BANDS TO FANS
  • Home
  • Clients
  • Contact
  • Interviews
  • Substack
  • eBooks
  • Voice Overs

Deep Cuts

9/24/2015

 
Cris: Do you have a favorite Huey Lewis & The News​ deep cut?

Johnny Colla​: I still get a big kick out of "Bobo Tempo" for both the lyric and the fact that we just cut it live one night. I'm surprised critics haven't looked deeper into that song and what it's all about, considering the 'discovery' and growing popularity of West Marin County here in California.

There are a few tunes that really jump out for me on our first self-titled effort - "Change Of Heart" and "Hearts Were Made To Be Broken" to name a couple - but mostly I would love to hear that entire record remastered and slowed down a few clicks. Or should we just cut a more "mature" version top to bottom?

I like "Tell Me A Little Lie," and I always wanted to play it live with this sneaky horn line running through it, but I don't think our fans would get it . . .
Picture

Communicating

9/23/2015

 
Client Rich Redmond​: Music is all about communicating, even in a metaphysical way. The guys in my rhythm section (Tully Kennedy and Kurt Allison) and I have been playing for 15 years now. When we put on our instruments we don’t have to talk, we just know what to do. That can only happen from showing up every day and communicating in that special way that music provides. It’s ALL about communicating.
Picture

Timing

9/21/2015

 
Don't obsess over what time you should post. If you post something good, it will be noticed. Posting poor content at the “perfect” time won't help you.
Picture

Dislike

9/20/2015

 
Facebook announced that they might be rolling out a "Dislike" button, which should help eliminate those awkward moments when several people "Like" a post about someone's mother dying. People mean well, but it can be the equivalent of giving a friend the thumbs-up sign during an open casket funeral. 
Picture

Traditions

9/19/2015

 
I buy flowers for my wife whenever I sign a new client. I have yet to come up with a tradition for when I lose a client. But there are many possibilities. "That alternative band broke up. Here's some expired milk."
Picture

Do Not Push From One Platform To Another

9/17/2015

 
When you push posts from Instagram to, say, Twitter, the photo does not show up. People have to click the link to see it. And statistically, most people on Twitter never do. 
Picture

Do It Right

9/15/2015

 
Worse than not being on social media is being on social media, but doing it poorly.

So many people, companies, etc. create a Facebook page and then never do anything with it. You wouldn't open a brick and mortar store that looks like it is abandoned. You should not do that with your virtual storefront either.  

Ben Sesar: Ghost Notes

9/14/2015

 
Cris: You guys play large venues, where you could argue, depending on how good the sound engineer is, most of what people hear from you are the quarter notes. And yet a lot of this stuff that you are studying … you have a lot of the ghost notes and such. Do you still throw those in during live performances?

Ben Sesar​ (drummer for Brad Paisley): Oh yeah! Cause I can hear it. It's not my problem if you can't hear it. And that's just part of my playing, naturally. The ghost note thing. I have always just been a fan of that sound because it makes it feel otherworldly, like there's more people playing. Keith Carlock is a great example of that. It sounds tribal. It's very rhythmic and it's cool. And even if they are not heard, but felt, it's helping me subdivide. It's all part of the time keeping. 
Picture

Where's The Rain?

9/13/2015

 
Impressive video that a fan made for clients Cowboy Mouth. It is also a great song. Sad, but great.

A Special Moment

9/12/2015

 
Last night sitting on stage behind Fred's drum kit ( Cowboy Mouth​ ) just before the band walked out. There is a special vibe right before the start of a show. You can feel the room buzzing with energy. And for me, what was just a nondescript raised platform earlier in the day suddenly becomes a sacred space. 
Picture
<<Previous
    Subscribe

    Archives

    February 2023
    January 2023
    December 2022
    November 2022
    October 2022
    September 2022
    August 2022
    July 2022
    June 2022
    May 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    December 2021
    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    September 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013
    August 2013
    July 2013
    June 2013
    May 2013
    April 2013
    February 2013
    January 2013
    December 2012
    November 2012
    October 2012
    September 2012
    August 2012
    July 2012
    June 2012
    May 2012
    April 2012
    March 2012
    February 2012
    January 2012
    December 2011
    November 2011

    RSS Feed

Contact
A division of Connect To Fans
  • Home
  • Clients
  • Contact
  • Interviews
  • Substack
  • eBooks
  • Voice Overs