In February of this year, while we were at Michele Clark’s Sunset Sessions, we met Australian artist Ry Cuming. Ry is one of those rare individuals that just seem to be able to roll with everything life throws at them. He’s happy go lucky from the word go and it comes through in his music and lyrics. The best way to describe it is with a word that spilled out of Ry’s own mouth – “organic”.
Interview hosted by Michael Halloran. Produced by Myles Crawley. Edited by Rich Aquino.
Half Greek, half Latin, the words Alpha Rev pulled together loosely mean “the beginning of something new.” At least that’s how Texas-born musician Casey McPherson describes the name of the group he fronts. He goes on to say, “It’s that feeling when the light bulb goes off, that instant of inspiration and redemption, those moments that keep us going forward.”
Interview by Michael Halloran. Produced by Myles Crawley. Interview edited by Charlie Hatley. Performance edited by Ryan Parker.
By Myles Crawley
On the last day of our adventure at Sunset Sessions, Tyler Hilton stopped by to speak with us. While there he played a beautiful song called ‘Sunset Boulevard’. This song will appear on a new EP coming out soon called Ladies and Gentlemen.
Hosted by Michael Halloran. Produced by Myles Crawley. Interview edited by Rich Aquino. Performance edited by Ryan Parker.
By: Myles Crawley
Hosted by Michael Halloran. Produced by Myles Crawley. Interview edited by Rich Aquino. Performance edited by Ryan Parker.
By: Myles Crawley
Hosted by Michael Halloran. Produced by Myles Crawley. Edited by Charlie Hatley.
Holding Air Hostage is a four-piece band based in San Diego, California, and is centered around the writing of award-wining singer/songwriter Jeremy Geltman, who first teamed up with guitarist/vocalist Tony Cafiso as an acoustic duo in January 2008. They were later joined by local musicians Jeff Ludwig and Dusty Norberg on bass and drums, respectively, and the band transformed from an acoustic duo into an amplified indie rock band.
Hosted by Michael Halloran. Produced by Myles Crawley. Edited by Charlie Hatley.
By: Myles Crawley
Megan Corkrey, or Megan Joy as she’s also known, wasn’t officially appearing at Sunset Sessions. She was kind of flying under the radar. Well, as much as a 6 foot tall girl with a blonde afro could anyway. Earlier in the day, Julie Muncy from Warner Bros. Records had come by and asked if we would be interested in interviewing Megan. Not being one to ever say no to a record exec, I said sure, absolutely.
Hosted by Michael Halloran. Produced by Myles Crawley. Interview edited by Charlie Hatley. Performance edited by Ryan Parker.
By: Myles Crawley
Hosted by Michael Halloran. Produced by Myles Crawley. Edited by Rich Aquino.
Hosted by Michael Halloran. Produced by Myles Crawley. Edited by Jason Lehr.
Every once in a while we meet someone who makes an enormous positive impression on us. Landon Pigg is that type of person. When we arrived at Sunset Sessions we had no idea who he even was. But meeting him, and watching him effortlessly sing and play, changed that. Landon was polite, intelligent and well spoken, with no trace of an overblown ego.
Hosted by Michael Halloran. Produced by Myles Crawley. Edited by Rich Aquino
Maia Sharp is a perfect example of why musical education is so important. In Maia’s case, she not only got it at school, but also at home. Both Maia’s parents are musically inclined and made sure that music was a big part of their home life. So it should come as no surprise that Maia has gone on to write songs for The Dixie Chicks, Art Garfunkel and Trisha Yearwood. She also toured with Bonnie Raitt for several years. Her new album, “Echo” is available now.
Hosted by Michael Halloran. Produced by Myles Crawley. Edited by Jason Lehr
What do Bruce Springsteen, Jon Bon Jovi, Rob Thomas of Matchbox 20, Cyndi Lauper, and Daryl Hall have in common? Lisa Bouchelle has sung backup for them all. Lisa sat down with Halloran to talk about the music scene in New Jersey and her newest album, “Bleu Room With A Red Vase” which just released on march 10th. She was also kind enough to perform “Heaven on Credit” off of her new album for us.
By: Myles Crawley
Over the next few weeks, we will be introducing you to a host of new musical artists. Some you might have heard of, like NeedToBreathe, Daniel Merriweather or Bob Schneider. But for the most part this will be a first time experience. These artists are newly signed, with their first CD’s being released soon. We met up with them at Michele Clark’s Sunset Sessions which, this year, was held at the Rancho Bernardo Inn in Rancho Bernardo, California. Sunset Sessions is a three day event that brings together music supervisors for television and film, music publishing library supervisors and Triple A format radio programmers.
Story and Photos by: Danica Waters
It’s Friday at Sunset Sessions. He enters the set at dusk: a slightly tousled, carefully-crafted, dark, almost brooding man donning dark glasses (even though the sun has long since been a threat…)
He is accompanied by a very excited, decidedly protective menagerie of industry professionals. They gather ‘round the set, keen to hear what Bob Schneider has to say to Project Rhythm Seed interviewer Michael Halloran…
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