Monophonics Monophonics2015-07-31.MTX
2015-07-31 Guitarfish Festival
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Monophonics Live at Guitarfish Festival on 2015-07-31
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Monophonics Orca Stage Guitarfish Festival Cisco Grove CA 31-JULY-2015 Promotions By: Big Tree Productions / Brent Dana Recorded By: RasBobre Mixed By: John Dean / Cerberus Sounds Inc. Source 1: Audio Technics AT853, Approx. 8 feet high located at SBD, 60 ft from stage Source 2: Soundboard AT853>SBD>Zoom Handy H6>Audacity 24/96 Not suitable for CD burning. The Festival: An intimate family, community, arts & music festival held high in the stunning Sierra's at the Cisco Grove Campgrounds providing one of the most beautiful settings in California has to offer and an amazing place to listen to a perfect lineup of top-notch musicians with friends and family. In celebration of the "Blue" part of our planet, we gather offering community, music and art, high up in the Sierra Nevada at Cisco Grove Campground, just west of Truckee California. Providing one of the most beautiful settings to gather, listen, dance with friends and family to some of the greatest musical talents of today. The Experience: Beyond the great music acts at Guitarfish Music Festival, there is camping with friends and loved ones. Beyond the mid-summer warmth and starlit night skies you will find towering trees, river swimming, hiking, world-class mountain or road biking, family camp and kids area with activities. One can find great food, coffee, beer and wine to enjoy under the shade cloths in the day and light shows at night. Simply Magical. The Cause: We have organized this wonderful festival in order to raise awareness of overfishing and pollution of the ocean and to help preserve our fresh watersheds, rivers and streams. To educate, preserve, give guidance and stewardship for our future and present safekeeping of our water and way of life. To all who are willing to be involved, share this message, who have an idea, a name, a number, an agency or a friend to join in the effort. Let us share our knowledge and make a difference, gain a voice, so that we can be heard on a larger level and make some positive changes toward a sustainable and healthy future. Providing a safe, fun environment for celebration and education. A music festival geared not strictly for profit, but to be directed for the good of the people and our planet. To help provide education and direction for positive change to sustain and maintain healthy watersheds, rivers, streams, lakes and oceans and to preserve all living beings that depend on it. The Band: “One of the best live soul bands I have ever seen!†– Al Bell (Record producer, songwriter, executive, and co-owner of legendary Stax Records) Raised amid the rich musical culture and history of the San Francisco Bay Area, Monophonics proudly carry the torch through the generations into today’s musical landscape. Holding on to tradition, but by no means purists of any kind, they play their own brand of music known as “Psychedelic Soul.†The 2012 release of Monophonics last album In Your Brain saw the band pulling influences from such acts as early Funkadelic, Sly and The Family Stone and the The Temptation's Norman Whitfield produced records. With the new album, Sound of Sinning (April 1, 2015 on Transistor Sound Records), the band has grown in all areas of record making and felt a need to explore other important influences. While the group has come to cherish these inspirations, with Sound of Sinning they started venturing beyond, to the groups that were inspiring those soul acts to embrace the psychedelic sound of the 60's and 70's. Bands such as The Zombies, The Beatles, Beach Boys and Pink Floyd. Even with the experimentation of new musical territory, they display the sound that people know and love about Monophonics. Touching on Northern soul, doo-wop, rock and roll, Psych pop, and cinematic music, Monophonics show off their diversity while remaining true to their roots. Overall it's heartfelt music and old school vibes, without losing sight of the present. This is music steeped in that timeless feeling when people could write and produce songs that you could listen to over and over again. Sound of Sinning was produced by Kelly Finnigan & Ian McDonald and recorded on an old Tascam eight-track 1/4†tape machine at Transistor Sound Studios in San Rafael, CA. Monophonics is: Austin Bohlman (Drums) Myles O’Mahony (Bass/Background Vocals) Ian McDonald (Guitar/Background Vocals) Ryan Scott (Trumpet/Back- ground Vocals/Percussion) Kelly Finnigan (Keys/Lead Vocals) Nadav Nirenberg (Trombone) Ikebe Shakedown and Breakdown Brass.