Talking Under Water makes sad songs to make you feel better. Featuring singing, piano, cello, guitar, and drums. 

On Talking Under Water, the debut LP by the Rochester, NY group of the same name, songwriter Dave Chisholm and his cohorts craft lo-fi indie rock that combines love of a big chorus with a deep appreciation of nuanced songwriting. Tinged with blues and gospel, Talking Under Water is full of harmony vocals, honky-tonk keys, and joyful horns swaying together in a celebration of everything that’s great about a sweaty rock show. 

The ink was barely dry on both Chisholm’s 2013 Doctorate in Jazz Trumpet and his debut graphic novel when he found himself confronting a crisis of music faith. “I was really kind of burned-out on jazz”, says Chisholm, “and found myself again writing a bunch of songs with really painful lyrics that, at the time, I wasn't even aware where this pain was coming from.” Chisholm recruited friends Alex Patrick (guitar), Elise Hughey (cello), and Joe Parker (drums) and together they set out to make a record. They recorded in December 2015 in an old church that had been converted into a recording studio.

Music can mend a broken heart, and Chisholm wrote the bulk of Talking Under Water while navigating the treacherous emotional waters of divorce. Writing, revising, and fine-tuning these songs took on a healing role for Chisholm as the dust settled. During this lengthy process, Chisholm and Hughey came to realize they were meant to be more than just musical partners. “It's kind of a strange situation,” explains Chisholm. “Elise is good friends with my ex-wife and we all get along, there's no bad blood. In the wide world of divorces, situations like this are really extremely rare, and we all owe it to a commitment to communication, honesty, and conscious examination.” Hughey’s insight and love turned out to be integral to both Chisholm’s emotional healing and his songwriting, imbuing the record with a deep sense of self-reflection and personal honesty. 

The majority of Talking Under Water was written on an antique 1800s piano with a great old thuddy sound that inspired much of the lilting blues undercurrent heard throughout the record. Recorded at Temperamental Studios in Geneseo, NY, much of the record was tracked live. Grammy winner Stephen Roessner (Saxon Shore) produced and mixed the record. Joining them in the studio were violinist Marja Alanen, Molly Werts McDonald and violist Ben Magruder, jazz trombonist Brendan Lanighan, and Matthew Sieber-Ford on tenor saxophone, all conservatory-trained.

Joyously cathartic and reveling in its internal darkness, Chisholm hopes that Talking Under Water can help listeners through their own hard times. “I think sad or depressing music, in my life, has been so much more useful than happy music” says Chisholm. “Happy music doesn't cheer me up when I'm down. Sad music, though, it empathizes with you, it sits there with you and tells you you're not alone.’

Film/Video Game Composer currently at Blizzard Entertainment. I like food, tennis, hockey, food, and guitars with ebows.  

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Filmmaker and Musician with a masters degree in Photography.
All around strange guy.

I am an aspiring musician with a passion to create moving music. My dream is to share my music to all that want to listen.

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That girl you fell for in the bathroom line? Turns out she’s also your new favorite it-girl. Meet Disco Shrine (aka Persian Barbie aka Disco Daddy), the LA-based DJ, producer, & pop star taking the dance scene by storm. With high-energy sets that fuse DJing, live vocals, choreo, & drag queens, Disco creates the ultimate rave for the girls & gays. Her signature sound—a wild mix of hardstyle & mall-pop—paired with her unapologetic dommy mommy energy, makes her an underground icon poised for her Y2K debut.

Disco’s journey began with her debut single “Up in the Air,” reflecting her Persian-American roots and immigrant experience. Her 2021 EP "xoxo, disco" introduced Persian Barbie, an alter-ego symbolizing a creative rebirth & leading to the launch of Barbie Rave, a pop-culture celebration of queer empowerment.

After touring 60+ cities, playing festivals like GoldRush, and opening for artists like Cobrah, Ninajirachi, and Matt Bennett, Disco returns with her latest alter ego: Disco Daddy. Co-produced with BrandO & Gregory Dillon, “Disco Daddy” kicks off her new project, coined as ‘Lip Gloss Pop’ — high-energy anthems for the club, gym, and everywhere in between. A dynamic force in dance music, Disco Shrine continues to break rules, push boundaries, & bring the party wherever she goes. 

"Like everything she makes, it's a straight up bop" - Gorilla vs Bear 

"Call her a chemist because  Disco Shrine has the formula to bop-making down to a science" - MTV 

disco@discoshrine.com

Blur as we know it was born in 1989 when the band signed to Food/EMI. Debut album Leisure (1991) announced the arrival of a band with pop suss warped by an art-punk eccentricity. Yet Blur had more in them: namely, a revolution in the sound of English popular music. Second album Modern Life Is Rubbish reintroduced the idea that English rock music could be cool, and by the time their third album Parklife emerged in 1994, the rest of the UK had caught up. 

The Great Escape (1995) refined the sound palette of Britpop, but Blur were already moving on. 1997's Blur was an about-face - scuffed and noisy and un-English. Follow-up 13 was an even a more radical adventure in sound as William Orbit refereed a truce between organic punkpop and new-fangled technology.

Seventh album Think Tank (2003) was Blur’s first as a three piece after the temporary departure of founding guitarist Graham Coxon, featuring an eclectic variety of rhythms and textures and glorious melodies. 

In 2009 Blur reconvened as a four-piece to play a series of UK shows including two sold out dates at Hyde Park and a historic Sunday night appearance at Glastonbury. A film about Blur, No Distance Left To Run, was released in 2010.

Whisperhawk is the solo project of Utah based singer/songwriter Michael Gross (The Brobecks, Let’s Become Actors, The Statuettes, The Goldeneyes) Check out the entire catalog on www.whisperhawkmusic.com

Leonard Jackson.
Owner of Bleed101 Music (bleed101.com)

One-half of electro-folk duo Imperial Mammoth. (https://soundcloud.com/imperial-mammoth)

Songwriter for TV shows Parenthood, About A Boy, Switched At Birth, etc. 



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