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Written by Glenn BurnSilver
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Friday, 17 August 2007 |
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 Is Greeley the new national musical hotspot?
Not likely, but if everything goes as planned for The Color Of Money, Greeley will at least be in the national spotlight come Sept. 10, the date MusicNation.com announces the winner of its national online band competition.
The contest is still in the early stages, but already Greeley-based foursome The Color Of Money have qualified for the quarterfinal round based on a nationwide vote. Members hope it’s the first of many fortunate breaks. Though they have been together a little longer than a year, the band, which mixes diverse Latin influences with modern day rock trappings, has lofty pursuits that extend way beyond northern Colorado. Winning the contest, which includes a developmental recording contract and other perks, would certainly help.
“A lot of bands are just playing music and playing gigs and they don’t have any real goals,” lead singer and percussionist David Herrera said. “We’d like to make this an actual career. (Winning) this contest would really help us a lot.”
The voting platform is simple: go to MusicNation.com, open a free account, and then listen to, and vote for, any of the bands still in competition. Herrera believes it is their sound that helped them become the “nation’s choice” for the first week of the contest, which features 1,000 bands.
“What I like about this (format) is that the music speaks for itself. If you like the music, you vote for it,” he said. “When you have a slew of bands in this (competition) and so many sound alike or already sound like someone that’s big … if you sound like The Fray, well, they’ve already done that. You need to be different.”
The Color Of Money is different. Herrera admits he was initially skeptical about the group, but is excited that they’ve gelled into a tight-knit unit where everyone contributes. That much is reflected in their music, full of edgy, experimental rock with a Latin twist not unlike Rage Against the Machine or At The Drive-In, but not exactly like it either.
“What we’re really experimenting with is taking the influences from our individual Latin backgrounds as well as the music we are listening to right now and letting that come out in what we write,” Herrera concurred. “We’ve tried to put in our music something that’s structured, but you can also be free to solo and experiment with it.”
Now, if they can only win the MusicNation.com contest and get their sound out to the masses.
The final round begins Sept. 3, but first The Color Of Money must make it though the 16-band quarterfinals, and then the semifinals with eight bands.
“We’ve had really strong support from people who’ve never even heard of us, and that gets you really charged,” Herrera concluded. “It builds your confidence and we think we’ve got what it takes to win the competition.”
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HOW TO VOTE
Go to thecolorofmoney.musicnation.com and register. Once enrolled, listen, and then cast a vote (only one per day).
gigs
• 7 p.m. Aug. 25
The Depot, 134 11th Ave., Greeley
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• 3 p.m., Sept. 14
The Block Party, 16th Street, Greeley
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Fantastic
Written by punkhorror on 2007-08-17 08:51:40
It is awesome to see a local band getting some of the recognition that they deserve. Here's hoping that they win. |
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