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Wednesday January 14th, 2008 :: Get into shows for free! We are organizing a street team for any band that might roll through any city! Im looking for people that want to get into shows for free in their city. How it works: 1. A band comes to me looking for promotion help. 2. I work out an agreement with the band that if I have posters hung up and flyers handed out then I can get free tickets or guest listed into the show. 3. I then contact you if the band is going to be coming to your city, to see if you would want the free tickets to that show. 4. If you do want the tickets, then I have you hang up posters and pass out flyers and send me pictures of you doing so. 5. You get into the show for free! Read More... Wednesday December 24th, 2008 :: Dec 08 Interview with The Werks It has been a while since an update due to being out of the country with no Internet access. However, before leaving I had the chance to sit down with the guys from a Dayton, OH band called The Werks. If you have yet to hear or see these guys, definitely check out their music or attend a show next time they are in your area. For now, atleast peep this interview to get an inside look at what they are all about and get informed of where you can find more music of theirs. Read More... Wednesday Decemeber 24th, 2008 :: Nelson Ledges announces 8 festivals for 2009 Nelsons Ledges Quarry Park has announced 8 music festivals so far for the 2008 season. There have not been many bands announced yet, however, those will soon come. It is nice to see that some of the classic festivals will be returning this coming year though. Normally the festival season at NLQP starts in mid april and ends the last weekend in October. There is no confirmation on festivals as far as October yet. However, we have reached August, with the Midwest Reggae fest, which has been held at Nelson Ledges the past couple years even though it is actaully one of the only festivals held at NLQP that is put on by people outside of the park. So far there are 12 bands confirmed for this summer, but that is nothing compared to what will be announced by the time summer gets closer. Read More... Saturday Decemeber 6th, 2008 :: Norman Dimitrouleas as The Werks New Keyboardist Now known as the former keyboardist of The Werks, Dave Bartoletti, has decided to leave the band in hopes of entering a new stage in his life, with his girlfriend, all the way out in Maine. Bartoletti has been playing with The Werks since the beginning. Over the past few years, it has taken a huge part of his life. However, is with out a doubt, been a portion that he will never forget. Read More... Friday December 5th, 2008 :: Welcome to the new Ohio Grown website! Alright, well it seems that a lot of people have faded away from using the boards any more so I wanted to do something to draw people back to using them again. I have always had the idea of making a website strictly about music that provides articles and reviews. However, I have always wanted the website to be user interactive, so that people can give feedback about the reviews and such. So I came up with the idea to combine the website with the forums. Right now it still looks a lot more like forums than a website, but as more content gets added to the site, the website part of the pages will start to take up more space and things will start to look like how I had envision them. I also plan on providing things such as Artists Spotlights, Interviews, News, and Contests. There is going to be a lot of content that wouldn't normally be available if this was still just simply discussion boards. We still need a lot of help though, so if you or any one you know wants to get involved, it would be greatly appreciated. Read More...

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Ohio Grown Message Board :: hidden boards :: Interviews :: Dec 08 Interview with The Werks Author Topic: Dec 08 Interview with The Werks (Read 77 times) Skells Moderator member is offline "never let schooling interfere with your education." -Mark Twain Joined: Sept 2006 Gender: Male Posts: 604 Location: Avon Lake, Ohio Dec 08 Interview with The Werks « Thread Started on Dec 24, 2008, 7:47pm » It has been a while since an update due to being out of the country with no Internet access. However, before leaving I had the chance to sit down with the guys from a Dayton, OH band called The Werks. If you have yet to hear or see these guys, definitely check out their music or attend a show next time they are in your area. For now, atleast peep this interview to get an inside look at what they are all about and get informed of where you can find more music of theirs. To start off, what is the name of your band, and how did it come about? The Werks came from a drunken night of debauchery. Who is in the band? The Werks are Rob Chafin on Drums, Norman Dimitrouleas on Keyboards, Chris Houser on Guitar and Chuckie Love on Bass. We all sing as well. Word is that you are getting a new keyboardist, who is he and whats the story behind this transition? We now have Norman Dimitrouleas, formally of The Maji, as our new keyboardist. Dave Bartoletti had to leave for personal reasons. We wish him the best. When did you guys come together as a band? August 2005 What are some of your influences? Led Zeppelin, Phish, Eric Clapton, The Allman Brothers, Jimi Hendrix, The Beatles, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Pink Floyd, Umphrey's McGee, The Grateful Dead, and the Midwest Jam Scene. How would you describe your sound to people that have not heard you before? We are very experimental. We try to use as many types of genres as possible, anywhere from rock to funk to bluegrass to dance to world music. We try to make every song sound completely different. Basically, we sound like a pimp, a hippie, and a mad scientist getting into a fist fight. What music/songs do have you available now, studio and live? We have a live CD, Dig It, which was released in 2007. We are in the process of releasing our new Studio CD in February 2009. The Dig It studio album which was released in 2007. Art work for the CD was done by Maura McGrath. Tell us about your new CD? Who was the producer? Our studio album is LONG overdue. Our strength is our live performance, so it is truly hard to capture that into a studio album. However, the way we recorded this, it was almost like we were doing it live. Anthony, from Papadosio, is our producer and he has done a wonderful job. We would recommend him to everyone. Who does the behind the scenes aspect of the band? (booking, art work, publicity, ect) Rob does all of the booking and some behind the scenes work. Tom Blessing, our manager does a lot of the art work and publicity, as well as a majority of the behind the scenes work. Who have you shared the stage with in the past? Ekoostik Hookah, Sam Bush, Railroad Earth, Particle, Papadosio, Tea Leaf Green, The Emmitt-Nershi Band, Lotus, Badfish, U-Melt, Wish You Were Here, The Macpodz, Greensky Bluegrass, BoomBox, Outformation, The Station, Freekbass, One Under, The Maji, The Recipe, The Spikedrivers, Rumpke Mountain Boys, The Ragbirds, Jam Samich, Burning River Band, Mike Perkins, Covert Operations, Boogie Matrix Mechanism, The Goods, and many more. who was your favorite group or artists to share the stage with? Particle, Steve can shred on those keys. Tell me a little bit about the "Barn Jam"... How did it start and how long ago? What has it become, and what do you think the future is of it? BarnJam is a charity event at Eric Suttman’s barn. He is a University of Dayton music professor and hosts a bi-annual gathering called BarnJam every spring and fall. We have performed the last 5 times, so it has kind of become our show in a sense. It’s one of the best venues to play at, that stage has a special aura about it. We might play it in the spring if we get invited back. The Werks most loyal fans at Barn Jam on April 21st 2007. What is the furthest you have traveled to play a show as of now? Daytona Beach, Florida What do you think is the biggest crowd you have played in front of as of now? Daytona Beach, Florida 2000+ people What was your favorite venue you have played so far? House of Blues in Cleveland, so good. Newport Music Hall in Columbus on NYE was legit as well. The Werks backstage with original keyboardist, Dave Bartoletti, at The Newport Music Hall in Columbus, OH on Decemeber 31st 2007. As far as the band goes, what are the goals for the future... short term and long term? We plan on touring extensively throughout 2009. Our main goal is the festival circuit. We are such a festival band in every way, shape, and form. We are actually in the planning stages of our own music festival sometime in 2009… Stay tuned! Where can we get some of you music at? Right now, iTunes or our live shows. We are slowly getting rid of our live CD in anticipation for our upcoming studio album. 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