I Ate Your Microphone

A production company based in Los Angeles is scouring every corner of the planet (via the Internet, of course) looking for those considered to be worthy synth players. They are creating a film called Synth God that chronicles synthesizer and, more generally, electronic music over the ages. Full production is due to begin any day now, and the producers are still looking for incredible talent.Any genre, any style and any interface will be considered as long as you are a genuine Synth God. ZU33 already have the famous or infamous on their books creating the footage they need, but a big part of the film will concentrate on the lesser known figures in synthesizer music so get your entires on a postcard as soon as you possible can. If you want more information or you are interested in having your synthesizer prowess deemed worthy, or otherwise, then visit the website at www.synthgod.com for the full lowdown.  

This entry was posted on Tuesday, July 18th, 2006 at 4:51 pm and is filed under Indie Music Blog. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Mandi Perkins is far from being an unknown independent musician, I’ll grant you, but she is an awesome one. She’s already been featured in more music publications than most musicians ever muster with numerous quality ratings. In particular, the song “Why” has been voted for by visitors to numerous websites as being the best just about everything including lyrics, drums, and rock song. Broken Window Pane isn’t without its fans either having been voted as best song in Songwriter Universe Magazine. Are the accolades justified? You better believe it. She may look young and sweet but her appearance belies her voice. Often dark and regularly alluring, she manages to breeze from slow melodic tracks to seriously rocking tunes without missing a beat and with definite ease. It’s almost impossible to compare her voice to any one single artist because of this staggering range. Everyone from Tori Amos to Evanescence seems to feature in one track or another. Eclectic her voice maybe, but it doesn’t suffer for it, as is sometimes the case. Hailing from Toronto, Canada, Mandi Perkins is guaranteed to gain even more of a global following very soon. To listen to some Mandi Perkins samples or to buy and download her tracks, visit the InBlaze BurnLounge site where she is in the featured artists.

This entry was posted on Sunday, July 16th, 2006 at 11:25 am and is filed under Reviews. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

July 23rd through July 30th is going to see one of the greatest and most influential of rock concerts in South Africa for some time. The Party in the Car Park is being held at the Fourways Mall and looks set to showcase some of the finest talent in the area. Niemand, The Finkelstiens, The Parlotones, Wickhead, and Cutting Jade are among some of the bands that will be appearing. The Parlotones were given the prestigious Best Rock Album award earlier this year at the South African music awards. They have gained huge following in the past twelve months and join a long line-up of massively popular rock and punk indie bands at the Car Park. Wickhead are another band of note having gained recognition as being one of the best live bands that South Africa has to offer. Having been playing and touring since 2000, they’ve honed their performances even further to bring fans a true musical extravaganza. The good news for anyone reading this in South Africa is that entry is free to everyone, and the bands are generally more than happy to meet their fans before and after they’re on stage. Band merchandise is also available fromnumerous stalls set up around the venue.

This entry was posted on Monday, July 3rd, 2006 at 8:59 am and is filed under News. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.