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END OF SEPTEMBER MELODICALLY DRIVEN
SEPTEMBER 2014 Vol 19
JESSE JAMES CHISELED
GOOD LOOKS AND HERCULEAN PHYSIQUE
EMOTIONALLY EXPLOSIVE
OVER A DECADES WORTH OF EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE
FEATURES 04 Voidance Records Like-minded Missionaries In Music
06 Adam Cohen We Go Home - Album Release
10 End Of September Melodically Driven And Emotionally Explosive Group
16 Sunken Monkey Where Punk Is In Good Hands
18 Helix Canada’s Very Own Rock Royalty; Legends Never Die
COVER STORY 12 Jesse James Chiseled Good Looks And Herculean Physique
LIFESTYLE 08 Put It On My Tab Social Side Of Interesting Apps
14 5 Tips For Getting Noticed No Longer Relying On A&R Scouts
ENTERTAINMENT 7
Buffalo Bites (Monthly Feature)
Over 20 Years’ Experience In The Creative Audio And Music Production World
20 BWD Radio & Ms. V BWD’s Ears And Eyes Of A Worldwide Audience To Ms V Becoming Well-Known As The Go-To Girl
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FROM THE EDITOR
LAST ISSUE
In a world where a swipe across the virtual shelf has supplanted the casual stroll down the aisle, content driven media has become the golden chalice of promotion; fresh content delivered with the minimum of fuss constantly throughout the day has become the key to ensnaring the public interest, of reaching the plateau of fame and recognition you deserve to be standing upon. Without an audience to listen no-one can hear you talk. Without a pair of eyes to observe no-one notices when you achieve greatness and without a market waiting on pins to learn which direction their latest fascination will be coming from no-one will be holding the banners of congratulations when you finally step up to the limelight. With an empire of insiders working tirelessly away to bring you the biggest, best, and breaking news across the entire landscape of the media BWD Magazine has built a reputation as being one of the leading names in the industry. When we speak, others listen. With a worldwide audience of subscribers downloading and learning which name to look out for, which band they should be following, who the next Big Thing is going to be, BWD Magazine speaks to millions of awaiting ears each and every month.
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To be acknowledged in this way, as an
C
hange, they say, is as good as a
sity of sounds and equally individual styles and
rest. Having seen the change
personalities of this distinctly media savvy new
from original artistic endeavors
generation the pair launched Voidance Records.
encapsulating the imaginations of ground-breaking and genre
Though approaching the new venture from
defining artists let loose upon the ears of a
seemingly opposite poles of the musical spec-
global audience in awe of a new musical land-
trum- jungle, garage, and classic R&B falling
soon, is nothing short
scape to frolic within and throughout to the
under Ali’s interests, Hammy favoring turntables,
cookie cutter clap-trap and kitsch of reality sing-
rock and chip tune - the pairs shared passions
of amazing. “
song shows and similar, it’s a tired line we here
for music other than what was represented by a
at BWD Magazine draw out each time yet another
conservative chart-market defined the founda-
Gravy Train jumping act turns up on our playlist
tions of the label’s remit; to be unafraid to take
and bothers our sensibilities.
chances on a sound that offered a new way of
independent label, so
hearing, showed a new direction to take, and So it is with no small pleasure we present
show the world what was available beyond the
the farmers of our own field of dreams that is
homogenized and safe.
independent UK record label Voidance Records, an outfit run by like-minded missionaries in
‘Although music is more accessible than ever before
music, geared squarely at forcing the industry
by consumers with streaming services,’ explains
to re-evaluate how it treats both musicians and
Hammy, ‘the commoditization of music has deval-
the market.
ued art as a whole. It’s not a business model that can last, that’s why we’re going against the grain
Founded in the October of 2013 Hammy Havoc
by releasing on these digital stores and streaming
(from The Orion Correlation) and Ali Amel (of
services but pushing DRM-free high quality music
Lost & Found fame) became the imaginers’ in
files too via our upcoming online store of our own
reality when they came to the conclusion that
to cut out the middle man along with having
a much needed kick in the splits was needed;
audiophile grade vinyl pressed.’. Indeed, having
understanding the need to embrace the diver-
just released Love Clouds by Amanya Amariel
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“CHERISH ANY OPPORTUNITY TO GET YOUR VOICE HEARD”
VOIDANCE RECORDS and seeing the fruits of their labors leaving an impact of indiedefiance on the industry, Voidance Records’ musical supervisor and marketing guru Peter Myers brings his own producing skills to the fore with an exclusive debut EP that promises Japanese influenced fresh disco beats. Together they aim to cultivate a movement defined by quality and thinking differently within various music scenes. ‘Winning this contest means a lot to me and the rest of the team at Voidance Records,’ said Peter when talking to BWD Magazine, ‘to be acknowledged in this way as an independent label so soon into our story is nothing short of amazing. It’s really cool to have our voices heard and give our two-- or twenty cents to anybody who is out there reading the truth. Cherish every opportunity to get your voice out,
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Lots of people say but very few do; and even fewer do so with such
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ADAM COHEN | WE GO HOME | NEW ALBUM
T
hree years ago and three albums into a career
where he spent his earliest years. “I knew I was painting a target on
that began with his 1998 self-titled debut, Cohen
my back, making my album in the so-called homes of Leonard Cohen,
decided that he and the music business should
but they’re my homes too. These are the walls that saw me grow up
call it quits. Talked into giving it one last go, he
the most and that I needed to come back to. My muse is my home.”
released his best and biggest album to date. Like
A Man (2011) was an elegant, intimate beauty. His songs, performed
Some of the themes on We Go Home continue the conversation that
on a nylon-string guitar, both had a deep connection and engaged
Like A Man began. “I want the songs to speak for themselves”, says Cohen,
in deep personal conversation with one of his greatest musical
“but what I can say is that the songs on this record mostly chronicle
influences, Leonard Cohen. Adam’s father. As MOJO said, this was an
conversations I’ve either had with my old man, or want to have with my
album in which Adam Cohen “set about a quiet rapprochement with
boy”, Adam’s seven-year-old son Cassius, “and a few conversations I’m
his DNA.” It was also, as Leonard Cohen said, an album of “world-class
having with myself. And, of course, there are love songs.” What’s differ-
love songs.” A critical and commercial success, it brought Adam a gold
ent is the tone—richer and fuller this time, more diverse, making the
album, a long world tour and great anticipation for the follow-up.
most of the three-piece band and three-piece string section from his tour. The nylon-string guitar is still there, but there are also piano
In a break between concerts, he went into the studio and emerged
songs – the title track’s tenderness and self-mocking humor recall-
with a new album, which he scrapped. It didn’t feel honest. “I realized
ing one of Cohen’s other great musical influences Randy Newman.
that I needed desperate measures to keep me honest and also to relieve me of the anxiety of following up the only successful record I’ve ever
“My last album was about me finally claiming my belonging to
made. However deliciously I had been in orbit, touring with that record,
a tradition and finding my voice within that tradition. My new
I needed to tap into something more terrestrial, more rooted and real.”
album,” Adam Cohen states, “is about me raising my voice.”
We Go Home, Cohen’s fifth album, is by all definitions homemade.
We Go Home is released in September. Adam Cohen’s European
He recorded his songs in rooms as familiar to him as his name.
tour, featuring the band and string section, begins in Denmark,
Since the band was playing in Europe, Adam decided to set up shop
culminating in a concert at London’s Bush Hall on 15th October.
in the little white house on the Greek island of Hydra where he had spent much of his childhood. “Making an album in the comfort of home on makeshift equipment with this band of touring musicians who had become my family immediately offered a beacon of hope that no studio, or session players or priceless gear ever could.” They continued recording in Montreal, where Adam was born, in the house
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Review by Stuart Westwood | LIVE AND DIE IN MUSIC-All Rights Reserved
BUFFALO BITES MONTHLY FEATURE How the devil are we all? I’m struggling to believe how quickly these
The control room was initially under the same criteria but we wanted to
months are rolling around at the moment. Building a recording studio is a
have a difference in the feel of the rooms, the live room being open, airy
much bigger undertaking than you could ever imagine! I mean it’s hard...
and light but the control room being more of a spaceship (yes I really just
Like trying to perceive the enormity of the universe. I may have exagger-
said that) with all the focus being on the controls of the various gear we
ated slightly there but it’s not too dissimilar in fairness. It takes a finely
will eventually have in there, the speakers, and the window through into
balanced combination of elements to create a space (from a beaten up
the live room for visual communication between band members or myself
industrial unit) that people are going to want to be in to record their musi-
during takes. You’d be surprised what you can mime to a player mid-perfor-
cal babies. The space itself is incredibly important, scratch that, the budget
mance, as long as their attention isn’t taken by the (more often than not)
is incredibly important. Actually the location is important, the colour of
frontman pulling his trousers down to ‘moon’ them from over your shoulder
paints, position of doors, number of electrical outlets and where the light
for comedy purposes and rightly so. Anyway, I digress.
switches are. Everything is important! So the grey we had planned for the control room turned out to be brown. Last month I detailed the process of finding a suitable location for, and
BROWN! But we stuck with it and strangely enough it’s actually quite pleas-
starting to build our studio. This month it’s been more stud walls, window
ant in combination with the slightly bluish grey side walls and natural oak
surrounds and finally some paint. Around 60-ish percent of the walls, we
wood window surround. There is a slightly more logical approach to the
are currently painting, didn’t exist when we took this unit on and some-
colour scheme than I’m letting on as well, LED multi-coloured ribbons! The
times I just stand and wonder at the new space we’ve created. Clean lines
ribbons will provide the mood for the place with washes of colour over the
and smooth plastered walls have replaced ugly grey concrete blocks, brand
walls and around features where the grey slightly softens and adds tones
new windows now shed light into our live room through from the control
to the colours, these ribbons along with a few lighting lamps around the
room and strange wooden structures are starting to appear leant against
room should provide an interesting but not distracting backdrop to the
various walls.
music and allow us to see between the rooms without too many reflections on the glass.
One of the trickiest things has been the colours of the rooms. We knew at the beginning that the colours of the logo should set the tone, these
See what I mean about the balancing act? We haven’t even got a decent
being mostly monochromatic (black and white and any point in between)
pair of speakers in there yet! It hasn’t all been wood and nails this month
and Gold. Something else we wanted to be aware of was the somewhat
though, alongside building the studio I’ve still been recording bands 70
‘industrial’ nature of the place. They used to make nails and tacks in our
miles away at Foel Studio in Wales. Two three piece bands in one week
section of the old Wolverhampton Crown Nail Works, the entry to the unit
in two very different sessions. Indy Fire were first, a power trio belonging
has steel slabs pitched down into the unit for when they were pulling pal-
somewhere between Metallica and Nirvana who despite being well pre-
lets of nails around to and from the scales which are still situated in the
pared haven’t done a gig yet! I can only imagine they’ll rock it regardless. A
unit but now part of the corridor and unlikely to be moving any time soon
quick trip home and back again with Hope for Return, another three piece
as they’re taller than most people and are embedded nearly a metre down
who’s recent loss of a guitarist really hasn’t slowed them down, and if any-
into the concrete floor. When the unit was split into two, and then again
thing it’s opened them up to a much tighter, heavier sound.
into separate rooms the scales were too big a difficulty for the landlord to remove so they became a feature. Quite an interesting one at that and a link
After five weeks of building, arranging, budgeting and more building it
to the heritage of the building, and to a degree, the town it’s in. So finding
was great to get behind the glass again and actually record some bands,
a complimentary colour scheme to this industrial backdrop was important.
although I couldn’t help letting my mind wonder about how the first ses-
Grey. In fact several greys later and a weighty amount of astonishment as
sion might go at Crown Works Studio, Wolverhampton. Established 2014.
to what colour grey actually is and can be interpreted as, we settled on the live room colours (or non-colours) as it is. A dark grey for the ceiling of the
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live room and a lighter dove grey for the walls. Now this possibly sounds a
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bit ‘1960’s BBC’ to some of you but stay with me.
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PUT IT ON MY TAB With a view to casting a wide net across looking at the more social side of interestthe sea of applications afforded to the ing app’s geared towards clarity, quality, discerning downloader this month we’re and some non-creepy crowd closeness...
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GOOGLE TRANSLATE
BANDSINTOWN Stalk your favorite artists in the least
Because mankind has yet to form a uni-
creepy way via the Bandsintown app, a
versal tongue with which to express ideas
smart little app that will track the activi-
and thoughts it’s down to the good folk of
ties of your most cherished musicians and
those who Google to bring a handy-dandy
tell you when they’re coming your way.
app of leviathan-like promise. By scanning the contents of your music library the app seeks out Speak, tap, or scrawl some missive across the screen of your
and follows the happenings of the artists appearing in your playl-
enabled device and Google Translate will offer a choice of lan-
ist, sending you notifications when they’re playing nearby and
guages you wish to parlay your message into. Even images pose
letting you buy tickets thru-app from one of the many choices of
little threat to the mighty app, ale to take the text and turn it into
ticket platforms available.
something legible to your uncertain peepers. By offering a wholly personalized calendar to keep track of conWith 80 languages to choose from it certainly isn’t short in offer-
certs and gigs you need never miss seeing Boston in Boston or
ing you a platform of communication with almost anybody in the
Europe in Europe, the choice to have the app alert you to per-
world (from the mighty continent of Europe to the many eastern
formances only in the areas and locales you wish to catch an act
lands and most other places in between), and with the option to
in means you can plan your holiday destinations around Kanye’s
save phrases to its own phrasebook there’s nothing stopping you
upcoming tour without missing ‘Quo in your hometown.
building a quick go-to guide of your own regularly used musings. Sync the whole thing to your iTunes, Spotify, music-listening-plat-
AFTERLIGHT
form-of-choice and never miss the opportunity to witness live the musical perfection experienced within each earful of enjoyment your playlist purveys, confident in your future crowd closeness as
Edit pictures in the palm of your hand
it constantly updates and informs you of all upcoming gigs and
with all the skill of a pro and none of the
shows, filling your music (and social) calendar as it goes.
talent, thanks to Afterlight on the iPhone. Choose between the apps stock 15 tools to crop, clip, pimp and polish your pics to perfection, laying down filters (both pre-set and custom) to add texture and taste to your particular tastes. Lay some light source in the right places or remove from the wrong, enhancing the image to almost polarizing pleasures. Perhaps the shot was angled wrong or might need some straightening up; on the other hand, should the fancy rise, you can even twist and/or turn to create trippy depth dimensions of delightful endeavor. With the power of a full editing suite at your disposal why not present the finished photo within one of the many, many frames on offer thru the app, instantly sharing online via Instagram for instant internet infamy and fame.
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END OF SEPTEMBER
T
hough America has the market covered for those seek-
delivering same End Of September became a reality and history was forged.
ing their own opportunity in spades - with the won-
Initially comprising of Erik Tordsson on guitars it was with former vocal-
derful world of Hollywood holding the cards marked
ist Victoria Sundberg that the band catapulted the lyrical illuminations
‘Aspiration’ and Los Angeles bearing those entitled
and emotional musical melody of song-writer Erik into the ears of Ulterium
‘Inspiration’ - Europe has always been seen as the cor-
Records, the label signing the group after hearing their demo release. Surely
nerstone of history; any significant event or cultural
fated for greatness it was to prove anything but easy for End Of September
happening has its roots firmly planted within the many faceted peoples and
however, with singer Victoria and the band parting ways shortly after the
boarders throughout the gigantic landmass of populace and the promise of
deal had been signed.
imagination made real therein. Significantly it is the world of music that owes an unpayable debt
Though almost tragic to be now snatching defeat from the jaws of victory Erik invested the following two year hiatus into the music, develop-
to the continent possibly more
ing the End Of September sound
than any other, the symphonies
and taking himself to that next
and stanzas that play out as a
level of superiority in songsmith
soundtrack to the major events
End Of September were destined
and ages of world history under-
to become. Now a fully real-
scoring everything from the out-
ized entity of
break of war to the outbreak
bass and Johan Svensson behind
of the Kardashians. Defining the
the drums accompanying Erik
moment as an indelible mark
on guitars and vocalist Elin
on a page in man’s history the
Redin End Of September are the
musicians behind such events
force all other bands are finding
are of such a considerable forcede-measure they bend the landscape around them, re-defining the genre represented by their sound as theirs and theirs alone.
Johan Nöjd on
themselves reckoning with. With favorable comparisons to established acts such as Within Temptation and Evanescence End Of September’s self-titled debut album
Much like Britain with The Beatles and Sabbath and Germany with
release has shown them to have more musical imperative than any contem-
Bach and Beethoven before that Sweden is no stranger to delivering monu-
porary may command. Having been washed away on the waves of incredible
mental shifts in the sonic landscape - ABBA, Aqua - and has once again put
highs and breath-taking depths End Of September display on their nine track
itself at the forefront as the nation to birth re-defining artistes with the
release BWD Magazine wasted no time in hitting the buttons and making
melodically driven and emotionally explosive group End Of September. With
the calls and sorting the connecting flights between Here and There and sat
an un-presumptuous beginning that saw founding member Erik Tordsson
down with Swedish band End Of September to ask them about their sound;
writing and scoring his own compositions it became clear to the musician
what drives the mind of Erik Tordsson to create such whirlwinds of wonder,
that the local scene wasn’t a reflection of the music he felt it deserved, was
and a little lesson in standards.
capable of producing and moving the genres forward. Charged with the passion to be the change sorely needed and filled with the talent capable of
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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
BWD: End Of September is the name of the band, but who are the people
Now Daniel finally decided to join the band, again? Kind of, and we’re currently
behind the music..?
writing for a new album that’s going to be awesome.
Elin Redin - Vocals Erik Tordsson - Guitar, backup vocals
BWD: With Sweden’s previous world-dominating group ABBA re-defining
Johan Nöjd - Bass
their respective genre do you see End Of September as the band to do the
Daniel Berg - Drums - Daniel is our new drummer, but he´s actually the one play-
same for metal..?
ing drums on the record, and also participated in writing some of the songs e.g.
The music industry today is hard. It’s hard to protrude, as ABBA did at the time
Left in this world. Erik is the songwriter, with Daniel, on the record. He´s also the
they did. I personally think that an important detail is the image. Everything
one that mixed and produced the entire album. But on the next record maybe
from clothes to cd-covers and how you meet your audience. I think that it’s hard
the rest of us will have some influence. ;)
to just breakthrough with your music today, everything has already been done. It’s also important to tour and spread the music live. I think that we have some
BWD: From the beginning in ‘09 it seems End Of September have always
to work to do. We actually still find fans and a devoted audience even with our
been destined to sit atop the charts and playlists, but it hasn’t been without
lack of touring. The internet is a great way to spread your music and advertise
some set-backs..?
your band, especially through social media like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
Erik started this project in 09 I think and he worked with a singer called Victoria. Due to the distance between them the cooperation kind of failed and he went
Because some of us have family and full time jobs it’s hard to give “everything”.
searching for some local singer. Then he found Elin in 2010-2011 through some
I think all of us would want to tour the world and become world-famous, but
of his friends that he had studied with at the university. Elin is married to one
there is too much too lose.
of Erik’s old classmates. They started to record vocals on some of the songs and they felt that it was going to be awesome. In 2011, I, Johan, moved to Växjö to
BWD: As a launching platform for your career how do you feel Europe com-
study music at the university and by chance I found an old ad at a site. It was
pares to the rest of the world for building an audience, making a connection
written 6 months before I ran over it but I thought that I would give it a chance.
with fans and getting our music ‘out there’..?
I should add that at the time the ad said that it was a studio-project and that
As mentioned before I think that you have a great chance to find an audience
they needed a bass player. After a week I got an answer from Erik and he told
through internet and social media, but the most effective way would be to tour
me that he thought about making this project into a touring band and asked if
and play live shows. I can’t say so much about a comparison of Europe and the
I still wanted to join and I said, Sure!
rest of the world. But something that is kind of weird, maybe not I don’t know, is that 50 % of our Facebook likes come from people living in South America.
I met Elin and Erik at the library in Växjö and we discussed for a good hour, hour
Maybe our music and/or lyrics appeals to them more. Hard to say. But as I men-
and a half, and I think we all felt that we connected somehow. Now we were a
tioned before, we need to be better at advertising ourselves by touring, commu-
trio but we still needed a drummer. Daniel who recorded the drums didn´t want
nicating with our fans through internet, and be sure to have a constant update
to join us.
flow on our twitter, Instagram, YouTube and Facebook. That’s the hard bit due to our weekdays full of family, business, and working hard at our full time jobs.
Through a friend to Erik and Elin, who’s a teacher of drumming, we found our first drummer Johan Svensson. He had also moved to Växjö for studies in music
BWD: Having been thoroughly absorbed by your self-titled debut release
and we auditioned him and it felt great so the band was then complete. This
for some time now when can we expect to see the band on-the-road and in
was in February 2012.
our-faces..? We hope that the upcoming album will give us opportunities to play live. Of
Later Erik thought that I, Johan, was going to rerecord the bass on the album. He
course there will be a release tour but how far we will travel is hard to answer.
did this himself but felt that he wanted a “real” bass player to do it. So I locked
We have no dates to tell you about, currently we are writing songs and as we
myself in my dorm and practiced a recorded bass for the album in one week.
speak we have 5-6 demos that we have agreed to use on the album. So in
Everything else was more or less finished.
another 5-6 more songs we’ve agreed that we will be able to give you all the dates. We will also post some studio footage and presentation of our new drum-
We also recorded a music video in Gothenburg to the song we wanted to release
mer soon so keep your eyes on our pages.
as our single, “Isolated” and that was kind of an awkward feeling. At the time we had never played live together and we didn´t really know each other, as in how
BWD: And finally! Finish this sentence; I may not be perfect by your stan-
we moved while playing and so on. But the end result was in my opinion great!
dards, but..? I am myself, that’s what matters most! Contact Information:
Then in May 2012 the record was released and the critic’s feedback was good. We did some live shows in Finland, Holland, Germany and Sweden. When we
Website: www.endofseptember.net
played live we felt that we needed some back up guitar so we could deliver all
Twitter: @Endofsept
the details from the record and then Linus Söderholm joined as a live-guitarist.
Facebook: endofseptember
Later he quit and so did Daniel, the drummer. So last summer we had a stand in
Artwork: Markus Sigfridsson [Darkwater, Obsession, Harmony]
drummer and put some of the guitars in the playback.
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H
aving first unveiled unto the world in our February 2013 issue the chiseled good looks and Herculean physique Jesse James has been a one man army of explosive force in the world of professional modeling.
Defining the new generation of talent to turn heads and raise eyebrows in appreciation Jesse has seen his uncompromising good-looks becoming the look, his effortless outward visage being the image of perfection sought after by the front covers; filling up news-stands everywhere. From Ripped, Shredded and Muscular revealing Jesse’s defining look to the iron-pumping platform, Muscle Magazine defining his name amongst serious competitors and builders of the body, and Inside Fitness Magazine picking Jesse for a feature within its hallowed pages of peak-perfect specimens, the world has been an unfurling carpet before Jesse James’ stride on his way to the forefront of the finest of physical forms. Away from the rising temperatures of intensity in the gym Jesse James has been getting the modelling world hot under the collar with appearances at Dillard’s Fashion Show, the Dennis Quad Fashion Show, and taking the Runner-Up Male Model of the Year Award from Male Model 8K. Along the way… Away from the spotlights of sculptured perfection and beneath the flood-lights of TinstleTown (and no doubt Hollywood soon enough)
JESSE JAMES Website: www.instagram.com/rollinsw0llen Twitter: @rollinsw0llen
Jesse has been invited to become a member of the exclusive club that is Celebrity, several televisual and media showings seeing familiarity and demand for his talents join those aforementioned temperatures. Looking to the future and eye-spying a Jesse James shaped horizon BWD Magazine trotted off to the Texan-Titan’s door, camera and questions clutched tightly in hand, to catch up and reminisce and speak of the future to come in the world of Jesse James.
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The
Cover Story
Then back in May I went on a national tour that lead us to Orlando and
I am by far no “celebrity’ or famous lol so even though my life is a bit
back with my band Hindsight. Right after getting back from tour I got
hectic it is far from doable. I take each opportunity I get as a blessing
with my trainer/coach Frank Milstad from MetroFlex Gym in San Anto-
and am grateful that I am able to inspire people with my music and
nio and got back to work on getting ready for my next 2 competitions,
fitness. I have people message me or come up to me at a show and tell
August 16th in Dallas at the Texas State Championship and August 30
me how much I’ve inspired them to pick up a music instrument or how
in Waco at the Central Texas Showdown. To see how I did make sure
they’ve lost 50 lbs. because they are motivated by the pictures I post on-
to hit up my fan page as I keep it up to date with pictures of my daily
line. Don’t get me wrong, it is definitely a juggling act to go from touring
adventures from competitions to band related events. I also picked up
the state or nation with my band to eating super strict for a competition
an endorsement by Steve Clayton Inc. Guitar Picks which had me super
and competing. You would be surprised on how closely music and fit-
excited, I have been a fan and used their picks all the time. So to now
ness intermingle so it blends well. As for opportunity I’ve had some cool
be a part of a company that has the who’s who of music using their gear
experiences from doing a fashion show for the actor Dennis Quad, being
makes me very proud to be listed as an endorsed artist for them.
in a rock music video (not for my band), to meeting bands like Starset, Nonpoint, We Cames As Romans, P.O.D., and so many more.
BWD: The demand for perfection has always been a drive not many manage to maintain..?
BWD: What advice would you give to anyone who wants to follow-
I have to agree perfection is a very slippery slope that even I have to
in-your-footsteps as it were..?
make sure to not get sucked in and over analyze myself into thinking
To anyone who would want to follow down my path I will say it takes a
I have to maintain a certain “look” to be accepted or feel good about
lot of time and dedication. I never realized just how much time it took to
myself. Don’t get me wrong I love looking shredded but it has to come
become a competitive bodybuilder. Make sure your girlfriend, wife, fam-
with balance. I had to learn that all those guys in the muscle magazines
ily realize you will be MIA for a few months prior to your show lol. It’s
I read don’t walk around like that 24/7 lol. My inspiration has to be
tough but well worth it when you start seeing the results!
the man Arnold Schwarzenegger, ever since seeing Pumping Iron I have been a fan of his lifestyle and theology. It has helped me to push myself
BWD: And finally! Which would you choose…?
when I think this dude came from overseas, didn’t know proper English,
...Paris...
became a star in everything he was involved in, and it gives you the
...OR...
encouragement to keep pushing forward to achieve your goals. My “typi-
...Hollywood?
cal” workout varies, off season it is more around the 3 x 10 rep ranges, 1 hour a day, only 4 days a week. During competition time I do a lot of HIIT
I would choose Paris as I’ve been to Hollywood. It’s cool and all but
(High-intensity interval training) where my reps can be from 5-10 sets
would love to take my girlfriend on a romantic getaway where we can
ranging from 25-1 rep for each body part. Those trainings are intense
eat and do some sight-seeing.
but I just love the intensity. BWD: Awwwwwwww….. BWD: Appearances on both the cat-walk and silver screen, there seems no end for your attentions? BWD Magazine • www.bwdmagazine.com • 13
5 TIPS FOR GETTING NOTICED Attention is an attractive fiend indeed, and something every musician needs attention if all the tracks get listened to in full. And in an ideal to court with a lovers affections if to give ones-self the best chance of being world there would be a pair of ears handy for every three minute seen, heard, and heralded as the next big thing.
moment of music to dedicate themselves to giving a thorough listening to, but things just aren’t so.
No longer relying on A&R scouts in crowds at gigs or the whispering of an ‘underground insider’ pointing them in the direction of the next hit making Always put your best track first and only submit those you feel band the industry is a far more approachable beast than ever before, with show off your aural extravagance in the best light; catchy and even the most minor of players in the industry now contactable via email it’s with a beat or tuneful and leading, whatever riff that kicks you in never been easier to get your music to the desk of those ‘in the know’.
the teeth or sample that segues into the senses and strokes the happy gland. This is no time for false modesty or hoping the note
So when looking to seek the sanguine affections of the industry ears you you made about it being a bit rough sounding due to the producneed to give yourself the best chance of standing out and shining in the er being ill on the final day of mixing will garner some sympathy crowd; and with that being the theme of this month’s 5 Tips lets kick things points; be brave and be bold and be damned to the rest! off with a somewhat obvious though crucial point.
GET OUT AND GIG
SOUND IS KEY .
1.
No matter what anyone tries telling you about ‘not judging on first impressions’ the hard fact of the matter is EVERYONE DOES. Anyone who says
2.
Having something to add to the email regarding your activities is a crucial part of helping bring notice your way, and the best news to include is where your next gig/ appearance is for two key reasons:
they don’t are either lying to themselves or lying to you but either way, they’re lying.
Firstly, it instantly adds to your attention getting mission by having you or your bands name advertised to a prospective audi-
Such a truth is underlined when trying to create a buzz around your ence for free, your image leering out from posters and adverts in music. If the first ten to twenty seconds don’t grab you by the ears and magazines and websites, anything online able to be linked to and head-butt your attentions then the remaining two and a half minutes mentioned and shared on your social sites – with a re-sharing of will remain unheard. People involved with music submissions get each of your own sharing posts from the other names on the bill swamped by literally thousands of emails a day, each with at least one and the venue itself. Secondly, it shows you are committed to gettrack attached of roughly three minutes in length. Ten emails containing ting your sound out there and that there is an audience out there a pair of tracks apiece and already you’re looking at an hour’s worth of 14 • BWD Magazine • www.bwdmagazine.com
prepared to pay money to see you live and in action.
A handful of gigs, a quote and link to your latest review, and any
a music-money sponge.
upcoming activities you’re involved with gives just enough of a nudge of persuasion, maybe spark their interest that bit more than any of the previous emails they’ve received, to hit ‘play’ on that mp3
BE A MANAGER
file sitting under their cursor.
PICTURE PERFECT
3.
5.
Much like being presented with a plateful of
With a handful of social sites and a dedicated time table of rocking out to stick to it can be hard to manage the promotion side of your music and get an audience of ears pointing in your direction.
untasted cuisine the first taste anyone will take will be with their eyes; if the presenta-
Twitter, Facebook, a plethora of Cloud’s and similar all offer a
tion is less than palatable then their opin-
chance to engage with the world on a personal level without
ion of your music will also be considered
stranger danger being more of a challenge to deal with then click-
thus. True, the producer has made the tracks shiny and comparable
ing the block option beside their name.
to anything the big-wigs may knock out on a regular chart-hitting basis, but so too are the promo shots and images linked to the files
But as you add to your network of promotional platforms so too do
they send out into the world to encourage reviewers and interview-
you increase the amount of time and energies needed to success-
ers, P.R.’s and passer-by’s to ‘check it out’.
fully keep them relevant and engaging with your fans.
You don’t need Bill Bailey in your corner to get some quality imag-
As we all know, ‘a moment online’ is about an hour in the real world
es of yourself or your band, and with the advent of the app stores
and with each site requiring your attentions on a fairly regular
across the board of mobile devices there are simply no excuses for
basis it can turn into a monolith of drudge that sucks out your sole
not having a presentable press pack of pic’s showing you in your
and leaves your audience in the dark and losing interest.
best Photo shopped light or similar. A minute spent removing redeye or adding mood lighting can make all the difference in your
Trying to manage everything all at once is not the way forward;
shots being just something that fills the space on the page and
instead alternate the sites you attend to on a daily basis. Nothing
something that leaps out of the screen and demands your atten-
spectacular will be missed if you focus on Facebook today rather
tions for more.
than Sharing on Soundcloud, and as most social sites have an email alert option you can always be in the loop as to what’s happening when talking twerking on Twitter.
MONEY-MONEY-MONEY MONEY!
4.
Post relevant information and encourage replies to your posts; interaction brings attention as people check back and reply and
The industry doesn’t provide serving
check back again and see the reply has been shared to all your fol-
dwarves and soirees for gratis anymore - if
lowers and so they share that share with their followers and so on
they ever did. Everything from the beers
and such and so forth and yup...
at the bar to the gas money for the van HAS to be accounted for out of your own
Cross promote from one of your sites to the other by re-tweeting
pocket, and if you can’t demonstrate your music has the ability to
links and the people you’ve engaged with; any comments on their
bring in the folding stuff (and you are able to manage said wodge
time-lines and similar on yours, it’s a form of conversation that
of wedge) then no amount of rave reviews of sold out shows will
speaks through digital means but is understood and appreciated
endear you an industry primarily focused on making as much
by all.
money out of you/your music as possible - it’s called the ‘music BUSINESS’ after all.
It’s up to you how long you spend on each site, and with bands each member can take responsibility of different sites and accord
Keep receipts and manage your accounts; no-one’s saying you have
their own level of investment regarding time. However you decide
to play every show sober or walk around in rags, but you MUST
what’s, why’s, and how-long-for’s it all counts towards bringing one
be able to show financial responsibility. Keep the profit margin
more pair of eyes in your overall direction.
healthy and the expenditure lean, as being able to show a potential label your nous at money management will make you a more viable investment for their roster of artists and less like a liability, BWD Magazine • www.bwdmagazine.com • 15
SUNKEN MONKEY H
aving resolutely eschewed the establishment for
from such solid foundations.
so many years the inevitable absorption of Punk into the mainstream was as unexpected as the
With changes to the initial line-up reshaping the outward appear-
music itself; from its raw edged energies and
ance of the band Sunken Monkey has retained its original ethos
unapologetic sound it sneered at the charts and
of creating music that didn’t just nail itself to the listeners happy
spat at the crowds and was as far removed from socially acceptable
gland and send crowds moving across the floor, but also songs
as its message was blunt.
that had stories within them, relatable missives that catch you with their hooks and keep you fed on their words.
From the casual observers eye punk has become something more Busted than Buzzcocks, a genre where its musicians are either
With their self-titled debut release in 2009 Sunken Monkey found
bemoaning broken hearts or someone’s mum or teen-angst mis-
themselves hitting the road and touring the shores, every show an
sives pertaining to very little but delivered with a jump at the
event, every audience exhausted from Sunken Monkey’s relentless
chorus.
energies onstage.
Bands like The Offspring
Off the road and into the
have gone from punks-
studio and Sunken Monkey
next-successors
to
return fully replete and
middle-aged musicians
ready to greet the sea
sweating through the
of faces awaiting their
classics their audience
return to the live scene in
demand, and with grun-
support of the upcoming
ge muddying the waters
Party Scars album.
with great lumps of cardigan adorned angst the
Boots nicely polished and
genre has been lacking
sneer firmly packed BWD
that hunger and bite
Magazine stepped out of
that made you want to buy a pair of Doc Martin’s and shove a safety pin through your nose.
our offices and into the bon homie of Sunken Monkey to speak of their new ‘Scars and sounds.
However, with bands like Sunken Monkey and their upcoming album Party Scars it’s clear that punk is in good hands and safety pins will never lose their insta-ear-ring appeal, the release packing an
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
astonishing thirteen tracks of pure, unadulterated energy onto the track-listing.
BWD: To the princes of punk that are Sunken Monkey we say Hello, please introduce yourselves..?
Forming in the beginning of that time known as the Noughties Sunken Monkey are a band whose influences bridge an entire spec-
Hello BWD Magazine! It is our pleasure! We are Spindle (guitar, vocals),
trum of musicians and artists; Rise Against, NOFX, Four Year Strong,
Adam (bass), Rob (guitar) and Hendy (drums) and we are Sunken
the influences are as great as the music the band have created
Monkey from Burnley, a small town near Manchester, England.
16 • BWD Magazine • www.bwdmagazine.com
BWD: It sounds like you’ve turned the brakes off on your upcom-
BWD: What was the reason (or reasons) for the band’s hiatus
ing album Party Scars, a visceral, energetic, adrenalin rush of a
after the end of the ‘09 tour?
sound that surges through your senses..? It wasn’t a hiatus as such, we just kind of disappeared off the radar It is certainly an album we have worked hard on. One or two of the
for long periods of time for various reasons. Only two of the mem-
songs on “Party Scars” have been knocking around our set list for
bers from our release in 2009 remain now. Rob and Adam have
four or five years now. Believe it or not the initial album recordings
joined in the meantime and really completed the line-up and we
began two or three years ago, but we didn’t want to settle on some-
are now a close-knit group, we have all been good friends for many
thing when we knew we could achieve a better end product. We are
years and it felt like the right time for us all to come together and
proud of what we have achieved with the finished album, which will
complete Sunken Monkey. The ex-members are all still good friends
be released on October 6th.
too, but people’s lives change and priorities change and you have to respect that. We started and practically scrapped the album, wrote
The songs all have a story, it is just the way we write. Whether it is
new songs and here we are five years later!
a love song or just a song about a crazy night out drinking with the boys they are all real life events and that is what makes them so
BWD: Now more a militia of musicians than merely a band what’s
relatable. Musically, the bands that influence us such as NOFX and
next on the Sunken Monkey’s horizons..?
Rise Against are pretty clear to see, but we also love metal music and even some pop music and these are all genres that rear their
Simply to work hard, have fun and see where it takes us. Our promo
heads on “Party Scars”, we struggle to categorize ourselves in all
campaign is up and running and we thank you wholeheartedly for
honesty, but pop punk tends to be the genre we are pigeon holed as.
giving us this interview and a platform to increase our profile. We have a few dates booked towards the end of the year and we are
BWD: The genre of punk has been a bit diluted in recent times,
looking forward to making some new fans and getting our music
what with bands like Busted and McFly falling under the same
heard again. The album will be available to buy from all good online
banner..?
stores, Spotify, Bandcamp, Amazon all details of which will be posted on our official webpage, hit us up on Facebook and Twitter as we
If Busted and McFly are pop punk bands then the genre really has
regularly interact through social media too.
been diluted! Whilst the roots of pop punk must obviously go back way before the bands about to be mentioned for us bands such as
BWD: And finally! Who would win in a fight over the last peanut
Green Day and The Offspring really paved the way and brought it
on Earth…?
into the mainstream for bands such as Blink 182, Jimmy Eat World,
...Dumbo...
Bowling For Soup etc. How Busted and McFly can be put in the same
...OR...
category as those bands is beyond us. In all honesty, we always
...Curious George?
advertise ourselves as pop punk/rock/alternative simply because we don’t want people coming to see us or buying our album thinking
Easy! We always side with the monkey! Curious George all the way!
they are going to be listening to songs in the style of Green Day alternative covers a lot more bases! One or two of our songs really
Contact Information:
do lean towards the heavier end of the spectrum, but as previously mentioned all four of us listen to a wide variety of musical genres
Website: www.sunkenmonkey.co.uk
and we really are of the ethos that a good song is a good song,
Twitter: @Sunken_Monkey
regardless of genre, which brings us back to the original question
Facebook: sunkenmonkey
really! If Busted write a great tune, it is a great tune, probably a pop tune in our book though not pop punk.
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L
HELIX
egends never die; they simply let others attempt to emu-
spoiled or non-existent. However, with two platinum albums, four gold ones,
late their legacy until such a time the world needs remind-
and a number one smash hit record in Europe in the guise of Long Way To
ing of how it’s actually done.
Heaven to roam your roving eye across Helix’s fruits should be considered the very best of the bunch being borne on the branches of rock.
With over forty years’ experience delivered with the enthu-
siasm of a freshly faced bunch of a band taking their first steps on stage
From Motley Crue to Meatloaf and Motorhead, Helix have an enviable
Canada’s very own rock royalty Helix are back once again to bestride the
alphabetized list of names in their touring diary, over two hundred of the
stage, take control of the wheel, and steer the wildly swerving genre of rock
world’s greatest and gravitas gathering groups sharing the honor and spot-
back onto the correct path of riffs done right, lyrics writ large, and choruses
light with the band.
of controlled chaos. Line-up and fashion changes have left many scars upon the original Gouging out their name across
incarnation of the band,
the thick-leafed slabs of the
founding member and
annuls of rock back in 1974
vocalist Brian Vollmer
Helix has been responsible
the
for more than its fair share of
throughout the dark
emotionally driven fans burst-
times
ing the rook from its rafters of
and even darker times
venues around the world, con-
of death when guitarist
tinents sent crumbling and bor-
Paul Hackman was trag-
ders breached by the band. Few
ically lost in a traffic
bands are able to compare a
accident back in 1992.
discography of delicacies for the
Continuing to be the
discerning digital downloader,
fire that stoked the
a perusing patron of the shop
flames of passion with-
shelf awash with the assortment of audio Helix’s nineteen album strong history represents.
steadying of
hand
chart-dirge
in music during grunge, nu-metal, and television singing popularity contests Helix took charge once again in 2011, re-igniting the emotion in music and passion of the fans with
From their debut album Breaking Loose in ‘77 Helix have ruled the road
a storming live set aboard the Sweden Rock Boat Cruise, fellow Maple-Leafed
around the world; beginning in their home town of Kitchener, Ontario they
luminaries Anvil joining the band on the line-up.
quickly stamped their sound across its stages before stepping out to send sporrans soaring in Scotland, uniting their separated fans in the formerly
Having spent 2013 re-affirming their legacy of legend on the Monsters of
divided Germany, and awed the audiences of Australia whilst also learning
Rock Boat Cruise at the beginning of the year, headlining Ontario’s Sabstock
first-hand which way the water goes down the plug-hole.
in the June before answering London’s call and the stage at Rock The Park, before rounding out the summer with The Sheepdogs at Brandon,
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Manitoba’s own Rock The Block, 2014 sees new members Kaleb Duck and
Chris Julke joining Daryl Gray, Greg “Fritz” Hinz, and Brian Vollmer
sion- good or bad..?
heading off touring Spain before appearing at Sioux Fall’s Ribfest. With the autumn comes yet further engagements with Trooper
There are many bands I’ve loved touring with. The first one that comes
before Alberta’s audience comes-a-calling for more.
to mind is Motorhead, which whom we did 3 tours. Lemmy was always nice to me, which is more than I can say for Brian Robertson. Lemmy
Continuing to build upon their legacy with yearly album releases
is the real McCoy, has a great sense of humor, and is an intelligent
the bands currently working on their studio album release entitled
person. Alice Cooper, Ronnie James Dio, Ian Gillan, and several oth-
Bastard Of The Blues.
ers also hold fond memories for me. Our first 3 dates with Dio were in Oklahoma City, Albuquerque, and Phoenix. All were top grossing
Seizing the opportunity to grab the band between their unceasing
concerts for the venue size in Billboard Magazine. Ronnie would come
schedule of road and studio ‘BWD Magazine’ sat and talked with the
into our dressing room before each show, sit down and talk to us like
band about their legacy of largess, their longevity and their licks,
real human beings. A true gentleman. Ian Gillan was much the same.
and advice from a hindsight’s perspective.
Once, while in Naples, he took Denny Blake (my guitarist at the time) and myself into his small dressing room trailer after the show, popped
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
open a bottle of wine and proceeded to tell us all the dirt about Deep Purple and Richie Blackmore. The first time I ever drank Jägermeister was with Gillan in East Berlin.
BWD: To Canada’s greatest export, Helix ‘hello’; please; introduce yourselves..?
BWD: With such a rich musical heritage of sounds in the bands back-catalog what can we look forward to on your upcoming thir-
Helix was formed in 1974 and continues to this day; our 40th
teenth studio release, BASTARD OF THE BLUES..?
Anniversary being this year. We’ve toured all across North America and Europe during that time and have sold close to 2,000,000 albums. This
On “Bastard of the Blues” we took the sound “old school”, as Sean Kelly
year we released our 13th full length studio Cd “Bastard of the Blues”.
(my writing partner on the last couple of Helix discs) knows every metal lick ever written. We didn’t think too much about it-we just tried to write songs we felt good about and our influences flowed through our
BWD: Kicking off a career with first album Breaking Loose in ‘77
own writing. There’s a little bit of Alice Cooper, Great White, Harlequin,
did you ever imagine it would be the start of such longevity for the
and a slew of other 80’s acts influences there. We’ve been playing a
group?
couple of songs in our live set from the upcoming Bastard of the Blues release (Even Jesus, Wasn’t Loved in His Hometown/Axe to Grind/Skin in
Never really thought about it. Our focus was on putting out our first
the Game) and putting up the songs on Facebook and spreading them
disc of original material. Quitting wasn’t an option for me at the time.
around. In Canada the first single was Even Jesus, which we released
The songs were written while we played in the bars-mostly on the
to radio by DMDS. We do several interviews a week to help promote.
Ontario and Maritime circuit. One song in particular-You’re A Woman
As well, Tom Mathers of Perris, who distributes the disc in the U.S. and
Now-written by Paul Hackman, became a huge hit for us in the State of
Europe has been setting up interviews for me through publicist Nicky
Texas, and led to a 3 date tour of that state for us. At that time (1979) it
Baldrain. In September we’ll be releasing another track (probably
was unheard of for bands to tour the U.S. and we immediately became
Bastard of the Blues) to Canadian radio with an accompanying video.
stars in the eyes of our Canadian fans. Ironically, the song lyrics were originally “Joan, don’t you worry” about a chick Paul de-flowered in a
BWD: And finally! If you could, what advice would you give to your
little pulp and paper town called Espanola, that stunk of sulphur. The
younger selves’ way back when?
only thing Paul remembered about her was that she stole his underwear the next morning to keep as a souvenir!
Well, hindsight is always 20-20 vision, but...Two things-I would have chosen Mutt Lange to produce the Wild in the Streets CD (we had the
BWD: Through the various tastes and fashions the industry has
chance) and I would never have released It’s a Business Doing Pleasure
dabbled with throughout the years how has Helix managed to main-
under the Helix name. I would have used my own.
tain its relevancy and appeal in such turbulent changing scenes..? Contact Information
The love of music. The insatiable desire to keep creating music, recording music, and selling music. You either have that drive or you don’t.
Website: www.planethelix.com myspace.com/helixonmyspace
BWD: With over two hundred names on the list of bands ‘Helix have
Facebook: brian.vollmer.39
took the stage with’ which has left the most memorable impres-
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F
rom the sunny shores of a Floridian sky to the
underground and across a global stage.
ears and eyes of a worldwide audience BWD has grown from an acorn of an idea into an oak
Not only affording the world of music a genuine outlet to purvey
tree of industry-might, its roots deep within the
it’s unbridled talents BWD Radio also promotes and inspires the
strata of social sites and online promotions, its
musicians it unveils, the multi-faceted nature of BWD incorporat-
branches far-reaching and bearing fruitfulness aplenty.
ing all avenues of generating awareness and recognition to the talents it reveals, encouraging the growth of their fan-base and
Starting out developing websites Ms. Keach aka Ms. V proved her-
helping propel them onto the iPods and bedroom walls of a global
self more guru than mere graphic designer, her final works forging
audience.
a reputation of being the go-to girl for all things attention grabbing and intuitive.
With the recent successful launch of the BWD Radio app the audience all artists are looking to find are as close as they have ever
Quickly she began laying the foundations for what would become
been, right on the other side of millions of touch-screens and
her own empire, reputation growing with each engagement and
monitors, smart-phones and tablets all bearing the app’s visage
the horizon of possibilities expanding even further than first
across their surface.
dreamed. Now a major player in the world of radio and media, the leader in Whilst making some of the connections that would see BWD
the field of generating buzz around the artists it plays on its non-
become a leader in its field murmurings and mutterings regarding
stop, commercial free station, and proudly wearing the banner of
the state of the music business came filtering through the wire.
being The Home Of The Indie Artists BWD founder Ms. V has proven
Listening to the sounds of discontent chattering in the background
you don’t need a thousand lawyers fighting over who gets the
it became clear that, for all the talented individuals with credible
best parking spot in front of offices to forge a dominant empire
worth vying for the attentions of a label or promoter, those in the
of multi-faceted out-lets; as the late great British entertainer Roy
Industry were more concerned with how profitable a bottom-line
Castle once said ‘Dedication’s all you need’.
they could wring from their talents than the merits and music of the people themselves. An avid appreciator of new and classic music Veralyn saw a gap
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in the market for someone with the knowledge and nous, connections and cunning, and - of course - the dedication to provide
Website: www.bwdradio.com
a credible alternative to those as-yet unsigned greats of music, a
Twitter: @BWDRadio_
platform for them to launch themselves into the airwaves and soar
Facebook: BWDRadio
into the charts.
Instagram: BWDPromotions
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