Meet Our Friend: Brian Hazard

POSTED BY: atrismusic

POSTED ON: 03/25/10 09:58:45

After another day of apartment hunting in NYC, I was stoked to return to Nate's place to find a message from Brian Hazard in my inbox. For those of you who don't know, Brian is the creative force behind the electronic indie piano[/url]-pop[/url] band[/url], Color Theory [Official, MySpace, Facebook]. I write that because he does everything, and I mean everything: Songwriting, recording, programming - the whole nine yards. In a recent phone conversation, I asked Brian what he didn't do. I'm pretty sure he said he had a little help with graphic art While I was first officially introduced to Brian by Kevin English[/url] from eleetmusic, I realized that I'd bumped into his work on several occasions before we first met. Color Theory was a fellow Microsoft[/url] sponsored songs artist and Brian's music was featured on Playlist 7 as well [See: How You've Helped us Share Our Music]. Color Theory was also recently named the grand prize winner in the annual John Lennon Songwriting Contest[/url]. I think, once you listen to his tunes, you'll immediately see why. To read the rest of this entry, please visit a’tris HQ. Thanks! -Mason [url=http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LmFkZHRoaXMuY29tL2Jvb2ttYXJrLnBocD92PTI1MCZ1c2VybmFtZT1hdHJpcw==] [url=http://www.atrishq.com] [url=http://www.facebook.com/atrismusic] [url=http://twitter.com/atris] [url=http://www.myspace.com/atris] [url=http://www.youtube.com/atrismusic]

a’tris’ Next Album to be Recorded by Birds

Meet Our Friends: Tragic Chemistry

POSTED BY: atrismusic

POSTED ON: 03/18/10 09:33:01

A while ago, I wrote a post inviting you to reach out to me through Google Voice. As you may know, GV[/url] allows you to receive and manage voicemails just like e-mails. It also attempts to transcribe your messages using speech recognition[/url] technology[/url]. Many of these messages are seriously entertaining, so I thought it would be fun to use them to share behind-the-scenes type stuff from some of our favorite artists with you. Geeky stuff aside, I'm seriously excited to introduce this new a'tris tradition to our 'Meet Our Friends' series, courtesy of Aric Jorgenson and Leia Manuel from Tragic Chemistry. I met Leia at an Open Mic I started in my hometown, Charlottesville, VA[/url], and was immediately blown away by her voice and her music. Leia's vocal[/url] super powers combined with Aric's equally awesome chops and songwriting[/url] skills make for some seriously captivating tunes. One of my favorite songs of theirs is called "Holiday" and Leia and Aric were so kind as to leave us this message about it. Was that transcript great or what? I hope that, after listening to "Holiday," you will be recruited into their fan club! I've included it below for your listening pleasure. Enjoy! To read the rest of this entry and listen to "Holiday", please visit a’tris HQ. Thanks!-Mason [url=http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LmFkZHRoaXMuY29tL2Jvb2ttYXJrLnBocD92PTI1MCZ1c2VybmFtZT1hdHJpcw==] [url=http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LmF0cmlzaHEuY29t] [url=http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LmZhY2Vib29rLmNvbS9hdHJpc211c2lj] [url=http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vdHdpdHRlci5jb20vYXRyaXM=] [url=http://www.myspace.com/atris] [url=http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LnlvdXR1YmUuY29tL2F0cmlzbXVzaWM=]

Do You Like Electro Rock?

POSTED BY: atrismusic

POSTED ON: 03/12/10 09:59:09

If your answer to the question I posed in the subject of this post was yes, allow me to introduce you to your new favorite electro rock[/url] duo, LIGHT ALIVE. This morning I received a friend request on SoundClick from LIGHT ALIVE. As is often the case, after approving it, I visited their page to check out their tunes. I figure this is a karma thing. If I take a moment to listen to other artist’s music, I’m creating some positive energy in the community right? Maybe I’m wrong, but the worst thing that happens here is that I spend half an hour or so each day listening to new tunes and I discover some great new bands. I’d say that’s a win. Especially in this case! To read the rest of this entry, please visit blka’tris HQ. Thanks! -Mason

MGMT Releases New Song and I Play Ms. Pacman

POSTED BY: atrismusic

POSTED ON: 03/11/10 11:33:58

Yesterday I sent out the below tweet about MGMT’s new song. “Flash Delirium”. But I think the song deserves far more attention than that. Seriously. This tune is fantastic and further proves why MGMT should have won a Grammy. Then again, most previous ‘best new artist[/url]’ award winners have been a flash in the pan so perhaps MGMT should be happy that they didn’t get the nod Anyway, I digress. But seriously - go here and download the song. It rocks. To read the rest of this entry, please visit [url=http://atris.wordpress.com]a’tris HQ. Thanks! -Mason