Steve just finished producing and recording Testing Tomorrow for their new project Tribes: an 11 song hard-rock album which is currently pending release while the band courts major-label support. Affectionately referred to as “Desert Rock” by the band, the album shares a sonic palate with early Queens of the Stoneage and Muse while exhibiting a bad attitude the size of Appetite for Destruction.
Via Testing Tomorrow
NEWSFLASH : Dear friends, fans and supporters worldwide. Our master effort TRIBES has been completed. For all of us, this has been the culmination of a lifetime of experiences and effort in the realm of music. TRIBES stands as the gemstone we are all the most immensely proud of. We wish to truly thank everyone who has been part of this dream. Steven Leavitt, Rich Mouser, Anthony Taglianetti, James Law and all the guest players + technical crew that made ‘TRIBES’ a reality. Without you, we would not have done it. Needless to say that now begins a long journey for us as a band. TRIBES will not be released to the public, although some previews of songs will be available through our upcoming full new website. For the next months, we will embark in one of the most intense shopping campaigns we have ever undertaken as a band and as individuals. The purpose is to get Testing Tomorrow signed to a record company that believes in this band and can provide the means and support this album deserves. It was an incredible ride started years back…it’s time for us to bring it home ! Thank you. – TT
Progressive Rock outfit Lobate Scarp successfully raised over $6,500 towards the making of their first full-length album Time and Space.
The album will be mixed on a 52 channel console by Prog Rock veteran Rich Mouser at The Mouse House Studio in Los Angeles.
We are very excited to have Rich on board because of his experience mixing and producing progressive rock outfit Spock’s Beard, who’s 2001 release “V” became the inspiration for Lobate’s title track Time and Space.
During the Kickstater campaign, we made a video of how we recorded a 30+ member choir made up of all volunteers from the indie music community.
If that wasn’t cool enough, we decided to have lead singer Adam Sears jump off a building.
Now that the project is successfully funded we are full-steam ahead for the CD release date of 12-12-12.
Thank you to all the backers of this project, friends, family, and strangers. We really hope you will enjoy the end result!
Time and Space is the full length debut album by Los Angeles based progressive rock band Lobate Scarp. This ambitious album, which took nearly five years to record is sure to please fans of the progressive rock genre as well as music appreciators that are looking for something fresh for their ears. The album has over 55 minutes of original tunes, including the 15 1/2 minute title track.
This video shows highlights of the recording process and was a lot of fun to make.
If you are interested in backing this project, please visit the Kickstarter page:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/timeandspace/time-and-space-an-epic-prog-rock-journey
Hello friends,
I will be in Austin during this year’s SXSW festival. If you will be there and you want to connect with me you can check out one of two very cool events I will be attending there.
A very cool magazine called ProxART is hosting a showcase at the Lomography store on Sunday, March 18th from 11am to 5pm featuring:
Christopher Paul Stelling
Hi Ho Silver Oh
Conveyor
The Stone Foxes
Unicycle Loves You
Miracles of Modern Science
Dry River Yacht Club is playing an unofficial showcase at Hole in the Wall with other bands from Tempe , AZ Friday, March 16th, 11am – 1am. (I wish I knew the exact time).
Dry River Yacht Club is a very unique band with 9 members that is signed to a very unique record label called 80/20 Records.
80/20 Records is one-of-a-kind because unlike most labels, 80/20 gives an 80% royalty to their artists.
dryriveryachtclub.com, 8020records.com
Also, Rob Franco from The Venus Illuminato has a new Vegan Food-Truck calledArlo’s, which is brand-new and apparently is already winning awards.
I will try to present any more pertainant information as I get it.
The Venus Illuminato in the studio at the Stunt Lab recording Civil War Ballad from their new EP Children of the Earth.
The single I produced for Testing Tomorrow called Deriva is now available on iTunes! Please support the band on iTunes if you’re a fan of hard-rock/metal.
If you love it please write a review.
Testing tomorrow did an amazing job putting together this making of video for our sessions of Deriva. It is a great montage showing a good portion of the production process.
Enjoy!
Congratulations to The Venus Illuminato whose two EP’s Children of the Earth and Company With Kings have been picked up by songsforfilmandtv.com for publishing.
The Venus Illuminato recorded Company With Kings with me in 2008 and Children of the Earth in 2011 and have received some great reviews along the way.
- Children of the Earth review – Grimy Goods
- Children of the Earth review – The Mad Notes
- Review – You Crazy Dreamers
Sometimes its good just to get your songs out of your head and onto “tape.” Good friend and indie artist promoter extraordinaire Toni Koch wanted to do just that, so we set her up to sing and play on a lazy Tuesday afternoon here at my studio just outside Santa Clarita, CA. I have know Toni for several years but had not yet had the chance to hear her songs, and I have to say I am impressed!
Doing simple demos of your songs or partial song ideas is a great way to get inspired and to find out what’s working or not with your material (key, tempo, rhythm, lyrics, structure, or overall flow). This stage of the process can also be very fun because it is a good time to just “let it flow,” since major tweaks will typically be addressed later and the “perfect take” can be fussed with during the production process. Best of all its affordable because the setup is simple and low maintenance.
Toni has great songs and a very Judy Collins / Topanga Canyon sound. I look forward to hearing more!