The Artists. Last but not least, The Artists. After much humming and hawing, the panel managed to whittle it down to a final five. Let’s meet them...
Reubam Our first impressions of Reubam were simply ‘WOW’; having heard some of their music on Soundcloud and after being tipped off by our friends at Red Dog Music about them. Their sound is comparable with bands such as Love, The Mock Turtles, The Kooks and The La’s; with Reuben’s soaring vocals and complex guitar-work interweaving Sam’s solid and often experimental rhythms..
Her lyrics cover tough subjects whilst also dealing with the brighter aspects in her life. Mercy really put us to the test as one of the first missions for our engineer was to help write backing tracks which meant writing 2 instrumental hip hop tracks in 2 days! Mercy continued to set the pace hard bringing in no less than 3 different backing singers. Though young, we feel Mercy has a massive career in front of her, if not in music, then in some way dedicated to bettering the lives of other human beings and we can’t give her enough praise.
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The Studio Kit 1 x Yamaha Stage Custom Kit (Drums) 1 x Tama Rockstar Kit (Drums)
Ion digital Drumkit (Drum Machine)
1 x Washburn Mercury M4 (Bass Guitar) Tascam DM 24 Digital Desk (Studio Desk) Mackie HR824 (Studio Monitors) Peavy Mark VI (Bass Amp)
M-Audio Radium 49 Midi interface (Midi Keyboard) Roland Jazz Chorus (Amp)
Yamaha EMX 2000 portable Mixer / PA (PA/Monitoring) Rode Nt1 Vocal Mic (Mic)
Tom Vevers Our introduction to Tom came via his YouTube broadcasts; we were instantly taken with his original lyrics and his very ‘Scottish’ sound. Tom’s time in the studio was hugely productive; laying down a total of 7 tracks, most of which containing extra harmonies and experimental guitar overdubs. One track even features Tom playing drums - talk about a one man band!
The Flashbacks The Flashbacks made a big impression on us at their audition. For one, they have the right haircuts... but on a more serious note, they have a wealth of influences which extend far beyond their years. Take one part Paul Weller, one part the Arctic Monkeys and add a little bit of Franz Ferdinand and you have a potent combination – and that’s exactly what the boys have.
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Mercy Queen Mercy blew us away with her audition; she’s an inspirational act with a huge amount of stage presence and charisma. 24 THE DOG WINTER 2011
Korg 01/W Music Workstation (Synth/Workstation) Shure SM 58 (Mic)
Various AKG Drum Mics / General Mics. (Mics)
Apple Mac G4 Power PC running Pro-Tools and Reason (Computer) digidesign ADAT 24 (Analogue to Digital Converter) Yamaha Electro Acoustic (Guitar)
Pop-shields + Mic Stands
2 x Numark Direct 3-piece rockers Cry And The Blocks Drive Turntables know a thing or six about music. What 2 x Focusrite Pre Amps impressed us about these guys is their (vocal processing) direct sound and punky attitude, our engineer Patrick got really excited about their sound proclaiming them Check out th e to be the product of ‘Joy Division Youth Music Initiative Demos at: so jamming with Black Sabbath’ undcloud.com / north-edinbu and we think he was right. rgh-
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