Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Butterflies Radio @IndieViews Artist Spotlight, featuring Taylor Jayne - 11/30/12


This week’s guest is Taylor Jayne, a young singer/songwriter with an old soul and unique, artistic take on life that comes through in her music.

According to her Reverbnation bio, Taylor says, “I like to think of this universe as a complex system of magnets.”

Taylor Jayne is an organic blend of unwrinkled vocals and charactered acoustic guitar. She stirs emotions in her lyrics that opens the audience’s imagination to endless interpretations. 
‘That is what I love about art,’ the 19 year-old says, ‘how it can mean anything to anyone.’”






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Butterflies Radio @IndieViews Artist Spotlight, featuring Glitter Rose - 11/19/12


This week’s guest is Glitter Rose. Glitter is a Ft. Worth, Texas native who now calls Hollywood home.

Having just completed a five month residency at The Hard Rock Café in the heart of Hollywood, Glitter has her eyes on the 2013 Artist in Music Awards. GR is also one of the hardest working Indie musicians around, utilizing all forms of social media to interact with her fans and promote her music.

According to her Reverbnation bio: "GR is a veteran in the music industry starting professionally at 13 years old in 1998. She is an accomplished guitarist, a simply genius songwriter, and has vocals packed with power, grit, and originality. Her live show is that of legends, captivating the audience with her high energy performance, and her passionate presence. GR has great love and admiration for her fans, stating, "They are the reason I make music. If I can evoke emotion and excitement in one person in the crowd, I've done my job. It brings me great satisfaction to touch people with my songs and my performance."










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Butterflies Radio @IndieViews Artist Spotlight, featuring Steve Katz


This week’s guest is singer, songwriter and guitarist, Steve Katz. Originally from Belgium, Steve now lives in New York City. During our interview he shared his fairytale romance with his wife.


In late 2012 he released a debut EP entitled “Barricades,” a collection of five songs.

According to his Reverbnation bio: “Katz has drawn inspiration for his diverse style of music through his extensive world travels. He was raised in Belgium and moved to Israel when he was eighteen. As a third and fourth generation Holocaust survivor, relocating to Israel to contribute to the Jewish State was extremely important to him. Katz also has an ongoing love affair with India and can’t wait to return at some point in the near future.”








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Butterflies Radio @IndieViews Spotlight, featuring Annie B. & The Vagabond Company - 10/29/12


This week’s guest is Annie B. of Annie B. and The Vagabond Company (ABVC).  

According to her Reverbnation bio: “2011 WAMI Award-nominated singer, & award-winning video producer, rock vixen Annie B. along with her band The Vagabond Company (ABVC), are quickly making a name for themselves in the Milwaukee & Southeastern WI music scene. Annie stands out among over 1,000 female singers in Wisconsin, as she was nominated Female Vocalist of 2011 for a WAMI Award, and runner-up for the Shepherd Express Best of 2011 Female Vocalist Award. Alanis Morisette and Ann Wilson are two of the most impressive comparisons listeners have made about Annie’s voice.

“Annie started her career out on the West Coast. She moved to Los Angeles in 1999 and headlined L.A.’s best clubs with her band Shut Up Marie for 7 years. S.U.M. picked up college and commercial radio airplay all over the U.S. & appeared in national airplay charts as they were heard on numerous radio stations from New York to L.A. with their two CD releases. She relocated to Milwaukee in 2008, and has been since building on that momentum with her new band.”






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Butterflies Radio @IndieViews Artist Spotlight, featuring Christopher Guglick - 10/22/12


This week’s guest is Christopher Guglick.  Christopher is my very first guest who is a composer. After hearing him play the piano on his songs on Reverbnation, I knew he was going to be a great addition to Butterflies Radio and was pleased to have the opportunity to interview him and introduce more of his music to our listeners.

According to his Reverbnation bio: “Christopher Guglick is a composer and singer/songwriter from Toronto, ON, Canada. After studying music production and recording engineering with legendary producer Jack Richardson and engineer Kevin Doyle, he proceeded into a career in film and television where he currently works as a sound re-recording mixer and score composer.

 His latest composing projects have included Marc Roussel’s multi-award winning horror film, “Remote” and Canadian Cult-Director Bruce McDonald’s hit documentary, “Music From The Big House.”







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Butterflies Radio @IndieViews Artist Spotlight, featuring Helen Austin -

This week’s guest is Helen Austin, from Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.

According to her Reverbnation bio: “Helen Austin is a prolific singer/songwriter from the UK, now living on Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.

“She is no stranger to the stage and has worked as a professional performer for over 20 years. After her previous life as an award winning stand-up comedian, she brings her quirky humour to her musical performances, as well as the ability to tug at your heart strings with her more serious songs.”

During our show we talked about her recently released children's album, Always Be a Unicorn.

June Award Nominated 2013
John Lennon Songwriting Contest Grand Prize Winner 2012
Female Songwriter and Artist of the Year – Vancouver Island Music Awards 2011






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Butterflies Radio IndieViews Artist Spotlight featuring Burns & Kristy 9/24/12

According to their Reverbnation bio: "Terry and Ron met at a mutual friend's party in Nashville TN about 8 years ago. After hearing Terry sing, Ron decided to "take the chance of a lifetime" and wait for her after the party, courageously asking if she'd like to get together sometime and "talk about music..." Since then, and I am not making this up, they fell in love, got married, and had a sweet little baby boy named Noah Skye. With Noah as their guide, they moved to upstate New York where they have been joyfully raising Noah, playing music regionally, and recently released their first CD together as a duo, "Caravan", to rave reviews. They are still trying to "catch their breath..."





"All My Tears" official music video


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