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Nicholas Alan is the son of an Atlanta jazz musician, he played in a few bands throughout his youth and grew up listening to a wide variety of pop, jazz and rock. Nicholas is a native of Hollywood, FL and was raised in Marietta, GA.
In the summer of 2004, Nicholas set out to make his debut CD A World Like Ours with the help of his father’s band. Released in May of 2005, the album is a blend of jazz and pop with unique arrangements.
Nicholas signed with independent label SideBMusic in September 2006. He is 24 years old and currently resides in Redondo Beach, CA.
| Nelson Bragg | ||||
 Nelson Bragg is a drummer, percussionist, singer, songwriter, producer, and arranger who spends a lot of time in the studio, on tour and doing gigs in the Los Angeles area. His percussion and vocal work appear on Brian Wilson’s long-awaited album Brian Wilson Presents SMiLE.
Bragg’s father, the late Nelson Bragg, Sr., was a DJ in the 1950s and hosted a hillbilly music program at WCOP Boston called The Hayloft Jamboree. But the Bragg musical legacy doesn’t stop there; Nelson’s grandfather was a vaudeville singer in the 1910s. Nelson began working on his debut solo album Day Into Night in 2003 several months before he got the call to join Brian Wilson on the road for the now-legendary Brian Wilson Presents SMiLE, which was performed before a live audience in London in February 2004. Bragg went back into the studio in September 2005 to finish Day Into Night. That same month, he donated his musical talents on Brian Wilson’s CD single, “Walking Down The Path Of Life/Love & Mercy”, the proceeds of which went to housing relief for the victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Bragg currently tours with Wilson as the percussionist in the band. |
| CHEWY MARBLE | ||||
Brian Kassan formed Chewy Marble in 1995 as a vehicle for his growing catalog of unrecorded material after a three-year stint as co-founder, bassist, session guitarist and co-songwriter/producer for the Wondermints. Joining Kassan were guitarist and lead vocalist Stuart Forman; bassist Derrick Anderson; and drummer Tammy Glover, who has since gone on to fame as the touring drummer/percussionist with Sparks. 1997 saw the release of Chewy Marble’s critically acclaimed self-titled debut on Permanent Press Recordings in the U.S. and on Nippon Columbia in Japan. In 2001, their sophomore effort Bowl of Surreal was released on the band’s own Furry Sidekick Recordings in the U.S. and on Philter Records in Japan. The band wowed crowds at many an International Pop Overthrow festival in Los Angeles as well as Poptopia, an early version of IPO. Over the next six years, Brian wrote songs for Modulations, the long-awaited third album. He enlisted the talents of several friends, engineers, co-producers and musicians, including drummer, guitarist and vocalist Nelson Bragg of Brian’s Wilson’s touring band and co-production, engineering and mixing from Steve Refling, who produced Bragg’s Day Into Night CD. Kassan’s more personal, introspective tunes take a turn or “modulate” from these Zombies/Jellyfish/Turtles/Squeeze/Fountains Of Wayne influenced tunes to the darker songs reminiscent of such artists as Syd Barrett-era Pink Floyd, The Flaming Lips, Elliot Smith, and The Beatles’ White Album. |
| Chris Mckay & the critical darlings | ||||
 C'mon, Accept Your Joy! was, according to Chris McKay, painstakingly recorded and mastered. "Some of these songs are holdovers from the other bands I was in," says McKay. "That's the beauty of the Critical Darlings. These guys wanted to go through everything I've ever done and pick their favorites. So that's refreshing to have guys that are into what you do and don't have to put their foot down and insist that every song be a band original." During this process, the group repeatedly crashed the hard drive of local studio Downtown Athens Recording Company and actually went through the mastering process a full two times before being happy with what transpired.McKay says he's been accused of perfectionism before, but that the label just doesn't fit. "I get tired of people calling me a perfectionist," he says. "I'm not. I've taken to calling myself a 'satisfactionist.' We just want it to be as good as it can be. We don't want to have to say, 'Yeah, it's good...except for this one thing'. We want it to be good and be done with it." -Gordon Lamb, Flagpole Magazine |
| Richard Snow | ||||
Richard Snow is a 33-year-old singer-songwriter from Nottingham, UK who sings, plays guitar, keyboards, bass and percussion. His influences are The Beach Boys, The Byrds, The Beatles and R.E.M. A former member of the new wave/post-punk band Enellen and a couple of other bands, Snow has also worked as a recording engineer. It was during this time that he learned how to make top-notch, professional-quality recordings, an experience that would later become indispensible in making his own albums. Having made two solo albums, he is now working on a third with his new band The Inlaws. Those fortunate enough to have heard Snow’s music are no doubt aware of his amazing gift for beautifully crafted, catchy power pop backed with multi-layered, Beach Boys-style harmonies. Richard Snow was originally released in the UK in 2002 and was received warmly by the indie music press. One of the tracks, “Real”, was later included in the 2004 Brian and Dennis Wilson tribute CD Two Steps Forward. Snow’s second CD Tuesday Music was released in the UK in 2005 and received even higher praise than the debut CD. In August 2007, Snow signed with US indie label SideBMusic to re-issue Richard Snow. Jerry Boyd, the label’s co-founder, had produced the Two Steps Forward CD, collaborating with graphic designer and SideBMusic co-founder Brian Battles. For the re-issue, Richard remastered the CD and even remixed the album’s closing track, “The Sweetest”. Battles created new artwork for the CD and Richard Snow was released in the US in November 2007. |
| Tripsitter | ||||
Tripsitter was formed in 2003 by brothers southern California natives Jon and Jeff Celentano in their newly adopted home of Las Vegas. The band released their self-titled debut EP later that year and quickly garnered critical praise. Comparisons to the Beach Boys, Beatles, Queen and Ben Folds Five were common among fans and critics. The group took their five-part harmonies and quirky, well crafted songs to live audiences. In September 2006, the band signed with independent label SideBMusic to promote the California Son CD. Since signing, the album has received airplay on half a dozen radio stations throughout the U.S. Tripsitter is currently dividing their time between live performances and studio sessions and writing songs for their next CD. |
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