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Breanne Duren; New tracks produced by Mike Daly
As labels continue to struggle with breaking new artists, the common questions we hear from label folks regarding a potential signing are: what’s the back story and what’s the setup? In many cases, the answer for many acts is just fluff. But in Breanne Duren’s case, it’s apparently putting label folks in hot pursuit. With new tracks recorded by studio whiz/ex-Whiskeytown member Mike Daly, the tracks are garnering lots of label attention. And it doesn’t hurt that Duren is a touring member of Minnesota act Owl City. Afterall, the band’s Ocean Eyes LP has gone platinum and the group has toured the world extensively in the past two years. Meanwhile, Duren will continue to tour with the group, while she finishes tracks with Daly and a proper label home is set in place. Ummm, sounds like a pretty good back story and setup to us. Owl City manager Steve Bursky is repping the songstress. In the meantime, we hear there’s some industry activity surrounding Daly. Hmmm. Inquiring minds want to know. Stay tuned…
02.11.10It’s Been Said…
DIY Currency: Solid Gold
SXSW is 6 weeks away and if you’re starting your ‘must-see’ list, be sure to add Minneapolis’ Solid Gold. The indie-electro trio has been building one of the more impressive DIY stories of late. They’ve sold close to 10,000 albums, received press nods in Billboard, NME, Pitchfork and Filter among others and their new video is premiering on MTV2 and mtvU this month. We hear labels are circling in on this one with some offers already in. The band has two upcoming hometown shows if you want to beat the SXSW rush.
Labels and pubcos are taking notice of Oren Lavie, as the buzz continues to build around the Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter. Lavie, who has now garnered over 10.5 million views of his “Her Morning Elegance” video on YouTube, played a string of recent dates at the Hotel Cafe that brought out majors and indie A&R folks (with no record or pub deal in place, and an a new album’s worth of material, it’s no surprise). Attorney Ben Laski is handling legal duties…
The story keeps building on Matthew Mayfield. His new EP Breathe Out in Black was sitting at #1 on the iTunes singer-songwriter chart this morning, just two days after being independently released. In fact the entire EP was recorded, mixed, mastered and up for sale digitally in the span of a week. Check out www.matthewmayfield.com for more… Keep an eye on L.A. locals The Sequel. The band has been popping up on label radars of late and has more than a few showcases already on the horizon. EMI Music Pub players Dan MacCarroll and Declan Morrell snapped up the band early for publishing. Get on it…
Young gun Ben Adelson settles in at a new A&R gig at Epic Records. Adelson was previously at Universal Republic and brought in Flobots and Owl City. He also co-manages recent Roadrunner signing Young the Giant (formerly The Jakes)… Meanwhile, we hear there is an established big-rock act who is currently a free-agent and is being courted by multiple labels on both coasts. Inquiring minds want to know? Here’s a hint, they didn’t play the Super Bowl Halftime Show…
IN THE MIX: K Sera, Moonlight Bride and Tyrone Wells…
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