Issue #3 Summer/Fall 2014 by Stereo Noise

Stereo Noise

Summer 2014 Issue 3

COMING OCTOBER 7th

Casey Bolles

Photo Credit: Taylor Rambo Photography https://www.facebook.com/ taylorrambophotography

Story: Brianna Cutter BUFFALO, NY trying to get a – Casey Bolles hails from Buffalo, little more involved in the DIY NY where he grew up on great music scene, so I’ve been meeting a lot of and realized that music was new people to share my music with.” something he would like to dedicate So what does that mean for the his time to. “I’ve been doing this solo future of Bolles music? He tells us, project for a couple of years. I’ve “I’m heading into the studio right been playing music since I was a after my tour with My Heart, My little kid, and have always been Anchor, and I hope to have really interested in it, so something out I kind of always knew I before fall ends. wanted to spend a lot of This release will “I’ve been playing my time doing it,” not be full band, music since I was a Bolles tells us. but I think the At this point, you songs are a lot little kid, and have may be asking, so what better than what always been really does Casey Bolles music I’ve done before, sound like? Bolles puts and hopefully interested in it, so I it into the perfect set of anyone who’s kind of always knew I words, “emo/indie/punk heard ‘The Fever’ wanted to spend a lot of will hear some sort and some live acoustic sets. A little like Say of growth.” my time doing it.” Anything and The Spill If you aren’t Canvas, which is a little planning on seeing emo.” Casey Bolles on Last December, Bolles tour this summer or fall with My released his EP “The Fever,” which Heart, My Anchor, then keep an eye received some remarkable praise out for any upcoming tours he may from listeners. When asked how the have this winter or spring! Bolles’ reception from fans has been in music is definitely worth a listen, so regards to the EP, Bolles responds relax, kick back, and listen! with “From the people that are willing to give it a listen, I’ve been really excited to hear that they like More on Casey Bolles: it! Since I released that EP I went on a couple of tours and have been Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/CaseyBolles BandCamp: http://caseybolles.bandcamp.com/ album/the-fever

OUT NOW

Tanner

Photo Credit: Merri Cyr Photography http://merricyr.com/

Story: Brianna Cutter

NEW YORK, NY - New York-based rock musician Tanner has been making all the right moves to becoming a big name rock artist. This summer has proved to be an awesome, breakthrough summer for Tanner. Back in the beginning of the summer, Tanner released his self-titled EP which went over fantastically with fans! Tanner has accomplished quite a lot in his life, musically, mentally, and even physically. Tanner’s story is definitely one filled with determination, ambition, and inspiration, that is why Stereo Noise is super excited to have been able to ask Tanner some questions about his accomplishments and all the hard work he has put in concerning his music. “I grew up around music. I would always listen to the oldies station and I fell in love with melodies and artists telling stories through their music. My dad played bass in a cover band and in an original band with one of Neil Young’s guitar players, Anthony Crawford, so I was immersed in music at an early age. I saw a Stone Temple Pilots show in 2001 and left that show knowing I wanted to get into music,” Tanner tells us when asked how he got involved with music. In his early life, Tanner had overcome a number of obstacles. Some of

which includes a drug addiction, as well as a rare, life-threatening blood disease. Because of these obstacles, Tanner has a ton of inspiration and motivation to put into his music. When asked to share where most of his inspiration comes from, Tanner replies with, “My inspiration comes from my life and what I live and see around me. I find myself being inspired by current events a lot lately. On this EP, I wrote all of the songs about a past relationship. Lately, I’ve been writing about the world a lot more, but always through my perspective. I’ll only write what I know and what I’ve lived.” And like all artists, Tanner too has some musical influences, “The Beatles are my biggest influences. Revolver is my favorite record of all time. I grew up with oldies music and country music, but threw away all of my country records when I discovered Nirvana. The great front men are my biggest influences; Bowie, Morrison, Weiland. I don’t play a lot of guitar on stage although I do on the recordings. I think music needs more people just singing and putting on a show. I don’t want to be confined to an instrument on stage. I love getting lost in the music, and having the ability to move around,” he explains.

“My inspiration comes from my life and what I live and see around me.”

In addition to the release of the EP, Tanner also released a music video for the first track on the EP, “Come Alive,” which he tells us about, “The reception from fans in regards for the video has been great, especially for a first release. People have read me some of the YouTube comments that have been really positive. I’m glad people seem to like it. My passion is to tell my stories in hopes that someone relates to what I have to say, and is lifted by it. When that happens, I feel great about it.” Tanner also puts into detail the experience of making the video, “The experience was great. I think music is half visual, so getting to put a visual to the song was great for me. I wanted to tell the story of the song without distracting from the song itself, so the concept was to keep it simple. I used a grainy and vintage texture on it to represent my memories of the relationship the song is about. My memories of that have become aged and half forgotten. I wanted to tell the story of getting close, coming together, and drifting apart. It’s about someone I met in treatment, related to, got close to, and started my life over with. When we went through that, we didn’t really know who we were, and once we

“My passion is to tell stories in hopes that someone relates to what I have to say, and is lifted by it. When that happens, I feel great about it.” found ourselves again, we drifted apart. So, I wrote a song about it from a positive perspective. Finding yourself after adversity is, after all, a very positive thing.” After having such a successful summer, what are Tanner’s plans for the future? He tells us, “I am working on another record. I think my sound is an ever-evolving thing, and I think I’ve really tapped into what that sound is while I’ve been working on new music. I just want to continue telling my stories and sharing them. I also plan to play more shows, because performing is what I enjoy doing the most.”

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Behind The Scenes.. with

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Dan Axelson Photography & City To City Apparel

Photo Credit: Dan Axelson

Story: Brianna Cutter BLACKWOOD, NJ in photography, “When I was in Musicians aren’t the only middle school, I used to mess people involved in the around with disposable cameras music scene. In fact, without all those who work when I would go on school trips and vacations. I’ve “behind the scenes,” musicians wouldn’t make it. always loved nature and architecture and that was With every musician or band comes the producers, one of the main things I shot from in different the writers, the photographers, the sponsors, and all locations. I went to my first local show with a of the above. Dan Axelson, happens to be one of camera when I was 14, and I fell in love from those who works “behind the scenes” and helps there.” musicians get their names. Since then, Axelson has shot a number of big Dan is the founder of his own photography name tours and festivals, including the Vans business, Dan Axelson Photography. He is also the Warped Tour. When asked about his experience in founder of clothing line, City to City Apparel. Since shooting such shows, Axelson says, “Festivals are so starting his own businesses, Axelson has toured with much fun to shoot. The energy and environment is big name artists such as The Word Alive, and I See so different from a regular/club show. That, on top Stars. Although this may seem like quite a fun life of the diverse spread of bands that are usually at to live, it comes with tons of hard work and said festivals makes it even better. I love shooting dedication. Axelson was eager to share with us all all events and hope to get back out there soon!” that goes on through his businesses. As mentioned earlier, Axelson has toured It comes as no surprise that every great with a number of different bands in order to business endeavor must start small, and thats promote City to City Apparel, and to do some exactly what Axelson did with his clothing line, shooting as well. Axelson explains the tour life as City to City Apparel. “This project is very special to “exciting, stressful, and relaxing all in one. There is me because we do everything DIY. I’ve always been a ton of work to do when traveling every day and it into graphic designs and similar art styles and when can be a lot at times, but if you enjoy what you are the idea of a clothing company came about I stuck doing, it’s hard to consider it work.” with it until we formed in 2012. The name So, what’s next for Dan Axelson? He tells us, originally came to me and had no meaning what so “City to City Apparel has recently launched the Fall ever. We were throwing around ideas and when I 2014 Collection. The company formed just over two opened up iTunes, the song “City to City” was years ago and will continue to grow and put out selected so we threw it into the bunch we had shirts for as long as we can! As for my photography, worked up and ended up sticking with it. As we I will never put down a camera and hope to hit the grew as a company, the meaning gained more and road again soon! When I’m home, I love to work more importance and meaning,” Axelson shares. with my friends from the area such as Me Versus I Since having launched the line in 2012, City to City and The Artwork Of as well. I’ll never stop shooting, Apparel has had some great success, which Axelson that’s for sure.” tells us all about, “The company has grown over the past two years since we launched. We have shirts all More on Dan Axelson: across the world from Australia to Japan, Germany to UK, and more. We are slowly growing and Dan Axelson Photography: gaining new customers every day and I couldn’t be https://www.facebook.com/ happier.” DanAxelsonPhotography But before the idea of City to City came http://www.danaxelsonphotography.com about, Axelson was already working on a big project of his which is his own photography business, City to City Apparel: named, Dan Axelson Photography. Axelson has https://www.facebook.com/CityToCityApparel been working on his photography for quite a http://www.citytocityapparel.com number of years now, and is constantly improving his photography skills. He tells us all about his start

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Available October 14th!

Count To Four

Photo Credit: Vladislav Grach Photography https://www.facebook.com/ VGrachPhotography

Story: Brianna Cutter

BARRINGTON, NJ - Pop-punk band Kolossal Management. But we toured all Count To Four is made up of four guys by over the country on it, and the reception the names of Mike, Jay, Neale, and Pete. we got from fans at shows was nothing but The guys begun their journey as Count To welcoming. Kids go nuts during the live Four back in 2010. Since then, the band shows. It’s awesome. And we have those has put out tons of awesome music, kids who go the extra mile for us, including a full length, some great music promoting us in all sorts of ways, some videos, and have done tons of touring. kids even drive extraneous hours to come So, how did it see us play. Those are the all start out? The ones who keep us going, band tells us, “We “Kids go nuts during the because they allow us to do all grew up in the what we do.” live shows. It’s awesome. same hometown Since this release the area, so naturally band has grown both And we have those kids everyone sort of musically and mentally, and who go the extra mile for already knew they tell us how and why, us, promoting us in all everyone through “Musically, we are heading various high schools a more mature direction. sorts of ways, some kids in and going to local We’re focusing even more even drive extraneous shows. Pete and now on time changes and Mike began time signatures. We aren’t hours to come see us play. jamming together at trying to fit into any niche Those are the ones who one point, and it just or genre, we’re just writing took off from there. and playing what we want, keep us going, because they I think it became a and pushing ourselves as allow us to do what we do.” really serious thing musicians both with the for us the first time lyrical concepts and the we recorded music itself. We’re really anywhere. It was excited about this new that feeling of being in the studio, and the material we’re working on! Mentally, thrill of hearing back through the we’re in a completely new place. We have speakers something you’d created.” accomplished more in the past year that After starting to jam and record we could have ever hoped for. And a lot of together, the guys got down to business that came with our management and PR putting together music for their first fullteam. They brought focus! Our way of length which was released back in 2013 thinking altered when it came to almost titled, “Between Two Cities,” which was a every aspect of the band. This is all that huge success amongst their fans and we want to do, so we really started listeners. When asked about the reception pushing the band to be a career instead of from fans, the guys explain “We were a hobby, since some of us have sacrificed really surprised to see how far that record taking on “real” jobs to play music. really took the band, especially since it Overall, we are just ready to take the next was marketed last minute and at the time step.” of it’s release we were just signing with

What exactly is that next step, you ask? Well, this summer the band took more than just one step, but they have been taking multiple with all the opportunities being thrown their way! Just recently, the band has become part of the Ernie Ball family, which the guys are super excited about. “It’s just plain awesome. None of us have ever used anything for strings except Ernie Ball. All of our accessories come from Ernie Ball. So when we got this endorsement, it made total sense, since we use all of their stuff already! Hybird Slinky’s are a band favorite. But long story short, we’re really ecstatic about it. It’s humbling to be endorsed by the same company that endorses bands like Blink-182, Four Year Strong, Eric Clapton, and of course Slash. We’re stoked. Check out their incredible roster at ernieball.com!” The guys tell us. Aside from endorsement, another big opportunity the band was given this summer was to take part in a Canadian tour with Canadian band Harbour. In regards to the tour, the guys tell us “We’re going out with a Canadian band called

Harbour. Great dudes. None of us have ever been to Canada, so we’re really excited about touring there, we’re going to try to sight-see as much as possible. We’ve also heard really good things about the areas we’re playing, so we’re hoping for some awesome good times at the shows!” So what exactly can fans expect from Count To Four over the next couple of months? Besides the Canadian Tour, fans can definitely expect some new music from the band! When asked if any new music is in the work, they respond with, “Funny you mention that actually. We’ve been recording demos for the past several months. We’re really stoked on the new material. It’s a more mature sound for sure, but we’re really excited about what we have so far. Plan is to finish up demos and head to the studio. (with whom we don’t know yet)” So there you have it! Lots of great news from the guys of Count To Four. With such a successful beginning few years for the band, the future is looking mighty bright for Count To Four!