🎶 HEAVENS GOT BASS
Reggae gospel music for the Kingdom

Spirit-led gospel reggae written and produced by Jenifa Breeze.
Featuring various vocalists under the Heavens Got Bass sound.
Every song is rooted in Scripture and created to glorify Jesus Christ.

Heavy bass, timeless truth, and melodies for the soul.
Independent. Anointed. Kingdom-focused.

🕊️ “Sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the earth.” – Psalm 96:1

Oregon’s own Grammy-nominated singer and songwriter, Amanda Richards, releases her fourth, highly anticipated studio album, Tough Ones to Love. Following her 2012 Independent Music Award-winning concept album, Play Dead, Amanda and her band, the Good Long Whiles, offer thirteen new songs of provocative, hard-hitting country and Americana. With Amanda on acoustic and electric guitars and lead vocals, Andy Clapp on bass, Mark Powers on drums, and multi-instrumentalist Steve Moore providing guitar, lap steel, banjo, and backing vocals, Tough Ones to Love further establishes Amanda’s place as “one of country music’s most important singers.” (Country Music People UK)
 
Amanda’s ten original compositions explore the boundaries of love, heartbreak, and temptation, while showcasing her natural gift for storytelling. Whether skewering former lovers, or rebuffing the Devil’s advances, Amanda holds nothing back. “Someday you might have some clout / When your teeth turn yellow and your hair falls out,” she sings on “Lame Tattoos.” “But there’ll be some things you’ll never lose / Like your battle scars and your lame tattoos.” On opening track, “Fresh Kill,” she sings, “I’ll lick the salty tears right off your face / It’s a bitter sadness, but I’ve come to like the taste.” Tough Ones to Love also includes a beautiful rendition of the Magnetic Fields song, “Two Characters in Search of a Country Song,” and Johnny Dowd’s badman ballad, “First There Was,” with Steve Moore taking over lead vocals. Paying homage to Amanda’s famous lineage, Tough Ones to Love includes Terry Gilkyson’s classic, “Cry of the Wild Goose,” previously recorded by Amanda’s grandfather, Rusty Richards, a long-time member of the Sons of the Pioneers.
 
Rooted in the country tradition, but not confined to it, Tough Ones to Love ranges from country-soul to gritty roots-rock, all guided by Amanda’s smoky, commanding voice. Amanda Richards and the Good Long Whiles be celebrating the release of Tough Ones to Love November 4, 2016, at Portland’s historic Old Church.

Psychedelvis puts an original and super fun spin to Elvis and Bowie tunes! Bring those Blue Suede Shoes and Let's Dance!

I possess a musical mind and with it, I am on a never-ending journey for my own sound, niche, style. Whatever you want to call it, its an exploration of possibilities and creative stimuli. I try to avoid placing myself in a "pigeon hole" with any specific style. I both enjoy and have experience playing many different forms and styles and likewise draw from many of them whether I am composing original material or learning standard material. But since we live in a world where everything is subjected to categorization, I have selected a few different "categories" which can best describe my musical doings: Jazz; a foremost interest of mine as well as a committed professional pursuit. "Jazz" is really a monstrous umbrella term that covers many contrasting styles and approaches rather than just one thing (for example: swing, bebop, hardbop, soul-jazz, funk, groove, latin, dixieland, fusion, free). Just as there is "Jazz" music, there is also a "Jazz" mentality and a "Jazz" approach that can be utilized by any musician regardless of genre. The basis of this consists of spontaneous improvisation, focused listening/reacting, concise musical decision making, and both personal and group dynamism. I like to utilize all of these elements in any context in which I may find myself. The other categorical terms I draw on are "Roots Music", which is really an extension of the previous umbrella term, and goes on to encompass world, folk, and blues to name a few. The last category, "Contemporary", may seem a bit ambiguous, but at the same time is a great descriptive term for everything that may categorize music in our modern era whether it be experimental music, techno, rock, post-rock, prog-rock, folk-rock, 20th century classical etc...I am comfortable with this term because it leaves possibilities open for me to explore without have to jump through hoops to try and label everything that I may come up with creatively. What it really comes down to at the end of the day is something that Louis Armstrong summarized very eloquently: "There are only two kinds of music: good music and bad music." I am a musician and I like to play good music.     

I am an artist, builder, singer and a saint. There's many-a thing that I got, cuz many people aint.
I'm a student, poet, teacher, giver, liver and a lover,
It is my strong belief that we can support each other..

Co-founder of Hustle Records llc (2008) Independent native artists creating lyrical street hip hop. Inspired by good music, trees and mad flavors. https://youtu.be/0oIM1BBXOlw

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