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Tuesday, April 3, 2018

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Gary Moon and Eric Ragno interview


In Conversation with Gary Moon and Eric Ragno

By the end of the 80s, Gary Moon got one of his biggest gigs, being taken by the famous band Three Dog Night. 

Some time later he ended being a Night Ranger member, along Brad Gills and Kelly Keagy, where he recorded on album "Feeding At The Mojo". 
With two solo albums under his belt, he is recreating several of the song he was part of, along Eric Ragno in keys. Ragno played keyboards in several bands like The Babys, Mecca and Joe Lynn Turner.

In this conversation with Argentinean rock journalist, Lucas H. Gordon, Gary and Eric talked about their presentation in the Melodic Rock Fest in Chicago, and Moon commented a few interesting rock stories.



Picture and video courtesy by Lucas H.Gordon



Wednesday, September 20, 2017

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Blaze Bayley interviewed in Los Angeles

Interview from our friend Lucas Gordon in L.A.

In 1994, Iron Maiden gave the welcome to their new frontman, Blaze Bayley and with him, they released two albums: "The X Factor" and "Virtual XI".
He gained fame around the world, touring worldwide, playing in front of thousands of fans.


Now he runs his own band, which includes 3/4 members of Absolva, and he is in tour promoting his first two albums that belong to a Trilogy.
Bayley had a conversation with argentinean rock journalist, Lucas H. Gordon about the new album, the story behind the trilogy and remembered part of his time with the Maidens.


What is the future of Trinity? Did he intentionally coordinated in doing a trilogy at the same time of Geoff Tate and his Operation Mindcrime? What is the status of his band Wolfsbane?






Tuesday, October 6, 2015

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EXCLUSIVE Interview with british prog sensation BABYSUN


BABYSUN launched recently the EP titled “One big everything” that contains 6 songs with the influence including Brit Progressive meet Indie alt mood. The digital release is now available on every worldwide webstores, iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, Deezer, Google Music, Nokia, Emusic...distribuited by Brit Beat Records
Produced by Vic Bronzini Fulton and Chris McEvoy.
We have talked with the guys about the story of the band, below the interview!

1. Hi guys, tell us when you formed Babysun?
Babysun was formed in 2009

2. Your Ep contains a number of styles, what is the genre of your sound?
We think it’s somewhere in the Alternative genre, maybe Electonic/Ambient Psychedelic Pop...to be honest we’re not really sure, you tell us.

3. What is the source of inspiration for the lyrics? Who writes them?
Vic writes the lyrics and they’re a combination of experiences, observation and personal views on everything from love, to politics.

4. What are the reasons by which you decide to give your band the name "Babysun"?
I liked the idea of something that suggested positivity and hope and that we are all little baby suns with a light to shine. I know, that sounds a bit hippy but hey.


5. Your album will be promoted in international media, what are your expectations?
We are just pleased to have a label who felt the material had a place and that people would like it. We don’t have any major expectations, just hope that the music can reach as many people as possible across the world and that they enjoy it.

6. To promote the record are you planning a live tour?
We would love to do some ‘live’ work as the project has been mainly a studio thing the last few years. Hopefully the EP release can generate enough of a buzz for us to entice a good ‘live’ agent or agents to help us co-ordinate that. So anyone out there who would like to get involved in that please contact us....we are here and ready to go.

7. Have you played in some important festivals?
Yes in the past we have played various festivals in the UK and some smaller events in Europe, we did open the Karel Muse Expo in Cagliari a few years ago too, that was particularly nice to be involved in.

8. I would like to have your own point of view about the poor sales of the CD's, it's causedby the internet? Technological development? or it's changed the mentality of the fans? 
I feel that maybe music isn’t so much of a ‘special’ thing to a lot of young people now as it’s so easily available and instant. Also the trend is for huge playlists of single tracks on personal devices now and not so much about having favourite bands/artists albums and becoming real fans and following that bands career the way I certainly would have done in my younger days...on the other hand the technological developments have given more new artists a platform to expose their music to the world, I believe that is a positive thing.



9. This is your first work for Brit Beat Records, what made you switch to them?
We were excited by the labels enthusiasm for the material and how much they wanted to help us promote the music.

10.Tell us a few funny anecdotes, in the past?
Vic was once quizzed by a rather drunk person at a ‘live’ show ‘How come if musicians were so good at what they did why couldn’t they create another music key like ‘H’ and why hadn’t it been done in all the years? He had no answer.

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Tuesday, May 19, 2015

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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Will Sid Smith


We have talked with the young british pop sensation WILL SID SMITH.
Will is a singer/songwriter from Tunbridge Wells in England who plays guitar and keyboards nad his EP titled “We Are Living” contains 6 songs in vein of Brit Pop, Rock and Indie. The digital release is now available on every worldwide webstores, iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, Deezer, Google Music, Nokia, Emusic..


Hi Will, let's talk about "We Are Living", your debut EP. 
        
1. You are a very young artist, as you started your career?  
I am still young but it seems like I've already done a lot. I started writing songs and playing live gigs when I was 14.  At first just open mic nights then the gigs got bigger later on. I always dreamed of going on tour when I was a young teenager so I started to play wherever I could, hoping one day I'd be able to. 
                                                                                              
2. What is the genre of your sound?
I usually describe it as acoustic pop rock to people who haven't heard it but it can also be described as melodic pop since melody is very important to me. Some songs could also be described as alternative pop or acoustic pop-punk, I don't want to be fixed into one genre.  If people like melody and lyrics, they'll like my songs I guess

3. What is the source of inspiration for the lyrics? 
The lyrics in my songs are usually drawn from my own experiences.  They can be about love, friends, family, school, growing up, even moving house.  Any experience that makes you feel something is worth writing about.



5. What are the reasons by which you decide to sign a deal with Nerocromo Music and Brit Beat Records?
They gave me the freedom to choose which songs to record, which many artists don't get.  They also allowed me to record and produce the tracks myself.  Both of these things are important to me and when they add their ability to market and promote the songs I couldn't refuse!

6. Are you working with the soundtrack of a movie? tell us something about this!
Yes! The movie is a short musical drama called DMUS and it is about a group of young, aspiring performers wanting to pursue their dreams.  It features two songs from my first EP "29", Urban Country and Tonight.  My recording of Urban Country plays over the end credits but Tonight is the theme song of the movie.  The cast performed their own version of Tonight over my original music.  To see them singing it in the movie was something I never thought would happen so it was a great experience.



7. Your album, now in the digital market, will be promoted in international media, what are your expectations? 
I hope to gain much wider international exposure, more followers and supporters of my music and hopefully that will lead to more opportunities in the future as well. I expect only positive things to come from this release.

8. To promote the record are you planning a live tour?
I would love to do that, it would be a lot of fun.  Unfortunately, I don't really have the funding to do it right now.  Also right now I need to focus on my studies at University but hopefully touring won't be too far away.

9. Have you played in some important festivals in the past?
I've played a lot of small festivals in England but none of the famous ones yet.  I will be playing at Helstonbury Festival in Cornwall in September though.

10. I would like to have your own point of view about the poor sales of the CD's, it's caused by the internet? technological development? 
Definitely.  Most people can get the internet on their phones and store music there or on their ipod or computer so why buy physical CD's?  I also think the fact that everything can be found on YouTube or Spotify and streamed for free is harmful to the industry.

11. So how was the approach in the recording of "We Are Living" ?
Each song has an acoustic element, either guitar or piano, so I began by recording these instruments in my studio at University.  After that I recorded the lead vocals.  The facilities and equipment where I study are incredibly high-end and professional with the added bouns of being free for me to use!
Once these were done it was simply a matter of many hours of additional composition and mixing.  Although  it was a lot of hard work I had so much fun doing it!  It was important for me to make each song fairly different from one another in terms of style.  It will be interesting to find out what styles listeners  prefer. I am in a place now where experimentation is rewarded so I want to take as much advantage as possible.  I hope I always get this much creative freedom in the future.

Thanks for your really interesting questions. Peace!

Thanks to you Will, we wish you a great success in the music business!!


Links
http://www.willsidsmith.com
http://www.facebook.com/willsidsmith
http://www.twitter.com/willsidsmith

Label: http://music.nerocromo.com
Press Office: http://dvlgator.nlz.it


Monday, March 16, 2015

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EXCLUSIVE: Craig Goldy interview


Our correspondent from San Diego, Lucas H. Gordon met the legendary guitarist Craig Goldy,  most notably of the band Dio, to submit an interview.
Craig Goldy Talked about Ronnie James Dio, New Solo Project and the experience with Uk legend Budgie.
You can watch the video ( from Lucas H.Gordon Youtube Channel) below and read the subtitle for Latin fans of Ronnie James Dio.





Goldy was born in San Diego, California, before Dio, he played in the bands Vengeance, Rough Cutt, and Giuffria. 
He replaced Jake E. Lee in Rough Cutt and was himself replaced by Amir Derakh. 
While with Rough Cutt, Goldy played on demos produced by Ronnie James Dio.
Goldy performed on the fantastic Dio album Dream Evil, but this first stint with the band was short lived and he left due to unknown reasons. 

In 2000, Goldy returned to Dio and helped record Magica, but shortly thereafter left again due to family commitments. 

However, Goldy was back in the Dio fold for what turned out to be the band's final studio album, Master of the Moon, in 2004. 
Goldy temporarily left the group for the third time in 2005, after suffering a hand injury on tour through Russia. 
He was again replaced by Doug Aldrich for the duration of the tour.
Goldy and Warren DeMartini(Ratt) are currently the only members left of the original Dio Disciples line-up.


http://www.craiggoldy.com/
http://www.facebook.com/craig.goldy
https://www.facebook.com/DioDisciples

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***Video, content and Pic courtesy by Luca H.Gordon





Monday, February 23, 2015

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Glass Targets Brit Pop Rock debut EP



NEROCROMO MUSIC is proud to presents the melodic Brit Pop project GLASS TARGETS.
Glass Targets is a pop rock project that was set up by UK based songwriter Paul Hewitt. Glass Targets debut EP is titled ‘Memories of Youth’ and features 6 melodic pop songs with strong hooks and a highly commercial sound. The recording was produced by Darren Monson from Apple Beam studios in the UK and features guest vocals from Romany and David.    


Paul is a songwriter from the London area who writes songs primarily in a pop rock style. He is equally accomplished at writing both lyrics and music. 
Paul grew up in Blackpool in the North West of England and first became seriously interested in music in the late 1980’s after being given a copy of Appetite for Destruction by Guns ‘N’ Roses on cassette tape. In 1990 Paul attended his first live concert aged 10, which was Guns ‘N’ Roses Use Your Illusion tour at Wembley Stadium.  This was the performance that inspired Paul to take up the guitar. 
Throughout the 90s Paul expanded his musical influences to cover a wide range of 90’s rock including Nirvana, Pixies, REM, Smashing Pumpkins, Rage Against the Machine and Idlewild. Paul began writing songs of his own and played guitar in various local rock bands at small venues around the North West of England. 


In the 2000’s Paul ‘retired’ from the local band scene but continued to write guitar based rock songs and began recording them on a basic home recording set up. Looking to add some further depth to his songwriting, Paul taught himself some studio basics and began using drum machines and synthesizers in his music. 
In 2013 Paul decided to shift his focus from guitar based rock music to writing more commercial pop rock style songs. 
After recording a number of songs using a basic home recording setup, he approached Darren Monson of Apple Beam studios in the UK to produce the songs to a standard that would be ready for release. 

Line-up: 
Paul Hewit, guitar, synthesizers
Romany, vocals
David, vocals.   

Band: http://glasstargets.nlz.it
Label: http://music.nerocromo.com
Press bureau: http://dvlgator.nlz.it