Summer is approaching and Red Vinyl is hard at work! This fall we will be putting on a show for the Grand Re-opening of the MSB BC campus! The show will be held outside at the BC campus on September 14th! Chaz and Josh are going to perform, BUT we need your help as well! We are looking for artists to put on our free digital download card. So if you have a song you'd like to be on our digital download card, please send the song in mp3 format to CCroaston@gmail.com OR redvinylmedia@gmail.com ! And if you're lucky, you might just get a chance to perform at the show!
In order to help raise money to help pay for the production of the show, we are going to be having some cook-out fundraisers coming up in June, which will include hot dogs, burgers, chips, and pop!
Check out our latest Speaker's Lounge show that will be happening at 12pm in the student lounge at the MSB BC campus on June 15th! We will be having a pizza fundraiser during this time, with each piece being only $1!!
Remember to check out our podcasts at http://redvinylmedia.tumblr.com !
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Interview with Greta from Gold Motel
GOLD MOTEL doesn’t exist, but if it did, you’d find it on a winding road somewhere in the sun-drenched hills of Southern California. Singer-songwriter Greta Morgan wrote her first song at age three and never stopped, cutting her teeth in the music business and honing her chops as a driving creative force of the Chicago jangle-pop act The Hush Sound. After four years, three albums and a relentless touring schedule that included shows to devoted fans on three continents, Greta packed up her guitar, her piano, and her record collection and headed to Southern California to write the songs which would become her solo endeavor.Gold Motel represents the evolution of a musical identity that hearkens back to pop’s crowning achievements: the dreamy energy of The Kinks, the quickwitted lyrical dexterity of Elvis Costello, the unassuming sophistication of a Beach Boys melody, light as air and deep as the Pacific. The youthful energy and sheer joy of Greta’s work is captured on the Gold Motel EP, recorded with friend Dan Duzsynzski (of the band This Is Me Smiling). Until then, old and new fans alike can catch Greta at live performances throughout the US, where she charms and beguiles with all the talent and soul of a singer in the lobby of a gilded motel. --by Lauren Henry (from GoldMotel.com)
My interview with lead singer Greta Morgan!
What's the best part of touring?
Meeting new people, seeing new places, and being able to perform the music live.
-You've lived in both Chicago and Los Angeles. How does the music scene in Chicago vary from the music scene in Los Angeles?
Los Angeles has more music going on year round since the weather is always gorgeous. Unfortunately, Chicago kinda shuts down in the winter because bands don't really want to hit the Midwest December-February. Los Angeles has some of my favorite venues, like Largo (where Jon Brion plays every friday). Chicago has very loyal fans and very dedicated musicians though, so both have their perks.
-Who's the most influential musician?
To me, or in the world? I'd say the biggest influences on me have been the Beach Boys, The Beatles, the Motown Collection, Elvis Costello, The Kinks, Fleetwood Mac, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell.
-What advice would you give to the aspiring musician?
To write constantly and always search for new music!
To write constantly and always search for new music!
Gold Motel will be playing the Triple Rock Social Club on June 14 at 8pm. The show is 18+ and $8 at the door.
Visit http://www.goldmotel.com/ to pre-order their new album, "Summer House," out June 1st!
Red Vinyl's Chaz Interview
I conducted an interview with Red Vinyl's very own artist, Chaz Croaston. Here it is!
What do you plan on accomplishing in the next five years with your musical career?
In the next five years I plan on hopefully being done with school. I’ve decided to go for my bachelor’s degree so it’s going to take a big longer then I had originally planned. I also hope to have my first album out with help from Red Vinyl Media and my crew from Crooked Creations. I also hope to have helped Red Vinyl establish itself as a working label for future students to learn from.
Who's your biggest influence?
Really my biggest influence is my friends, family and life in general. I have such an eclectic taste in music that it’s tough for me to pull a single artist out. I really love what Dj Quik does as far as his production and as far as hustle Tech N9ne impresses me a lot. I grew up with a mother that only listened to oldies and father that only listened to classic rock, so all that old school Motown and classic rock bands like the Eagles got there hooks in me too. I’m not ashamed to say that I can sit down and listen to classical music for hours too. One of my favorites is Sergey Rachmaninov’s Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27: IV. Allegro Vivace to me it just really paints a picture which is what I hope to do with my music.
When can we expect to hear new music?
Right now I’m sort of in a rebuilding stage. I have a few things I’m working on with classmate Alex Staples AKA Toxic Waste. Mostly I’m trying to focus on getting the new podcast I’m working on with Alex set to our liking and spread the word on that. I’m also pursuing opportunities with new producers daily. So if any aspiring producers out there read this and want to help me out with a track get at me. I’m also entertaining the idea of lending a verse to any project that any artist out there would like me on. On that note though I don’t really do that bubble gum rap so if you’re trying to sound like Young Money you can just leave me out of it.
What's the best advice you can give to an aspiring artist?
Stay hungry, stay humble, keep learning because you never know everything no matter what you think, be open to new ideas, don’t take criticism from any producer or engineer personal they just want you to sound your best, there is no such thing as writer’s block so keep the pen moving even if you know it’s not your best work, and don’t give up because good things come to those who want it most.
P.S. if you’re feeling down and out about your career I suggest listening to Mack 10’s Money’s Just a Touch Away featuring Gerald Levert it always perks me back up.
What do you plan on accomplishing in the next five years with your musical career?
In the next five years I plan on hopefully being done with school. I’ve decided to go for my bachelor’s degree so it’s going to take a big longer then I had originally planned. I also hope to have my first album out with help from Red Vinyl Media and my crew from Crooked Creations. I also hope to have helped Red Vinyl establish itself as a working label for future students to learn from.
Who's your biggest influence?
Really my biggest influence is my friends, family and life in general. I have such an eclectic taste in music that it’s tough for me to pull a single artist out. I really love what Dj Quik does as far as his production and as far as hustle Tech N9ne impresses me a lot. I grew up with a mother that only listened to oldies and father that only listened to classic rock, so all that old school Motown and classic rock bands like the Eagles got there hooks in me too. I’m not ashamed to say that I can sit down and listen to classical music for hours too. One of my favorites is Sergey Rachmaninov’s Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27: IV. Allegro Vivace to me it just really paints a picture which is what I hope to do with my music.
When can we expect to hear new music?
Right now I’m sort of in a rebuilding stage. I have a few things I’m working on with classmate Alex Staples AKA Toxic Waste. Mostly I’m trying to focus on getting the new podcast I’m working on with Alex set to our liking and spread the word on that. I’m also pursuing opportunities with new producers daily. So if any aspiring producers out there read this and want to help me out with a track get at me. I’m also entertaining the idea of lending a verse to any project that any artist out there would like me on. On that note though I don’t really do that bubble gum rap so if you’re trying to sound like Young Money you can just leave me out of it.
What's the best advice you can give to an aspiring artist?
Stay hungry, stay humble, keep learning because you never know everything no matter what you think, be open to new ideas, don’t take criticism from any producer or engineer personal they just want you to sound your best, there is no such thing as writer’s block so keep the pen moving even if you know it’s not your best work, and don’t give up because good things come to those who want it most.
P.S. if you’re feeling down and out about your career I suggest listening to Mack 10’s Money’s Just a Touch Away featuring Gerald Levert it always perks me back up.
Saturday, May 1, 2010
OUR VERY FIRST PODCAST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We are super excited to announce that Red Vinyl has our very own podcast! Alex and Chaz were hard at work on Friday making the first episode titled "Establishing a Stage Presence." Check it out at:
http://www.redvinylmedia.tumblr.com/
You will be able to find all of our podcasts at this website. We will also be posting short video clips from the making of the podcasts on our youtube channel soon. Podcasts are something we are really going to be focusing on this summer, and we hope you will enjoy them.
.......Stay tuned for more!
P.S. We are still hard at work on our show at MSB on September 14th and possibly getting some of Chaz's tunes up on iTunes!
Follow us on twitter and facebook!
www.twitter.com/redvinyl
www.facebook.com/redvinylmedia
http://www.redvinylmedia.tumblr.com/
You will be able to find all of our podcasts at this website. We will also be posting short video clips from the making of the podcasts on our youtube channel soon. Podcasts are something we are really going to be focusing on this summer, and we hope you will enjoy them.
.......Stay tuned for more!
P.S. We are still hard at work on our show at MSB on September 14th and possibly getting some of Chaz's tunes up on iTunes!
Follow us on twitter and facebook!
www.twitter.com/redvinyl
www.facebook.com/redvinylmedia
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