SoundTrip

I’m back!! This week we continue to improve the studio and make changes to ensure the highest quality show. It should show all around with new digital processors, acoustic improvements and a new digital audio workstation that I built myself! Sometimes custom jobs are the best way to go.

The bands I bring to you this week rock!! I can’t wait until you hear the awesome show I put together with their help. Check them out below. As always, please be sure to go to their sites and give their other material a listen. There is a ton of great music out there and I’m sifting through it all to bring you the best.

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Today’s show features the following Artists

Corday – Face Me

Envy Records recording artist Jennifer Corday has been hitting it hard over the last couple of years. Her band Corday is building a reputation that is taking California by storm. Look at the “short list” of achievements the band has accomplished (and I do mean short list because they have too many to mention).

The Orange County Music Awards – Best Live Band, Best Alternative Band, Best Female Performer, one of the L.A. Times Top 10 albums of the year, the LA Music Awards for a video and a nomination by the Southern California Music Awards for best pop rock band!!

This is no fluke. The band is for real and Jennifer is great. Face Me is just one song off a whole CD of hits.

Stop by the band’s website here where you can purchase their material and keep up with their gigs.

Breech – Easy Bake

This is where my job gets easy. When I spoke to Jennifer Corday about playing her material on the show she turned me onto Venus Envy Music.net. Jennifer started this site for female fronted bands and it is packed with great artists who rock.

One of those bands is Breech. Front vocalist Missy Gibson has a Jewel quality to her voice with a bluesy rock persona. The band blasts out an excellent mix of distorted guitars, moody keys and rocking vocals.

The song Easy Bake was presented to me off the Venus Envy compilation for the Long Beach Memorial Breast Cancer Center. Pick it up; it’s a great cause and a worthy addition to your music collection.

Crazy as it seems, the song Easy Bake as verses like roll it, pat it, put it in the oven and Holly Hobby and Easy Bake too. I mention this because the words will stick in your head if you listen to the song enough times; it’s that catchy. You may have to explain yourself if you happen to be singing it without the backing of the music!

Stop by the band’s website here, check out the Breech Bake Sale and visit the Breech Store.

Kristin Mainhart & Khromosomes – Sign Your Name

Speaking of girls who rock Kristin Mainhart is the artist of the month! I have played the band’s CD Stranger Things extensively for my friends and it is a big hit. The songs are gripping and Kristin’s voice is mesmerizing against the backdrop of the electric canvas created by the band.

The song Sign Your Name has more than just the awesome vocals that Kristin brings to your ears. I love the mix of the very clean gits, bass, keys and turntables. There is a small guitar riff about 1:39 into the song that demonstrates the surrealistic nature of their music. The riff kind of comes at you from nowhere and is a brilliant juxtaposition along side the rhythm of the band and Kristin’s vocals.

The CD Stranger Things was released in March of 2005 and the news just gets better from there. The song, Gonna Make It will be featured in The Prince and Me 2, a Lions Gate film to be released in August. The band’s personal website and CD sales can be found directly here.

De La Vega – All Lies

This band will be a favorite of those who like Incubus and 311. They have had quite a lot of success by playing great gigs such as The 2004 Warped Tour and Utah’s “Big Ass Show” with heavy hitters such as Hoobastank and Sum41.

They have a ton of material, a new video and a new CD called

Innovation and even has managed to get their song Dope Ride featured on frontier airlines! I love the grungy guitar, drums and vocals. The band is quite diverse with their ability to easily switch between metal, acoustic and the more hip hop styles of 311.

The Band has parked a ton of material on PodSafe Music where I found this song.

You should stop by the band’s fan site here where you can purchase their material, check out their video and keep up with their gigs.

Anison - Over and Out

Rory, Daniel, Rocky and Jerome come to us all the way from the London area. They have been playing together in one form or another since 2003. From what I can tell they really gelled once drummer Jerome joined the band.

Drummers like Jerome amaze me with their never ending energy (think Green Day) and really define the personality of the band.

The song Over and Out has a very clean sound that gets in your face without overdriving the amps or your ears. This approach allows them to add subtle things to the mix such as a small gate on the snare, flange on the guitars or hidden keys that would otherwise get swallowed up by a harder mix. All in all the band is a great listen and I’m happy I tracked them down for you to experience.

The band will have a new download only CD out in April. Be sure to visit their site and sign up for it ahead of time.

Anison’s personal website can be found here. You can purchase theier music through Daddy Fresh Music.

Sinch – The Power of Suggestion

Here’s another band along the metalish rock genre. The vocals remind me of Geoff Tate from Queensryche which is a compliment for sure.

The band has a new album out called Clearing the Channel. Their song Something More was just featured on Fusion TV where band member Jay Smith was featured presenting his Viditar (video mixing guitar) at the South by Southwest conference. You have to check out this video to really appreciate how this fifth member of the band mixes the video aspect of the concerts in real time; it’s incredible.

The song Power of Suggestion is a great song. I played a ton of my music for others before they end up on the show and this song was happily received. There’s not much more to say about the song other than it is a hard driving power rock song that has driving drums, great mix ups and excellent vocals.

They band has a link on PodSafe Music where I found this song. Their fan based website can be found here. You can purchase their new CD here.

Phil Lomac – No Connection

Indie Rock artist Phil Lomac brings us his acoustic rock sounds from Asheville North Carolina. The self title CD was produced and mixed by band member and brother Steve Lomac.

The song No Connection has a rhythm that reminds me of a mix of Led Zeppelin’s Babe I’m Gonna Leave You and the drum beat and vox from Tom Petty’s You Don’t Know How it Feels (A simple signature beat that even Green Day uses on Boulevard of Broken Dreams from their American Idiot album that is a virtual collage of repacked songs from the past in my opinion; ah but I digress).

The guitar work and vocals are what drove me to Phil’s material. His songs a great listen and fit well with the music I have been playing on SoundTrip.

Phil Lomac’s website here. Purchase the CD on CD Baby.

The Sunday Files - Everglades

Here’s another song that reminds me of some rhythm guitar from Zeppelin. In the Flies case they add an Everlast feel with top notch vocals, solid harmonies and nice instrumentation. The mix is solid.

I found these guys on Garage Band where you they explain the name with the following:

I was going to the bathroom one day and a name popped into my head, The Sunday Flies.

I can’t find a whole lot of information on them but they have been getting a lot of play with this song. It’s a good song with catchy instrumentation.

You can find the Sunday Flies on MySpace and Garage Band. Purchase their CD on CD Baby.

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