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May 13 2008
We have the 5-10-08 Show at Trevi Entertainment Center, Lake Elsinore CA available for streaming or download at
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_music.cfm?bandID=510390
It's like the 9th song down. Or just go to www.souloftheriver.com and scroll to the 9th song.
Listen to the Longtown Sound Radio Show/Podcast
Uncle Shag has been very good to us playing Soul of the River numerous times, and his radio show is also a podcast, where "As I Sing" is on the latest one. You can Check it out here:
http://wlso.fm/wordpress/archives/1052
He plays great unsigned music you will definitely dig it.
Monday, January 28, 2008
Inland Empire Music Awards Nomination
We are nominated for "Best Pop Rock" for the 2008 Inland Empire Music Awards which takes place this Thursday (We are not performing)
The Generation, our brother band, was nominated for "Best Classic Rock"
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Interview on "On the Horizon" radio show
An interview with Brett and Rene is featured on the most recent episode of the "On the Horizon" radio show. It has already aired, but you can listen to it by going to this link.
http://www.newartistradio.net/podcast/p.php?file=2008-01-17_2007_1_17_oth230_1_17_2007.mp3
Monday, December 17, 2007
The Man behind our Incredible recordings
Phil O'Keefe at Sound Sanctuary studios is a wizard. He's the one that recorded Sweet as the Sky, Sex in the Morning, As I Sing and We've Gone Crazy as well as the rest of our future album.
(We're still working on it). He's the reason thsese songs sound so good.
http://www.myspace.com/philokeefe
Monday, December 10, 2007
1st Live show for free streaming or download!
Go to http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_music.cfm?bandID=510390
and scroll down and go to angels 12-6-07. We'd put it up on myspace, but it is too big (23 minute show)
I got a cool digital recorder that makes good stereo recordings so this is the first of tons of live shows, jams etc. that we will be uploading for your downloading pleasure.
This show is at Angels in Corona CA December 12 2007.
Steve's not in this one, so we have no bass player, and we're playing as the funky acoustic duo. Brett is playing the bass and guitar at the same time so that's why you sometimes hear bass.
For best results listen very Loud.
We hope you dig it.
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
The Album
Hi How's everyone doing? We went to the studio this last weekend again. Saturday we finished the mastering of "Sex in the Morning" which is now up on our page. If you haven't heard it,
check it out! Sunday we tracked "Friends" which we'll keep under wraps until the album comes out.
We give all of our songs away for free downloads or on CD's at our shows (Free Downloads are at www.soundclick.com/souloftheriver ) But we're not going to give the whole album out free.
We have about 16 songs on the upcoming album, and we'll probably have two more that we will release for free, but to hear the rest you gotta buy the album. Where can you get the album
you say? Nowhere. It's not done yet. We don't know when it will be done, we were hoping for the end of the year, but we still have a long ways to go.
So far we have four songs done:
Sweet as the Sky
As I Sing Here
Sex in the Morning
We've gone crazy.
We've gone crazy we are going to re-record because I'm not feeling the country vibe of it, and it's too slow. So we're going to re-record that one to be closer to what how we play it live, and
change the lyrics. But if you want to hear it in its current state, listen to the newest episode of the Furtive Wangler Podcast, at www.myspace.com/furtivewangler
The rest of the songs that will be on the album are: (in no particular order)
5 Souls
Catch a Day
Daylight Honey (new version)
B-Side to Honky Tonk Woman (new version)
Rider
Short Song
Friends
I feel Alright
They Just Don't Get It (new version)
And of three songs that you have never heard before.
I wonder if any of you care about this. I know some of you live too far to see us play and have no idea what these songs are, I'm sorry I wish we could get out there. If you sign the mailing list
we'll send you a free CD and a DVD of a show, just email me your address and email address, but it takes about a month for me to send out the DVD's because I get busy with shows etc.
So anyways back to the studio, we have Steve's Bass parts done and the Drums done for every song, but the reason we're lagging on getting the album done, is I have to save up for the
studio time. We don't have a label, or any backing, so it takes me a minimum of 2 months to save up the money for studio time. Otherwise the album would be done already. But the album is
turning out to be a masterpiece. Every song is great, we're crazy for putting 16 songs on a self released album, and trust me there are lots of songs that didn't make the cut. We would have
less songs on the album because it would be done faster, but we can't trim the fat anymore, every song has to be on there. Oh yeah there's a ton of surprises in the album as well.
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Wierdos in our Garage.
Category: Music
We were asked earlier to write an interesting story about a show or road trip and I couldn't really think of anything. Most all shows are the same, sometimes its packed, sometimes its
empty, sometimes you're playing horribly and the crowd thinks you're awesome, and other times you're playing great and the crowd could care less. But I thought of a few things that were
worth mentioning.
Ever since we first started rehearsing at our new rehearsal space, (which isn't in the best part of town) we've had a constant visiting weirdo hanging out at every rehearsal. Its like when
you're living with roommates, you always have that guy on the couch. You have a buddy that asks to crash on your couch "Just for a couple weeks" and a couple weeks turns into six
months, when you finally get them to get their own place, a week later you have another friend asking to crash on the couch "just for a few weeks". It's sort of like that.
We seem to attract weirdos when we rehearse. And don't get me wrong, they're always very good-natured wierdos, but they all have a few things in common. They talk incessantly. Nonstop
nonsensical gibberish. They're always there right before the band shows up, waiting with a few tall cans, already well on their way to being wasted, talking faster than Speedy Gonzales.
Before, after, and especially between songs, when you absolutely must to get to work, they start talking about nothing and never ever stop. And for a while you're just struggling to
understand what the hell they're talking about. No matter who they are, they're always really nice, so you don't want to be a dick. But after a while you just have to completely ignore them
while they continue talking and get started on another song. And at the end of the night you've only got half what you wanted accomplished, because most of the time you were trying to
make sense of what this maniac is saying, smiling, acting like you understand. They're going on enthusiastically about how you should go from "that one part, into another thing that goes
dah dah dah, then do a Queesnryche-kinda thing". Queensryche?!
They ALWAYS want to play the drums, never know how and never ever take the hint that its time for them to stop. Rene has to hound them for 20 minutes to get them off his stool. They
change the dials on your amp to "fix your tone", so you have nothing but treble so it sounds like a tin can, or are wasted, knocking crap over, or singing ideas they have to add to your songs
that were written two years ago, that sound like a cat in heat with a serious love of 80's glam-rock. Or the best yet, is when one tries to work their way into being your new
singer/guitarist/bass player/manager even after you sit down with them and try to explain that you're not looking for new members. And the thing is, once one stops coming around, a week
later another shows up, first appearing normal, knocking on the garage door, saying, "Hey sounds great! I'm digging you guys, can I hang out and have a beer?" And then you find them
waiting out front the next day, and the next, and before you know it they're crashing on your couch.
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Show Saturday, Songwriting Finals, and a Podcast!
Category: Music
YEEEEEAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!
How You all doing? We're back!"They Just Don't Get It" was featured on the Musicians Cooler Podcast www.musicianscooler.com (Money Making Music Websites episode) and the Lyrics
to "Right Right" is in the finals for the American Songwriter Magazine's lyric writing contest!
Make sure to check out the podshow The Musicians Cooler at www.musicianscooler.com it is a great podcast about promoting bands, managing etc. and of course one of my (Brett)
favorites
Also we are going into the studio at the beginning of May to start recording our first American classic album. So we won't be playing many shows for a while so you have to catch them while
you can.
Here's the lyrics to "Right Right" that are in the finals for the American Songwriter Magazine's contest. We haven't played it in a while because I went through a series of revisions, and we've
finally decided to just play it the way we used to. If it ain't broke don't fix it. We might play it this Saturday, but you never know unless you go. Nonetheless here are the lyrics:
Right Right
Towns wrapped up in chains
Ain't got no name
Everything's all the same
We got sprawl like a spreading disease
Through the cities
Multiplex movie screens
And it's all around
Stucco and brown
Exact same restaurant
From town to town
And these Mom and pops
Make cool little shops
All these hopes and dreams
they put a stop
Yeah Tract Homes and cell phones
Soccer mom with a great new pair of
Silicone
New Ring tone
Credit cards and a brand new bank loan
same house new day
toy box or boat
parked on display
in the driveway for the weekend,
new turf gonna get some sprinklin
Right right
Worry how you flurry
Keeping up with the trends
Display the name brands
So you know whos your friend
..[endif]-->Right right
Hurry how you scurry
Gotta get what you need
Brand new SUV
And flat screen tv
Runny kinda funny
Keeping up with the elite
Guzzle need a muzzle
Feed all your gluttony
Well It's a damn shame
The land has been maimed
Corporate names
aren't only ones to blame
It don't smell so right
We put up no fight
Smog drowns the sight
Apathy all the time
So who's to blame
Its all the same
Afraid of any change we want the chain
Sup Yall!
We entered our "Sex in the Morning" video in the KLOS Mark and Brian contest and I received a phone call yesterday that we are in the top 16! This is Huge!
Friday morning they decide amongst themselves the top 8, then they post them on their website and visitors vote. So if we make it to the top 8 we will need
you to vote for us, and get your friends to vote as well.
We'll let you know (and see the video) as soon as we find out. Then the top 4 compete live at the Key Club live on the morning show, and the winner opens for
Lynyrd Skynyrd at Soboba. So cross your fingers. I also want to thank Nick Masarro for making the awesome video.
Also grab this week's IE Weekly that comes out today because we're the band of the week! If you're outside of the Inland Empire you can read the article
online here:
http://www.ieweekly.com/cms/story/detail/soul_of_the_river/1277/
Jessica and Kady Bell wrote a great article, we're definitely stoked on that. Actually, I'm definitely stoked, I haven't had a chance to tell Steve and Rene about
the article or the Mark and Brian contest, so you know before them!
Straight for '88 you suckas,
Brett
Soul of the River
