PRESS RELEASE: Band Turn Local Music Shop into Recording Studio!
Who needs studio time? UK band Georgia Wonder turn to local Music Retailer to record their next album on the shop floor.
Like many bands, Georgia Wonder were wondering how to fund their next studio album. Financing a recording without a label can be a headache for even moderately successful bands. Although the duo had done much of the their previous work at home on their first two EPs ‘Hello Stranger’ and ‘Destroy’, they felt that given the right resources they could take things much further creatively.
It wasn’t just studio time they needed, they were also short on world class instruments - guitars, basses and keyboards - that can all contribute to making a great album.
‘It dawned on us that our local music shop has everything we need to record our music’ explained Stephanie Grant, vocals. ‘If we could get the keys, we’d be half way there’.
The band emailed their local store, Nevada Music, and asked if they could use the shop to record their next album. To their surprise, Mike Devereux, founder of Nevada, loved the idea and ‘Made In Nevada’ was born.
‘It’s always nice to see bands thinking out of the box - it’s a great concept and we’ve given them free reign to do anything they like in our shop for six months. We’re as excited as anyone to see what Georgia Wonder come up with.’
The band will record a video blog of the entire process that will be posted regularly on Muzu.tv and the YouTube ‘Made In Nevada’ page. ‘We’re going to be a bit like a couple of kids in a candy store,’ said Julian, ‘so it would be a shame if we didn’t show people what we were up to. We can take this opportunity to experiment and share the results.’
Although this is a great way for the band to get their hands on lots of nice gear, there is a downside. ‘There are now so many instruments for us to chose from we have no idea where to start!’ explained Julian.
View the “Made in Nevada” video-blogs at http://gwonder.com/
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About Georgia Wonder:
Georgia Wonder are Stephanie Grant (vocals) and Julian Moore (music). In 2008, their debut EP ‘Hello Stranger’ and song ‘Girl You Never Knew’ received plaudits from Record Of The Day and Pop Justice who called it ‘one Grey's Anatomy soundtrack appearance away from being an international hit single.’ The video for the song, recorded for less than a pound, was immediately picked up by Bliss TV who put it into heavy rotation.
Opening for Simply Red frontman Mick Hucknall on his ’08 UK tour, playing in front of 14,000 people in a week, Georgia Wonder later appeared at the historic election night gig at the London American Embassy alongside Glenn Tilbrook from Squeeze.
Originally picked up by legendary BBC presenter ‘whispering’
Georgia Wonder has just released their second EP ‘Destroy’ on their own label.
http://www.gwonder.com
About Nevada Music:
Nevada Music is celebrating its 40th year in business and has been awarded several times for their initiative and business enterprise, most recently in October 2009 by the Music Industries Association. www.nevadamusic.co.uk
Contact:
Nevada PR: Marcia Brogan Email: Marcia@nevada.co.uk;
Nevada Music: Mike Devereux, Nevada Music Managing Director Email: mike@nevada.co.uk Tel: 023 92 313090 www.nevadamusic.co.uk
Georgia Wonder: Julian Moore: julian@gwonder.com Tel: 07595 347 057 www.gwonder.com
