Hunnypot Live #453 went off with a whole bunch of Covid hitches. We retreated to the office and recorded the show the way it used to be done.
Kevvie3TM made it down to rap with us. Ibeshocker, Sean Nevejas, Maddie, Daisy, Raul, DeDux, Constantine and Beatriz jumped in for support and Hot Tub Johnnie boosted everyone with beats all night.
-Jeff Gray
1/10/2022
Kevvie3TM is a recording artist/ song writer from Northern California, currently based out of West Hollywood. Since deciding to come out to Los Angeles he has started working on his debut album “S.P.L.I.T.” which will be announced in early 2022. He works with a independent musical collective of artists, producers, and engineers called “Open Studios”. This has led to more networking opportunities, meeting and collaborating with other creatives such as videographers, photographers etc.
In the course of 2021 Kevvie3TM has landed a song featured with rapper ibeshocker titled “Melrose Blues” in a full-length feature film Pride Jewel. He has recently been covered in the Voyager magazine here in LA and has his lyrics cited in Rap Genius. His main single out now is titled “Memories”. Memories has been play-listed on various Spotify lists and accumulated 30k views on YouTube. Kevvie3TM stated “Memories opened the door to many opportunities and has been a large reason I’m privileged to perform for places such as the HUNNYPOT LIVE at The Mint. I am focusing on performing and going on tour soon”. You can find him on any platform under the handle Kevvie3TMSoundcloud Facebook Twitter Instagram Spotify
Legendary Seattle Psych rock band, Sky Cries Mary, releases their 13th studio album, “Wandering In the Vastness”.
This collection of songs came together as a synthesis of feeling, thought, meditation, and experience during the global pandemic. So much isolation, loneliness, fear…How can you make an album when you can’t even be in the same room together?
The band found ways to collaborate despite the constraints brought on by lockdown and social distance. They wrote and collaborated from studios in Seattle, New York, Chattanooga, and points in between.
“I write from a lot of different instruments”, muses founding member Ben Ireland, “The pandemic gave us a lot of time to focus and expand our musicianship. Members were definitely encouraged to take risks!”
In the tradition of psychedelic pioneers Brian Jones, Terry Riley, and The Byrds, Ben co-wrote “Bright Biggest Eye” with Roderick. Beginning with an acoustic 12 string guitar, they texted song starts and lyrics back and forth later adding drones, bass lines, percussion, vocal parts.
“Raga Metal Machine”, a tribute to friend/idol Lou Reed’s ugly beautiful masterpiece “Metal Machine Music” involves 5 raga drone boxes run through a wall of Fender Twin Reverbs, guitar, some primitive voicings and features a 12 bar blues sung in reverse.
“Curt Eckman writes these deep sinewy bass lines that break the barrier between rhythm and lead” says Ireland. Eckman’s multitrack bass lines and special effects are featured on “L-Train”
Kevin Whitworth, a veteran guitarist for Love Battery and progenitor of the Seattle rock sound, infuses subtle guitar embellishments, with sampled SCM recordings, morphing them into an aural montage of shoe gazing crunchy grooves.
Sky Cries Mary founder Roderick Wolgamott is known for drawing from the spiritual and metaphysical for his lyrics. On Wandering in he Vastness, the lead singer and lyricist takes a more personal approach, sharing literal snapshots from life: A snowy evening in New York spent waiting, witnessing a friend’s relapse, a family’s resolve to survive hunger in the streets, a shout-out to a friend in Rock legend heaven.
“Sometimes my lyrics emerge from weird dreams, imaginings, and sometimes they come from waking life!” recalls Wolgamott. He adds that Debra Reese (who joined the band 2017) “is in the vocal personification of female animus and astral plane energy in my storytelling!”
Jack Endino, the acclaimed producer and engineer for Nirvana and Soundgarden, sits at the helm of the control booth once again. He also plays guitar on the album and returns to the drum kit on “L Train”. Throwing back to his early tape-op days, Endino includes one of his own called , “Jodo”. Throughout, Jack masterfully reunited the disparate parts, creating a hypersonic journey for listeners. The end result: the most creative and versatile Sky Cries Mary album since This Timeless Turning in 1994!
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Focus tracks: L Train, Bright Biggest Eye & Can't Find The Time
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Those who have had the pleasure of witnessing Rora Wilde live know her soulful tone runs deep. She’s naturally noticeable with crystalline vocals, deep in color and rich in emotion. Her new single Out of Hand featuring Dark encapsulates the dramatic flare of Rora’s live-show personality.
The accompanying music video delivers the same vulnerable intensity. Sly texts, impling deception lead to a marathon of tit-for-tat talking back and dramatic PDA. The emotions run higher than the drone’s eye view of the city that sets the scene for our two lovers. Rora and Dark’s duet mirrors the lovers' quarrel, each running each other off the page and into the middle of the street. The unapologetic blame game culminates in a blowoff/cliff hanger. Rora’s voice gets the chance to shine in the hook lamenting a mentality that leads to disposable relationships. This is not a forever couple, perhaps they had a moment similar to the Dodger hit on the game playing in the background, but just like our beloved hometeam, they can’t quite cinch the score.
This is surely only indicative in the lyrical relationship, because the pairing have an unexpectedly succinct sound.The harmonies amidst the trap beat tickling the production give this thematically pop vox song into a contemporary breakup angst jam. For any one who is hoping that earnest songwriting reins victorious in the 2020s, Rora Wilde might just be the woman to prove it.
--Robyn Dee
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Hunnypot Live #452 was the last one for 2021. Yule see us again in January.
Lauren Brinker co-hosted with stories of ghosts from her recent past in the music business and redemption through her current endeavors and projects.
Myke Anthony returned to Hunnypot, fronting his own group, and performed amped up Rock 'n' B/pop bangers.
Love Stallion finally made it to Hunnypot Live and bucked up thoroughbred glam rock music.
Hot Tub Johnnie kept it festive with the party hits all night.
Recap/Photos: J. Gray 12/13/2021
Lauren Brinker is a native of Hollywood, CA. She’s a singer, budding songwriter, chorister, and general lover of all things music. Lauren began singing as a young child in the LA Children’s Chorus. She was lucky to attend L. A. County High School for the Arts, where she was immersed in music every day of the school week. From high school she went on to study opera and vocal pedagogy at UC Santa Cruz, where she stayed to do their master’s program. Since then, she’s taught music to kids, worked for regional opera companies, dabbled in session singing, conducted a community musical and worked as a ringer for Catholic churches up and down California.
Currently, Lauren heads-off her own music clearance company, Smoketree Music. She’s also a proud member of Nevenka East European Folk Ensemble, a non-profit women’s folk chorus that was founded in 1976. Lauren’s husband, Ray Brinker, is a renowned jazz drummer. She’s grateful to have a life and career that is music centered.
LA based, Michael Anthony Marigliano, p.k.a. Myke Anthony. is an American musician, singer, songwriter, rapper and record producer. He has released two albums (Broken Love & These Days), one EP, and one mixtape. Myke's newest single "Rockstar" is a must hear.
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Grant Owens, from We Found New Music, guest hosted with us, shared his love of music discovery and promotion, and shot us up with an anti-"bodied" playlist to tell his tale.
Poe The Passenger enlarged and warmed our telltale hearts with energetic powered pop rock to cure what ails you.
Mr. Max took us beyond the capacity limits with a 3 piece triple dose of punk, pop, and rock.
Hot Tub Johnnie administered doses of party music before, during and after our bi-weekly musical clinic.
Recap: J. Gray
Photos: J. Gray 11/29/2021
Innovative and resourceful music industry professional with extensive experience in talent discovery and development. Introduced artists such as Billie Eilish, LAUV, Yungblud, Arlo Parks, and Kim Petras through his popular Industry focused weekly showcase and artist discovery platform, We Found New Music.
Grant has been an official SXSW showcase Presenter since 2015 due to his oracle -like track record in artistic discovery, and vast network of industry professionals.
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Energy-fueled, Alt Rock trio Poe the Passenger is an indie force set on stimulating their community with togetherness, honesty and sustainability. The consistent theme running through their music is the aspect of loving yourself for being authentically you and spreading love to others despite our current turmoil. Their music is a constant reminder to listeners around the world that we are all in this together. Their fans voted them to #1 on The World Famous KROQ Locals Only in Los Angeles, proving their dedication to the band. Their Instagram engagement is consistently high, around 24%, and their reach is over 7,000. Likewise, their Spotify audience has grown 138% in a matter of months to about 10,000 monthly listeners. A considerable base of these listeners reside in LA, and they have 1,600 trackers on Bandsintown providing a reliable audience for local shows.
With Andrew Goodfriend of TKO added to their team and over 100 live shows completed to date, Poe the Passenger is ready to bring their infectious, raw, and energetic live show to the masses. They instantly convert attendees to fans, and they have been honing their live set during the pandemic into a visually captivating and sonically stunning event for 2021 & 2022. Fans are hoping to see them on opening tours with Palaye Royale, Nothing But Thieves, The Hunna & other Alt Rock groups.
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Mr. Max is a Los Angeles-based Indie/Punk band founded by frontman/guitarist Max Cohen. Growing up in Los Angeles' South Bay, Max was heavily influenced by the punk rock music native to that area. Mr. Max combines these early influences with more modern sounds from the surf, psych, garage rock and indie rock worlds to create something new and original.
Mr. Max has grown into a 3-piece band with Marisa Testa on drums and Arion Salazar (Third Eye Blind) on bass and has been putting on high-energy shows in Los Angeles and the surrounding areas.
Mr. Max recently released their new single "I Hate My Life" along with a wild music video featuring animation by Youtuber Harvey Seasalt- The song was featured on 2 Spotify official playlists- "New Noise and Noisy," Three Official Apple Music Playlists and received praise from Allison Hagendorf- Global Head of Rock at Spotify.
Moshpit XR LLC, a Los Angeles based 3D concert entertainment company releases a new hyper-realistic, daytime virtual festival concert with Sean The Star Emperor
Moshpit reveals an entirely new approach in virtual concerts by presenting a daytime virtual concert Festival with huge intelligent AI fans and the ability for human avatars to join in as well. The show features popular Los Angeles based music artist Sean The Star Emperor.
We sat down with Sean for a Q&A regarding his artistry, performance in this virtual festival, and his outlook on virtual concerts:
Q: Sean, How was the experience shooting this show?
A: Filming the show was great. It was so easy and it was actually more comfortable to have just a crew and a green screen. Sometimes the audience gives me anxiety, and shooting this way made me feel like I was free to perform freely. So yes; I enjoyed the uniqueness of this new medium.
Q: What motivated you to choose to participate in this with the Moshpit team?
A: The virtual/VR/AR world is so cutting edge, who wouldn't want to break new earth with such an endeavor. Also the potential reach of viewers is far more than I could get at a concert of my own at this stage of my career, or during a pandemic.
Q: Has the company been pleasant to work with?
A: The courteous nature and full transparency of the Moshpit team are such valued traits in the Music Business and rare. I never felt abused, or disregarded , and I was always informed of updates. It is pleasing to have entertainment professionals making you feel treasured and valued and that's what Mosphit does. I feel like a valued asset around them, like a Picasso.
Q: What are your thoughts on the future of Virtual concerts and music experiences?
A: Yes, this is the future. We already have online concerts as seen through Fortnite and other examples. Also, organizations like "School Night" have partnered with Twitch and are doing great 'digicasts' like "School Night At Home." Society, culture, and technology, and social habits are forcing us even more toward this realm. The aforementioned shows us that companies are redefining themselves. One would be a fool to not follow suit. As an independent artist, I am highly invested in seeking ways to contend with artists signed to major labels with huge support. I can't compete with their dollars and their nexus. However, if I find the right platform to invest in, accompanied by a new technology, then I have hope. This is the beauty of Moshpit.
Moshpit will be showcasing its innovative virtual concert technology in coming months. If you're an artist and want to collaborate with Moshpit. You can reach out to them: info@moshpit.live - Darryl Swann
Hunnypot Live #450 was such an NFTeam effort
Co-Host Jonathan Lane block chained our attention with a ledger of his music supervision history.
Jalaina turned us bored apes in to pop music lovers.
Honest Family Outlaws put us in a quantum realm of trap and country music simultaneously.
Ellee Duke pumped our stock with unique crypto pop hits.
And Hot Tub Johnnie dripped hits like a drum and coinBass hero all night long.
Recap: J. Gray 11/8/2021
Jonathan Lane is a music licensing executive and Music Supervisor with over 10 years of experience in the industry. Providing Music Supervision services to many top film marketing and advertising agencies since 2015, Jon is the founder of Clearly Music – A full scope Music Supervision company with a focus on film marketing, advertising content and podcasts. In addition to Clearly Music, Jon is the Senior Director of Synch & Licensing at 5 Alarm Music (an Anthem Entertainment company) where he is instrumental in developing and overseeing their overall licensing strategy, key partnerships, music supervisor relationships, and more.
Jon currently serves on the Board of Directors for the California Copyright Conference (CCC) and is a Friend of the Guild of Music Supervisors.
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JELAINA (Justina Shandler + Elaine Ryan) is a pop duo based in LA and SF. From roll-the-windows-down upbeat bangers to heartfelt acoustic vibes, JELAINA celebrates the girliness in all humans. Both Elaine and Justina are solo singer-songwriters, as well as activists and business partners. They co-founded Sync Music For a Change (syncmusicforachange.com), an initiative that hosts listening sessions with music supervisors in exchange for musician activism.
They also run up and coming boutique sync agency, Unicorn Sync (www.unicornsync.com). A singular intention fuels all three projects: the vision of a kinder, more inclusive world, beginning with a fierce devotion to self discovery and healing. JELAINA’s music reflects a commitment to community, connection and joy as part and parcel of dismantling oppressive systems. And best of all- it’s delivered to a tasty indie pop groove.
Formed in the Spring of 2021, Honest Family Outlaws is a trap country family band from Tujunga, California. Veterans of the stage, studio and music business, each member brings their own unique personality and skill set to the table forming a super-group with great crossover multi genre potential.
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Ellee Duke is an American Artist/Songwriter. Born in Utah, she began writing songs at age 5. By the time she was 17, she had written hundreds of songs and began making trips to Nashville with big dreams of breaking into the music industry .During these Nashville trips, she came in contact with Big Machine Music and signed an artist/publishing deal. She graduated high school early, moved to Nashville shortly after, and began writing and recording with different writers and producers.
Shortly after Ellee moved to Nashville, she realized how much she loved pop music. In 2015, Ellee opened 11 west coast shows for LeAnn Rimes. During this tour, Ellee wrote in LA with some pop writers and producers and made some of her favorite music. She felt a strong sense that LA was where she wanted to be and moved there six months later. Later that year Ellee signed a new publishing deal with Big Yellow Dog Music. Then in 2018, after a long struggle of fighting to stay true to her self, she decided to step away and become an independent artist.
Since then, Ellee got her first Billboard #1 with a song she co-wrote called “Craving” that she collaborated on with Arty and Audien. She’s gotten cuts with J Lo, Charlotte Lawrence, Walk the Earth, Alexander Stewart, Ali Simpson, and has a lot more in the works.
Ellee opened for Rachel Platten in 2016 and has played shows all around the US since a very young age. She’s currently working on her next roll out of original music, and telling her story in a vulnerable and profound way.
Zeus Rebel Waters is an American hip hop artist/songwriter, entrepreneur, single-dad, community leader and philanthropist. The St. Louis native brings a distinct sound and style to hip hop known simply as Gumbo - a gritty blend of all genres mixed with melodic cadence and eclectic rhymes.
The indie rapper brings raw energy to the stage and unleashes it to all his fellow "Rebels" making his live show an experience of high-intensity and positive vibes.
From humble beginnings to Hoo Bangin’ Records, Waters has become a major player throughout the bi-state region. Now, the deity rapper is setting his sights on the global market. With business ventures in fashion, film, and community development, Zeus’ imprint goes far beyond bars and tracks. Make no mistake, Zeus Rebel Waters is here!
Zeus has a hit with his latest single/video "LUV". Check it out here...
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Hunnypot Live #449 was a post Halloween treat.
Spirits broke our camera so some cellphone photos are all we have.
Xhaania costumed the position in the interview chair and a short performance.
Nick and the Old Sport haunted Hunnypot for the 4th time.
Pacific Radio performed fun sized pop music, and Hot Tub Johnnie spilled a cauldron of party music all over the packed house. 11/1/2021
Xhaania (Pronounced ZA-NEE-AH) is a singer, song writer from Los Angeles, California with Jamaican heritage. Xhaania grew up listening, singing and dancing to raggea music throughout her childhood, one of the foundations of her unique sound. In addition to raggae music, much of Xhaania's inspiration comes from R&B, Gospel, Rap and hip-hop.
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Pacific Radio is a 4 piece sonic collision of energetic garage rock and LA heartbreak.
4 out of 5 toothpaste users recommend Hunnypot Live for a balanced breakfast.
Hunnypot Live #448 tipped the scales.
Nicole Sanzio returned to update everyone on INDIGI Music happenings and her own new solo piano record!
The roar in the wild, Rora Wilde, belted out ballads and bangers. Fairhazel, thrilled with subdued, meaningful pop music.
Hot Tub Johnnie kept the hits flowing all night and in to the after party.
As the Owner of InDigi Music and Executive Producer, Nicole Sanzio has helped their Artists, Writers and Composers get music placed music in Film, TV & Video.
Her accomplishments as an independent contractor has made her a sought-after expert within the fast-changing industries of licensing/publishing. Her music placements read like a “what’s hot” list in Film & TV programming, among them: MGM’s RESPECT (Aretha Franklin biopic starring Jennifer Hudson), Universal Pictures “Despicable Me 2” and “Fast & Furious” (4, 5 and 6), STX Films “Hustlers”, Better Things (FX), All American (CW), Ginny & Georgia (Netflix), Last Chance U (Netflix), Showtime’s “Ray Donovan” and “Shameless”, Empire (Fox), NBC Olympic Games, NBC “Today Show” and “Meet The Press”, NCIS (CBS), The Hype (HBO Max), In The Dark (CW), Batwoman (CW), etc. Her company has also secured a hefty list of other music placements on AMC, CBS, NBC, TLC, PBS, USA Network, Lifetime, Nickelodeon, MTV, Animal Planet, Netflix, Hulu and Amazon.
Rora Wilde is a pop r&b singer/songwriter Los Angeles, CA. Originally from The Rio Grande Valley, she began singing at the young age of 6 and fell in love with music. She studied cello in school, and taught herself piano and guitar.
At 13, she discovered songwriting and has been performing live ever since. The singer played any stage she could get her hands on; coffee shops, bars, clubs, theaters, etc.
At 18, Rora moved to Austin and continued to play live shows and further developed her sound. The singer explored different genres like alternative rock, synth pop, indie folk and even country-chasing a sound that truly represents her as an artist.
Today, Wilde's powerhouse vocals soar over her new Pop/R&B sounds with moody & introspective lyrics.
Fairhazel is the moniker of 23 year old British/South African singer songwriter Hugh Macdonald. Born in Brighton but raised in London, Cape Town and Paris, Hugh left Berklee College of Music in Boston in 2018 returning to London to work with Communion Music under the name Fairhazel, releasing his first single 7x7 in February to great critical acclaim. Roisin O’Connor of The Independent described it as having "tender, whispering vocals that recall the likes of Villagers, Ben Howard and Sufjan Stevens”. ?
Inspired by artists France Gall, Harry Nilsson and Andy Shauf among others, Fairhazel has established himself as a musical storyteller blurring the lines between fiction and true stories. ?
At his Los Angeles studio, he works on creating all aspects of his music himself from songwriting, arrangement, production, playing and engineering. Although Fairhazel is a solo venture, a band often accompanies him (Louis Giannamore, Alexander Naim Noorani, Karim Saber, Elliot Deubel, Matt Zajac, @yourfriendjuniper, Nate Daviau) at shows and he has opened for Agnes Obel, Banfi and Astræa. Recently he played Whispering Bob Harris's Under the Apple Tree, and featured twice on the lineup of the Counting Crows Underwater Sunshine Festival. His debut album, I'm a Friend of Fairhazel came out in January 2020, and his follow-up, I Sold My Soul For Fairhazel is out now.