Nashville Scene

A year in the making, Bear in the Campsite's debut album, Memory Palace, is a collection of songs recorded in various Nashville locations with the help of friends and tolerance of others. Memory Palace began as the band's attempt to demo a few songs in the their practice space and turned into a project that lasted much longer than they had anticipated. After months of trying to bridge the gap between the controlled chaos of their live performances and their proclivity for perfectionism in the studio, eight songs emerged that were ready for public consumption. While production quality was not taken lightly, the album remains true to the band's live sound. All through a play time of thirty-five minutes, a cohesiveness is maintained that is uniquely definitive of Memory Palace.

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Singer/songwriter Christian Luthi grew up outside of Milwaukee, WI, where he began playing music at the age of six. After cutting his teeth on the Milwaukee music scene at local coffee shops, clubs, and bars, he left the city to attend college at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for vocal performance. He withdrew after two years to find a new home writing music in Nashville. There he met lead guitarist Taylor Ivey in the fall of 2009 and the two began writing and collaborating regularly.

Shortly after, Luthi went into the studio to work with producer David LaBruyere and truly craft his sound. Elements of pop, jazz, and even funk were blended with a soulful, acoustic vibe, bringing something unique and authentic to the table. Luthi released his debut EP "Outside Of This Box" in October of 2011. His creative writing, great pop sensibility, and high-energy shows are quickly generating a buzz in the Nashville music scene. One thing is certain, Christian Luthi is sure to keep you on your toes.

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Growing up in sunny Sarasota, FL, Gavin Shea got into music for the same reason so many young kids do these days.. "I wanted to be cool! My friend had a drum set which made him awesome and I wanted to be awesome too", says Gavin, beaming from the fond memories. Not coming from a musical family, learning to play drums in his early teens provided Gavin with a sense of direction and purpose that has remained with him his entire career. Now 27, it seems like we've only begun to see how far he's planning to take it.

As he continued to develop his drumming, Gavin began noodling with other instruments and listening to more punk and rock-oriented music. While attempting to fall in with this high school crowd (and with assistance from "the late, great AOL buddyfinder*"), Gavin made some close friends who quickly became the members of Awestruck. Forming in Sarasota in 1999 (with Shea playing drums and providing one voice of the group), Awestruck amassed a nice following and garnered quite a bit of buzz throughout the Southeast. After their transition to Orlando for college, a music business classmate of Gavin’s heard a demo and immediately introduced the band to ROA Records. They soon released 'Beyond the Merely Mechanical' under ROA but, amicably, decided to part ways for their next release. That decision subsequently hooked them up with a local Orlando producer who rushed them into the legendary Allaire Studios in upstate New York to record a live album. “Capturing the essence” of the music, was the plan. The Black Crowes had just finished recording there a few weeks earlier and it seemed like the perfect opportunity. The mountain getaway was an ideal environment for work however time was limited and, as these things often go, the recording experience was more complicated then they could have imagined. Eventually, they abandoned the live recording route and finished what they could in the time they had left before going home.

Awestruck's 'Telemision' was released almost a year after that trip, in November of 2008, and was well received throughout their fan base. They continued to plug away as one of the tightest and loudest rock bands in Florida, until their separation in June of 2010. After a decade together, life had come between them and Gavin found himself in desperate need of a re-start. Six months in Montana with his dad and brother sounded like a great idea.

Upon returning to Florida in January of this year, Gavin has emerged with a renewed sense of energy and drive. “I'm healthy. I didn't play a lick of music for months but as soon as i got back, I started writing like a maniac,” he says. “Days and days of wandering around the front yard, playing. I had never enjoyed the guitar so much.. and the dog's just staring at me like, ’yo, put that down for a sec, you need to eat or something.’ I didn’t care.” Non-stop songwriting alone at his grandparents remote house south of Orlando, gave Gavin the space he needed to put together a collage of variously catchy acoustic songs that very quickly garnered him a showcase spot at the 2012 Florida Music Festival.

As the SoundFire Entertainment Showcase Grand Prize winner at the 2012 Florida Music Festival (in association with Tortoise and the Hare Records/Nashville) Gavin Shea was provided the opportunity to record his debut solo project at Handmade Studios in Nashville, TN with Gold record producer and songwriter Chris Gill (Shinedown/Atlantic, Big 10-4/Universal Republic, There For Tomorrow/Hopeless and Sullivan/Tooth and Nail). His first single “The Brains” (released 10/2/2012 via Tortoise and the Hare Records/SoundFire Entertainment), expresses the essence of Gavin’s retro, 70’s club-style take on rock n' roll. With the subsequent release of his debut EP “Alive and Well” (released 10/23/2012), Gavin Shea brings a fresh and unique sound to the indie rock scene, reminiscent of the Paul McCartney days. The simplicity and depth of his lyrics paint a vibrant picture of the dichotomous nature of a young man’s journey.

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A singer/songwriter whose haunting, wizened voice and worldly compositions belie his tender age, Jordan Hull was born in 1989 and has studied folk and rock music luminaries practically ever since. Today, the boy who was caught transfixed by Elvis on the TV has become a student of music inspired more by the folk tradition. In fact, a listen to his debut album finds him seemingly picking up the torch from artists many, many years his senior.

That esteemed group would have to include the legend Jordan's most readily compared to, a singer-songwriter who released his self-titled debut some four decades earlier: Bob Dylan. The analogy is apt- philosophizing troubadours with finger-picked guitar passages and strong harmonica skills are scarce these days. When the notes first hit your ears, the initial impression is often something like, "Where the heck did this guy come from?" As the verses build, though, surprise turns to familiarity, as old songs can seem new again, and vice versa.

Judging from the insightful lyrics and intuitive melodies on his freshman outing, Jordan's sophomore release should prove just as effective in reconciling the many persistent, peculiar dualities of this young performer's music—the strange with the familiar, the disciplined with the effortless, the old with the new.

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I was looking through a dictionary trying to come up with a good band name. Flipped to a page, and there was the word. Inscape - the unique inner nature of a person or object as shown through a work of art." The word fit like a glove and is what John, Nick, Troy, and Robert have worked so hard to share with their fans. The hypnotic guitar, grooving bass, and locomotive drums power through to show the listener a glimpse of who The Inscape are as well, hopefully, as something about themselves.

Members:

John Condit - Vox/Guitar
Nick Black - Guitar
Robert Hudson - Bass
Troy Wiggins - Drums

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Eight Knives indicates that you may have lost sight of your path. You may feel trapped and helpless. In this case, the knives represent the fears that are caging you in. You must be open to defeat in order to ever possibly win.

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Mother Honey exploded from the creative minds of mysterious songwriter Ross Bridgeman and wild man drummer Houston Mathews, two friends from college who started playing together out of a need for music free of any restraint, free of expectation, free of normalcy. In Mother Honey, there is nothing but an effortless spirit of creation, always a spirit of "yes" over a spirit of "no." The result: intriguing lyrics, fresh sounds, and songs never before written.

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We have been freed from our deep freeze and now we are using our Lovebeam technology to save the universe from all that is not groovin.

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