Category Archives: Spotlight

Artists of all varieties that I know and work with.

Making Moves :: Project ATX6

Posted on August 31, 2016 | Leave a comment

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While cruising Facebook recently, I came across a post from my friend Grace Park that excited me.  It appears that an Austin-based group known as Project ATX6 has plans to take six handpicked local artists and provide them with the opportunity to tour to Canada, France and beyond.  The artists chosen this year are Grace Park, Jai Malano, Elijah Ford, Tate Mayeux, Beth Chrisman, and Andy Bianculli.  This truly sounds like the opportunity of a lifetime, and I am excited to see what this journey provides these musicians.  A compilation has been put together to showcase their work, so show them all the spiritual and financial support you can.

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Forever Feedback :: Casey Cuts Gets Down At Exploded Records For FeAl 3 Year Anniversary

Posted on August 30, 2016 | Leave a comment

In all my days on the Austin music scene, I have seen a lot of cool collaborative efforts, but most pale in comparison to the producer dojo that Feedback Alliance has become.  Every week, a large group of producers receive a sample pack and instructions, and the goal is to create a beat with these materials.  Everything is turned in, and a mix is created, which you can hear at the FeAl Soundcloud page.  Recently, founding member Casey Cuts celebrated three years of collaborative creation with a beat set at Exploded Records, which was captured for your enjoyment.  Check it out, because it’s rock solid.

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Keep Climbing :: Flotation Drops ‘No Plateau’

Posted on August 29, 2016 | Leave a comment

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Dallas-based rhymespitter Flotation has just delivered a hard hitter for everyone’s listening pleasure.  No Plateau is hella solid from front to back.  I could talk about it, or you can do yourself a flavor and listen.  And, as always, support indie musicians.

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Earth Movers :: Evan Moran’s ‘Terraform’ Video Arrives

Posted on August 28, 2016 | Leave a comment

Evan Moran just got shine on my site for the massive amounts of music he has released this month.  Little did I know that he and his roommate Ben Lieberman were cooking up some visual amazement for his single Terraform.  It just hit the internet today, and it’s a pretty dope piece of indie expressionism.  Dig it and dig it good!

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Elemental Sounds :: Keeper Prepares To Release ‘Corners’ EP

Posted on August 26, 2016 | Leave a comment

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Austin-based trio Keeper, who have already made a huge impact on the scene in a short time, are preparing to unleash what sounds like an amazing concept project with their upcoming EP Corners.  Produced entirely by Bird Peterson, this project is a four song exploration of the four cornerstone elements of the Earth.  Dock, the first single, is already making waves, and with upcoming audio-visual perfomances with the legendary Daedelus coming up, one can only image how much more the Keeper legend will continue to grow.

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Massive Output :: Evan Moran’s Busy August

Posted on August 25, 2016 | Leave a comment

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Prolific is not a word that one should toss around lightly.  That being said, Baytown producer Evan Moran is going for one of the more prolific months of musical releases this August.  Evan has dropped 2 singles, and EP, and a full legnth project this month.  Check the resume’:

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Hollywood Swingin’ :: Jeffrey Garcia’s ‘Terrence’ Now Available on YouTube

Posted on August 23, 2016 | Leave a comment

2016 has been a big year for me on the visual front.  The music video and documentary output has been beautiful, and I recently even dusted off my acting chops for a short film by local filmmaker Jeffrey Garcia.  His latest project, Terrence, is the story of a small-time ventriloquist with big dreams (played by San Marcos legend Furly Travis), and the struggles he goes through from day to day.  Highly entertaining.. please check it out and share it around!

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Animated Gems :: Eraserfase’s ‘Sapphire’ Gets FanVid Treatment

Posted on August 19, 2016 | Leave a comment

Los Angeles based producer eraserfase already produces sounds that are colorful enough.  Recently, his song Sapphire landed in the hands of French artist PEEL, who took it upon himself to add animation to a dope track.  The result is a stunning video.  Watch, absorb, share, repeat, and as always, enjoy!

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@MIRAGE512 & Chill :: Mirage512 Drops Visuals For ‘Just A Mirage’ / #TheAmeliorationCollection

Posted on August 18, 2016 | Leave a comment

I see you, Mirage512… stepping up the narrative ante on the visual front.  The thing I dig most about this video is that it is telling a story rather than focusing on the artist.  Many music videos miss out on the opportunity to leave a lasting impression by using a simple narrative structure, casting people to fit the roles, and then have the story play out with your song as the mechanism that moves things forward.  The smart ones, like Mirage512, sprinkle themselves in as an easter egg, thus maintaining the status quo of showing up in their video without taking up the majority of the frames.  Well done, sir.

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Dreaming Destiny :: Chief and TheDoomsdayDevice Drops ‘Money From Home’ Visuals

Posted on August 17, 2016 | Leave a comment

After many years of doing Chief and TheDoomsdayDevice videos totally solo (one-man crew), it was nice to finally be able to work with someone else for the production side of things.  That someone else was the incredibly talented independent filmmaker Jeffrey Garcia of Dream-Atomic Productions.  A fellow member of the San Marcos Cinema Club, Money From Home was the opportunity for us to make something that would stand up to the quality of other independent work out there.  I had faith in the song and faith in the vision, and I knew that I could edit something strong together.  Jeffrey came through on the photography, and even lended a handful of solid ideas.  I am very happy with the effort, and very proud of the result.  Share it, and spread the word.

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