Last week guitar slinger Tyler Bryant ripped through the West Coast with his band The Shakedown in support of his new record “Wild Child”. The 12 song rock n’ roll masterpiece reached #3 on the iTunes charts in the first 2 days of it’s debut and “Say A Prayer” was Single Of The Week. Needless to say, this band is kickin’ ass and takin’ names while blazing their way across the country leaving crowds asking “What just happened?!” The crew teamed up with Starita’s Bay Area Music Collective to track a couple of tunes at San Francisco’s famed Hyde Street Studios while BAMC’s Visual Mastermind Steve Rosenfield captured the magic. The boys all headed up to Sacramento to deliver Harlowe’s one of the best rock shows to date and to participate in Rosenfield’s nationally renowned photo project, What I Be, aimed at helping people find strength in exposing their insecurities.
Robert Francis is an internationally acclaimed singer/songwriter whose single, Junebug, went to #1 in France and the top 10 in Germany and Switzerland. Robert is no stranger to music having been one of the only students of John Frusciante (of the Red Hot Chili Peppers) and growing up with a family of musicians. Starita was pleased to record Robert for the 1st series from Bay Area Music Collective, a community based project bringing together all facets of the local scene and industry.
His new record drops TODAY, 5/22 on Vanguard records and he will be gracing the stages of Bonnaroo this year. Make sure to keep an ear and eye out for the release of Rob’s sessions with BAMC!
D. Edward’s new full-length album ‘Love Is’ dropped in October of 2014 and has been making waves ever since. ‘Love Is’ features multiple Grammy Award Winners including Laura Sullivan, Steffen Kuehn and Tony Peebles from Pacific Mambo Orchestra as well as Billboard Music Award winner Leah Tysse.
The records features modern production and engineering all the while staying true to D. Edward’s soul roots. Layers of Motown-esque horns played by Steffan Kuehn and Tony Peebles grace several of the tracks which were recorded by Starita at Fantasy Studios‘ Studio A. D. Edward and Starita then holed up Jingletown Recording for nearly a month mixing and putting the finishing touches on the LP. Take a listen and keep an eye out for D. Edward!
