The Laundry Shop Live at The Viper Room in Hollywood, CA
Be sure to check out THE LAUNDRY SHOP and their upcoming album “Exit at Salvation”
Photography By: Shane Suski |Ambassador of Photography | San Diego, CA| @shanewithmwl | Beat-Play and Music Without Labels, LLC
Filmed during the Recording Sessions for the as yet untitled third album of Irish songwriter Peter Doran.
here's a little decription in the man's own words -
"There is a world-class recording studio less than a half hour away from my home town. In February of this year myself and a stunningly talented group of musicians entered this studio to make what would be my third album. Here is a taster of one of the more sparse and folky songs from the album: "Every Little Thing", captured live in the room. I had never played music with the Bass player (Bean Dolan) before that morning, but there was an instant spark and he really captured the vibe of the song. The album version of this track will include some understated piano and rootsy harmony vocals. For now, I hope you enjoy this taster."
to keep up to date with all things Peter Doran skip on over to his Dot com here - http://www.peterdoran.com/
By: Shayne Byrne | Beat-Play Ambassador Ireland | @shaynewithMWL | Music Without Labels & Beat-Play, LLC |
An interview with Filippo Gaetani and some of The Peter Doran Band during the recording of Peter James Doran‘s new album in Grouse Lodge. Recorded & Edited by Kerbute Productions
lots more footage is promised in the near future of the whole recordings process, so stay tuned.
By: Shayne Byrne | Beat-Play Ambassador Ireland | @shaynewithMWL | Music Without Labels & Beat-Play, LLC |
“In Loneliness Lives Love” by The Aftermath.
Directed by Marc Corrigan (his other video work included ‘ANTS’ by Ham Sandwich & Come On by I’m From Barcelona)
Released as downloand and limited edition vinyl on Live Transmission Records on January 20th 2012
The song features as well as The Aftermath Steve Wickham (The Waterboys) on Violin, Helen Turner (Paul Weller) on Keys, Tosh Flood (Pugwash) on Guitar and Vocals, Ger McDonnell on Vibes, Karl Odlum on Piano and Daire O Reilly & John Halnon on Brass.
Brass & Strings arranged by Mr Terry Edwards.
Recorded @ Transmission Studios Drumlish Co Longford by Karl Odlum, Ger McDonnell and Mick Cronin.
Mixed at the same by Ger McDonnell.
Mastered @ Abby Road Studios London by Greg Pesche.
For more info and updates head over to www.facebook.com/theaftermathband
By: Shayne Byrne | Beat-Play Ambassador Ireland | @shaynewithMWL | Music Without Labels & Beat-Play, LLC
My close friend and fellow jedi master Peter Doran is going into studio in Feb 2012. as part of the process Peter is using http://www.pledgemusic.com to fund the recording of the as yet untitled album. here is peter’s bio, some video’s recently shot on an island in Stockholm of songs in the running for the album.
Peter Doran is a 27 year old Folk-pop songwriter from Ireland. He has been honing his craft since age 11, when, inspired by his cousin’s heavy metal albums, he first picked up the guitar. After a few years of high-velocity shredding, Peter “became less interested in the speed of the notes, but in their character instead.” In 2006 he released his debut album “Wood”, a rich collection of startlingly mature songs heralded by leading music publication Hot Press as “an admirable debut that should open doors and minds.”
In 2009 Peter was contacted by acclaimed Italian producer Filippo Gaetani, who had heard one of the singer-songwriter’s demo tracks online and was eager to collaborate.“Peter has the capability of moving your soul with simple yet profound lyrics, and his vocal tone and melodies are uncommon,” raves Gaetani, who has worked with Andy Bell, Stefano Bollini, and Adrina Thorpe. “He stands among my favorite folk/alternative artists of all time.” After pre-production at Gaetani’s Tuscany studio, recordings were done at Grouse Lodge in Ireland and eventually mastered at London’s legendary Abbey Road Studios. “Sleepless Street” is the glorious result, a gorgeous, multi-layered work by a gifted artist swiftly gaining ground on the paths of his idols.
Over the last decade or so Peter has become equally at home in both live and studio settings. Many years of live performance, either with his band or without, have resulted in an artist who is completely at ease on stage, and whose only purpose is to connect with his audience.
In recent times Peter has headlined his own shows in venues such as Whelans, Crawdaddy, The Sugar Club, Roisin Dubh, The stables etc. and has also had the honour of opening up for artists such as Declan O’Rourke, Ryan Sheridan, Mark Geary, O Emperor, Luka Bloom, Colm Lynch, Emmett Tinley, The Guggenheim Grotto and John Spillane.
Head over to Peter’s pledgemusic project site and please support this incredibly talented irish artist.
By: Shayne Byrne | Beat-Play Ambassador Ireland | @shaynewithMWL | Music Without Labels & Beat-Play, LLC
My dear friend Joey Ryan has nearly reached his goal on his FundIt campaign to record and release his new album. here is his mission statement. please read it and support a great young talent.
Welcome to my Fund it project! Thank you in advance for coming to check out my project.
I need financial support to fund the recording of my second album, which will be released in 2012. The album has been a year and a half in the making, in terms of writing the album, rewriting the album and exploring new avenues to adventure down musically and artistically as to bring out the best album I feel I can write.
Click here to hear an acoustic demo of a track that will appear on the album!
This album is a huge leap for me in terms of my development as a songwriter, my career and musically. After the tremendous response to the last album, Dusk, I was given the opportunity to embark on two UK tours, and three tours of Ireland within the last year, and more recently I went on a triple header tour in Ireland.
I am recording my new album with renowned producer/engineer Gavin Ralston, who’s previous clients include Ronnie Drew, Phil Coulter, The Blizzards, Luan Parle, Clive Barnes and Eleanor McEvoy to name a few. As of now, the recording stage has commenced and we are about to go into the next stage of adding instruments and laying down the final takes of the songs, before mixing the album in April next year.
Lined up as the basic band on the album are Johnny Boyle (The Frames, Glen Hansard, Marianne Faithful) on drums and Aongus Ralston (Declan O’Rourke, Picturehouse, Sharron Shannon) on bass. I am very excited to have these musicians involved, and in addition to this there will be strings, brass, piano and of course guitar. However, to achieve this, I am going to need your help!
The terrific thing about Fund it is that it allows everyone to get involved in the projects they choose to, in return for a reward to thank them for their generosity. I’m approaching this project with the idea that these rewards would be ‘pre sales’ of the new album, and depending on which amount you choose to donate, you would also get an extra acoustic version of the album which is exclusive only to Fund it donations.
To all who donate, the albums will be sent to you one month before the general public release.
Thanks to Fund it, I have a chance to get involved with the people who wish to share in the creation of my album, and this puts me in a position to give back in return for the generosity.
I would like to thank you for reading my project details and taking the time to visit this page. Any donations that can be given will be graciously accepted and tremendously appreciated, and of course, used in the most efficient and effective way. Please feel free to forward this to your friends and spread the word. Thnk you so much.
Yours sincerely,
Joey Ryan
So please follow the link here - http://www.fundit.ie/project/the-recording-of-joey-ryans-2nd-album and give as much as you can to show your support for independent Irish music.
By: Shayne Byrne | Beat-Play Ambassador Ireland | @shaynewithMWL | Music Without Labels & Beat-Play, LLC
We all listen to a lot of music. If you are reading this right now you probably do more than just listen. You are an active music fan making the most of this day and age of technology and access to new, fresh insanely awesome music. There are a crap load of bands out there to listen to and sometimes I find it extremely difficult to wade through the shit to find the goods. I’ve been lucky to find the music that I consider good after listening to a lot of crumby stuff. With that said there have been a few acts that have fallen through the cracks. Gave them a shot? Wasn’t feeling it? Who knows, but for whatever reason I set them aside and listening to something else. Surfer Blood was one of those bands. I went as far to go see their show in LA when they played with The Drums at the Music Box. Wasn’t running on all cylinders for me at the moment. Recently I went back and listened to their first release called “Astro Coast” and literally my ass is black and blue from kicking myself. These guys write strong hooks and catchy guitar parts and lucky for me I get a second chance to be obsessed. Surfer Blood has just released as EP called “Tarot Classics”. Strong hooks? Check. Catchy guitar parts? Check.
I’m Not Ready – Surfer Blood
These guys have a real surf rock vibe, but maybe that’s just the name leading me to that. They have a pretty loud and energetic live show which makes me think these new tunes will fit in perfectly with the stuff off Astro Coast. As I said before the tunes are catchy and straightforward. The music is easy to listen to and the instrumentation is pretty standard. Lead by lead singer John Paul Pitts Surfer Blood has produced a solid and clean EP featuring what they do best. They also included a couple re-mixes as well, which is pretty cool. My favorite song on the EP is called “Miranda”. Awesome tune with catchy evrything.
Miranda – Surfer Blood
Surfer Blood notes their favorite band is Pavement and they are currently supporting The Pixies on tour. Whattt? We’ll that is pretty awesome I must say. They are making moves and gaining momentum and this EP can only help. After going back and listening to all of their songs it all makes sense to me now and I don’t know why I missed it in the first place. After the Pixies tour it looks like they are playing a one off in Boston at the Lansdown Pub (a place I used to frequenet often and if you don’t go to this FREE show you are an ass) and then they are opening for one of my favorite new acts The Vaccines in the UK. The tour page is here incase you want to check them out with the Pixies or one of the other few dates left on their calendar. Here’s the last track from “Tarot Classics”. It’s called “Drinking Problem” please enjoy if you have a drinking problem or not. Don’t let bands like this fall through the cracks. That is all.
Drinking Problem – Surfer Blood
By: Steve Rippin | Beat-Play Ambassador Los Angeles | @stevewithMWL|Music Without Labels & Beat-Play, LLC
