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::12.01.06::
Here are some news updates for the holiday season...
• Curtis is a 2006 Just Plain Folks Award winner, scoring a second place spot for Blue Electric Cool in the Best Instrumental Album category. This is a great award, presented by a growing network of working musician's and music industry peers - Congratulations Curtis!
• We're speading our reach!! o.i.e. Records is happy to announce that we will soon be securing Japanese Distribution for our entire catalog! Stay tuned for details.
• Backyard Tire Fire's Vagabonds & Hooligans LP has been slated for a 02/06/07 release, and they will be supporting the new record with a headlining tour! Stay tuned...
• o.i.e.'s John McGlasson is writing a column for guitarjamdaily.com expressing his thoughts on the state of the industry, music in general and whatever else he feels compelled to comment on!
• In addition, John was recently interviewed for an upcoming Guitar Player Magazine feature on o.i.e. Records (issue info forthcoming). Looks like the world is starting to see the talent we have to offer!
• MORE NEW RELEASES IN THE WORKS...There is a new Balance album in production now, with the return of Dave LaRue & Rod Morgenstein to the Brian Moritz-directed project! And, just announced is a vonFrickle live album coming in early 2007! Watch for more details as they arise.
• And stay tuned for a HUGE new release announcement after the first of the year...we're so excited we can barely contain ourselves!!
::10.15.06::
• Backyard Tire Fire has released a new EP entitled Skin & Bones featuring 6 songs, including two unleased studio tracks, two live tracks and two songs from the upcoming full-length CD, Vagabonds and Hooligans, due early in February '07. See their page for details.
• vonFrickle wowed the crowd at the Prog in the Park Festival in Rochester, NY earlier this month, making a lot a new friends and fans. The organizers were absolutely fantastic to both the band and o.i.e. personel who attended, as were the other bands and the crowd. Speaking of the crowd, they were very respectful, very complimentary, and generally just a great group of people. It's nice to hang with people who genuinely love music and the talent that lies behind it - very much what this label is all about! There should be more of these kind of gatherings...
::07.25.06::
• o.i.e. is proud to welcome John Blakeley and Ron Nagle and Curtis to our roster. Curtis is one of LAs finest and most-respected guitartists, and his latest release, Blue Electric Cool, is taking him to the next level. Blakeley and Nagle - two long-time working musicians who've toured, recorded and produced some of the biggest names in show business over the years - have hooked up again after 30+ years to record their "Surf Noir Adventure", Tan Mantis. Check out the bands' pages for more info. • The latest releases for Balance II, Curtis and vonFrickle hit stores nationwide on Tuesday, and all major digital outlets including iTunes and Rhapsody. The CDs are also available on our Merchandise page.
• Andreas Kapsalis has been invited to participate in a BMI composers workshop in California at which he will have the opportunity to conduct members of John Williams' orchestra (you know, Star Wars, Jaws, and about a gazillian other movies). This is a HUGE honor, and our congrats go out to Andreas. Stay tuned for more info.
::04.08.06::
• HOT NEWS!! Backyard Tire Fire has signed with The Agency Group, ltd., one of the largest and most widely respected booking agencies in the world. Watch for great things to come from this combination!
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