Welcome back to the site!
We have a new interview to
offer and it turned out so well, you’ll be talking about it for a while. Writer Michael Bagen has written five books
to date and has many more projects on the way.
We decided to catch him and ask him some challenging questions. His answers are thorough and direct. We highly recommend you check it out at this
link:
http://www.fulvuedrive-in.com/interview/8575/Michael+Bagen+Q+&+A/Interview
In one of our more popular
pieces of late, we continue to be happy to share with you coverage of a new
documentary on Steven Spielberg’s Jaws
(1975) that is not yet available anywhere as a FulvueDrive-in.com
exclusive. The Shark Is Still Working – The Legacy & Impact Of JAWS is
Erik Hollander’s remarkable trip through the world and history to date of one
of the biggest this of all time. You can
read more about it at this link:
http://www.fulvuedrive-in.com/review/8382/The+Shark+Is+Still+Working
New Somerhill
songs released
‘Free
Your Mind (Tara Na)’ and ‘Today or Tomorrow’ now available
On December 14, 2008,
Core Media House L.L.C. released Free Your Mind (Tara Na), a
new song performed by Somerhill. Core Media House released a second
new Somerhill song, Today or Tomorrow, on
December 28, 2008. Free
Your Mind (Tara Na)
and Today
or Tomorrow are available on
the Internet at Amazon.com.
Click
here to listen to a low-fidelity clip of Free Your Mind (Tara Na).
Click
here to listen to a low-fidelity clip of Today or Tomorrow.
Somerhill
is
Chad Gontkovic:
lead vocal; backing vocals; electric guitar
Greg Kehl: backing
vocals; electric rhythm guitar; electric guitar solo; synthesizer strings;
synthesizer electric grand piano
Bill Rose: backing
vocals; six-string and twelve-string acoustic steel guitars
With Somerhill
were
Charles Constantino:
electric bass guitar; acoustic nylon guitar; acoustic drum kit; synthesizer
piano solo; synthesizer electric pianos; synthesizer shaker/triangle
and other performers
Winner of the 2006 Rockin’ in the Valley original music contest held by Our
Town, Somerhill
was the closing act for American Idol finalist Chris Daughtry
in March 2007 in Pittsburgh. Charles Constantino and Chad Gontkovic wrote the lyrics for Free
Your Mind (Tara Na)
that include the phrase, “Tara na,” which is
“Let’s go” in the Tagalog language of the
Philippines. William Rose and Charles Constantino wrote the music for Free
Your Mind (Tara Na) and the lyrics and
music for Today
or Tomorrow. Digitally tracked, mixed and mastered at 24
bits/96 kilohertz, the guitar-and-drum-driven Free Your Mind (Tara Na)
and Today or Tomorrow combine rock, funk and
jazz elements with four-part vocal harmony, vintage keyboard sounds, and
unconventional mixdown touches.
“I learned a lot just
being around him during pre-production and recording sessions. I also
learned the definition of meticulous,” remarked Chad Gontkovic
of Somerhill
about Core Media House cofounder Charles Constantino, who mixed and produced Free
Your Mind (Tara Na) and Today
or Tomorrow. “He’s awesome.” Greg Kehl noted, “Charles
showed us how to turn our basic riffs and melodies into layers and layers of
beautiful sounds. It was fun to see someone with so much knowledge of
music in his element while we were in pre-production and in the studio.”
“He’s just a musical genius,” Bill Rose said of Constantino in an interview for
Our Town. According to Rose, Constantino added “multiple
harmonies, different back-up vocals, different types of singing, and different
instruments that we hadn’t even considered.” “The determination of Somerhill to evolve as musicians and songwriters impressed
me. I enjoyed my time with the group,” Constantino stated.
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