RBN Community Spotlight : April 2012

[ThatAuthoringGroup]

Shifting gears away from the angry white man metal march, we're announcing we're working on a trio of songs from female rock vocalist Astra Kelly!

Kelly is an exceptional talent with a lyric-based, melodic sound that is a rich fusion of her Chicago roots in funk and blues merged with rock and acoustic elements. Classical and jazz trained, her passionate performance style is derived from her days of street performing in the Chicago subways, an undeniable devotion to music, and incessant touring. Her lyrics read like poetry, speaking of emotional transformation and personal freedom. Whether armed with an acoustic guitar or onstage with the full electric band, her delivery driven by impeccable vocal wailing is a powerful expression of her art and sound.

You can listen to Astra's Music here :

http://www.astrakelly.com/default.html

We're currently working on These Days and it should hit testing later this month.

[ThatAuthoringGroup]

Oh and everyone thanks for the comments and keep them coming. I might not be able to respond to any of them, but we are reading every single one of them. Just too much to do to keep firing these announcements off. If I stop to comment on the comments, we'll be here all weekend

[ThatAuthoringGroup]

We announced a few months ago that we're working on 5 songs from Halcyon Way's new album Indoctrination.

The title track just hit the marketplace late last night, and here's the next two tracks going into testing this month!

Our Finest Hour :
http://youtu.be/kb7yS4-dajg

On Black Wings :
http://youtu.be/lnaStk0BBak

[dragoninforcer]

Wow. The song's instruments are gorgeous. The vocals leave a lot to be desired (too much auto tune), but besides that the instruments pull the song to a maybe buy. Awesome stuff.

I'm gonna agree with Cipher here. The auto tune ruins the song. The vocals seem like they would actually sound good without it. And the instruments are great

[kingtonyx]

My Ruin, cool.

[Cipher_Peon]

Shifting gears away from the angry white man metal march, we're announcing we're working on a trio of songs from female rock vocalist Astra Kelly!

Kelly is an exceptional talent with a lyric-based, melodic sound that is a rich fusion of her Chicago roots in funk and blues merged with rock and acoustic elements. Classical and jazz trained, her passionate performance style is derived from her days of street performing in the Chicago subways, an undeniable devotion to music, and incessant touring. Her lyrics read like poetry, speaking of emotional transformation and personal freedom. Whether armed with an acoustic guitar or onstage with the full electric band, her delivery driven by impeccable vocal wailing is a powerful expression of her art and sound.

You can listen to Astra's Music here :

http://www.astrakelly.com/default.html

We're currently working on These Days and it should hit testing later this month.

The instruments are alright, but the vocals really don't sit right with me D:
Her voice just isn't my cup of tea, is all.

[grumblevolcano]

The instruments are alright, but the vocals really don't sit right with me D:
Her voice just isn't my cup of tea, is all.

Serious question: Is anyone's vocals your cup of tea except Hayley Williams?

[ThatAuthoringGroup]

Looking to bring more New Wave/Electro/Shoegaze into your Rock Band collection?

Then look no further than London's own Vienna in Love!

You can follow the band on their Facebook here :
http://www.facebook.com/viennainlove

And check out there music, including "Surrender" which will be heading to Rock Band and Rock Band Blitz later this Spring!
http://www.reverbnation.com/viennainlove

[Lowlander2]

Serious question: Is anyone's vocals your cup of tea except Hayley Williams?

I think he said he was partially into Arraya. Have no idea why.

[Cipher_Peon]

I think he said he was partially into Arraya. Have no idea why.

What's Arraya?

Serious question: Is anyone's vocals your cup of tea except Hayley Williams?

Of course, but as a vocalist my primary concern is how awesome it would be to sing the song so I have high standards for vocals in my music.