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What’s The Buzz? Patty Mattson’s “All the Wonders Of The Holiday” Keeps the Season Alive!

Filed Under: General Interest, What's The Buzz?

Jan.10, 2013

What’s The Buzz ?

You can keep the holidays a live with 2012 EP “All The Wonders Of This Holiday” is a 5 song collection that is nothing short of sensational! Patty Mattson can write songs, and with the expert production and mixing team headed by Grammy Winner Rob Chiarelli of ffinalmix.com, it’s just, honestly, magical. Don’t miss this!

No stranger to recording, Mattson, a gifted songwriter, invited us to share her undeniably well written and performed debut release “The Road” Late Oct 2011. Completed again with the expert production and mixing of Rob Chiarelli, Mattson takes us on a moving personal journey from the powerfully rockin, soulful and sexy, to the pristine and still manages to deliver amazing surprises along the way. This record keeps you interested in listening with well written, moving original songs and impressive vocals. “The Road” is a sure add to your music collection.

And, when Mattson’s impressive range is stunningly aligned to commercials, say, for BMW, Showtime, the Discovery Channel, or the many hilarious parody songs she does for Clear Channel and Premiere Radio Network, (including the late Howard Stern Show), she is the magnificent essential which makes each performance fly. Her wondrous imitation of Celine Dion’s Theme from Titanic with its hilariously re-written lyrics is nothing short of inspiring! You can see video’s she’s done to some of them at YouTube/pattymattson.

Visit Patty at http://pattymattson.com/

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Tags: All The Wonders Of This Holiday, Country, HorizonVU Music, Patty Mattson, Pop, Rock, Women Of Substance Radio

What’s The Buzz? Sue Rynski Photographer – Capturing the turbid, anarchic spirit of punk rock

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Jul.12, 2012

What’s The Buzz ?

by student organizers at Paris School of Business and l’Institut d’Études Supérieures des Arts (IESA) for the Sue Rynski Photography Exhibition 11 July 2012, 7th July – 31st August 2012, Café Artistique l’Apostrophe

The chaotic, frenetic scene of the punk rock musicians, young spectators along with their fresh anger, distant dreams and “raw power”, are all freeze-framed in Sue’s black-and-white camera. The legendary godfather and godmother of the punk rock music Iggy Pop and the Stooges and Patti Smith appear under Rynski’s lens as subversive members among the crowds instead of rock n’ roll superstars . Rynski tends to capture people without including their heads in the photographs. In this way, by neglecting their identities, she successfully records the cultural background vividly without being overshined by those
notorious figures.

The distorted composition created by Sue Rynski embodies Movements are involved in the static, two-dimensional images with the suffusing cigarette smoke, jumping up-and down musicians and howling spectators. Furthermore, the black-and-white photographs now demonstrate a certain quality of “retrospect” which coordinates perfectly with the status quo of punk rock music — the “vintage come-back”. Comparing Rynski’s art works with others from that period of time, people identify her art works from the specific content focusing on underground rock n’ roll performances and revelry of the youth. Moreover, the black-and-white feature as well as the “no-head” shoot also brings immediate recognition to Rynski’s works. Finally, certain “coolness” conveyed from Rynski’s photographs could be another measurement.

The first institution that Rynski attended could be identified as the city of Detroit. Immersing in the “high energy, physical, emotional” music, Rynski

took in this type of music so that the energy from the music will later poured out onto her photography. Later, she moved to Paris and learned photography at the American Center for students and artists in Paris. This was the footstone for her to clearly realize her passion towards photography and to hone the multifarious skills to become a professional photographer. After moving back to the U.S. and continuing her education at University of Michigan School of Art, Rynski graduated not only as an energetic photographer, but also as a sensitive, creative artist. These educational “institutions” molded and inspired the photographer to march forward to the images that she longed to make.

On the other hand, on the other side of the business, a group of cultural “institutions” also contributed to her career by promoting her as a productive witness of the 70s and the chaotic music or political movement in America. In 2004, the Patti Smith Archive at Mills College published a collection including Rynski’s photographic works with Patti Smith and her husband Fred Sonic Smith featured in it. In 2005, the exhibition “Sue Rynski, Rock and Roll Ecstasy” was held in her hometown of Detroit.

In 2006, the Zamiang Gallery in Tokyo held an exhibition for the release of Sue’s first monography “hysteric fifteen” and the launch of her photo t shirts collection by Hysteric Glamour. Paris Université VII Jussieu invited her for lectures and the exhibition “Detroit Rock & Roll Haute Enérgie” in 2007. She also participated in the Art Basel Miami in 2008, and in 2009, she had works included in the “Destroy All Monsters – Hungry For Death” exhibition which traveled to New York, Minneapolis, London and Oslo. In 2010, her work was consecrated at the Rencontres d’Arles Photography Festival, the most prestigious art photography festival in the world, as part of the exhibition “I Am a Cliché – Echoes of the Punk Aesthetic.” Prestigious cultural media such as France Culture and Arte have interviewed her.

Although Rynski intends to blur the identifications of her objects in the photographs, important figures from the punk rock movement also make her works known by the world. These significant musicians include Patti Smith, MC5, Iggy Pop and the Stooges, Destroy All Monsters and so on and so forth. Due to her well-known subjects or “objects” (in this case, the people in Rynski’s photos) no matter the location of where her works are being exhibited, her photographs are decontextualized.

Sue Rynski’s photos are on exhibit through 31 August at Café Artistique l’Apostrophe, 23 rue de La Grange Aux Belles 75010 Paris, France.

Visit Sue Rynski Photography at http://www.suerynski.com/

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Tags: Destroy All Monsters, HorizonVU Music, IESA, Iggy Pop and the Stooges, MC5, Paris School of Business, Patti Smith, Photographer, Photography, Punk, Rock, Sue Rynski

So – tell us all about Tarah Who?

Filed Under: General Interest

Jan.11, 2012

Tarah Who?

If you were to combine bands , and let’s call it the Musician Potluck , Tarah Who? Would be the main Dish .

Tarah Who ? Is a mix of : singer,songwriter,multi-instrumentalist Tarah G . ( Author , composer , Lead Vocals and Guitar of Ex ML & Band ) ,
So was the Sun ’s Lead Singer and guitarist Palem ( also Lead singer of The Bree Van de Kamp’s ) ,
Le Banc’ s Drummer and The Bree Van de Kamp ’s Guitarist Pilal (who plays the drums in Tarah Who ? )
And Staircase wisp ’s Bassist , Sam ,also guitarist of Elias(e) and Tarah Who’s new bass player .

Tarah Who ? ? Like you may have understood , was not born yesterday … Tarah G . Has been around for about a decade writing , singing, gigging all around the place and the world , as a solo , acoustic sometimes electric, female artist . Started her career in Los Angeles in small , yet renowned venues such as The Cat Club , The Derby , The Mint , The Viper Room , Trip club etc …
It is when and only she has met Palem , and joined his band So Was The Sun , as the bassist , That Tarah G . joined the conspiracy . Little did she know at this time , that she

Tarah G.

was going to meet the very talented Pilal , who, one day suggested to work together on a few of her tracks . Their enthusiasm won over , and yet have they asked Palem to join the party . In desperate need of a bassist , Pilal asked his band mate from another project ( Staircase wisp ) Sam , whether he had some extra time , to Rock ….and Roll ….

And this is how Tarah Who ? ’s journey began …
Concerts, Ep on the road . Tarah Who ? Is going to fill you up with rocking vibes like you haven’t heard in a little while …
90’s Rock is BACK ! Untie your hair,or let it grow , get yourself back in shape for head banging , crowd surfing and mosh pitting because that’s all Tarah Who ? is Out and About !

Discover Tarah Who ? Now at www.tarahwho.com
EP soon available .
All concerts information on website .
Support and Follow Tarah Who ? On Twitter , Facebook , Noomiz, Reverbnation .
Spread The Word!

Some past gigs :
Paris ( Le sentier des Halles, Le Zebre de Belleville , La Scene Bastille , OPA Bastille etc…)Dijon , Lyon , Berlin , Ho Chi Minh City ….

Booking contact : royalorchidee@gmail.com

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Tags: HorizonVU Music, LA, La Scene Bastille, Le sentier des Halles, Palem, Paris, Pilal, Rock, Sam, Tarah Who?, Tarah G., The Cat Club, The Viper

Rebecca’s Creations…Design and mode for the indie music scene – A visit with Shawnee SheKing!

Filed Under: General Interest, Rebecca's Creations

Sep.25, 2011

Rebecca Nobrega and “Rebecca’s Creations…” is a regular, bi-weekly column for HorizonVU Music. Rebecca was born in Toronto, Ontario. Her interests include marketing, design, and of course, styling. She keeps a close listen and watch on the Indie music and fashion scene . She loves working and always strives for success.

On September 14^th, 2011 I had the opportunity to visit with Shawnee, lead singer from the emerging Canadian Band, “She King.” She was only

Shawnee SheKing

five years old when she discovered she could sing. She would dance around on picnic tables and have fun because she loved entertaining people and making them laugh. Shawnee not only knew how to sing, but she took her dad’s guitar and realized her natural ability to play and write music. Growing up she found that she was growing as a writer and her putting words down on paper became easier. Along the way her major influence was Melissa Etheridge. Her mom first introduced her to Etheridge’s music.

I asked her about what it was like performing and the ups and downs. With anything that anyone does there will always be some downs. But for Shawnee, the ups are being able to write and have people relate to her music. To her that’s what is most important and that overcomes any downs. When Shawnee was younger, she was a Shania Twain impersonator. She would sing all of her songs and she was sure she was going to become a country singer until she was 17. After that, she started to branch out to different genres of music like rock, pop and more. And that is was She King is about as well. She King’s music ranges across many styles of music and it will still continue to evolve. Through her music she has an important message that she wants to send. It was just this year, she said, when she truly realized it. To her, it doesn’t matter if she becomes huge or touring Canada for the rest of her life. The only thing that matters is being yourself and doing what you love. It’s by remembering who she is and why she chooses music that keeps her motivated and makes her happy. I want to let you in on a great vid…This One’s For You (Shawnee Unplugged)…

With music comes creativity and branching off to different styles. That is how she would describe her look as well. It changes and she gets to be anything she wants to be. Her style is her personality as she acts on her individualism and is no one but herself. She has a very feminine side where she loves to dress up. From wearing dresses to her “insane show collection” to her nity gritty masculine side. She pulls off both looks like no other because for her, it’s effortless and that is all as a result to her confidence of being herself.

Right now, She King is focused on finishing their album. They are currently working with Allen Frew, lead singer of the Canadian band Glass Tiger. She King is still exploring different sounds, they want it their sound to be real, they want it to be “them”. Looking forward, their goal for the future is to perform for an arena of people but even if that does not happen, she will never give up. She is a determined artist who strives for success and will always keep going. She will keep writing and singing for people. She told me that no matter what, f whether she becomes very famous or not, she will always share her passion for singing and performing. She King will continue to evolve and take n new looks and sounds. For Shawness, a band is about a relationship – sometimes disagreements happen – but at the end of the day, and when all is said and done and the decision is made, it is all completely worth it. Shawnee is a business woman as well as an artist. The band and music is her business and whether it is her manager or bandmates, she wants others to be involved. She has her artistic side and she wants people and fans to follow the music, but there’s her business side and she knows that the job has to get done.

She King recently went on tour in Halifax and Windsor. Performing she says is phenomenal and there aren’t any words to describe it. She becomes like a whole new Shawnee when she is on stage. It is like nothing else matters, no one can break her. The show is about chaos and thrill. She is a true born entertainer who truly only wants to express her love and passion for music. Even if all she did was play an acoustic guitar and sang for 5 people and all those people like it, that would be good enough for her. An important message that Shawnee wants to make - just be you. For her, she feels that if it wasn’t for that, she would not be where she is today. With anything you do, there is always going to be somewhere telling you that you are not good enough or no, try this and that shouldn’t matter. What matters is knowing what you have to offer is good enough regardless what others have to say. She tries to encourage that it doesn’t matter what people say, but what you do and it is your confidence and the belief in yourself that allows one to succeed.

Shawnee is nothing short of very, very cool! From her look to her personality, I enjoyed every minute of the interview. Shawnee is a genuine and outgoing person. I definitely look forward to interviewing her again in the future.

Be sure to check out She King at:

http://www.myspace.com/shekingband

http://twitter.com/#!/SheKingBand

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Tags: HorizonVU Music, Indie, Rebecca Nobrega, Rebecca's Creations, Rock, Shawnee SheKing, She King, Toronto

Indie pop rocker Jerad Finck claims the #1 independent song in the U.S. with “Runaway” – hot new artist climbs the charts

Filed Under: General Interest

Aug.17, 2011

Pop/rocker and award winning Gibson artist, Jerad Finck claims the #1 independent song in the country with his latest release “Runaway” continuing the climb the charts and hold steady at #1. “Runaway” quickly rose in the Hot 100 almost immediately on the AC charts. The hot new artist is garnering rave reviews and is currently launching a U.S. tour will perform live with his band at an exclusive VIP Press event on Sunday, August 28 th in New York.

“Runaway” is about not giving up on your dreams, no matter how hard it gets which was the perfectbackdrop for a video inspired by Dirk Nowitzki who was named the MVP in this year’s NBA Finals. Not only has “Runaway” climbed quickly on the radio charts but both the NBA and the NHL used Jerad’s music for videos in the finals that celebrated both the Dallas Mavericks and the Boston Bruins title wins.

Finck hails from Spokane, Washington and recently returned from two successful stops in Atlantic City, New Jersey and Las Vegas, Nevada. Long noted as a road warrior, Jerad has traveled more than 100,000 miles to date and to 46 states to bring his original music to his fans. He has been featured in over 50 newspapers and magazines and has appeared on numerous morning shows including NBC, FOX, ABC and CBS. His original music continues to be featured on some of the country’s most popular programming carried on HBO, ESPN, Discovery, CBS and NBC to name a few. He has recorded with Grammy winner John Seymour, Produced with Anthony Resta, and mastered at the legendary Abbey Road Studios with Steve Rooke. He will also soon hit the road with Sister Hazel with cities to be announced soon. This is Finck’s second tour with the internationally recognized platinum selling alternative rock group.

Fans can download “Runaway” on iTunes or go to www.jeradfinckmusic.com . Follow Jerad Finck at www.facebook.com/jeradfinck music or www.twitter.com/jeradfinckmusic .

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Tags: Anthony Resta, Dirk Nowitzki, Gibson, HorizonVU Music, Jared Finck, John Seymour, Pop, Rock, Runaway, Steve Rooke

Lauren Brombert delights fans in paris concert premier!!!

Filed Under: General Interest

Apr.15, 2011

In this time of Book of Revelation-like world events, Paris got a real breath of fresh air last week with the arrival and performance of Lauren Brombert http://www.laurenbrombert.com. HorizonVU Music and other fans had a fantastic night at Lauren Live! The crew at O’Sullivan’s Rebel Bar was welcoming as always. Fréquence Orange was on the scene to cover the show and Gibson provided us with a beautiful J-160 E.

Lauren has command of a broad range of music. She can really rock with a band - her new album “Closer Than Skin” on Teresa Records proves the point. Her solo acoustic performance really shined. She started the evening with “Make It Last” and ended with “Just A Lie”. Songs such as “Like An Angel” that rock hard on the CD work beautifully when done on her own. And she can really cross over moving into the country sound with “Say Goodbye” (also on “Closer Than Skin”).

Classical music was the soundtrack of Lauren’s upbringing. Born in New Haven, CT, as thedaughter of a Parisian and a New Yorker, she was raised on two continents. Though her father was an opera singer and her mother a classical pianist, it was the Beatles’ “Dizzy Miss Lizzy” that ignited the musical passion of a five-year-old. After studying classical piano for eight years, she switched to guitar.

In a garage outside of Paris when she was fourteen, Lauren sat in as a singer for the French band, Duty Free, and was hooked. But instead of pursuing music, she wound up taking a long academic detour. After a B.A. in Classics at Haverford College, an M.A. in Russian Studies at Yale University, more graduate work in linguistics, and a couple of teaching jobs, she was about to start a career abroad as a field linguist and realized it was a now-or-never proposition. She settled in Chicago and finally abandoned herself to songwriting.

Adopting the moniker Urban Nomad, Lauren started performing and recording with her band. A few years later, she began a collaboration with guitarist/arranger David Chelimsky and recorded an acoustic EP produced by guitarist extraordinaire, Fareed Haque. Their acoustic duo eventually attracted renowned Chicago bassist Bob Lizik (Brian Wilson) and drummer Ed Breckenfeld (the Insiders, CathyRichardson Band). Together they recorded “From These Stones” (Tessera Records), which received critical acclaim and was chosen by “The Performing Songwriter” as a Top 12 DIY.

Lauren moved to Denver in 2003 with three songs for a new album having already been produced by Bob Lizik and engineer Jon Smith. With new Denver band mates Greg Blankenship on bass and David Harms on drums, the rest of the album was finally recorded by Brian and Greg McRae (Wrecking Room, Coupe Studios) and released in early 2008.

The good news is that Lauren will be back sooner than later and we’ll be waiting!!!

Check out Lauren’s CD “Closer Than Skin” and downloads at SHOP HorizonVU Music http://blog.horizonvumusic.com/?page_id=3156.

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Laura V and LA Velvet: “ The One I Love “ a chart worthy collection of sassy vocals, punchy guitar and high energy

Filed Under: General Interest

Apr.10, 2011

Laura V

We’ve been listening to Laura V and LA Velvet for quite and still love to spin ‘You Got The Looks That Kill” from the group’s first album “Pure, Sexy, Loud Rock n’Roll” – gets the blood surging. Laura V and LA Velvet are all pop rock, they’re hot, and they deserve your attention. Just released, “ The One I Love “ is a chart worthy collection of sassy vocals, punchy guitar and high energy. There’s no doubt that this threesome can rock and be as brash as any girl band on the planet, but they also know the meaning of melody and can deliver on catchy tunes.

It’s in that spirit, we go with “Here In Holloywood”. True to the rock sound, the track works with Laura V’s breathy vocal. It shows that the group knows how to slow it down and deliver on melody. Next up, “Set Me Free”. It’s still pop rock , but gets us thinking electro club mix. This one is snappy and it’ll make you get up off whatever you’re sitting on and move. Third, “Don’t Push It” takes us right back up with bare-bones rock.

The music really matters to Laura V and LA Velvet. “The One I Love” has great energy – we say “go for it”!

Track List

You Make My Heart Stop Beating

Broken
Down and Dirty
Don’t Push It
Here In Hollywood
The One I Love

Set Me Free
Last Night
Erotic
Boy Toy

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Getting to know Laura V and LA Velvet…it’s about hard work, passion and love for music

Filed Under: General Interest, What's The Buzz?

Apr.05, 2011

Laura V

Laura V has been a friend of HorizonVU Music from the beginning of the company and it’s really a pleasure to catch-up as we approach the release of LA Velvet’s CD “The One I Love”. Laura has been involved in music from a very early age (five). She’s put her heart and soul into her music. Laura and LA Velvet are based in Los Angeles.

Laura! Thanks for meeting with us. We know a little bit about you from our email exchanges and online bios, but tell us the story of Laura…Give us a look into the personal side of Laura V!

LV: Hi, first of all, thanks for having me! Ok, where should I start? I was born in Venezuela in a humble and beautiful family. I felt in love with music since I was in my Mom’s belly. My father used to sing his songs for me and play guitar with so much love! Within a few years I was already studying music theory, piano and guitar. When I was 15 I played guitar and sang my own music in a major music festival in front of more than 10,000 people – probably one of the best experiences of my life!

I moved to New York by myself when I was really young and made a living singing Jazz and bartending. I always loved Rock and Pop music and decided to move to Los Angeles. Once there, I founded my band LA Velvet. I worked three different bartending jobs to be able to afford to pay for my self produced CD “Pure, Sexy, Loud Rock n’ Roll” and I finally released it in 2010. We sold more than 5.000 copies around the world even in Japan. Immediately, we started touring around the U.S. and Europe. Now we are really excited because this year we are going to Mexico too! Everywhere we go LA Velvet rocks harder than anything you have ever seen!

Excuse me, Laura…want to interupt for…exactly 4 minutes and 22 seconds. Let’s have a look and listen to “You Got The Looks That Kill” from “Pure, Sexy; Loud Rockn’Roll”…

You defintely rock…Okay, so what happened next?

LV: Then I got signed with Severe Records, they are based in Nashville. Chris Sevier is such an amazing producer and GUnit collaborated too!

Currently, we are about to do the big worldwide release my new album “The One I Love”. Secretly it’s now available for everybody, anywhere in

Laura V and LA Velvet

the world on my personal merchandise page: http://www.lavelvet.bigcartel.com/. Now for limited time you can also get for a great price a package that includes the CD, a t-shirt, a signed poster and a collector surprise!

Now, I came from a really humble background and everything I do and I have I’m happy to say I conquered by myself. So I really hope I can be an inspiration to my fans. Thanks for the amazing support because I can’t do it without you!! <3

We know you been working music for a long time. How did your interest come about and how have you gone about developing your career. Keep in mind, we reach a lot of young, aspiring musicians – we know it’s tough, so tell us what has worked for you and what hasn’t.

LV: What works: Hard work, passion, love for what you do! Also be ready all the time no matter how tough a tour or making a record could be!

What doesn’t work: Negativity, Ego, playing music for the wrong reasons and giving the wrong messages to your fans!

Who comes to mind when you think about inspiration for your music and your career?

LV: Life, Love, People, Traveling, Touring, a Beautiful Sunset, The Beach, The Desert, Winter and Summer! So many things wow! ; )
We’re really curious to know about what you think about when you reflect on the greatest moment of your career to-date AND what comes to mind when you think of the worst.

LV: The greatest moment is when I feel that my fans are inspired after my shows or after listening my music! Also, when I play my songs on TV and Radio. In general, I have being so blessed for touring the US and Europe already. And now I’m taking my new record to all the continents in the world with my own hands!

The worst moment: Hmmm, well we are mostly girls in the band. I don’t like when some people pre judge us and think we can’t play. After all, those are the ones who go craziest once they see that we can really play instruments and rock really hard!

Tell us about LA Velvet…let us know how the band came together and the personality of the “group”…

LV: In LA Velvet we are like a family, we love to play music, have fun and enjoy life! We hate drama lol

Okay, give us the insights on “The One I Love”…what’s this CD all about from your point of view…

“The One I Love” comes from deep inside my heart, and in general, is a compilation of different stories and episodes of my life – especially last

summer in Los Angeles! The whole album is like a book with 10 extraordinary chapters of my life. In general, it talks about Love, Disappointment, Loneliness, Break Ups, Make Ups, what it feels to experience Hollywood and it gets a little sexy, explicit and dancey at the end.

CDs are a lot of hard work on the part of a lot of people…anybody you want to recognize behind the scenes?

Yes, I wanna thank Chris Sevier for being an amazing producer and take my songs to the top in quality and soul! Thanks for the whole Severe Records team for believing in me and helping get an amazing CD made by top of the top engineers and studios in Los Angeles, GUnit for the amazing dance tracks, my mixing and mastering team, George Tutko and Rodney Mills Masterhouse, my incredible photographer Rick Kiguelman and especially to all my friends and fans for the continuous support! <3

I wasn’t going to ask, but I can’t help it…it’s my favorite question and I can’t let you off the hook…who’s your hero?

LV: I think Jesus and his lifestyle without material things and his beautiful compassionate and kind heart!

Last words… Thank you to the ones who finish reading this lol, and to ALL my friends and fans! And don’t forget to get the special LA Velvet surprise CD Release Box at: http://www.lavelvet.bigcartel.com/
Much Love!!!

Thanks to you Laura and to LA Velvet…we look forward to seeing you in Europe and to our ongoing friendship. Just keep rockin’ for us all!!!

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Kacey Cubero on her way to the UK and France

Filed Under: General Interest, What's The Buzz?

Sep.17, 2010

It was last June that we first posted a review of Kacey Cubero’s new CD, Fill Your Cup http://www.kaceycubero.com. The self written and produced album was mixed in Nashville by the Grammy award-winning David Z (Prince, Etta James and Jonny Lang). There’s a little bit of everything: the raw rocking anthems I Want More, It’s Alright, and Reserve the Right; a bucolic Old Cadillac; the folksy Feather in the Wind; organic, soulful ballads, What if I Really Love You and Whatcha Gonna Do; the bluesy Set You Free; the evocative steaminess of Under My Skin; the bluegrass tinge of Two Trains; the plaintive longing of Sunday Mornings; and the love letter that is the title song, Fill Your Cup. The CD hit #18 on the EURO AMERICANA CHART in August http://www.euroamericanachart.nl/0810.html.

The range and versatility of her music is evidenced by her winning the MAVRIC Independent Music Award in 2009 for Folk Song of the Year for Feather in the Wind, and for being named 2006 Artist of the Year by the Santa Barbara Blues Society—the oldest blues society in the U.S.—and representing them in the International Blues Competition in Memphis.

Now Kacey’s on her way to Europe, so note the following dates:

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1ST, 2010

THE BARN, UK

KACEY CUBERO - 9:30 pm

Farnham, UK

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9TH, 2010

EAST WEST PROMOTIONS

KACEY CUBERO - doors @ 8

Bedford, UK

Price: £12

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2ND, 2010

BORDERLINE, UK

KACEY CUBERO - 8:15 pm

Orange Yard
London GB W1D 4JB
GB 020 7734 5547

Price: £13

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 10TH, 2010

THE POLISH CLUB, UK

KACEY CUBERO - 7:30 pm

South Yorks, UK

Price: tba

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3RD, 2010

BRASENOSEARMS

KACEY CUBERO - 8:00 pm

Oxfordshire UK

Price: tba

MONDAY, OCTOBER 11TH, 2010

THE GREYS,UK

KACEY CUBERO - 8:30 pm

Brighton UK

Price: tba

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5TH, 2010

FARNCOMBE CAVERN, UK

KACEY CUBERO - 8:00 pm

@ The Freeholder
Farncombe, UK

Price: £8

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15TH, 2010

ILO CAFE

KACEY CUBERO - 8 pm

St. Genis l’Argentiere, France

Price: 8 €

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6TH, 2010

HALF MOON, UK

KACEY CUBERO - 8:30 pm

93 Lower Richmond Road
London GB SW15 1EU
GB (020) 8780 9383

Price: £7

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16TH, 2010

FREDDYE’S SALOON

KACEY CUBERO - 8 pm

Rhone, France

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8TH, 2010

WHEATSHEAF, UK

KACEY CUBERO - 9:30 pm

Manchester, UK

We are proud that Kacey is a featured HorizonVU Music artist. You can find her CDs and downloads at SHOP HorizonVU Music http://blog.horizonvumusic.com/?page_id=2068

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Elie Bertrand, star rock drummer and friend talks about her beat…“it’s all about paradiddles!”

Filed Under: General Interest, What's The Buzz?

Aug.28, 2010

Photo: Ron Boudreau, Make-Up and Hair Stylist: Stella Margaritis

Elie Bertrand is perhaps best known as the drummer for Scarlet Sins http://www.scarletsinsonline.com. She was born on was born on December 25th 1989. She grew up in Chambly, a suburb of Montreal, Quebec and began playing drums at 5 years old.

Elie, thanks so much for taking time to talk to us. We have really been looking forward to speaking with you.Following on our brief introduction, tell us what happened in your musical development once you started playing drums?

EB: I did start taking lessons at the age of 5. I joined a music program in grade 5 where I would go to school in the morning and go to music school in the afternoon. We would have all different classes like theory, composition, history, etc… I did that for 4 years and then I left the program to focus more on my professional career. At 14, I started playing professionally in a classic rock and blues cover band. From that point on, I joined a bunch of cover bands, a percussion troop called Insolita, then at 17, I moved to Toronto to joined Scarlet Sins. When that venture ended last November, I moved back to Montreal. Since then, I’ve been playing as a freelance drummer in different bands and for different artists. Over the past 6 years I have had the chance to open up for DJ Champion, Motley Crue, Vixen, perform on TV, play some huge Festivals like the International Jazz Festival of Montreal, the International Blues Festival of Tremblay, the Ultimate Drum Camp of Orford, the International Cape Breton Drum Festival just to name a few. It has been pretty amazing and I can not wait to see what’s next!

In terms of your development, who was your major influence (or were your biggests influences)?

EB: I have so many influences for different reasons… I always find it so hard to answer that question briefly because music is like painting. You always use many colours to do a painting, so I have many very different influences. Here are a few drummers Dennis Chambers, Carter Beauford, Paul Brochu, Daniel Adair, Chris Adler, Ange E. Curcio, Emmanuelle Caplette, Carmine Appice… I could go on and on but those ones definitively have had a major impact on my playing.

Describe your sound? What makes Elie, Elie as drummer?

EB: Wow… What a cool question… Well, definitively there are a lot of funk and blues signatures in my playing because that’s what I played the mostwhen I started… It’s my base. There is a lot of latin even though I can’t really play latin drums because my dad use to play a lot of Cuban percussions so I often through in clave over some metal beat. And there are also a lot of paradiddles because it’s my favourite rudiment in the world. I always say: “It’s all about paradiddles!”

Tell us a little about life with Scarlet Sins? Any great moment that sticks in you mind? Any good stories you can tell us on or off-stage with the band?

EB: There are so many great memories I keep from this venture. I learned a lot. It was my introduction to the hard rock and metal world. I always loved listening to that kind of music but was never part of an original band that played this before. We had so much fun together. We’ve shared very special moments. We had a lot of huge opportunities and a lot of very cool off stage moments.

Here’s a pretty cool one. OMG. I still laugh my ass off thinking about it: That happened in Seattle when we went down in 2007 to play the

Scarlet Sins

PowerBox Festival. Cris and Syl were sharing a room and T and I shared another. In the middle of the night T got up because she was jetlag or what ever and well being a lady, she decided she would put some moisturizer on her face to take care of her beautiful skin… But she mixed up her eye-lash glue tube and her moisturizer tube because her eyes weren’t wide open or I don’t know… So she basically glued her face and eyes open… So she puts the glue on her face, goes back to bed and well she obviously realized something was wrong, so she tried to stay as quiet as possible and went to the washroom to clean it off but she hit herself on her bass case that was in the way and made so much noise so it woke me up but it wasn’t enough for me to get out of bed… The next morning I asked her what the heck happened… She told me the story… And of course I was rolling on the floor… The first thing I did was to run to Syl and Cris’s room… Told them the story and we must laughed for a good 10 minutes straight… It was SO hilarious…

What has been the highlight of your career to-date?

EB: I have been very fortunate since the beginning of my career. I played during huge events and concerts with some awesome artists but I have to say as a drummer when I played the International Cape Breton Festival 2010 alongside some of the most respected drummers in the world I was in heaven. The lineup was absolutely insane. I shared moments with some of my idols. We laughed, we jammed, we talked, we partied… It was amazing. I learned so much about everything that weekend. It was amazing!

What makes a good drummer?

EB: Musicality. A drummer can have the best techniques, be super fast, have perfect time… It’s not interesting to listen and watch a drummer play that doesn’t have musicality. At least I don’t think so. I like musicians that live the music. They feel it coming down their veins. They are not playing the song they are the song. It makes such a big difference. They listen to everything that’s going on and they communicate their feeling through music. It’s absolutely mesmerizing to live those moments and to watch them happen!

In researching for our meeting with you we took a look at readily available lists of greatest drummers. Honestly, Elie, it’s really hard to find a list with one (let alone more than one) female drummer – in addition to yourself, other names come to mind such as Cindy Blackman, Sheila E., Carla Azur, Sandy West, Caroline Rue…but really, in your view, why is it seemingly so hard for female drummers to get recognition?

EB: I don’t think it’s hard to get recognition. I think women are just not as interested to play that particular instrument as men are. The ratio in the music industry is 20% female 80% male. Most of that 20% are singers and classical musicians. You know you could also ask why aren’t there more men dancing? I think it’s just a lack of interest. A woman on drums is like a woman on the hockey team, people notice it more maybe and might act differently. Sometimes it makes it easier sometimes not. We all have as individuals different challenges and we just have to deal with it. Such is life I think.

HorizonVU Music works with emerging artists. We always do our best to coach young musicians as to the ups and downs of the music business. What words of advice do you pass along to young musicians wanting to be stars? Help us out.

EB: I think the 2 most important things to remember in this business but also in general in life are to have the passion and to believe in yourself.

Photo: Ron Boudreau

No matter what you do make sure you’re always happy. Don’t let people bring you down. Learn from everything and everyone and move on quickly from the disappointing moments. Someone recently told me this and I thought it was absolutely brilliant: “Things are never permanent, nor the bad nor the positive things”. When something good happens you have to enjoy every moments of it, be grateful for it and when you’re having a rougher patch remember that it’s not forever and remind yourself why you’re doing this in the first place: the passion and the love of music or what ever what you’re doing. It’s not always easy but if you have the passion you’ll always go back to that happy place.

One final question…What is Elie doing now and what are your plans for the future?

EB: Well well lots and lots. I have a very busy fall coming up. I’ll be performing with my different projects and I am also getting ready to play the Montreal Drum Festival which is a HUGE deal for me because I remember attending the event at the age of 5 and saying that one day I would play there. This dream came true. It is the biggest drum event in Canada so I am very excited about it. 2 months to go woot woot!

El, thanks so much for taking time out to talk to us – we love your work and hope you’ll come back and visit with us. Before we finish up, I have to run this one by you…While we were talking my friend here was good enough to actually look up “paradiddle”…Here goes – accordingto Merriam-Webster, the origin of the word is unknown, first known use 1927, and the word refers to a quick succession of drumbeats slower than a roll and alternating left- and right-hand strokes in a typical L-R-L-L, R-L-R-R pattern. There you have it!

Before wrapping up, we want to share your vid “Laid To Rest – Lamb Of God – Drum Cover” – very cool!