has been receiving considerable airplay & review. "Sold Down The River”, the latest single, showcases Dylan-esque lyrics, soulful Hammond B3 organ, gritty guitars and raw blues inspired vocals.
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Emerging as one of the top alternative bands based out of Las Vegas, SILVERSAGE has created a buzz since its inception late 2013 by regularly filling top Vegas venues such as; House of Blues, Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas, The Sayers Club, Double Barrel Roadhouse, and Vinyl at Hard Rock.
The band has also become a mainstay act on the Las Vegas strip performing under Caesars Entertainment. Along with local Vegas residencies, Silversage has also toured parts of the western U.S.
SILVERSAGE has opened for national acts Lukas Graham, LANY, Blues Traveler, and Steve Winwood, to name a few, along with showcasing at SXSW 2017 for Paradigm Talent Agency and Caesars Entertainment. Locally, SILVERSAGE has been featured on The Morning Blend and FOX 5 Gibson Showroom, and they have also received radio airplay from X107.5, MIX 94.1, and KOMP 92.3.
SILVERSAGE draws influences from One Republic, Muse, Imagine Dragons, and Fall Out Boy among others. ?
SILVERSAGE is currently working with producers Jim Kaufman (Atlas Genius, Night Riots) and Tall Animals (Plain White T's) preparing their debut album.
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Franklin Manor’s newly released EP “Time and Space” captures a cutting edge electro rock sound similar to Twenty One Pilots and Muse. Kevin Kelpin, highly innovate front man and founder of the project, brings forth a unique blend of piano, synth, and heavy guitar.
The 4 piece was established in 2015 included vocal/keyboard Kevin Kelpin, drummer Jeff Galland, bassist Nick Diiorio, Guitarist Eddie Lucero, with the release of their first album Motive quickly followed by their international tour in Japan, and first distribution deal with Tower Records.
BROCKHAMPTON never fails to capture our attention. J’OUVERT is a trademark track on their new album Iridescence, a characteristic blend of razor-crisp production and explosive vocal talent, with the brash style to back it all up. More than that, though, it encompasses everything that makes the new album so great: BROCKHAMPTON are grappling with fame while pushing themselves further creatively with each new release. Iridescence sees them at their most troubled, their most open, and their most experimental — all of which are qualities the public has loved about BROCKHAMPTON from the start. Joba’s spitting, “Wish that I was better/ At dealing with the fame and you fake motherfuckers/ Guess I’m too real,” feels like an accusation, a wish, and a self-declaration all at once. It’s impossible to capture all of what’s right about BROCKHAMPTON in a four-minute-long snapshot, but J’OUVERT comes pretty darn close.
Brockhampton is redefining what it means to be an American boy band. Founded by the young Texas-raised creative visionary and artist Kevin Abstract in 2015, the 15-strong crew consists of self-motivated young men ranging from rappers to art directors. Originally connecting online through a notable Kanye West fan forum, the group is a completely self-sufficient creative powerhouse. In the two years since its conception, they have released the ambitiously multi-genre All- American mixtape, followed by their captivatingly honest, riled-up-rap and warm-chorus-filled debut album Saturation, supported Abstract on tour, and even got their own TV show — all the while handling the ins and outs of their creative output independently.