In my travels to find the great undiscovered talent, the most interesting part to me is not just the music but the journey these artists go through. It is a constant struggle to be heard and I am always interested in what their story is. I think that is what makes their music so good. We are doing our best to bring forward these artists. Here are a couple of great new artists that we have found recently.
Gee Davey, She Sells Smiles
This New York band has gone through an evolution of sorts. In the early years, the band was much more of intense rock sound with heavy guitar and catchy lyrics. Their release of Sparticle in 2006 was big hit in the college radio circuit and found fans in places like Germany and Alaska.
When one of the original band founders and lead singers left, the sound began to change to a more pop rock sound. The change was a reflection of the vocals and writing of DJ Pearlman and fellow writer and band member Mike Bontempi.
She Sells Smiles, is their latest album. The title track is heavily influenced by the birth of DJ’s daughter Charlotte. Simply put, the only thing Charlotte has to sell is smiles! It is a fantastic song on a fantastic album. “Last Song”, is another track on that gets your feet stomping. This one of DJ’s favorite songs because, “the gist of it is one of these days I’ll write my last good song. I won’t know it when I write it, it might even take years to realize, but it will happen. And what happens to me after that last song, I suppose is anybody’s guess, but as it says in the song... ‘and I’ll sing my song to you; it’s all I want to do.’”
The band's name is from an old TV show Davey and Goliath. In the show, anytime Davey would be inclined to make the “wrong” decision, Goliath would always pop in with something like, “Gee, Davey. Maybe you shouldn’t do that”.
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