One of the most inspiring individuals I’m blessed to call a friend in this life, Sir Manley, just released a collection of previously unheard instrumental music. I am just now listening to the project as I type… Here’s an explanation of the project from the man himself.
This project is an attempt to showcase the progress and growth of my production experience. None of these tracks have been mixed, they are all in raw form either a single fruity loop, magix, cool edit, cubase export. Instead of having these sit on my computer I decided to create this series of Leftovers. Sir Manley -5/20/2012
We are currently preparing a slew of new music including several music videos and documentary style looks into the creation of some of the songs and the stories behind them… Until then, we wanted to give you some new music something to hold you over, The Wellington Sessions.
Available for free(limited time) or a price of your choosing.
The Wellington Sessions took place in Traverse City, Michigan at the home of our good friend, Brett Karis in 2009. I could write a ton about Brett, but will wait to do an entire story on him until his book comes out. Brett has been one of the biggest supporters of us and our art since we met in back in 2007. We turned his living room into a recording studio and were in Traverse City for about thirty hours total. Arriving on a Wednesday morning and leaving the following afternoon.
Brett and Nixon pulled vinyl from the Karis record collection and I wrote as the beats were created. All of the lyrics except for those to “Hypothermia” were written in that living room. Ryan K. Wilson and Molly Bouwsma added the angelic harmonies to the “Hypothermia” chorus following the Traverse sessions.
Another friend of 5iveit, Jason Kott(Brent James & The Contraband) was living in the Wellington house at the time and plays bass on each of the sessions four songs. He was coming and going as we recorded the tracks and laid down his bass parts a half hour before we had to drive home. He literally did one take with each of his bass guitars, per song. What you hear is exactly what he played. Beastly.
During the trip we also had a show at Union Street Station that inspired the creation of “Doing Too Much”. The details of that tale would be better told in person.
The artwork for the project is a photo taken by Joe Forsythe of an original painting by Josh “Juan” Fifarek. Photo by Joe Forsythe. Juan’s painting hung on the wall in the living room where these recordings were created.
We hope you enjoy The Wellington Sessions and we are eager to share the main course with you very soon, it’s cooking now. We begin shooting a video for, “All About Progression”, a collaboration with Willie The Kid, tomorrow morning.
5iveit.
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The gentlemen of Convotronics release a new track, Concentrate, produced by Digerati. They are currently working on a new album, not sure if this will appear on it or not…
Our friends, Four Finger Five, recently released a new album, Soul In A Suitcase. I attended one of their release shows and was somehow further impressed by musicians who have already blown my mind several times over, the last few years.
Today they posted the home video below of lead singer, Joe Sturigill, rehearsing a song from the new album “Brightest Colors” before a show. Play it.
To Purchase Four Finger Five’s new album, Soul In A Suitcase, click HERE. You can also stream the album free on their website by clicking HERE.
I’ll do my best to keep you posted on their journey as they prepare to tour behind this carefully crafted piece of art.
Bonus: Here’s a LINK to an article on the band by Larry Pellet, for the Muskegon Chronicle.
Here’s a track from Red Pill & Hiro that was released a couple of weeks ago, We Are Not Like Them. It will be featured on their upcoming album, The Kick. I should have posted it then, but I was too busy watching Lie To Me. These two will both be at Billy’s this Thursday. 5iveit.
Willie is back with another release, The Cure 2. I’ve been slipping on the blog, playing some catch up today. This dropped on Thanksgiving. Download it free HERE. An EP version of the project, which I assume will be all of the songs over original production, will be available on itunes soon. 5iveit.
