Orlando Rock's April 7th @ HOB '12

This Past Saturday (April 7th) @ The House of Blues Shut Up and Dance took the stage and grabbed the audience's attention with their hybrid version of the pop/rock dance style that's a little on the addictive side of things especially their cover of 'Marry The Night' by Lady Gaga. Lead singer Jessi has a great stage presence and is so exciting to watch her perform, and Joey seems to have a veteran style that screams that he belongs on that stage. Sadly though it was Chad's (SUAD guitarist) last performance as part of the band... "We love you Chad"! You can catch Shut Up and Dance performing @ the FMF on April 19th and with Chasing Thrill on May 4th @ 7pm inside of Bombshell's Tavern in Orlando!

www.FaceBook.com/ShutUpAndDanceMusic

Alternative Rock band Mr.Bella took the next set changing the mood of the room and the sound in the venue but keeping the excitment in the room consistent to SUAD as they engaged the audience adding to their rock solid performance they offer up a unique infused musical style even covering an unexpected 'Just Dance' by Lady Gaga but a very good unexpected :)
www.MrBella.com

You can catch our interview with Mr. Bella on HearThatTuneMusic.blogspot.com and MyLakeLibrary.org ~TeenLib



Mandi <3

Orlando Rocks!

April 7th @ The legendary House Of Blues
located inside of DownTown Disney.

Featuring The band's:
Shut Up and Dance
Mr. Bella
DollFace
Hemme

Show starts @ 7pm

Mr. Bella Interview, see them live on April 7th @ HOB

Interview with Mr. Bella
By: Mandi of Hear That Tune Music

Mr. Bella... Can you introduce yourselves to our reader’s?
Erinmarie – Vocals

Amir – Bass/ back Vox

Joe -  Percussion, “Joe Murphy drummer”

Noah – Guitar, I'm Noah, the guitar player. I grew up in Northern Virginia. I was an overweight kid who just played his guitar a lot. My home base has always been rock music, but I like pretty much anything organic -- including blues, jazz, country, classical, etc.

2. Mr. Bella, now who was behind this band name and what is the meaning behind it?

ERINMARIE

“I guess I have to take responsibility for this lol. I happened to be studying French at the time I needed to come up with something quick. Since there are and were both guys and girls in the band I thought it was important to allude to that; so, Mr. Bella seemed to fit the part.  Mr. for the guys, Bella for the girls…it was never supposed to stick but our first show was packed and starting over from that point just didn’t make sense…and the rest is history. “

NOAH “There was this big sweaty guy who lived down the street when I was growing up. He used to come over and drink all my parents' beer. So we named the band after him. Just kidding.”
Amir
“EM, you really know the answer to this more, but I always say "we're the 'mr' and she's the 'bella'.”
JOE
“I believe Erinmarie named the band after an Italian Drummer killed at Pompei.”

3. Describe your style and sound in 2 words?

 ERINMARIE

“Aggressive melody”
NOAH
“I can't”
Amir
“heavy but pretty....that’s 3 words...umm...  heavy prettiness??”
JOE
“The ballz”

4. As a band how long have all of you been playing/performing together?

ERINMARIE

“Well, the music scene is a crazy place! We’ve all been doing this for quite a few years…probably more than my lifetime if you were to combine all the experience.”
NOAH
“I moved down to Florida in 2000 and was in other Tampa Bay bands when I met ErinMarie. My first show with Mr Bella was in early 2005.”
Amir
“too long lol.... me 11 years, noah since 2005 with break in between... ???”.”
JOE
“ten years”

5. If you had to convince someone to listen to your latest release who had never listened to you before what would you say?
ERINMARIE
“I don’t waste my breath trying to convince people of anything. Freewill If you want to give us a shot – awesome, you won’t be disappointed. If not, that’s cool too – that’s why mainstream radio plays the same songs over and over and over and over…”
NOAH
“Listen to this or I'll murder you. ~laughs I don't know. "Hey, wanna hear something?"
Amir
“It's a lot better than you think!”
JOE
“You are the last one on the planet who hasn't listened to it, Come on jackwagon !!!”

6. As a band Who is your greatest musical inspiration/influence?

ERINMARIE

“I don’t think that can be answered as a whole…we’re extremely diverse on our influences…to pick just one wouldn’t do us any favours.
For myself, I’d have to say Stevie Nicks, Raine Maida, Bif Naked and Alanis Morrisette…I think I REALLY found out what my voice could do after listening to her “Jagged Little Pill” album. That pushed me. Now, it’s a warm-up.”
NOAH
“Each member is going to answer this differently. As a guitar player, I've been into a lot of different players over the years. I guess if I could only pick a couple guitar of players then I would mention SRV, Tom Scholz, Zakk Wylde, Gary Moore, and Ty Tabor as a few of my bigger influences. I guess a lot of bands influence me, but the ones who really inspire me are the ones who write stuff that's so dense (in terms of layering many tones, dynamics, odd time signatures, key changes, etc) that I have no choice but to listen, study, and learn. Those are bands like Structures, Textures, the Contortionist, Animals as Leaders, BTBAM, etc. I'm not always in the mood to listen to them, but there is a lot to admire about their music.”
Amir
“Varies between members.... too many to mention, but Brett Hestla really inspires me as a writer and composer.”
JOE
“All that Roxx”

7. What is your favorite venue to perform at in Florida?
ERINMARIE
“Hey, I think we may all agree on this one!  House of Blues! Not only is it a beautiful venue but it’s very comfortable experience for our fans as well and I think that’s important.”
NOAH
“Tough question. I enjoy playing HOB Orlando a lot. They're really professional people to work with, and things tend to go smoothly because of their attention to detail. Plus it's a fairly large room and it's nice to see a lot of faces out there when you're playing. I liked Jannus Landing in St Pete too, because it's an outdoor setup with a cool vibe.”
Amir
“House of Blues Orlando”
JOE
“House of Blues”

8. What is the song you can’t get enough of at the moment? (each member)
ERINMARIE
“I’m obsessed with “This is Halloween” as performed by Marilyn Manson at this particular moment – haha  no, seriously though probably would have to be Dark New Day’s New Tradition album, I’m all over that album right now – don’t make me choose!!”
NOAH
“Ugh, there are several. Lies of the Beautiful People by Sixx:AM, Fiend by Dark New Day, Coeur d'Alene by Alter Bridge, Buried Alive by Ready, Set, Fall. The list goes on and on but I'll stop there.”
Amir
“Straightjacket by Dark New Day and My Valentine by Paul McCartney”
JOE
“Come to the next sow and I'll play it 4 you” 

9.Favorite Junk Food? (each member)

ERINMARIE
“I don’t eat junk. Ever.”
NOAH
“I don't really eat junk food in the form of candy bars and things like that. I'm uncomfortable with how much I crave movie theatre popcorn, though. It's not reasonable.”
Amir
“Pizza”
JOE
“Pizza”

Mr. Bella on Facebook

Thanks for the Interview, Now all of you can see Mr. Bella Live @ House of Blues Orlando on April 7^th!

N.B.T winner's 'Sound Express' with 'Shut Up and Dance'

Head to the Backbooth in Orlando Florida on December 17th
For an EPIC Christmas show with:
"Shut Up and Dance"
"Sound Express"
"My Only Hero"
"7 Months Later"

ALL AGES
presale tickets are $5, $8 @ the door.
For more info: http://www.facebook.com/#!/events/256659261057573/

XL 106.7 X-MAS show

XL 106.7's X-MAS show is back and bigger than ever before Getting acts together and under the same roof that might otherwise never happen. Invading the Lake Buena Vista House of Blues on December 12th, 13th and 14th, with performances by Jason Derulo, Karmin, The Fray, the one and only AVRIL LAVIGNE, the indie/pop band The Cab who hooked me 'Vegas Skies' and reeled me in with 'Bad', former Fall Out Boy front man Patrick Stump with his new 'Soul Punk' sound (but for all those FOB fans 'long live the car crash hearts:) as well as powerhouse Gavin Degraw and techno/alt dance band Cobra Starship, and Skylar Grey.

This line-up is sick, you have a wide varity of genres covered by some of the most talented artist of those genres! This will be EPIC!

For show details go to:http://www.xl1067.com/pages/xlentxmas2011.html

And I didn't forget; for your local music fix check out the winner of Orlano's Best band Alternative rockers 'A Brilliant Lie'. http://www.facebook.com/ABrilliantLie

Interview with 'Set The Score'

Interview By: Mandi of Hear That Tune Music
Set The Score is the pop/punk band hitting the scene out of Kissimmee, Fl.

"Hey its Josh, i play guitar and do vocals." "I'm hugo i play lead guitar." "Hey i'm Cam and I play bass and we're in set the score!"

You guy's are pretty young to have such a passion for what you're doing, how long have all of you been playing together?

(josh)

We're are very passionate about what we do, we may be young but this is definitely what we love to do. We've been playing together for about a year, but we started Set the Score pretty recently.

 Now 'Set The Score' where did that derive from, Is there a meaning behind it?

(josh)

Set The Score came from hours of no sleep and an endless amount of messages between each other ha ha. We really wanted a name that described what we were about and its pretty much about how we try to set the score for music, we want to really impress people with what we do considering we are pretty young. We may be young but we definitely pack a punch ha ha

 How do all of you balance performing and practice with school?

(hugo)

"school is a major priority so we start of with any work for school, and once we finish, that's when we head for 2 to 3 hour practices

(josh) "yeah we work hard so that we can work harder for our fans ha ha!"

Do you have a favorite place/venue that the band has gotten to perform at? And where is your fantasy venue that you would want STS to one day perform at?

(josh)

"I'd say so far our favorite place we've played it is BackBooth in Orlando. It was a really great show for us, being able to get out there and play with some great bands. I would say though we hope to play at the House of Blues one day, its just one of those iconic venues. Every band plays there, and we've seen so many of our favorite bands play there. It would be great."

If you guy's could open for any touring band right now who would it be?

(josh) "i would say All Time Low or Blink 182" 

(cam) "big time rush haha"

#1 song on your playlist right now? 

(josh) "Girls do what they want by The Maine"

(cam) "The enemy by anthrax"

(hugo) "Life is just a fantasy, one of the songs off of our ep haha"

What is your long term goal for 'Set The Score' and what can we expect from STS in the near future?

(josh)

"Touring the world is our long time goal, making music for everyone to hear, and just enjoying the world as people enjoy Set The Score.

I'd say you can expect a lot of big things from us, because we have big plans for Set The Score!"

If you had to convince a crowd of your peers to come check out a STS performance for the first time what would you say? 

(josh)

"I would say, theres probably tons of things you can do, but only one involves us and some great music! and we wont disappoint you, we can assure that"

(hugo)" you wont regret it, come and enjoy one awesome show"

Finally this question seems to always be a favorite, must-have... Candy? 

(josh) "I love anything willy wonka"

(cam) "crunch bar"

(hugo) "swedish fish"

Thanks Guy's! 

You can check out STS live on December 10th at Miller's Ale House in Winter Park as they take part in this year's  Winter Wonder Jam!

Live @ the Plaza

For the first time Some awesome band's will be coming together performing live at the Plaza in Orlando on October 15th and it's a must-see concert. A Hero's Fate has aquired a large following since 2007  touring the US with their pop/punk style. Chasing Thrill  has earned a spot at Taste of Chaos and the Warped Tour even scoring in the top 5 unsigned bands from SmartPunk.com with their powerpop/rock sound. Gemeni is the 5 piece alternative rock Orlando based band giving a gothic spin on their pop/rock sound with songs like 'Trapped' and 'Stake in the heart'. Fronted by twin sisters Gina and Lisa gomez who you can catch performing acoustially at this years Trash to Fashion on October 22nd at Cooper Memorial.

A Hero's Fate: http://www.purevolume.com/aherosfate
Chasing Thrill: http://www.purevolume.com/chasing_thrill
Gemeni: http://www.reverbnation.com/gemeni

UPDATE!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lake County Battle Of The Bands 2011

Update!!!!

For those of you that don't want to wait in-line the day of show to get your tickets, GOOD NEWS you don't have to! You can get your tickets in advance Through NewBeginningslake.org  at The Wesley Center for only $5 and the tickets will be mailed directly to your house, Gotta love modern technology. But don't worry you may also purchase your tickets at the door for only $7. 

For your added enjoyment you will be able to purchase T-shirt's and CD's from some of the band's including; The Real, Vagrant Undertow, Set The Score and the band Radagun who will offer their posters for FREE yupp  I said FREE:) 

Now one more bit of exciting information two of the band's performing; 'The Real' and 

'Set The Score' are both in the running for the Ernie Ball 15 contest so scroll on over to their band

profiles take a listen and VOTE! Then come see them live at The Wesley Center on Friday,
August 5th @6pm DownTown Clermont!  
 vote for The Real for the Ernie Ball 15: 

 Vote for Set The Score for the Ernie Ball 15:

Lake County **Battle of the bands** 2011

Here is the current line-up for the Lake County Battle of the Bands 2011@ the Wesley Center Clermont, Fl August 5th @ 6pm.

Tickets are only $7 and the Proceeds will go towards benefiting the homeless/hungry
in Lake County...

And *Just added* The MC for the night will be the one and Only Lucienne Diver, the gorgeous mind behind the best selling books Vamped and Revamped and Now her newest release Bad Blood! Lucienne Diver








Radagun 

pop/punk rock Formed in California in 2008.

The band now resides in Jacksonville, Fl. Was the featured band on jacksonville.com and their video 'Runaway'  is available on Fuse on demand. Members Aimee Ortiz and Todd Low find musical influences from artist including The Beatles, Fiona Apple, Yellowcard and Incubus. Find them on iTUNES and at Radagun's Website

The Real

 has performed along with Honor Society, Action Item as well as A Hero's Fate. When two bands from the same small town parted ways, ( Pathway to Providence and My Getaway) they came together to create The Real With their EP due out on June 29th you can check out Evan, Carson, Felipe, Wade and Sean this August 5th as well as on their Facebook and PureVolume Page's.  

 

The Real's FaceBook

The Real's PureVolume

Vagrant Undertow

The Florida  pop/rock sensation 'Vagrant Undertow' coming out of Orange Park has played venues including The Haven, Murray Hill Theater, various Charity events and had appearances on CW 17  . The band has a fun youth mix of pop and punk reflecting a similarity to the great 'Blink 182' and the canadian punk hit makers  'Simple Plan'. Come see Justin, Brennan, Charles, Kevin, and Alex live!

You can check out the band's music and schedule on:

Vagrant Undertow on ReverbNation

Set The Score

Here to bring back pop punk and prove they aren't just some kids.  A mix of old and new, with Inspirations from every style of music. The band is Currently writing and preparing to show everyone what they've got, after going through a name change and starting fresh, they're ready to start everything up again. They'll never give up their dream of playing for the world. They really are here to                                       Set The Score.  Set The Score's Facebook

Set The Score Is also one of the competing bands in the Battle of the Band's Ernie Ball 15, click below to vote or listen to their tracks. Vote Set The Score for Ernie Ball 15 

Deadbolt Revival
 Christian hard rock/rap band.
Their sound is defined by the band’s desire to deliver a God-inspired message that is powerful and direct. Their no-B.S. approach to living a Christ-inspired life led them to write in-your-face lyrics that are meant to challenge the complacency of modern Christianity, and  ignite revival throughout the Church.  Deadbolt Revival's Facebook

FallBack 16
has went from garage band to the latest punks to hit the
rock scene. With there blend of pop punk/alt rock
with influnces spanning from blink-182 to smashing pumpkins.

Stat tuned for the latest demo from these guy's that are  ready to burst out of the underground scene!!                                                      Fallback 16's FaceBook

Nick Carter ask for 'Just One kiss' in his new song!

Although he's back with the 90's boy band BackStreet Boys as they tour along side the New Kids On The Block as they create the super band NKOTBSB Nick has found the time to work on his second solo project set to release on iTUNES on May 24th 2011.

In 2009 Nick recorded the single 'Beautiful Lie'  with artist Jennifer Paige. Now back with 'I'm taking off' as the long awaited follow-up to 'Now or Never' and is out with the debut single 'Just One kiss'. Working with Rami, Carl Falk, Toby Gad,  One Hoge, Claude Kelly on this new album,  if your a long-time BSB fan or just a pop music lover be prepared to be lovestruck by this calm subtle video and a vibe of the more mature and seasoned Nick Carter in 'Just One kiss'.

 Nick will be touring to promote 'I'm taking off' on a decreased scale compared to the current NKOTBSB tour that's hitting arenas nation wide so stay posted to check his new touring schedule;)
http://www.myspace.com/nickcarter

You can watch Nick's brand new video on youtube.com

http://youtu.be/DNylb3FkRFg

P!ATD Vices and Virtues

American alternative rock band Panic! at the Disco is back with their third studio Album Vices and Virtues.

The band was formed in 2004 in Las Vegas and hitting the music world in 2005 with the release of their 'A Fever You Sweat Out' debut album with a unique Vaudeville style. Their album debyed at #6 on the Billboard Independent Album chart and #1 on the Billboard Top HeatSeekers chart, and the first single "I Write Sins Not Tragedies" winning the 2006 MTV Video of the Year award.

Changing their style with each album they came back in 2008 with an organic baroque style in the album 'Pretty Odd' which debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200 chart and the first single off the album 'Nine in the Afternoon' was #44 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2008. This album was the counterpart to the bands 2005 'A fever youu can't Sweat Out'.

Now they bring their fans Vices and Virtues, released  March 2011 they resurrect that gorgeous and tempting Vaudeville style that they do so well, adding a litlle Gothic spin in the video for the first release 'The ballad of Mona Lisa'.  This is by far my favorite video and song from P!ATD, you can actually see and hear how far the band has come musically. With the chorus so catchy I can't help but over play it.



I advise fans of earlier P!ATD music and admirers of the bands Cobra Starship, Fall Out Boy, The Black Cards, VersaEmerge and My Chemical Romance You MUST download  'the Ballad of Mona Lisa' from iTUNES or hey have the extra cash then invest in the full album, it will be your spring addiction;)

And don't forget to check P!ATD new tour schedule for dates near you!
http://www.panicatthedisco.com/

The Rock'n Girls of Gemeni!

Gemeni is a pop/rock band made up of twin sisters Lisa and Gina Gomez, Derek Campbell, Austin Browne, and Cameron Cunningham. 

With the band's influences ranging from My Chemical Romance to Kelly Clarkson, these talented girls have been singing and performing since the age of 5 and have grown into rock hard performers. 

Songs including 'Trapped' and 'Stake in the heart' 

showcase the bands amazing talent and musical versatility.

You can catch the full band of Gemeni performing at Club 57 West this month as  part of the Florida Music Festival and hit their ReverbNation page to listen to the  bands latest tracks. http://www.reverbnation.com/gemeni 

As part of the 8th annual Festival of Reading on April 8th you can see 

Lisa and Gina performing acoustically throughout the night at the 

Author's Reception 'Dying to Meet you'!

Don't miss this amazing opportunity to see these talented twins!

Vagrant Undertow Rocks the Studio

The talented punk/rockers Brennan, Justin, Charles, Kevin

and Alex performed this past Wednesday at the Lake Front

TV studio as part of the Festival of Reading Kick-off 

proving they have the personality and musical ability to be compared to punk greats 'Blink 182', 'Sum 41' and

'Simple Plan'. 

Coming from Orange Park Fl, with past performing venues 

including the Haven and appearances on CW17 and 

headliners for the 2011  The Shiners Chili Cook off and 

The Donna Deegan “Race for the Cure” Marathon.And Upcoming performances include the Murray Hill Theater. 

Come out and meet the Guy's on April 2nd @ 12:30pm as they rock the 

Leesburg Public Library!

To read more about the Guy's or listen to their latest tracks browse on over to http://www.reverbnation.com/vagrantundertow#!

Photos from the March 16th filming 

http://mylakelibrary.org/teens/photo_gallery.aspx?catid=109