Toronto alternative hip-hop artist Focused 
a.k.a Alex Malacarne gears up to tour his 3rd full length studio album titled "AM Grinding". Titled as a double entendre that pays homage to the legacy of his Great Grandfather's knife grinding business, A.M. Grinding, and his own unrelenting blue collar work ethic with his art.
In his latest release Focused embraces the spirit of his Italian immigrant roots by focusing on a theme of adversity, evident in the song 
"Challenge Accepted" where he tells the story of a harrowing near death experience from childhood. 
Paired with his signature lush, jazzy grooves Focused's live experience delivers a tranced out, laid back vibe perfectly suited for more intimate venues and coffee shops. 
Prior to the pandemic shutdown, Focused was steadily building a dedicated following by extensively touring major cities across Canada and the U.S. with his immersive live show.
Performing alongside Canadian talent Aysanabee, Saffron, Sule, Lea Keeley and Bella Cat. Focused has drawn crowds to iconic major city venues: Toronto's Lees Palace and The Horseshoe Tavern, Montreal's L'Escogriffe and Barfly to name a few. 
With a smooth, modern beat-poet style performance. Focused is enthusiastic about engaging with the audience and building his grass roots fan base on a personal and genuine level. 
Focused also offers a refined live streaming experience should the venue want to collaborate on a unique music experience.

About A1(M) Records
Send us Your New Music - We are on Radio each week - Indie Rocks Radio

Independent record label & artist development company, “Passionate about sounds that make a difference”. Inspired by the DIY ethos of Wilson and McLaren & born of the post punk, electronic noise, emanating from 80's & 90's.

Producers & Collaborations (Our Team)

Since 2012, we have built an international network of collaborators & partners that get the most out of your music. These include; award winning, producers, engineers, re-mixers, world class recording and mastering studios all who have worked with artists that have has both commercial chart success across; indie, dance, funk, soul & EDM.

Our producers, re mixers and studio partners and have worked with the likes of, Gorillaz, Black Grape, Rhianna, The Charlatans, Johnny Marr, Tori Amos and New Order, even Ed Sheeran, Bombay Bicycle Club, Hercules & The Love Affair, Bob Marley and Grace Jones, to name but a few, so you’re in good hands!

﻿We have also teamed up with Bafta award winning film makers, cutting edge video editors and production companies, London and Regional based national digital and physical PR companies, national radio pluggers and pitch to Spotify and iTunes playlists to give our music a chance.

Why the Name?

We left Madchester, behind in 1997, and landed in rural Cambridgeshire. The next 13 years were spent traveling back North, up and down the famous A1 (M) "great north road" as we worked in Manchester, Salford and London. During this time, we worked with many different bands, genres and styles from the North to South of our great country. 

The A1(M) label takes its identity from "Great North Road". Where, since the 1950,s, bands have travelled the length and breadth of this backbone of English music, London to Edinburgh, playing live and building a fan-base. ﻿The A1(M) is "more than just a road", it connects the heartlands of UK with the Music Capital of the world."

Plans for the label?

Our aim is to provide a vehicle for independent bands to take on and compete with established indie labels by having a passionate team behind you offering an affordable formal structured resource to; record, release, sell, promote and gain exposure for their music" – We are looking to add new artists to our roster in 2019.

Inspiration- & Background

Passionate about indie music, played in bands, 1979, early 80’s, & promoted indie live gigs since 2005. Starting the label seemed the next logical step". Our own musical journey playing in bands from 1979-84 and working at a famous Manchester live venue the Mayflower during the second wave of punk and Oi. After being away from music for the "Madchester years" a chance hearing of single by a young Cambridge band "Inkus", in 2005, it rekindled a love of music, that had never really gone away". Music can and does make a difference.

Past Collaborations & Releases

Since 2005, we have collaborated and organized gigs for over 300+ bands in Manchester, at venues in, Salford, Cambridge and London, including the world famous 100 Club, Barfly, Sebright Arms, Nambucca, FAC-251, La belle Angel, Metropol, Zanzibar Club, Band on The Wall & the 1000 capacity Cambridge corn exchange.

From 2005 onward we organized and self-released 3 independent compilation albums & Live music DVDs, featuring Indie bands that played our Teenage Kicks Charity gigs in Cambridge and were also “In The City” official fringe event organizers from 2007-2010.  

We have collaborated and encouraged many new photographers and live music film makers and are proud to have hosted the Salford Debut Book Launch of Kevin Cummins, "Looking for the Light Through the pouring Rain". We have also worked in collaboration with DJ sets from; Dave Haslam, Peter Hook and worked with Happy Monday’s singer Rowetta and had events hosted by John Robb.

All my songs are home-recorded and processed. I try and use whatever means I have at my disposal to make my sound work. If my music/songs seem bloated, that's because they'll mainly be 'works in progress' with the bulk of the idea all strung together to be refined at a later stage...
In general, I love the whole process of writing songs and creating music, but I abhor my results... haha 

If anyone would want the RAW wave files to help me with mixing, it would be much appreciated!!!

Steve Greene - music producer, mixer, musician, composer. These are tracks I've either produced, mixed and/or remixed. Detailed, creative mixing and mastering services. Get in touch if you need mixing!

Battle Chamber studio located in Metro Detroit, Michigan.
STUDIO SERVICES

Producing
Mixing
Mastering
Song Writing
Scoring for Film & Television
Voiceover
Radio Commercial edits
Podcast Post Production


MIXING

You worked very hard to craft and record a song, you deserve the very best mix possible. With years of experience and a selection of modern plug-ins and curated outboard gear, your mix will have excitement and jump out of the speakers! Each mix is custom and tailored for each song and vibe.

 
PRODUCING / WRITING

Sometimes it’s difficult to get a song idea or all the parts to a song or other times there is a great vocal track but you always intended to replace the scratch music tracks with a more polished performance. I can collaborate with you to bring your fully realized song to life. From laying down electronic drums/drum machine, real drums or synth pads or bass guitar or orchestral strings, to completely writing the music to accompany the vocals, I have helped many musicians create their final track.

 
MASTERING

Mastering is the final stage before your music is released to the world, it’s a big deal! After all the hard work and energy spent to create, record and mixing the songs, they deserve to shine! My philosophy to mastering is to let the song shine and offer help where necessary. I want your song or album to be as good as it can be and really have the appropriate energy, polish and sonic impact. Studio located in Metro Detroit, Michigan.

I want to Thank everyone who is supporting my music, it means a great deal to me. 
Edward Jenny is a guitar and keyboard player and composer who writes and performs rock, blues, jazz, new age, International Latin, classical, meditation, soundtrack, and world music.

SunForest-Waterwahl has been an independent record and publishing company since 1965. Originating in Highland, Illinois, SunForest-Waterwahl now produces music in the Pacific Northwest. Edward Jenny and his wife Sabra are the owners and serve as the co-production team.

Edward Jenny is currently the sole artist managed by the company. Edward Jenny has written, performed and produced several music releases over the years including independent albums Lift-Off, Diamond Head: Dialog With The Moon, and Tales From The Emerald Forest, on SunForest-Waterwahl. Additional music releases include some regional Chess/Cadet Concept releases with The Truth(Acid Sette), a St. Louis band, and soundtracks for television and film trailers.

A new series of albums are in production to be released through Amazon and other venues.

2012 recording called Emerald Forest Rhythms is the first of several albums in production.

http://soundcloud.com/fenderman-1 has 30 sec promos and album art for Emerald Forest Rhythms

Album List: as of 2024 available as stream and downloads globally

Emerald Forest Rhythms

Blues in the Key of Peace

Blues in the Key of Hope

Global String Theory: Cymatic Oceans

Global String Theory: Modx1

Global String Theory: Glasshouses, Stones, & Locomotives

Red, Black, And Blue!

Rollin' Rock Blues

Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=edward+jenny&i=digital-music&crid=2XF69KT6MPMEH&sprefix=%2Cdigital-music%2C119&ref=nb_sb_ss_recent_1_0_recent      MP3

Also available on Google/Music, ITunes, Spotify,

Instrumentals

Catalogs and affiliations:

SunForest-Waterwahl is a BMI company. Edward Jenny is a SOCAN author. Library of Congress.

Contact:

Music@edwardjenny.com

Sunforest-waterwahl@hotmail.com

Wily Bo Walker is an award-winning solo artist, songwriter, composer and performer noted for his swaggering 'live' performances

Renowned as being a diverse and prolific artist and hailing originally from Glasgow, Scotland, Wily Bo works across many styles and genres; Blues, Gospel, Soul, Classic R&B, Rock, Jazz, AAA and Americana

From his acoustic swamp’n’stomp Americana shows with ‘The Wily Bo Walker Acoustic Band’, his live & kickin' 6 piece Rock & Blues ‘Wily Bo Walker Band’ through to his full band with Danny Flam & The New York Brass, Wily Bo proves why he has been recognised as an Artist who can twist genres into new forms and has been inducted in to the ‘U.S. Blues Hall of Fame’ as ‘Master Blues Artist’

An independent Scottish artist, his release ‘Moon Over Indigo’ (Sept 2015) was considered for a 2016 Grammy nomination as was his prior collaboration with Grammy Award winner, Danny Flam; ‘Wily Bo Walker & The Danny Flam Big Band‘ (Nov 2013)

Expanding upon the success of ‘Moon Over Indigo’, Wily Bo and Danny Flam worked with some of the cream of U.S. & U.K. musicians on an album ‘Ain't No Man a Good Man’ (Jul 2020) which explored the genre-twists that have come to be expected of a Wily Bo production

His 2018 album ‘Almost Transparent Blues’ received accolades worldwide and reached No 1 for 5 weeks in the Roots Music Report UK Album Charts and Top 30 in the coveted Roots Music Report U.S. Blues Album Charts

Working with multi-instrumentalist E. D. Brayshaw, the album ‘The Roads We Ride’ charted worldwide (#150 in the Roots Music Report Contemporary Blues Charts across all albums in the genre released in 2019). They received spectacular reviews and the track ‘The Ballad of Johnny & Louise’ also reaching No 1 in the prestigious Netherlands’ Hit-Tracks Top 100

In 2021, Wily has started working with E D Brayshaw on their next releases, ‘Some People Kill for Passion’ & 'Drinking to Forget', both of which will feature their dark Americana, Gothic noir, swampy blues tales and soaring guitar solos

Wily Bo is also producing the music and soundtrack album for ‘The Rattlin Bone Theatre Show’ a theatre production that will open at a London Theatre late 2022

All roads lead to VoodooVille…

#blues #rock #americana #AAA #soul #gospel #jazz #swamp’n’stomp #cinematic #noir #voodoo #burlesque

Recent Achievements:

‘Ain’t No Man a Good Man’ long-listed in the ‘Scottish Album of the Year Awards’ in 2021

‘I Want to Know’ from ‘Tales of the Mescal Canyon Troubadours’ nominated for ‘Song of the Year’ in the Jazz & Blues category of Josie’s Music Awards 2021

‘Ain’t No Man a Good Man’ nominated in the ‘Best Blues-Rock CD’ category the Independent Blues Awards, 2021

Two songs nominated for ‘Song of the Year, one in the Rock category and one in the Jazz & Blues category, in the Josie’s Music Awards, 2020

No 1 in the Roots Music Report UK Album Charts for 7 weeks with ‘Ain’t No Man a Good Man’, Aug-Oct 2020

No 4 in the Roots Music Report US Blues Album Charts for 2 weeks with ‘Ain’t No Man a Good Man’, Aug 2020

No 1 in the Roots Music Report US Contemporary Blues Album Charts for ‘Ain’t No Man a Good Man’, Aug 2020

‘Ain’t No Man a Good Man’, ‘The Roads We Ride’, 'Almost Transparent Blues', ‘Moon Over Indigo’ and ‘Stone Cold Beautiful’ all achieved ‘CD of the Week’ status in the prestigious European based Hit-Tracks Top 100

Finalist in the ‘Best Male Vocalist’ category in the European Blues Awards, 2019

Finalist in the ‘Best Contemporary Blues Band’ category in the Independent Blues Awards, 2019

Nominated as ‘Best Blues (Traditional) Artist’ in the LA Critic Awards, Dec 2018

Finalist in the 2016 British Blues Awards in the ‘Kevin Thorpe Award for Songwriter’ category

Runner-Up in the 2015 British Blues awards in the ‘Blues Song’ category for ‘Long Way to Heaven’

Runner-Up in the 2015 Blues awards on Severn FM in the ‘Best Studio Album of 2015’ category for ‘A Long Way from Heaven…’

Hi, My name is Johnny Mc Farlane, I am an Indie songwriter from Ireland. I write, play, produce and distribute my own music. I try to write songs that will mean something to whoever may be listening. I try to express feeling and emotions through my music, I try to hit the heart and soul of whoever may be listening and to pass on my feelings through my lyrics and my music. A lot of the songs I write come from Personal experiences, some are pure imagination, but all try to carry a message of Hope, Fait, understanding and a spiritual message of love. I am just one voice in the wilderness but together we are stronger. Thank you so much for listening to my music. It’s a real honour.

Don’s Tunes is about the music. It’s about the sound. It’s about the real thing.
My mission for more than 15 years is to collaborate with independent labels & musicians, to produce music videos & promote lesser known, but extremely talented blues & jazz artists bringing you a selection of tunes with an audiophile sound, grit and real emotion.

If you’re an artist, label  and want to collaborate with Don’s Tunes check www.donstunes.com or write me on don@donstunes.com

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