This week I decided to do something a little different. I am calling it "iTunes Indie Shuffle." I have over 6,000 songs on my iTunes and most of them are from independent bands. I have had friends come to me for new music and realize they have not even heard of half of the music on my iTunes. So I decided to put my extensive and growing collection of music to good use. I put my iTunes on shuffle and the first band independent band to come up I would write about.
So drum roll... The first band of the shuffle is The Rocket Summer.
In later posts, as these "shuffles" will be back, the band name will be in the title of the post but I decided to leave the suspense up with this one.
Upon putting my iTunes on shuffle, out of my six thousand songs I thought it might just find some obscure band I have a few songs. It played "Walls" by The Rocket Summer, the project of Bryce Avary from Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas. I actually have all of the releases from the band as well. Somehow my iTunes does not always shuffle onto music I have more of.
Back to The Rocket Summer... They are an alternative, rock and pop band. Their music has catchy hooks and meaningful lyrics. Avary, the lead vocalist, guitarist, and pianist, also plays bass and drums. He has played every instrument on all of his albums and co-produced them as well. The Rocket Summer has released four full length albums and five EP's.
The band's most recent album is "Of Men and Angels", released in February of 2010. They also released an EP of five b-sides which did not make the cut for the album in October of the same year. There are three singles from the album, "You Gotta Believe", "Hills and Valleys" and "Walls".
Currently, Avary has been focused on touring and writing for others. He was recently approached by several platinum-selling artists who have asked him to help write songs for their upcoming albums. He helped co-write the song "Stomping The Roses", a song by David Archuleta of American Idol fame.
It is always good to listen to The Rocket Summer. It is "feel good" music to me. I am glad this is what came up first when I put my iTunes on shuffle. I did not expect it come up but it was a good unexpected moment. I hope the next shuffle artist makes me this happy.
To hear more from The Rocket summer see their official website or their MySpace page.
So drum roll... The first band of the shuffle is The Rocket Summer.
In later posts, as these "shuffles" will be back, the band name will be in the title of the post but I decided to leave the suspense up with this one.
Upon putting my iTunes on shuffle, out of my six thousand songs I thought it might just find some obscure band I have a few songs. It played "Walls" by The Rocket Summer, the project of Bryce Avary from Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas. I actually have all of the releases from the band as well. Somehow my iTunes does not always shuffle onto music I have more of.
Back to The Rocket Summer... They are an alternative, rock and pop band. Their music has catchy hooks and meaningful lyrics. Avary, the lead vocalist, guitarist, and pianist, also plays bass and drums. He has played every instrument on all of his albums and co-produced them as well. The Rocket Summer has released four full length albums and five EP's.
The band's most recent album is "Of Men and Angels", released in February of 2010. They also released an EP of five b-sides which did not make the cut for the album in October of the same year. There are three singles from the album, "You Gotta Believe", "Hills and Valleys" and "Walls".
Currently, Avary has been focused on touring and writing for others. He was recently approached by several platinum-selling artists who have asked him to help write songs for their upcoming albums. He helped co-write the song "Stomping The Roses", a song by David Archuleta of American Idol fame.
It is always good to listen to The Rocket Summer. It is "feel good" music to me. I am glad this is what came up first when I put my iTunes on shuffle. I did not expect it come up but it was a good unexpected moment. I hope the next shuffle artist makes me this happy.
To hear more from The Rocket summer see their official website or their MySpace page.
1 comments:
I like the Indie shuffle idea! iTunes has this amazing ability to reconnect you with songs that were seemingly lost to you!
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