Lets face it.. they are crumbling.. and fast..

I’m not really sure why people get so excited about the idea of being on a record label these days but the reality is they will hurt (if not destroy) your band. I think the dream or misconception is that you work to a point and then everything is taken care of… perhaps? Maybe eons ago there was truth in that..

I salute every band finding their own way to ‘do it’.. Over the three years GH has been a band, we’ve built a passionate team of people around us with zero help from a label and zero anticipation of being on a label. Key elements for us thus far have been..

Management - we have a hard working manager with plenty of experience and love for our project. Our management is also taking care of the booking at the moment. 

Friendships that become assets - example: a great friend of the band @josiahsp has been there at every turn.. we’ve relied on him for everything from new music to inspire us to tour management.

Fan interactions - aside from making and playing music we have the most fun interacting with and maintaining relationships with fans at shows and over the socialnetworks.

THE BEST MARKETING A BAND COULD EVER HAVE = GREAT SONGS! We put a LOT of time and focus into writing songs.. easy to network your face off and forget about #1 .. which is your art!

Just sharing.. not saying we are doing it any better than anyone else..

/gavin

My favorite female emcee of all time…

Lauren Hill as she runs around NYC in various scenes dodging the turntable needle as it scratches back and forth thru the city until the finale… She kept her message strong and definitely contributed to the vibe of 90s positivity— and this song was almost the “final gasp” of it  .. matter a fact.. turned out to be probably the last moment in the sun for her.  Also sort of cool that the beat was done by John Legend who was pretty much unkown at the time. He killed that shit.

~Gavin

The greatest music video of all time  - “Tonight Tonight” - Smashing Pumpkins

This was always my favorite music video. Inspired by Georges Melies’s silent film, A Trip to the Moon. If you check out clips or art from this film you can see its very similar in style.. very turn-of-the-century silent filmesque. Also, I’d like to point out that this is one of VH1’s best “pop up videos” as well. I remember the pop up video pointing out that the director for “Tonight Tonight” had a lot of trouble renting costumes for the shoot because The Titanic was being filmed at the same time. James Cameron rented nearly every turn-of-the-century prop and costume in the city. The expression of the moon at the end of the video was always a touch that i thought was hilarious. 1996 baby. You got nothin on it!

~Gavin