Sivan Lioncub and Christopher Daddio fused brains in 2010. Their first project “Lee Malone” started as a cross-country songwriting affair between Sivan (vocals, violin) in Brooklyn and Chris (vocals, guitar) in San Francisco. It quickly became an obsession & Sivan moved back to her childhood home in Oakland, California so that their music creation could continue. They busked on street corners, played in clubs, got noticed by local press and were on the rise. Then, just after they were invited to record at Converse Rubbertracks, Chris was diagnosed with hodgkin’s lymphoma and Lee Malone screeched to a halt. 

     Sivan stayed by his bedside in the hospital every day & every night as Chris went through aggressive rounds of in-patient chemo & radiation at Alta Bates Hospital in Berkeley. They made it as fun as they could, singing songs in hospital halls til dawn. Together through the tunnel of darkness they persevered and lo & behold, they earned themselves a new life.

      A superstitious couple, they felt that Lee Malone had brought them bad luck, so they decided to rename their band Everyone Is Dirty, a lyric from a song Sivan wrote. They recruited bassist/pedal steel player Tyler English and drummer Tony Sales (whose dad & uncle are the Sales Brothers) & released their first album appropriately named Dying Is Fun on Tricycle Records. They toured the country in their trusty van Papa Mario, playing BFD, Treefort Music Fest in Boise, SXSW & Noise Pop and lots of little shows in cities along the way.

    By February of 2015 they were on the rise again, kicking ass & playing tons of shows. Then, just after they opened for Cold War Kids, Sivan had an allergy to an antibiotic called Augmentin and her liver failed. She turned yellow and her piss looked like Coca Cola. Shocked & profoundly disappointed, they had to cancel their tour to Treefort Fest & beyond. Instead, in a hospital bed at Alta Bates Chris paid back the devotion, staying with her day and night. Music gave them hope, so they continued to write & record with Tyler, and in 2018 they released My Neon’s Dead, a 10 song memoir of Sivan’s hospitalized “toxic morphine haze”. 

      For the 2nd time,  life was re-granted to the duo. With a clean bill of health they replaced Tony Sales with Tyler’s high-school bandmate, drummer Jake Kopulsky, and their rhythm section grew to be a force of nature. 

   Until today Sivan & Chris are recording music at Donut Time Audio, a full service recording studio that takes over their 2 bedroom house in Oakland. He engineers & produces. She writes lyrics & and shreds a clear blue electric violin that glows when it hits the light. When he’s not working on an Everyone Is Dirty song Chris makes a living recording & mixing music at Donut Time Audio with local artists. Sivan enjoys collaborating with other artists as well, most recently recording violin and singing with The Residents on their albums "Intruders" and "Metal meat & Bone" and touring with Shannon Shaw.

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You know Dirtybird for dropping basslines and creating smiles on the dance floor since January 2005.

The fun family vibe of the Dirtybird label can be traced back to a free event started in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. This new kind of house music went against the smooth vocal house that was popular at the time and derived its influences mostly from hip-hop, drum n bass, and American funk. The free outdoor BBQ party was very rough around the edges but eventually became legendary amongst the people of San Francisco. This event was also a very influential factor in the decision by Claude VonStroke to start the record label in 2005.

Today, Dirtybird has offices in San Francisco and Los Angeles and has expanded into events and tour production. As it grows, the brand continues to expand beyond music into merchandise, licensing and artist management. In 2015, Dirtybird launched the inaugural Dirtybird Campout festival, which has been dubbed “Summer Camp For Adults”, and Dirtybird has been recognized from their achievements by being awarded "Underground Label of the Year" at the International Dance Music Awards, “Label of the Decade” by Mixmag, “Best North American Label” by DJ Mag, and Billboard’s "Top 5 Independent Dance Labels".

Sounds like if Bowie, Ferry, D'Angelo, Eurythmics, Talking Heads and Talk Talk had a lovechild.

Kendra McKinley paints on her clothes and makes music for smoking weed with your bra off.
A conduit of connection with a voice that sounds like tuned honey. Her music braids sensuality, levity and polish. Whether she’s casting spells with her looping pedal or fronting a dynamic backing band, her live show is an invitation to swerve and swoon to her yummy grooves. An incantation to bloom, on loop.

Musician Mark McGee is unwavering in his commitment to creating authentic, original music.
 
Inspired songwriting, tasteful guitars and melodic vocals forge an intense, thematic and recognizable sound.
His unique musical vision creates a style that continues to win over loyal followers. Carving out a path driven solely by artistic choices, his dedication to the craft is admired. From decades of albums and world tours he's acknowledged by peers and influential to musicians around the globe.
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His ongoing legacy with Nicole Sutton and LUVPLANET and a diverse past as lead/slide guitarist for Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame's 'Gregg Allman' and heavy metals 'Vicious Rumors', has garnered respect in the music world. ​
 
As a singer and student of legendary vocal coach 'Judy Davis', he delivers soulful ballads to high energy rock'n'roll.
 
As a songwriter he is diverse and refined, flowing into places that make genre seem irrelevant.
 
As a producer and arranger he sees the full picture and maximizes the potential of the song and the artist.
 
As a session musician he delivers passionate performances filled with fire and longevity complimenting the music.
He's appeared on movie soundtracks and recordings by artists such as Mickey Thomas (Jefferson Starship),
Stuart Hamm (Joe Satriani, Steve Vai) and Brad Gillis (Night Ranger).
 
As a live artist he raises the bar with exciting, powerful and passionate performances. He has shared the stage or performed shows with artists such as Paul Stanley(Kiss), Styx, Allman Brothers Band, Journey, Cyndi Lauper, Metallica, Paul DiAnno (Iron Maiden), Joan Jett, Joe Satriani, B52's, Ted Nugent, Cyndi Lauper, Bad Company and many more.
 
As a guitar instructor he teaches working professionals as well as complete beginners. With special insight and patience he gives guidance and inspiration while providing a clear understanding of music.
 
Time shows him to be true to form, never to be stuck in a musical box.
Mark says "For all the reasons one might pursue a life in music, if it's out of luv for the art, then you can't lose.
To not do it, would be to not feel alive!"

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To hire Mark for sessions, production, guitar instruction or tours,
contact him at info@markmcgee.com

Kristi Walsh is the host of Surfing the Psychic Waves, here on Soundcloud. Kristi talks to surfers, psychics and metaphysicians to share their tales of the surf and to discover new ways to handle these cosmic and ascension waves. So are you paddling out, are you on the beach waxing your board, or are you riding the curl right now?  Kristi Walsh is a trance medium healer and clairvoyant psychic whose Surfing the Psychic Waves can lead you into discussions with metaphysical surfers such as Lindy Cowling, Kelly LaSha, James Tyberonn, Michael Tamura, George Kavassilas, Blossom Goodchild, Venus Andrect, Eric Hatton, Sue Farrow, and even some surfers right here from Soundcloud.
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Goh Nakamura is a singer, songwriter, musician, composer and actor. His guitar work has been featured in films directed by Ridley Scott such as A Good Year, American Gangster and Body of Lies. His track "Daylight Savings" also appears in the film Feast of Love. Nakamura made his acting debut in Dave Boyle's award-winning film, Surrogate Valentine, where he played a fictionalized version of himself. The film screened at a number of festivals including the SXSW Film Festival and Nakamura won a Special Jury Prize for Acting from the Dallas International Film Festival for his performance in it. 

Nakamura's first album is entitled Daylight Savings.[5] A music video directed by Dino Ignacio for a track on that album entitled "Embarcadero Blues" became featured on the frontpage of YouTube and soon amassed over 1 million views.[6] The title track of the album, "Daylight Savings" was also featured on the soundtrack for the 2007 film Feast of Love, directed by Robert Benton, based on the Charles Baxter novel of the same name and starring Morgan Freeman, Greg Kinnear, Selma Blair and many others.[7]

Nakamura also co-wrote the lyrics for the song "Bird's Eye", performed and also co-written by Mike Patton, Serj Tankian and film composer Marc Streitenfeld, which was a featured song on the original soundtrack for Ridley Scott's 2008 film, Body of Lies.[8][9] Nakamura has also contributed bass & guitar music to the score of Ridley Scott's American Gangster and also guitar and vocals to the score of another Ridley Scott film, A Good Year.

Nakamura's second album is entitled Ulyssess and was considered more of a "branching out" in style that received positive reviews from the likes of KQED.[10] Nakamura's third album is entitled Motion from the Music Picture and features songs from Dave Boyle's films Surrogate Valentine and Daylight Savings.


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