Adam Brioza has been a musician pretty much his whole life, starting piano lessons at age 4, teaching himself guitar at age 7 and bass guitar at 12. His passion for music has resonated loud and clear with the last few projects he has been in. He spent 5 years touring around the US, Mexico and Canada. He has recorded 3 full length albums, 7+ E.P.’s and around 40 demos, and his music has been heard and sold around the world.
After a 2 year writing hiatus, Adam is embarking on his new project “Abe Ross and the Selection” (Working Title) to be introduced to the world early 2011. Congratulations on being our Featured Musician this week
Have you ever wanted to see your photograph on the cover a globally released CD?.. Well now is your chance.
Electric Violin prodigy, Caitlin Moe, has recently exploded on the music scene and has teamed up with us to provide a fantastic opportunity for all of our talented photographers out there in Talenthouse land. Caitlin is looking for a photographer to shoot the cover for her soon to be globally released album. She’s looking for a photo that is mysterious and dramatic like her songs as well as fun and loud like her personality. It should also push the boundaries, like her violin playing.
This Creative Invite is open to all photographers and we ask that you submit two of your best artistic shots that encompass the mysterious, dramatic and fun qualities that Caitlin is looking for.
You better hurry, there are only 10 days left to submit! Good luck!
Kete Bowers is a singer/songwriter born in Liverpool. His musical roots began at a young age when he would spend his weekends with his Grandmother who would play records for him by the likes of Hank Williams, Elvis Presley, and Jerry Lee Lewis. He went on to teach himself to play guitar. If you like what you hear, you can find his first album, “Road,” is currently available on iTunes and CD Baby!
Congratulations on being our Featured Musician this week
Marcus Boyd AKA Game Face is said to be the complete package: a rapper and a producer who never fails into a cliché style. He has a style that is forever expanding which makes it impossible to label. Marcus is already a successful hip-hop artist in Virginia who wows crowds during live shows and is looking to seriously expand his product to the extensive fan base with his rapid fire flow and technical rhyme structure on his 2010 debut LP: Lyrics Inside My Head.
Congratulations to Marcus on being our Featured Musician this week!! Make sure you check out his music on Talenthouse!
Winterpills had critics and fans alike scrambling to define this new musical discovery when they released their self-titled debut album in the fall of 2005. Critics met the album with descriptions like “Heavy with moments of sheer beauty” and fans put the album in the Top 100 on iTunes and Amazon.com. Two albums later they’ve achieved some great success maintaing their signature chamber-indie ambiance while exploring new grounds sonically and lyrically.
Winterpills have shared the stage with such notable and diverse artists as Vampire Weekend, CAKE, Lisa Germano, Juana Molina, Crowded House, Fountains of Wayne, Martha Wainwright, The Mountain Goats, Josh Ritter, among others.
Congratulations on being our Featured Musicians this week
In honor of the release of “Stranger”, the latest track from Dr. Dog’s new album “Shame, Shame,” Dr. Dog launched a search for the world’s top film student talent to create their own video renditions of the new track. The incentive? $2000 USD toward tuition cost and school supplies or in cash!
The band was extremely impressed with the quality of the submissions which made it difficult to come to a decision on the winner. After quite a deliberation, they chose Mark Wiitanen as the winner! Check out Mark’s winning video submission below:
Congratulations to Mark on winning this Invite and thank you to the rest of you who submitted! We welcome you, and all filmmakers, to check out the following opportunities:
This summer the Soho House Group will launch the Electric Shorts film competition and they invite you to pitch your film proposal themed on “Desire” in no more than 400 words for your chance to win the opportunity to shoot the film at a Soho House property. Submit by July 1st, 2010!
International fashion icon Diane Pernet and superstar fashion blogger Tavi Gevinson have created a once in a life time opportunity for you! They are looking for a fashion film feature or short to be screened as a part of the next edition of ASVOFF opening in Paris. Submit your film by July 19th, 2010!
Steven E. de Souza is an accomplished producer and screenwriter of films such as Die Hard, 48 Hours, Tomb Raider and he invites aspiring filmmakers to produce their own take on the Web’s first suspense anthology, UNKNOWN SENDER. The winning short film will be showcased on StrikeTV and you will receive full credits and ad revenue. Submit by August 16th, 2010!
This week’s Featured Musician, Laura Steel, is already a huge success independently and voted ‘One to Watch’ by internet giants Tiscali. She is dedicated to her craft and has shared the stage with the likes of Pixie Lott and Diana Vickers, and performed to over 250,000 people in the UK and US in 2009. Laura crafts her image drawing from her massively creative background, having experimented with dozens of different looks and genres to distill her unique sound and identity.
Congratulations to Laura for being a Featured Artist this week!
American progressive/alternative rock band, dredg, teamed up with Talenthouse months ago to find a musician to remix their track “Mourning This Morning” from their current album. The mix with the most votes would be featured on the dredg MySpace page and the winning re-mixer would also receive 2 tickets to an upcoming dredg show of their choice.
After taking some time to review all of the submissions, they were very impressed with Matt Johnson‘s submission and named him the winner — Congratulations, Matt!!
Matt is a musician who was born and raised in Detroit and now currently resides in Michigan. He’s been employed with a family entertainment company since 2006 and spends 8-9 months out of the year on tour as management for the merchandising crew. He likes to play drums and guitar and also enjoys experimenting with different varieties of electronic music from hip hop beats to rock remixes.
“Talenthouse is a great outlet for someone like myself to participate in creative collaborations with artists whom i respect and admire,” says Matt.
This week’s Featured Musician, Michael Miller, is a Hip-hop, Pop, and R&B producer who has had a lifelong niche for music and strong desire to reach his goals. One of his main influences growing up was Pharrell Williams of NERD who he has actually met on multiple occasions.
Michael currently manages his own production company, M-Productions based out of Indiana, which is gaining momentum thanks to popular sites such as Facebook, Myspace, and YouTube. He also offers music production lessons in a one on one atmosphere that covers various aspects of music production depending on the students desires and needs.
Michael is a valued artist and has become a great friend to many of us. We’re very excited to see how his career progresses! Check out his amazing submission to the Ryan Leslie Creative Invite below:
“If you want people to believe in what you do, you have to show them that you love what you’re doing.”
This week’s Featured Musician, April Smith, wondered how she could “sneak” into her talented siblings’ world from a young age. Growing up she admired her brother’s band and her sister’s murals. As she grew older and began to take her place in the family, she developed a muscular, mellifluous voice and high-flying showmanship. Her songs and her playful performances win her fans all over and her band April and the Great Picture Show was recently named one of the “30 Bands to Watch” at Lollapalooza by Rolling Stone.
Her song “Terrible Things” was featured on Showtime’s Californication in it’s season three promo as well as in a season six teaser for Weeds. She recently extended her tour until August 1st, so if she is in your area you should definitely make it out and enjoy the show!
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