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The Immediate are a three-piece indie, power pop band from Mold in north Wales.

We release our Mold EP on Friday 3rd March 2017. The EP will be available to buy on limited edition CD and digitally via bandcamp / iTunes etc.

Mold features 4 brand new recordings, 3 of which are exclusive to the EP.

Lead track, What’s The Matter Kevin Jones?, is a song about some of the kids we went to the Alun School with, who weren’t as fortunate as us and didn’t make it into their 30’s. 

Light Dimensions is the first song we wrote when we reconvened after a long hiatus.

Manbuoy is the title track of our forthcoming debut album, however it does not feature on the album itself. It’s a mostly spoken-word piece that exaggerates all of its writer’s worst qualities.

Mold was recorded at Orange Sound Studios in Penmaenmawr, North Wales by Russ Hayes, who has worked on recordings by Peaness, Campfire Social, Kidsmoke, Catfish and the Bottlemen and Billy Bibby and the Wry Smiles.

The sleeve design was done by Paul Maurice from Wrexham. It’s a detail of Shire Hall, the brutalist former seat of Flintshire County Council that sits on a hill, above Mold town centre.

The Mold EP will be launched at a hometown gig at Theatr Clwyd, Mold on Friday, 3rd. March. We’ll be joined by our friends Campfire Social and Skellums. Tickets are £7 and available here:

https://www.theatrclwyd.com/en/whats-on/headliner-rock-night/

Mold EP tracklisting (r/d 3rd March 2017):

1.	What’s The Matter Kevin Jones?
2.	Light Dimensions
3.	Tremble
4.	Manbuoy

If you have any further enquiries, please contact:

theimmediateband@gmail.com

http://facebook.com/theimmediate
http://twitter.com/the_immediate

There is a YouTube video telling the story of the band so far, here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtERsE3ihDg

We originally split in 1997 due to frustration, an argument over a mouth organ and the success of Stereophonics.

We released one single (unaccountably popular in Sweden), made every conceivable mistake in the How To Be A Successful Indie Band handbook, toured with some excellent bands (Mansun, 60ft Dolls, Dodgy) and flickered out, leaving behind the memory of some great gigs, a few fine songs, and little else.

In March 2016, we reconvened to repair friendships and renew tinnitus. New songs came much more easily than the old ones, probably because we are playing to please only ourselves - with no thoughts of success or acclaim - for the first time in our existence.

There is more truth and resonance in our songs now than ever before. And power. And invention. We write songs about hope and love in the face of the moribund, daily grind. 

You will possibly hear fragments and echoes of the following artists in our sound (The Jam, Wire, XTC, Pixies, Badfinger, REM, Dr Feelgood, Small Faces, Husker Du, The Who, Ride, Big Star, The Cure, Joy Formidable, The Go-Betweens, Teenage Fanclub), but nothing has been plagiarised or misappropriated to mask a deficiency of our own ideas.

The first song Angelina Moysov wrote is about a little girl standing at a window watching the moon cry tears of blood. The moon is saddened by the way humans treat one another. Moysov was 13 when she penned the song, living in her hometown of Pyatigorsk, Russia, under a perpetually pale sky.

The porcelain-skinned Russky’s prose continued to blossom from there. When accomplished guitarist Tom Ayres got a taste – shortly after Moysov moved to the States – Persephone’s Bees took flight.


Trying to confine the Oakland-based quartet to a specific genre is a lost cause. Persephone’s is more like an elephant-sized beehive stuffed with Russ Meyers’ Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s Double Fantasy, the poetry of Osip Mandelstam (“Persephone’s Bees” is a phrase from one of his works) and most importantly, life experience.

Moysov finds muses in everything she experiences and at some point, it overflows into her songwriting.

“I can never force myself to write a song,” Moysov says. “I need inspiration; I have to read, watch my favorite movies, look at art and the people around me. When someone asks me what kind of music we play I always say, ‘It’s everything,’ or ‘It’s music.’”

One book that inspired a new song was The Master and Margarita (also the title of the song and Mick Jagger’s inspiration for “Sympathy for the Devil”) by Russian writer Mikhail Bulgakov.

Persephone’s released their first album City of Love in 2002, but the world took notice in 2005 after they signed to Columbia Records and released their second album, Notes from the Underworld. Some of the songs from the album have been featured in commercials, video games and even on The Sopranos.

“Home,” the tune featured on the Jersey mobster series, is the last song on the L.P. and a perfect match for a series about misunderstood criminals. Ayres’ guitar begins with a placid wah, like soft footsteps in a forest, before it builds into the bat-out-of-hell chorus: “When I left you, when I left him, when I left her, I left myself.”

Moysov’s explanation of the song’s lyrics: “It’s hard leaving the people you love, but it’s very liberating – like a little leaf that fell from a tree. You’re all alone.”

The first song on the album, “Way to your Heart,” is a mesh of gypsy-prog-psychedelia that’s like a conversation between Ayres and Moysov. Ayres brings crunchily distorted Thin Lizzy riffs, and Moysov answers with playful jabs on the keys and taunting vocals. “In the morning when I wake up, I think about how I can get you tonight.”

“Way to Your Heart” is proof that Moysov and Ayres are both strong forces – and without one, the group just wouldn’t work.

Persephone’s Bees continues to prevail even after leaving Columbia Records: Its third album "New In Berlin". Without the lavish, big studio production, Ayres and Moysov were tasked with the intricate process, but Moysov says she cannot be happier with the outcome.

“New In Berlin is a lot more philosophical,” she says. “It’s more of the way I see Persephone’s Bees in my mind.”


L.A. songwriter/producer Gordon Pogoda has had worldwide success in all aspects of the music business. In film, Pogoda's credits include two songs featured in the Academy Award winning motion picture "Little Miss Sunshine" (both songs featured in the pageant scene), the top 5 film "Josie and the Pussycats", "Longshot" featuring Britney Spears & Justin Timberlake, as well as a Disney film and several others. In television, Gordon's songs have been featured in over 120 shows such as "Hannah Montana" (the song "If Cupid Had a Heart" performed by Selena Gomez), "Sex and the City", "American Idol", "The Voice", "CSI", "Medium", "ER", "Will and Grace", "Twilight Zone", "King Of The Hill", "Everwood" and the Disney shows "Kim Possible" and "Suite Life of Zack & Cody". 

On CD, Gordon's songs can be found on major labels like Universal, Warner Brothers and EMI, and he's had many platinum and gold records around the world -- Gordon has had the 2nd biggest hit of the year in the biggest country in the world - Russia (it's one of Russia's 20 biggest hits of the 2000's), as well as songs recorded for the European version of "American Idol". He's also had platinum records with the Australian "Popstars" group Scandal'us, the Greek "Popstars" group Hi-5, Finnish female hard rock band Tiktak, and he's had a song in a major European event often called "the Olympics For Songwriters" -  Eurovision,  representing the Czech Republic (where it was a top 5 hit) and heard and seen by over 400 million people across Europe and Australia. It's very rare for an American composer to have a song represented in this prestigious event. Gordon's songs have also been featured in many Disney releases --  films, TV shows, CDs and DVDs, and he has had a top 10 hit on the U.S. Christian singles chart with sister group Aurora and another by Award Winning artist Natalie Grant. In the past five years, he's signed publishing deals with EMI Music, Universal Music and Warner Chappell Music.

Gordon Pogoda has written songs with some of the most respected writers, producers and artists in the business including Cutfather (producer for CHRISTINA AGUILERA, MARY J. BLIGE, JORDIN SPARKS, BRANDY, THE WANTED), Peter Wallevik (ONE DIRECTION), Kasia Livingston (FLO RIDA, BRITNEY SPEARS, WHITNEY HOUSTON, THE WANTED), Wayne Hector (NICKI MINAJ, CARRIE UNDERWOOD, THE WANTED, PUSSYCAT DOLLS), Shanell Red (CHRIS BROWN, DESTINY'S CHILD), Tommy Gee (ONE DIRECTION), Marti Frederiksen (DAUGHTRY, STEVEN TYLER, RASCAL FLATTS, CARRIE UNDERWOOD), Steve "Babyboy" Brown (CHRISTINA AGUILERA), Jeremy Monroe & Georgette Franklin (JENNIFER LOPEZ), Marco Marinangeli (MILEY CYRUS, JOSH GROBAN), Allan Rich (WHITNEY HOUSTON, ‘N SYNC), Michael Jay (EMINEM, CELINE DION), Dan Hill (BRITNEY SPEARS, CELINE DION), Jason Blume (BRITNEY SPEARS, BACKSTREET BOYS), Ken Hirsch (MARY J. BLIGE, CELINE DION), Albert Hammond (WHITNEY HOUSTON, CELINE DION, DUFFY), Andrew Lane (“HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL” & “HANNAH MONTANA” soundtracks), Vince Degiorgio (‘N SYNC), Denise Rich (CELINE DION, JENNIFER LOPEZ), John Bettis (MADONNA, CELINE DION, WHITNEY HOUSTON), Dennis Morgan (FAITH HILL), Jeff Silbar (Grammy winning writer of “WIND BENEATH MY WINGS”), and many others.

Dream Management says, "Gordon's songs provide universal, everlasting melodies and concepts that captivate and appeal to the pop audience. His songs have catchy melodies and lyrics that are fresh and unique, with a modern-day feel. We believe Gordon Pogoda will be the next big writer for the new decade with timeless melodies that people of all ages love and relate to."



The Story of ….The Beat Dolls.

From the ashes of Dallas Punk/Ska band, SkateAroundChippy, The Beat Dolls. arose. 
A Rock n’ Roll band, heavily influenced by Punk Rock, and the slightest hint of Ska, that’s taking Austin and the rest of the world by storm. The Beat Dolls. will assault you with frantic distortion, pleasantly brain staining melodies and lyrics, vocals and style that conjure up images of a Gwen Stefani/Brody Dalle hybrid, reinforced by the backbone, an unyielding  rhythm section that packs a punch that will leave you reeling, well into your drive home. The band name was actually borrowed from a song titled Beat Doll that Angie’s dad, Jack Starr, on Norton Records wrote. The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. Starr made his mark on the world with fans of Rockabilly and horror movies alike, including Jack White and The Upholsterers who covered Starr’s “Pain (Gimme Sympathy)”.  

The Beat Dolls. began much the same way SkateAroundChippy did, with Ramon writing music and Angie, writing lyrics. Eventually Ramon moved onto his own band, with Ernesto Calderon, drummer for SkateAroundChippy, to form The Scary Mondelos.  This left Angie in need of a writer and guitar player, not to mention a bass player, also Ramon’s role, and a drummer. Angie looked no further than in the mirror and her Austin community of musicians. She found a steady guitar player in herself, a rude thumping bass player in Barry Anderson and a thunder summoning drummer in Mike Reisch.

The Beat Dolls. belt out tales of sarcasm, wit, humor, sadness and madness, of which at least one of those every one of us could relate.  If you are looking for Britney, Katy or Lady, you are looking in the wrong direction, for The Beat Dolls. sugar coat nothing and you’ll get no apologies here. 
But…one may find…that you are not alone and that Angie has articulated what’s been festering in your crazy brain all along. 


Bridging the lush ambiance of dreamy synth-wave and the vibrant pulse of nightlife with the expressive melodies and vocal styling of iconic American and European pop music, ShyBoy’s latest LP His Royal Shyness unfolds effortlessly around stories of attraction, emotion, isolation, and connection. The ensuing sound pulls the audience into big city penthouses, down-low darkrooms, and small-town back alleys; on an adventure where the thin line between high-stakes love and low-rent lust reveals our innermost desires.

His Royal Shyness kicks off with the sparkling energy of the nu-disco infused opening track “Sweet Release,” setting the tone for the album’s effortless mix of dance, R&B, and alternative sounds. The sleek and stylish “Bedroom Secrets” sways hypnotically between icy keyboards and soulful vocals, sliding us from the bedroom to the dance floor and back again. The pulsating synth-pop fantasy “Sex Doll” is propelled by ShyBoy’s playful performance, highlighting his innate lyricism and fluid vocal range. The sultry and seductive “Bad Thoughts” captures glistening main-stage energy while cruising through the shadowy hallways that lead to the backroom.

ShyBoy is the music composer for the Emmy-nominated documentary series Queer For Fear: The History Of Queer Horror. Several songs from His Royal Shyness are featured in the show, including the main title “Backroom,” described by World of Wonder as “a gritty masterpiece.” The original score and soundtrack album from Queer For Fear features “Dildo Machine” by ShyBoy and RuPaul’s Drag Race superstar Alaska Thunderfuck.

ShyBoy's music has been featured in various TV shows, including RuPaul's Drag Race, Dynasty, and America's Next Top Model, as well as in the Capcom video game Devil May Cry 4 and the trailer for the 2018 film Halloween. His collaborations include projects with RuPaul, Alaska Thunderfuck, SlimKid3 (of The Pharcyde), Wendy Waldman, Darude, and Allee Willis. Additionally, ShyBoy co-founded the band Hypnogaja and the indie label The Spaceman Agency. 

ShyBoy® is a registered trademark.

My Great Grandfather is James Fenimore Cooper , American Writer, Last Of the Mohicans ......And so the Great American story continues with me.... The American Songwriter,Musician,Actress!


Kristy Kay has been in almost every home All Over The World. If you’ve ever watched TV and saw a Toyota commercial, an IBM spot, Coca Cola, Barbie, Bratz, then she visited your world for a brief 60 seconds. She is all over the super successful, over 30 million selling Kids Craze “Kidz Bop” CD's that you and your kids are singing along with in the car. Ever been to a Karaoke bar? Forget about it, she has been your background singer when ever you get up on stage. With thousands of sessions behind her, Kristy’s credits behind the mic is a list of what’s what and what’s happening now. 

After having Chart Busting Dance singles , one With Universal Records For her Song “Who’s That Loving you Now?” also featured on many compilations and The American Idol Video Game along with recordings by Three Doors Down and Michael Jackson.
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She also has Branded her Song "American Princess" and the Brand VIPrincess is now in development  and is being dubbed the new little girl fantasy Brand, which includes dolls and merchandise ,animated  tv series and Music!....

"After moving to Nashville awhile back, the amazing songwriters here taught me the true meaning of the lyric in a song.  I love writing songs everyday for other artists, tv and film My songs have been placed in TV and Film and commercials.... I also contribute to the Children Mending Hearts Charity and Ronald Mc. Donald House"

www.kristykaymusic.com

"We turn reality inside out."

Walter Sickert & The ARmy of BRoken TOys are the spinners of a charming, demented fairy tale that gathers new characters all the time. At the heart of the colorful fantasy is Walter Sickert, the writer, ringleader and conjurer.

The name of the band came to Walter in a dream.  He had been living in a haunted barn in the woods of New Hampshire and would often record very late at night. During one of these sessions on a mid-winter’s eve, he fell asleep curled under a pile of broken porcelain dolls. The dolls kept him warm and infiltrated his dream, marching as a musical army and finishing the recording he was working on, much like the elves in the tale of the shoemaker. Upon waking Walter realized that the song he had been working on was indeed finished and embarked on a journey to find real life broken toys to join him in his musical alchemy.

The first to join The ARmy of BRoken TOys was Edrie, an accordionist from a North Dakota farm. The two, brought together initially by sadness were soon making music so powerful that more broken toys flocked to them. They brought talent of all shapes and sizes:  Rachel Jayson, a conservatory-trained violist who conducts several orchestras; Meff, a playwright and mandolin player,  is always mentally writing the next play; jojo, the Burlesque Poetess, writes poetry and teaches ukulele at the Passim School of music; TJ, the gravel-voiced punk and hardcore drummer; and Mike Leggio whose upright bass has taken him all over the world. Add to this a troop of thirty-six performance artists who bring contortion, burlesque, and aerial performance to The ARmy of BRoken TOys’ arsenal.

Walter lives as a conduit for art of any kind. Music, illustration, video - his ideas are like Jack's magic beans - fast-growing and irresistible. “Walter is one of the most prolific and easily flowing artists that I’ve ever worked with,” Rachel Jayson says of his astounding output. “Songs just kind of pour out of his face and his body.” The ARmy of BRoken TOys takes Walter’s handiwork and filters it, developing music that is influenced by everyone. The results have been described as a “Dada-esque circus carnival run amuck,” by Boston Survival Guide.

While Walter Sickert & the ARmy of BRoken TOys can create mayhem anywhere, they’ve found the perfect workplace to hone their craft. The WIREFOREST sits atop a steep hill overlooking the city and the ocean. “The studio where Walter makes his art, is painted entirely black and when the lights are off the room seems to expand outwards as if you were in the middle of a black hole,” says Edrie of the space. The band has recorded countless hours of music in the WIREFOREST’s upstairs studio.

It was therefore important, when the band chose to record their latest album, Soft Time Traveler (due out April 16) outside their home studio, to find a place with a similar spirit. Enter Watch City Studios in Waltham, MA, where Walter and the rest of the BRoken TOys found a homey collection of odd antiques including a functioning wax cylinder player and vintage victorian embalming paraphernalia. “It was exactly like walking into a museum of the inside of Walter’s head,” says Edrie. “With the added benefit of the same soundboard that Thriller was recorded on.” The album is frenetic yet melodic, and sounds like an exorcism by Lewis Carroll.

Whether live or in album form, Walter Sickert & the ARmy of BRoken TOys will transport you to a realm where imagination rules, and sound is alive.  You may not sleep tight, but your dreams will be like none you've ever experienced.

J S has been doing voice over for over 25 years and as a voice for games, he has been fesatured on hundreds of games - yes, not hundreds of characters, but hundreds of games, for 20 years. He was featured as major characters in the original Tekken and Battle Toh Shin Din. More recently he has reprised his role as Sweet Tooth for Twisted Metal for PS3 and All Stars Battle Royale. He has done several characters for League of Legends, including Dr. Mundo, Sion, Gragas and Cho G'ath. His voice is also heard nationally and internationally in all types of corporate videos, training programs, audio books, e-learning, commercials, voice mail and even talking dolls and talking greeting cards. From the guided tour at the Alamo, to an English walking tour in Venice, Italy, Gilbert has proven to be a versatile and prolific talent. He is currently the licensed voice fro Hermey the elf from Rudolph, as well as a licensed voice for Papa Smurf. He also does numerous impersonations and has done soundalike work as the voice of numerous celebrities and characters. 

He is also a writer and copywriter in addition to handling project managemnt, casting and production duties for numerous audio/ video projects. His site and blog is located at http://jsgilbert.com You can also hear his specific character work at http://insanevoiceover.com

Onyay Pheori is a vocalist, violinist, song writer, producer, recording & performing artist and actress based out of Los Angeles, CA.
In January 2016  her self-titled 7 song EP will be released, featuring a cover of Coldplay's X & Y.  In early 2016 she will also be releasing 2 EPs with her alt rock band, Sky Mansion. Onyay writes and produces music for film, tv, trailers and commercials.  She also collaborates with inspiring artists, producers and publishers in a range of genres for film and television as well.  She has had multiple domestic and international placements, including the trailer for the video game Devil May Cry 4 special addition, Satisfaction on the USA Network, the theme song for HDNET Movies, the official NBC trailer for the romantic comedy A to Z, promos for Greys Anatomy in Africa, Dash Dolls on E!, multiple spots on MTV's Finding Carter and multiple spots on Stewarts & Hamiltons, an RTL Living Commercial in Germany, spots on ESPN, Entertainment Tonight, multiple placements on Four Weddings and other reality shows as well as international ads/placements in Europe, South America and Asia. 
In the fall of 2014 Onyay released the EP, No More Waiting, with the title track being the campaign song for Beanpole commercials with Korean star Kim Soo Hyun and the song, Fever, in a Fila ad campaign with the same star. 

Onyay toured internationally with The Earthharp Collective from 2008-2014 and performed in hundreds of festivals, performing art centers and private events, including The Great Hall in Shanghai for the International Arts Festival in conjunction with the World Expo, La Parroquia for the La Calaca Festival in San Miguel de Allende, TEDx Kansas City, The Wanderlust Festival and performed in the Finals of America's Got Talent, to name a few. She also toured and performed with the world renowned Quixotic Fusion.  Onyay recorded violin on a bonus track for Grammy winning Herbie Hancock's "The Imagine Project" and shot a music video, “Visitation”, with a mystical and environmental theme, which appeared in the Portraits Assignment at Flatbed Press in Austin, Texas.  She also wrote and recorded "The World is Ready" with Grammy winning producer, Jeff Bova, that was used in the tck tck tck campaign's International celebrity PSA raising awareness for climate change.  Onyay has appeared in over 40 roles on stage and screen
with an array of independent shorts and films in the festival circuit over the years. 

Onyay began a 7 Year Quest called 33 Muses in 2005 when she started traveling to sacred sites opening up to the mysteries and frequencies beyond this world.  At each site crowds gathered transfixed by her sound and she began understanding how to share these experiences through music and multi-media performance.  Since 33 Muses’ inception, she has journeyed deep into the Amazonian Rainforest and ascended high into the Andes of Peru and Ecuador, explored the Mayan Ruins of Mexico, the Temples and Pyramids of Egypt, the Caves and Ruins of Crete and Greece, the castles and mountains of Southern France, the temples and jungles of Bali and Java as well as sacred and natural places in over 31 countries including Chile, Ireland, Indonesia, South Africa, India and New Zealand. Her process involves a receptivity and communication with the sounds and memories held in these places, translating them through her voice and violin as a sonic shapeshifter, becoming more human and more than human simultaneously. 

Onyay’s otherworldly language and hypnotic melodies explore love, awakening, light, communion, angelic realms, other dimensions, freedom, illusion, consciousness, the peaks, the valleys and the journey of being human in a forever changing world.

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