The Shep Shapard Project

Shep Shapard es un músico norteamericano que se ha incursionado en múltiples proyectos, pasando por variados tipos de sonidos y tocando distintos instrumentos según sea la banda que se trate; además, define su música de manera genérica: "indie/pop/rock".

Entre los grupos en los que participa/participó/colabora/colaboró, se encuentran: Syracuse, Sana Rouge, Faraday, The Callous Heals, This Boy's Trouble y The Shep Shapard Project.

El último proyecto mencionado es aquel en el cual trabajó más recientemente, lanzando un disco debút el año 2008, llamado Forever And Always. Sin duda un trabajo muy digerible y más maduro con respecto a sus anteriores bandas, pero no por eso dotado de sentido como "un todo", ya que según él, son simplemente un manojo de canciones dispuestas en el álbum sin mayores intenciones de que se le atribuya un significado al disco en sí mismo. En definitiva, música para escuchar y disfrutar sin mayor análisis que estarse a sus letras y agradable instrumentalización.

English info.

The Shep Shapard Project is an Indie/Pop/Rock solo/band from eastern Virginia. As a solo project, Shep Shapard writes the music to be meaningful, organic, and honest. As a band, the project seeks to play music together and have a great time doing it. Simple. (Last.fm)

Hello, this is The Shep Shapard Project. We play Indie/Pop/Rock that "varies from simple and intimate to complex and captivating. Each song is heartfelt, thoughtful, and honest" (according to Shep).

After playing in a few fully collaborative projects, Shep thought it would be fun to set out and start writing songs all by his lonesome. According to Shep, "Don't get me wrong, I love collaboration... almost everything I love is built on collaboration. I just wanted to do something other than collaboration. I wanted to see what would happen if I wrote everything, the words, the melodies, the rhythm, everything, and if I wrote everything just straight out. No over analyzing anything. Just write the songs as they happen and let go. Simply and honestly. Also, I don't write anything intentionally to fit anything... well thats not entirely true. I certainly am inspired by all the music I love, but this project is music that I want to play, hear, and give to people... as a reflection of my musical self. There is some acoustic stuff, and full band stuff. Just straight out and honest."

So listen, enjoy, come see us play live, and if you like it, support so we can spread the joy all that much more. (Facebook.com)

Forever And Always (2008) (BUY IT, support the artist)





Website / Myspace

Diego w.p.

Diego Poloni es un músico brasilero que principalmente se ha hecho conocido por proyectos musicales orientados al hardcore. Sin perjuicio de ello, en este post nos referiremos solamente a uno de sus proyectos solistas: Diego w.p. A diferencia de sus otros trabajos musicales en otras bandas (d., supergoo, my soundtracked life, entre otros), Diego w.p nos refresca con sonidos distintos: un algunas veces pop, algunas veces emo, sobrio y simple que hacen que cada canción sea repetida una y otra vez. Diego w.p. vendría siendo el resultado de la unión entre un emo minimalista y suaves ritmos brasileros. Si quieren darle una escuchada previa, no duden en hacerlo aquí.

Myspace info:

my name is diego and i spent most of my teenage years playing in hardcore/punk bands, trying to skateboard and playing video games. ok, i won't lie to you, i still do all those things and i still suck at skateboarding. anyway, here you'll find the songs that i make and that aren't compatible with none of my other bands/projects. to do not leave it forgotten i created this page. hmm, i think it's kind of a solo project.. yeah, we can call it that way! at first i used a 4-track cassette recorder but now i'm using a little more than four tracks on a computer. yeah, yeah, i know, not classy at all, but it work$ fine for me. damn, i gotta say, it's 3am and i just discovered that, besides skateboarding, i also suck at making band bios. i'm sorry for that..

i hope you liked what you heard here. thank you for listening.

Last.fm info:

diego w.p. is a diy brazilian musician mostly known in the hardcore community for his band my soundtracked life, but he has spent most of his teenage years playing in a handfull of indie/punk/emo/diy bands.

nowadays he have several solo projects (4-track demos, d. and supergoo) and also plays guitar and sings for the punk band campbell trio, plays guitar and sings for the indie band james andrew pierre and plays acoustic guitar and sings for the acoustic duo duarte & poloni (with andré from 3 segundos antes da queda).

he explores several differents styles, from indiepop to hardcore, jazzy downtempo and eletronica, passing through dub, post-rock and math rock.

he’s currently recording his first real solo album and recording his new band’s (16 beats) ep. if you want to find out more about this artist check out his blog (in portuguese) or his myspace.

Myspace // Virb // Last.fm

Diego w.p - 4 track demos and more than 4 track demos

Buford Blue

Buford Blue es una banda norteamerica, específicamente de Hillsborough, New Jersey. Según lo que sé, grabaron tres canciones en el año 2006 pero una rápida y temporal separación puso pausa a la vida de la banda. Según lo que me comentó uno de los miembros, se espera que estén grabando nuevamente en septiembre de este año, bajo el nombre de "Ink and Boater" Una muy buena noticia debido a que el grupo tuvo un período de vigencia bastante corto y notoriamente tenían mucho que ofrecer, sobre todo a quienes disfrutamos de sonidos con inspiración noventera y rasgos oscuros.

An old progressive emo/indie band from Hillsborough, NJ.

Ex members of Buford Blue (vocalist included) are back together and writing under the name “Ink and Boater”. They’ll be recording this Fall. Expect an Ink and Boater page to pop up on last.fm in the coming months. It should sound similar, but fresher, as they’ve all gotten better at their instruments. (Last.fm info)

Buford Blue - Self-Titled or Last.fm

Tracklist:
1) Masterpieces and Tapestry
2) Last Sunrise
3) Abbreviations

¿Bats & Mice en Chile? Hagámoslo posible.

Estuve intercambiando algunas palabras con los chicos de Bats & Mice por facebook y les comenté la idea de que sería genial que visitaran Chile. Ellos se encuentran muy dispuestos, pero necesitan un organizador o agente que pueda hacer posible la visita del grupo a Chile. Lamentablemente yo no conozco a gente de tal medio, pero quizás alguno de ustedes sí. Creé un par de grupos, uno en facebook y otro en last.fm para que todos los fans nos podamos reunir y, de este modo, calcular cuántos somos los interesados. ¡Nos vemos!

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