All the way from Illinois, the JOA Albums and posters have arrived... and the competition will be announce shortly.
Having a sneaking listen in the meantime. Great stuff.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For more information, contact Rozii@rozii-chaos.com
STUDENT RELEASES RECORD FUNDED ENTIRELY BY EMA
Rozii Chaos, announced yesterday the release date of her first single. She wrote, recorded, and produced `ANOTHER DAY` at her home studio in Southampton. With limited finance, Rozii is releasing it under her own Rock/pop indie record label `Rozii Chaos Music` funded entirely by her EMA grant from studying at the Academy of Music and Sound. The song will be able to chart nationally from 9th May 2011. Rozii, who is studying a diploma in Music, made her surprise announcement on the JON ANDREWS Sunday Night show at RADIO WEY on 10th April 2011.
Having previously self released her EP in September 2010 she quickly discovered the limitations. “Your music really needs to be in all the online stores as well as in CD form” So using the EMA payments she received she set about registering for the various types of royalties and setting up her label. She said “everything required is on the internet and is reasonably priced......you just need to know where to look, anyone can do it”. From her home in West End village near Southampton Hampshire, Rozii is now planning a full album release for later this year.
The single `ANOTHER DAY` is now available to preview on iTunes and will be fully released for download and hard sale on May 9th 2011.
ANOTHER DAY Preview (needs an iTunes account) http://itunes.apple.com/gb/preorder/another-day/id431541829
For further background please visit www.rozii-chaos.com
For other information you can contact her by email Rozii@rozii-chaos.com
Next GIG----POOLE DORSET Dolphin Centre from 10:30am-3:00pm Talentcall charity event
Saturday 16th APRIL 2011
See You There
Rozii Chaos 11/4/2011 ###
Being home and back in Manchester I decided it was a good chance to check out some unsigned acts and a few bands I haven't been able to check out due to spending months at a time down in Bournemouth. I saw that The Lottery Winners were headlining a set in H&H along with Fuschi 3 and Snow White and the Poison Apples. This seemed like a good place to start.
I remember The lottery Winners first forming, they were alright but now they're mind blowing! They took to the stage and automatically turned on the humorous charm that kept the audience entertained from start to finish. The quartet consists of two girls, Kaite on the bass and Alex on drums and two guys Tom lead vocals and guitar and Rob on the guitar. The indie, pop-rock surf band played their set including their first two singles 'Paper Plate Faces' and 'Lovers Lane' from their newly released album 'The Art of Communication'. It was a decent set oozing charisma, charm and their stage presence really got the crowd going. I could certainly see how they'd managed to bag themselves as the winner of the national competion, Live and Unsigned and beat 15,000 other entrants to be crowned victorious.
When the set was finished, they left the crowd chanting for more. 'We don't do encores I'm affraid' they said and left the stage to get themselves a pint. A few minutes later they returned to the stage along with Fuschi 3 and Snow White and The Poison Apples, each grabbed an instrument or mic and began to jam. WOW. It should have been total choas, and technically speaking it was, one song flowed into another. 'Fresh Prince of Bel Air' flowed into Dizzee Rascal's 'Bonkers' and then into 'Hey Jude'. I have absolutely no idea how they did that, or even why they would do that but they did and it worked all too well. The crowd was going wild. The dozen members on stage swapped and changed their instruments amongst themselves and took turns with lead/backing vocals. There was no other words to describe it other than absolutely mind blowing. You could see that each and every band member from these three completely different genres of bands were loving the non-linear musical collaboration that they were inventing.
All round it was a more than enjoyable night for all and I would deffinately reccomend that if you have the chance to check out The Lottery Winners, you do so.
I spoke with a number of bands today about where they want to go with their music, what they get their kicks out of, why they started playing music and then something dawned on me. Not one of them mentioned technology, facebook, myspace... no one said I just love to send messages on social networks, updating my latest movements or spending hours in front of a computer updating 15 websites, subscribing to 30 distribution outlets.
I reckon a change is coming... about time too.
Year 1995
So, you and your friends start a rock band... you've got guitars and drums. You're wanna change the world. What's the first thing you do?
You jam. You play songs, jump around, all in preparation for when you hit the big time... which means actually playing in front of people, strangers, some friends, bar staff, meeting and playing with other bands.
You've got a gig. You spend hours with a pen and paper designing your poster artwork to ensure it truly reflects you band. Then you promote the show... you talk to people and gauge their reaction (you'll know if they are gonna buy a ticket)... you speak to girls, cos you know the guys will then come along... you talk about what a great party it'll be, just in case they don't like the music. But you are focusing on the show... the killer 45 minutes that will change your life, until the next set list.
You take control of your destiny. You know when you've done everything you can to make it a success. If you've been lazy, you only have yourself to blame. But because you know you've worked hard the gig is a success. Whether its 50 or 100 or 500 or 5000 people, it's all relative to what you've done up to that point. You know loyalty has to be earnt... and you give everything to get it, sweat, cds, t-shirts. Cos you love playing music and want to do it forever.
Year 2010
So, you and your friends start a rock band... you've got guitars and drums. You're wanna change the world. What's the first thing you do?
You create a website, groups on facebook, MySpace, you subscribe to the many distribution services available. You tell your friends and build up an impressive 1000 people on MySpace, 500 people on Facebook and your music is available on every download store in the world.
You've got a gig. So you turn on your computer and send everyone a message, maybe a few, and you wait for the magic to happen. Everyone clicks they 'like this' and 'attending'. You might not have seen Frank for 10 years, but he's said he likes it. Maybe you should have booked a bigger venue?
I wonder if Noel and Liam sat in front of their computers in the 90s planning out there marketing strategy... or they just played their hearts out, gigged everywhere and anywhere, rehearsed, wrote songs, told people to check them out. They've done great and thankfully technology makes supply and distribution easier and cheaper... of course, they also built up an audience.
One of my favourite quotes from an up and coming songwriter... "What's the point in paying for distribution, if no one's gonna buy it?". Wise words. Rarely do you hear an artist refer the basic principals of supply and demand.
Brilliant.
Very excited as 'Tube' are booked to enter the recording studio for the first time in ten years. Originally scheduled for earlier this year the other three were kind enough not to go ahead without me whilst I was in hospital... an opportunity they may live to regret.
We're recording our new single "Teenage Dreams" which isn't quite as creepy or lurid as the title suggests. The said song shall be released this summer for Charity along with another gig some point this year.
Previous studio visits were rarely captured on film, due to the lack of technology back then... so there will be plenty of overkill this time around.
Today I've been educating myself by finally listening to The Strokes album, and I can confirm there are another 9 tracks alongside 'Under The Cover oF darkness' which you'll hear every 30 seconds on 6Music (which I know HAVE to have on in the background apparently).
However, I suggest you go and have a listen and watch 'Air Waves'. I just downloaded their current album and it's excellent. They are touring the UK later this year, so go and buy tickets when you can.
Next week see's 'Hot Club De Paris' first Bournemouth show go on sale. Playing alongside Art Brut at the intimate Winchester venue in Bournemouth.
Have a look and a listen on Musicosity.
Today brought with it the good news that Chicago's finest will be coming to Bournemouth to play The Winchester in late June. Support comes from Hot Club De Paris.
There will also be a slot for one lucky local band, so get in touch on info@musicosity.com to register your interest... make sure you have a profile on Musicosity!
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