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Jennifer Nobel (vocals)
Dwayne Keith (keyboards, vocals)
Eric O�Dell (bass, vocals)
Brett Kull (guitars, vocals)
Paul Ramsey (drums, percussion)
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BAND
JOIN FORCES WITH FANS TO BEAT �THE SYSTEM�
Grey Eye Glances forms
unique business alliance with ardent following
�Here
is some investment advice you will not hear on CNBC: put your money
in
a rock group. Dozens of people have done just that, buying shares in an
unusual band-and-fan venture started by the Philadelphia music group,
Grey Eye Glances.�
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The New York Times
MAPLE SHADE, NJ -- Not content to be just another of the
many bands faced with life after a major label, GREY EYE GLANCES has developed a
pioneering business plan to compete in today's corporate-minded music
industry. A number of
"DIY" stories can be told, but few, if any, have shown the
deft combination of ingenuity and success of the GREY EYE GLANCES
approach -- a band/fan enterprise. The Philadelphia area band formed a
company with its fan base, "The Grey Album, LLC," to record,
market, tour and promote its latest album, A LITTLE VOODOO, released on the band's Sojourn Hills Records
label and distributed by Rykodisc.
Thanks to The Grey Album, LLC, Sojourn Hills Records is
now a fully staffed and operational independent label. This has led to A LITTLE VOODOO being available
nationally through major retail chains and AMAZON.COM; to national radio
airplay, and extensive touring by the band with appearances at retail
outlets, radio stations and nightclubs around the country. Those are opportunities rarely
available to an upstart "indie" record label in today's
competitve "music biz" climate.
Word of GREY EYE GLANCES� ground-breaking business model
has quickly begun to attract major media attention, including feature
coverage by The New York Times,
Fox TV, CBS Radio News, The Dolans nationally syndicated financial radio program and The Philadelphia Inquirer.
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Some of the best music is brought
about by collaboration. For
their seventh and most accomplished album, �A Little Voodoo,� Grey
Eye Glances took that idea to its logical conclusion, from the writing
of songs, to working with an all-star cast of producers and engineers
which included Jerry Marotta, Kevin Killen, Peter Moshay, T-Bone Wolk,
Paul Bryan, and Todd Vos.
During the writing phase, a series of rehearsals were held at each band
member�s home, the stipulation being whoever hosted the session had to
bring something to the table � be it a lyrical snippet or a finished
piece of work. The
resulting burst of creativity produced 50 songs with a variety of
musical perspectives. The
group whittled the list of songs down to 19, and sent them to a wish
list of producers. An
overwhelming response prompted the thought: Why not work with all of them?
So the album�s
working concept was born: Record
the album over a six month period, spending two weeks at a time with the
various production teams at their favorite studios.
�The idea was to keep the energy level up,� Eric says. �When you start, everything is
exciting; everybody likes each other.
But after a while, if it�s not working, you end up going
through the motions. We
were lucky to get these amazing people.
They worked us into their schedule, 10 days to two weeks at a
time, and the idea was to finish two songs with each production team. There was no room for any sort
of nonsense to develop.�
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