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Bob Hoag
Bob Hoag is an American record producer, songwriter and musician based in Mesa, Arizona. In 2005, he was recruited to be the pianist and keyboardist for American rock band The Ataris. Career Hoag wrote songs for his group, The Go Reflex, as well as his previous group, Pollen. His main band, The Go Reflex, includes Kevin Scanlon from the now defunct band, Pollen (Hoag played the drums and wrote the songs). In The Go Reflex, Hoag once again writes the songs but also sings and plays piano as well as drums. He also played drums and recorded records for the power-pop/garage group The Breakup Society, as well as The Love Me Nots. He currently runs Flying Blanket Recording in Mesa, Arizona where he has produced and recorded many musicians who have led successful careers.Hepp, Joy''Bob Hoag May Orbit the Moon, Or He Just Might Launch Your Band Into the Stratosphere'', The Phoenix New Times, March 20, 2003Retrieved 03-19-12 Hoag generally contributes musically to most of the records he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Record Producer
A record producer is a recording project's creative and technical leader, commanding studio time and coaching artists, and in popular genres typically creates the song's very sound and structure.Virgil Moorefield"Introduction" ''The Producer as Composer: Shaping the Sounds of Popular Music'' (Cambridge, MA & London, UK: MIT Press, 2005).Richard James Burgess, ''The History of Music Production'' (New York: Oxford University Press, 2014)pp 12–13Allan Watson, ''Cultural Production in and Beyond the Recording Studio'' (New York: Routledge, 2015)pp 25–27 The record producer, or simply the producer, is likened to film director and art director. The executive producer, on the other hand, enables the recording project through entrepreneurship, and an audio engineer operates the technology. Varying by project, the producer may or may not choose all of the artists. If employing only synthesized or sampled instrumentation, the producer may be the sole artist. Conversely, some artists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dear And The Headlights
Dear and the Headlights was an American indie rock band from Phoenix, Arizona, formed in 2005. They released two widely known demos, recorded by future bassist Chuckie Duff, before their debut album was released. These demos included five songs re-recorded for the album. The most notable change to the songs upon re-recording was the drop from standard guitar tuning to E-flat standard tuning. Two songs heard on their purevolume.com page, recorded acoustic on a local radio show, also later appeared on '' Small Steps, Heavy Hooves''. ''Small Steps, Heavy Hooves'', the band's debut album, was released on February 6, 2007 on Equal Vision Records. On July 20, 2011 the band posted a goodbye message on their site announcing that they had broken up. History Joel Marquard (guitarist and keyboardist) and Ian Metzger (lead vocals and acoustic) started playing together in roughly 2005. Marquard convinced Metzger that they needed to start a band, but Ian was reluctant due to a somewhat negati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Letterpress
''The Letterpress'' was a rock band from Mesa, Arizona, most widely known for its lack of guitars, as the band originally only consisted of two basses and a drum set. History The Letterpress was formed with the idea of doing something different, taking then-current Before Braille guitarist Rajiv Patel and placing a bass in his hands, placing him with a former member of Before Braille, Dustin Carson, on drums, and then finishing up the trio was Jeremy Drysdale, of Noah Blake, who would sing and also play bass. The product of this composition would lead to, what one critic called, "rhythmically beautiful melodies . . . that really can't be compared directly to another band." Notwithstanding that critics view of the band's original sound, the Letterpress would draw comparisons to Pinback during most of its activity. When Rajiv Patel left the band in 2004 to serve a mission in Peru for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), he was replaced by another former ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kinch (band)
Kinch is an indie pop band from Phoenix, Arizona. Their sound has been described as "an alt-rock pop style reminiscent of a few Brit bands, hearkening back to the sensibilities of '60s garage rock." The band's debut album, ''Advances'', was honored as the Best Arizona Album of 2008 by the Phoenix New Times. Their pop sound has drawn comparisons to Coldplay and The Strokes, while others have likened them to Ben Folds, Rick Ross and Blur. The name 'Kinch' is a reference to the character Stephen Dedalus in the novel ''Ulysses'' by James Joyce. History Kinch was formed when cousins Andrew Junker and Brian Coughlin began playing music with their childhood friend, Jake Malone, in high school and college. In April 2008, following in the footsteps of Nine Inch Nails and Radiohead, Kinch self-released their debut album, ''Advances'', for free download. ''Advances'' was recorded at home with Kinch's frequent collaborator, Producer/Engineer Alex Pasco (French Kicks, The Little Ones, Ra R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joel Plaskett
William Joel MacDonald Plaskett (born April 18, 1975) is a Canadian rock musician and songwriter based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He was a member of Halifax alternative rock band Thrush Hermit in the 1990s. Plaskett performs in a number of genres, from blues and folk to hard rock, country, and pop. Plaskett's songwriting frequently contains allusions to his home city, Halifax. With his band The Emergency, he has toured throughout North America and Europe with The Tragically Hip, Sloan, Bill Plaskett (his father), and Kathleen Edwards. Early life Plaskett grew up in Lunenburg, a small town on Nova Scotia's South Shore. His father, Bill Plaskett, is also a musician, and was a cofounder of the Lunenburg Folk Harbour Festival."Joel P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jared & The Mill
Jared & The Mill (also Jared and The Mill) was an indie rock band from Phoenix, Arizona formed in 2011. The band consists of Jared Kolesar (vocals, acoustic guitar), Michael Carter (banjo The banjo is a stringed instrument with a thin membrane stretched over a frame or cavity to form a resonator. The membrane is typically circular, and usually made of plastic, or occasionally animal skin. Early forms of the instrument were fashi ..., electric guitar), Larry Gast III (electric guitar), Chuck Morriss III (bass), and Josh Morin (drums). It was announced on February 17, 2021 (via Twitter) that the band had split and Kolesar would be pursuing his solo project, Wheelwright. History Jared & The Mill met through mutual friends while in college, at Arizona State University. Discography ''Western Expansion'' – album (2013) Track listing *Breathe Me In *Returning Half *In Our Youth *Ides of Fall *Love to Be Found *What Would You Do *Talewind *Brave Young Man *Know Your Face *Just ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Impossibles (American Band)
The Impossibles (1994–1998, 2000–2002, and 2012) are a rock music band from Austin, Texas, originally on the Fueled by Ramen label. They played ska punk prior to their first break-up in 1998, but transitioned to a more indie rock/ alternative sound upon reuniting. In their time together, The Impossibles played shows with Less Than Jake, Sugarcult, The Toadies, Recover and others. Lead singers Rory Phillips and Gabe Hascall were also in the Fueled by Ramen group Slowreader following the band's second break-up, in 2002. On February 13, 2012, the Impossibles announced a reunion show and launched a new website. History Early years: 1994–1998 They started as a band called the Fat Girls, with Craig's brother Brian singing lead vocals. Brian was replaced by Gabe, who had been playing bass in a hardcore band called Loophole. He started as just a singer, but began also playing guitar pretty quickly as it made him more comfortable while on stage. They rebranded themselves ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hour Of The Wolf
''Hour of the Wolf'' ( sv, Vargtimmen, lit=The Wolf Hour) is a 1968 Swedish psychological horror film directed by Ingmar Bergman and starring Max von Sydow and Liv Ullmann. The story explores the disappearance of fictional painter Johan Borg (von Sydow), who lived on an island with his wife Alma (Ullmann) while plagued with frightening visions and insomnia. Bergman originally conceived much of the story as part of an unproduced screenplay, ''The Cannibals'', which he abandoned to make the 1966 film ''Persona''. He took inspiration from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's 1791 opera ''The Magic Flute'' and E. T. A. Hoffmann's 1814 novella ''The Golden Pot'', as well as some of his own nightmares. Principal photography took place at Hovs Hallar, Stockholm and Fårö. Themes include insanity, particularly as experienced by an artist, sexuality, and relationships, conveyed in a surreal style and with elements of folklore. Analysts have found allusions to vampire and werewolf legend. Autho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gospel Claws
Gospel Claws is an indie rock band based out of Tempe, Arizona. History Origins After leaving Dear and the Headlights in 2007, Gospel Claws lead-singer and guitarist Joel Marquard returned to his job as a delivery-man for FedEx.Grimm, Beca''Best of What's Next: Gospel Claws'', Paste Magazine, Nov. 30, 2010retrieved 2012-05-07 His attachment to music, however, could not keep him out of the scene. That same year, he began collaborating with his friend Sloan Walters, drawing from the catalog of music that he had written over time outside of Dear and the Headlights.Clap Your Hands Say Yeah style guitars of opener 'Walk me down' to the sing-song-y, campfire feel of 'Summer nights lakeside.'" The positive album reviews attracted some significant national attention and translated into some commercial success. ''C-L-A-W-S'' spent 5 weeks in the top 100 on CMJ Top 200 and 4 weeks on the FMQB Submodern charts with the album peaking at No. 2 and the single "Walk me Down" at No. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gin Blossoms
Gin Blossoms is an American alternative rock band formed in 1987 in Tempe, Arizona, Tempe, Arizona. They rose to prominence following the 1992 release of their first major label album, ''New Miserable Experience'', and the first single released from that album, "Hey Jealousy". "Hey Jealousy" became a Top 25 hit and went gold, and ''New Miserable Experience'' eventually went quadruple platinum; four other charting singles were released from the album. The band's follow-up album, ''Congratulations I'm Sorry'' (1996), went platinum and the single "As Long as It Matters" was nominated for a Grammy Award. Gin Blossoms broke up in 1997. Since reuniting in 2001, the band has released ''Major Lodge Victory'' in 2006, ''No Chocolate Cake'' in 2010, and ''Mixed Reality (Gin Blossoms album), Mixed Reality'' in 2018. History Early years During the band's early years, its members included lead guitarist and songwriter Doug Hopkins, bass guitarist Bill Leen, Jesse Valenzuela (lead vocalist a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Format
The Format is an American indie rock band formed by Nate Ruess and Sam Means. Their style can be considered a mixture of indie, alternative, punk and folk music, with elements of 1960s and 1970s pop music. Though Means and Ruess are the foremost members of the band, they have played, toured, and recorded with Mike Schey, Mark Buzard, Don Raymond, and for the DVD recording and summer 2007 tour, The Honorary Title's drummer Adam Boyd. The Format chose their name to make fun of the music industry's inclination towards a cookie-cutter "format" for a hit. Formed in 2002, the band announced a hiatus on February 4, 2008. On February 4, 2020, they announced a return from their hiatus for a tour of special shows that were later cancelled. History Before forming The Format in February 2002, Means and Ruess, who had been friends since grade school, formed the band Nevergonnascore and released the EP "The Byron Sessions" which had generated some record label interest but not a deal. The duo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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