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Orchard Park (song)
"Orchard Park" is the first non-album single from American folk rock project Aaron West and the Roaring Twenties, released on October 5, 2017, through Loneliest Place on Earth. Background On October 3, 2017, the Aaron West Twitter announced that a new song was imminent. On October 5, 2017, "Orchard Park" was made available for purchase as a Flexi single, with 450 copies being sold online and 550 being sold on tour. The online copies sold out the same day, and the song was made available to stream on October 6, 2017. Along with the tracks from ''Bittersweet'', the song was originally written for a second LP, but was released on its own because Dan Campbell was too busy to make an entire Aaron West album. Because the song depicts Aaron and his mother spreading his father's ashes in Orchard Park, some have thought the song takes place before ''We Don't Have Each Other'', but Campbell has stated that the song takes place in late May or early June 2014, after the events of ''Bitters ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aaron West And The Roaring Twenties
Aaron West and the Roaring Twenties is the solo project of The Wonder Years frontman Dan "Soupy" Campbell. According to the project's Facebook page, it is defined as "a character study conducted through music". Campbell is taking on the persona of Aaron West. The album, ''We Don't Have Each Other'', was released in July 2014 and the EP ''Bittersweet'' was released on May 20, 2016. Occasional singles were released by the group in between albums. ''Routine Maintenance'' is the second officially released album, on May 10, 2019. History ''We Don't Have Each Other'' (2014–15) The Wonder Years frontman Dan Campbell began the project on May 22, 2014, via a video released by Hopeless Records titled "Aaron West and The Roaring Twenties - An Introduction To Aaron West". With this project, Campbell pushed himself "to make a piece of fiction feel just as raw and personal as songs about my life". Campbell released the projects debut song, "Divorce and the American South", via ''The A.V. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Folk Rock
Folk rock is a hybrid music genre that combines the elements of folk and rock music, which arose in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom in the mid-1960s. In the U.S., folk rock emerged from the folk music revival. Performers such as Bob Dylan and the Byrds—several of whose members had earlier played in folk ensembles—attempted to blend the sounds of rock with their pre-existing folk repertoire, adopting the use of electric instrumentation and drums in a way previously discouraged in the U.S. folk community. The term "folk rock" was initially used in the U.S. music press in June 1965 to describe the Byrds' music. The commercial success of the Byrds' cover version of Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man" and their debut album of the same name, along with Dylan's own recordings with rock instrumentation—on the albums ''Bringing It All Back Home'' (1965), ''Highway 61 Revisited'' (1965), and '' Blonde on Blonde'' (1966)—encouraged other folk acts, such as Simon & Ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indie Rock
Indie rock is a Music subgenre, subgenre of rock music that originated in the United States, United Kingdom and New Zealand from the 1970s to the 1980s. Originally used to describe independent record labels, the term became associated with the music they produced and was initially used interchangeably with alternative rock or "Pop rock, guitar pop rock". One of the primary scenes of the movement was Dunedin, where Dunedin sound, a cultural scene based around a convergence of noise pop and jangle became popular among the city's University of Otago, large student population. Independent labels such as Flying Nun Records, Flying Nun began to promote the scene across New Zealand, inspiring key college rock bands in the United States such as Pavement (band), Pavement, Pixies (band), Pixies and R.E.M. Other notable scenes grew in Madchester, Manchester and Hamburger Schule, Hamburg, with many others thriving thereafter. In the 1980s, the use of the term "independent music, indie" (or " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bittersweet (Aaron West And The Roaring Twenties EP)
''Bittersweet'' is the first EP from American folk rock project Aaron West and the Roaring Twenties, released on May 20, 2016 through Hopeless Records. Background The EP was announced on March 25, 2016, with one song, "'67, Cherry Red", being made available for streaming. The release of the EP features vinyl pressings on three different colors, Green, Blue, and Red, attributing to the songs "Green Like the G Train, Green Like Sea Foam", "Goodbye, Carolina Blues", and "'67, Cherry Red" respectively. Track listing Personnel Credits from Discogs. ;Aaron West and the Roaring Twenties * Dan "Soupy" Campbell – Vocals, Guitar, Writing, Layout ;Additional musicians * Arthur "Ace" Enders – Guitar, bass, lap steel guitar, banjo * Dave Heck – Trombone * Mike Kelley – Saxophone, clarinet * Michael Kennedy – Drums * Juan Lopez – Trumpet ;Artwork * Allison Weiss – Artwork (logo) * Mitchell Wojcik – Photography ;Production * Arthur "Ace" Enders – Producer, Mixing * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Routine Maintenance (album)
''Routine Maintenance'' is the second full-length studio album by American folk rock project Aaron West and the Roaring Twenties. Released on May 10, 2019 via Hopeless Records, the album follows the concept begun with ''We Don't Have Each Other'' (2014). Background In March 2019, Dan Campbell announced two Aaron West tours, as well as a new album. The announcement was accompanied by a brief teaser video, using home movie footage and instrumental music. Later that month, the project released a music video for the album's first single, "Runnin' Toward the Light." Two more singles, "Just Sign the Papers" and "Bury Me Anywhere Else," were released in advance of the full album's debut on May 10, 2019. In an interview with ''Rock Sound,'' Campbell said, "There is a redemption arc built into this album. I really wanted to focus on Aaron growing as a person and understanding how to better cope with tragedy instead of just shutting down and being self-destructive and self-absorbed and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flexi Disc
The flexi disc (also known as a phonosheet, Sonosheet or Soundsheet, a trademark) is a phonograph record made of a thin, flexible vinyl sheet with a molded-in spiral stylus groove, and is designed to be playable on a normal phonograph turntable. Flexible records were commercially introduced as the Eva-tone Soundsheet in 1962. They were very popular among children and teenagers and mass-produced by the state publisher in the Soviet government. History Before the advent of the compact disc, flexi discs were sometimes used as a means to include sound with printed material such as magazines and music instruction books. A flexi disc could be moulded with speech or music and bound into the text with a perforated seam, at very little cost and without any requirement for a hard binding. One problem with using the thinner vinyl was that the stylus's weight, combined with the flexi disc's low mass, would sometimes cause the disc to stop spinning on the turntable and become held in place b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
We Don't Have Each Other
''We Don't Have Each Other'' is the debut studio album from American folk rock project Aaron West and the Roaring Twenties, released on July 8, 2014, through Hopeless Records. Background Dan Campbell announced the Aaron West side project on May 22, 2014, releasing "You Ain't No Saint" as the first single on May 27, 2014. The album's second single, "Divorce and the American South," was released on June 10, 2014, followed by the album on July 8, 2014. Track listing Personnel Credits from Discogs. ;Aaron West and the Roaring Twenties * Dan "Soupy" Campbell – Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica, Photography (Additional) ;Additional musicians * Arthur "Ace" Enders – Guitar, Bass, Lap Steel Guitar, Banjo, Keyboards, Vocals * Dave Heck – Trombone * Mikey Kelley – Trumpet * Mike Kennedy – Drums * John Ryan – Saxophone ;Artwork * Allison Weiss – Layout * Mitchell Wojcik – Photography ;Production * Arthur "Ace" Enders – Producer, Engineer Engineers, as practitioners of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wonder Years (band)
The Wonder Years is an American pop punk band from Lansdale, Pennsylvania, that formed in July 2005. The band currently consists of Dan "Soupy" Campbell (lead vocals), Casey Cavaliere (lead guitar, backing vocals), Matt Brasch (guitar, vocals), Josh Martin (bass, vocals), Nick Steinborn (keyboards, guitar, backing vocals) and Mike Kennedy (drums, percussion). They have released six full-length albums, two EPs, and several splits/compilations. The group is currently signed to Hopeless Records. Their name originates from a paper that lead vocalist Dan 'Soupy' Campbell read that was written by one of his after-school educators titled "The Wonder Years." History Formation, the early years (2005–2006) The Wonder Years were formed in 2005 out of the remnants of an old Lansdale, Pennsylvania, band called The Premier. The Premier consisted of Dan "Soupy" Campbell, Matt Brasch, Nick Steinborn, Matt Hittinger, Matt Wells, Dave Hughes and CJ Morgan. Dave Hughes, CJ Morgan, Matt Wells a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musical Composition
Musical composition can refer to an original piece or work of music, either vocal or instrumental, the structure of a musical piece or to the process of creating or writing a new piece of music. People who create new compositions are called composers. Composers of primarily songs are usually called songwriters; with songs, the person who writes lyrics for a song is the lyricist. In many cultures, including Western classical music, the act of composing typically includes the creation of music notation, such as a sheet music "score," which is then performed by the composer or by other musicians. In popular music and traditional music, songwriting may involve the creation of a basic outline of the song, called the lead sheet, which sets out the melody, lyrics and chord progression. In classical music, orchestration (choosing the instruments of a large music ensemble such as an orchestra which will play the different parts of music, such as the melody, accompaniment, counte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean Mackin (musician)
Sean Mackin (born April 30, 1979) is an American rock musician. He is best known as the violinist and backing vocalist for the American pop punk music group Yellowcard. Early life Mackin attended Florida State University majoring in electrical engineering and international business. He is a member of Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity. Mackin also got a job at Chili's with bandmate and friend Ryan Key.Mackin Early life Tv.com. Retrieved on 2013-10-13. Music career Yellowcard (1997–Present) Mackin joined the band in 1997, from high school friends and Longineu W. Parsons III. At first, Mackin had been asked not to ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mandolin
A mandolin ( it, mandolino ; literally "small mandola") is a stringed musical instrument in the lute family and is generally plucked with a pick. It most commonly has four courses of doubled strings tuned in unison, thus giving a total of 8 strings, although five (10 strings) and six (12 strings) course versions also exist. There are of course different types of strings that can be used, metal strings are the main ones since they are the cheapest and easiest to make. The courses are typically tuned in an interval of perfect fifths, with the same tuning as a violin (G3, D4, A4, E5). Also, like the violin, it is the soprano member of a family that includes the mandola, octave mandolin, mandocello and mandobass. There are many styles of mandolin, but the three most common types are the ''Neapolitan'' or ''round-backed'' mandolin, the ''archtop'' mandolin and the ''flat-backed'' mandolin. The round-backed version has a deep bottom, constructed of strips of wood, glued togethe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Accordion
Accordions (from 19th-century German ''Akkordeon'', from ''Akkord''—"musical chord, concord of sounds") are a family of box-shaped musical instruments of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone type (producing sound as air flows past a reed in a frame), colloquially referred to as a squeezebox. A person who plays the accordion is called an accordionist. The concertina , harmoneon and bandoneón are related. The harmonium and American reed organ are in the same family, but are typically larger than an accordion and sit on a surface or the floor. The accordion is played by compressing or expanding the bellows while pressing buttons or keys, causing ''pallets'' to open, which allow air to flow across strips of brass or steel, called '' reeds''. These vibrate to produce sound inside the body. Valves on opposing reeds of each note are used to make the instrument's reeds sound louder without air leaking from each reed block.For the accordion's place among the families of musical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
