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Speaking of which, most of New Jersey is now under a Tornado Watch until 7 p.m. ET. Stay alert throughout the day.
https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/p.php?pid=202603161530-KPHI-WWUS61-WCNPHI
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Tonight at 7PM ET 🎧
“Dear Faye” gets its world radio premiere on BlowUpRadio’s New NJ Music Hour.
Huge thanks to @BlowUpRadio for supporting new NJ music, and to Diego Allessandro (vocals/instrumentation) and @leahsfox (drums) for the heart they brought to this track.
Listen live: https://blowupradio.com
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@BlowUpRadio @reesecommabill The minute the KC game ended, they were probably on the phone with NYC to coordinate the parade, and I'd be surprised if any NJ location was given any consideration. Not even a post-parade event in Jersey that night? #cmonson
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Boosted just like that 🙂
I also realized I had already looked at your Bandcamp, maybe from you, but more likely from #BlowUpRadio
I guess this is time for me to say that I was born in NJ, but moved from there almost 50 years ago, so I have this tenuous connection that I try to strengthen from time to time. gardenstate.social totally caught my eye.
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Boosted just like that 🙂
I also realized I had already looked at your Bandcamp, maybe from you, but more likely from #BlowUpRadio
I guess this is time for me to say that I was born in NJ, but moved from there almost 50 years ago, so I have this tenuous connection that I try to strengthen from time to time. gardenstate.social totally caught my eye.
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Boosted just like that 🙂
I also realized I had already looked at your Bandcamp, maybe from you, but more likely from #BlowUpRadio
I guess this is time for me to say that I was born in NJ, but moved from there almost 50 years ago, so I have this tenuous connection that I try to strengthen from time to time. gardenstate.social totally caught my eye.
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Boosted just like that 🙂
I also realized I had already looked at your Bandcamp, maybe from you, but more likely from #BlowUpRadio
I guess this is time for me to say that I was born in NJ, but moved from there almost 50 years ago, so I have this tenuous connection that I try to strengthen from time to time. gardenstate.social totally caught my eye.
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Boosted just like that 🙂
I also realized I had already looked at your Bandcamp, maybe from you, but more likely from #BlowUpRadio
I guess this is time for me to say that I was born in NJ, but moved from there almost 50 years ago, so I have this tenuous connection that I try to strengthen from time to time. gardenstate.social totally caught my eye.
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Whoa! Was not expecting that Rush cover during Sean Faust’s 2018 #BandingTogether set -
New #Darksoft album coming out tomorrow is some outstanding dreamy-indie-synth-pop-rock!
The album is called "Beigeification". Look for it on Bandcamp tomorrow, & hear a track from it on Lazlo's Den Presents New Music Tuesday @ 7pm ET on BlowUpRadio.com
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A quick weather note to @BlowUpRadio listeners...that small sliver of South Jersey (Cape May, really) that had been under marginal risk for severe storms later is no longer characterized as such. Threat has shifted well south. NJ will still see showers and storms, but none should be severe. #njwx
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RIGHT NOW…tune in to @BlowUpRadio to hear my new single — and #fedivision2023 entry — “Life’s in the Balance” on BlowUpRadio.com Presents New NJ Music
Listen -> https://player.live365.com/a42405?l
Stream/download the single -> https://bit.ly/litbsingle
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Welp, @BlowUpRadio listeners...this rain was not on model guidance last night when I recorded today's update so be prepared for some showers over the next few hours. #njwx
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RE: https://gardenstate.social/@NWS_MountHolly_bot/116402285985940040
To @BlowUpRadio listeners, the NWS was not really stressing rain for much of NJ today (no rain was in forecast for Trenton as of last night), but I included the chance for rain or storms in today's weather update based on NAM guidance. However, the SPC ramped things up a bit overnight by placing much of NJ under marginal risk and a portion of northern NJ under slight risk for severe weather this afternoon/evening. Just be alert for changing weather conditions. #njwx
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Ferocious Designs to take part in Banding Together 2025 on BlowUpRadio.com, Oct. 16-22
For a fifth straight year, Ferocious Designs will participate in BlowUpRadio.com‘s Banding Together benefit for the Spondylitis Association of America. This year’s super-sized Banding Together webathon will be a week-long event featuring 90 live performances from October 16 through October 22.
Brian Kelley of Ferocious Designs will present a live set on Sunday, October 19, at 3 p.m. ET. With a minimum $20 donation to the Spondylitis Association of America, listeners will receive a code to download the 233-song “Big Box of Music” compilation celebrating 25 years of BlowUpRadio.com and featuring “Looking for the Light” by Ferocious Designs.
“I usually do stripped-down sets for Banding Together, but I’ve started playing to simple rhythm tracks the past couple of years so I decided to record new backing tracks to accompany me on piano and vocals,” said Kelley. “And, actually, for the second half of one song, I’ll be playing acoustic guitar live for the first time in my life so it could be an absolute train wreck — tune in to find out!
“Oh, and while I encourage you to tune in to all of Banding Together, please tune in before my set to hear my longtime friend and collaborator Christian Beach, who goes on at 2:20 p.m. (ET) on October 19,” added Kelley.
Visit BlowUpRadio.com for the full Banding Together 2025 performance schedule, details about the “Big Box of Music” download and the link to donate to the Spondylitis Association of America.
#BandingTogether #benefit #BlowUpRadio #indie #music #NJ #spondylitis
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Ferocious Designs to take part in Banding Together 2025 on BlowUpRadio.com, Oct. 16-22
For a fifth straight year, Ferocious Designs will participate in BlowUpRadio.com‘s Banding Together benefit for the Spondylitis Association of America. This year’s super-sized Banding Together webathon will be a week-long event featuring 90 live performances from October 16 through October 22.
Brian Kelley of Ferocious Designs will present a live set on Sunday, October 19, at 3 p.m. ET. With a minimum $20 donation to the Spondylitis Association of America, listeners will receive a code to download the 233-song “Big Box of Music” compilation celebrating 25 years of BlowUpRadio.com and featuring “Looking for the Light” by Ferocious Designs.
“I usually do stripped-down sets for Banding Together, but I’ve started playing to simple rhythm tracks the past couple of years so I decided to record new backing tracks to accompany me on piano and vocals,” said Kelley. “And, actually, for the second half of one song, I’ll be playing acoustic guitar live for the first time in my life so it could be an absolute train wreck — tune in to find out!
“Oh, and while I encourage you to tune in to all of Banding Together, please tune in before my set to hear my longtime friend and collaborator Christian Beach, who goes on at 2:20 p.m. (ET) on October 19,” added Kelley.
Visit BlowUpRadio.com for the full Banding Together 2025 performance schedule, details about the “Big Box of Music” download and the link to donate to the Spondylitis Association of America.
#BandingTogether #benefit #BlowUpRadio #indie #music #NJ #spondylitis
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Ferocious Designs to take part in Banding Together 2025 on BlowUpRadio.com, Oct. 16-22
For a fifth straight year, Ferocious Designs will participate in BlowUpRadio.com‘s Banding Together benefit for the Spondylitis Association of America. This year’s super-sized Banding Together webathon will be a week-long event featuring 90 live performances from October 16 through October 22.
Brian Kelley of Ferocious Designs will present a live set on Sunday, October 19, at 3 p.m. ET. With a minimum $20 donation to the Spondylitis Association of America, listeners will receive a code to download the 233-song “Big Box of Music” compilation celebrating 25 years of BlowUpRadio.com and featuring “Looking for the Light” by Ferocious Designs.
“I usually do stripped-down sets for Banding Together, but I’ve started playing to simple rhythm tracks the past couple of years so I decided to record new backing tracks to accompany me on piano and vocals,” said Kelley. “And, actually, for the second half of one song, I’ll be playing acoustic guitar live for the first time in my life so it could be an absolute train wreck — tune in to find out!
“Oh, and while I encourage you to tune in to all of Banding Together, please tune in before my set to hear my longtime friend and collaborator Christian Beach, who goes on at 2:20 p.m. (ET) on October 19,” added Kelley.
Visit BlowUpRadio.com for the full Banding Together 2025 performance schedule, details about the “Big Box of Music” download and the link to donate to the Spondylitis Association of America.
#BandingTogether #benefit #BlowUpRadio #indie #music #NJ #spondylitis
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Ferocious Designs to take part in Banding Together 2025 on BlowUpRadio.com, Oct. 16-22
For a fifth straight year, Ferocious Designs will participate in BlowUpRadio.com‘s Banding Together benefit for the Spondylitis Association of America. This year’s super-sized Banding Together webathon will be a week-long event featuring 90 live performances from October 16 through October 22.
Brian Kelley of Ferocious Designs will present a live set on Sunday, October 19, at 3 p.m. ET. With a minimum $20 donation to the Spondylitis Association of America, listeners will receive a code to download the 233-song “Big Box of Music” compilation celebrating 25 years of BlowUpRadio.com and featuring “Looking for the Light” by Ferocious Designs.
“I usually do stripped-down sets for Banding Together, but I’ve started playing to simple rhythm tracks the past couple of years so I decided to record new backing tracks to accompany me on piano and vocals,” said Kelley. “And, actually, for the second half of one song, I’ll be playing acoustic guitar live for the first time in my life so it could be an absolute train wreck — tune in to find out!
“Oh, and while I encourage you to tune in to all of Banding Together, please tune in before my set to hear my longtime friend and collaborator Christian Beach, who goes on at 2:20 p.m. (ET) on October 19,” added Kelley.
Visit BlowUpRadio.com for the full Banding Together 2025 performance schedule, details about the “Big Box of Music” download and the link to donate to the Spondylitis Association of America.
#BandingTogether #benefit #BlowUpRadio #indie #music #NJ #spondylitis
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Ferocious Designs to take part in Banding Together 2025 on BlowUpRadio.com, Oct. 16-22
For a fifth straight year, Ferocious Designs will participate in BlowUpRadio.com‘s Banding Together benefit for the Spondylitis Association of America. This year’s super-sized Banding Together webathon will be a week-long event featuring 90 live performances from October 16 through October 22.
Brian Kelley of Ferocious Designs will present a live set on Sunday, October 19, at 3 p.m. ET. With a minimum $20 donation to the Spondylitis Association of America, listeners will receive a code to download the 233-song “Big Box of Music” compilation celebrating 25 years of BlowUpRadio.com and featuring “Looking for the Light” by Ferocious Designs.
“I usually do stripped-down sets for Banding Together, but I’ve started playing to simple rhythm tracks the past couple of years so I decided to record new backing tracks to accompany me on piano and vocals,” said Kelley. “And, actually, for the second half of one song, I’ll be playing acoustic guitar live for the first time in my life so it could be an absolute train wreck — tune in to find out!
“Oh, and while I encourage you to tune in to all of Banding Together, please tune in before my set to hear my longtime friend and collaborator Christian Beach, who goes on at 2:20 p.m. (ET) on October 19,” added Kelley.
Visit BlowUpRadio.com for the full Banding Together 2025 performance schedule, details about the “Big Box of Music” download and the link to donate to the Spondylitis Association of America.
#BandingTogether #benefit #BlowUpRadio #indie #music #NJ #spondylitis
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Ferocious Designs appears on new ‘Rock Against Hate’ compilations benefiting LGBTQ+ causes
Artwork for Rock Against Hate, volumes 7 and 8 (BlowUpRadio.com)Ferocious Designs, the music project of Central New Jersey-based songwriter Brian Kelley, has contributed two tracks to the latest releases in BlowUpRadio.com‘s Rock Against Hate music compilation series. Rock Against Hate, volumes 7 and 8, will be available starting Friday, June 6, and all proceeds will benefit The Trevor Project and No More Dysphoria, respectively.
These latest releases will coincide with BlowUpRadio.com’s Rock Against Hate “Pride Month” Special, featuring live performances and selections from the compilations, starting at 9 a.m. EDT on Friday, June 6. The special will repeat every six hours through that weekend (June 6-8).
For more information, and to donate and listen, visit RockAgainstHate.org.
Also appearing on Rock Against Hate, Volume 7, is the late LGBTQ+ trailblazer and icon, Jill Sobule, who contributed a live version of her song “America Back” shortly before her untimely passing on May 1.
“It is a profound and bittersweet honor to appear on Rock Against Hate, Volume 7, alongside Jill Sobule,” said Kelley. “Jill performed at a very small venue less than 20 minutes from me in Central New Jersey in early April, and my wife and I nearly bought tickets to see her before realizing we couldn’t make it that night.
“I am a big fan of Jill’s work and her advocacy, and I’m proud to be taking part in a project she also supported,” added Kelley.
Kelley contributed a stripped-down version of his song “Peace of Mind,” featuring longtime friend and collaborator Christian Beach on acoustic guitar, for Rock Against Hate, Volume 7, benefiting The Trevor Project. The song, in its original form, appears on the 2023 album, Looking for the Light.
For Rock Against Hate, Volume 8, benefiting No More Dysphoria, Kelley submitted a “techno demo” of “It’s All Around You,” a song that appears in a more guitar-driven, power-pop format on his recently released EP, Off You Pop!
“We are seeing so many attacks on the LGBTQ+ community from the regime in power and its minions,” said Kelley. “My song ‘It’s All Around You’ is about trying to survive this fascist nightmare by finding strength and hope within one’s self and in the community and support systems around you — and these compilations are a small way for artists like me to help out and be allies in this fight.”
#benefit #BlowUpRadio #fundraising #indie #LGBTQ_ #music #NJ #NoMoreDysphoria #Pride #PrideMonth #RockAgainstHate #TheTrevorProject
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Ferocious Designs appears on new ‘Rock Against Hate’ compilations benefiting LGBTQ+ causes
Artwork for Rock Against Hate, volumes 7 and 8 (BlowUpRadio.com)Ferocious Designs, the music project of Central New Jersey-based songwriter Brian Kelley, has contributed two tracks to the latest releases in BlowUpRadio.com‘s Rock Against Hate music compilation series. Rock Against Hate, volumes 7 and 8, will be available starting Friday, June 6, and all proceeds will benefit The Trevor Project and No More Dysphoria, respectively.
These latest releases will coincide with BlowUpRadio.com’s Rock Against Hate “Pride Month” Special, featuring live performances and selections from the compilations, starting at 9 a.m. EDT on Friday, June 6. The special will repeat every six hours through that weekend (June 6-8).
For more information, and to donate and listen, visit RockAgainstHate.org.
Also appearing on Rock Against Hate, Volume 7, is the late LGBTQ+ trailblazer and icon, Jill Sobule, who contributed a live version of her song “America Back” shortly before her untimely passing on May 1.
“It is a profound and bittersweet honor to appear on Rock Against Hate, Volume 7, alongside Jill Sobule,” said Kelley. “Jill performed at a very small venue less than 20 minutes from me in Central New Jersey in early April, and my wife and I nearly bought tickets to see her before realizing we couldn’t make it that night.
“I am a big fan of Jill’s work and her advocacy, and I’m proud to be taking part in a project she also supported,” added Kelley.
Kelley contributed a stripped-down version of his song “Peace of Mind,” featuring longtime friend and collaborator Christian Beach on acoustic guitar, for Rock Against Hate, Volume 7, benefiting The Trevor Project. The song, in its original form, appears on the 2023 album, Looking for the Light.
For Rock Against Hate, Volume 8, benefiting No More Dysphoria, Kelley submitted a “techno demo” of “It’s All Around You,” a song that appears in a more guitar-driven, power-pop format on his recently released EP, Off You Pop!
“We are seeing so many attacks on the LGBTQ+ community from the regime in power and its minions,” said Kelley. “My song ‘It’s All Around You’ is about trying to survive this fascist nightmare by finding strength and hope within one’s self and in the community and support systems around you — and these compilations are a small way for artists like me to help out and be allies in this fight.”
#benefit #BlowUpRadio #fundraising #indie #LGBTQ_ #music #NJ #NoMoreDysphoria #Pride #PrideMonth #RockAgainstHate #TheTrevorProject
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Ferocious Designs appears on new ‘Rock Against Hate’ compilations benefiting LGBTQ+ causes
Artwork for Rock Against Hate, volumes 7 and 8 (BlowUpRadio.com)Ferocious Designs, the music project of Central New Jersey-based songwriter Brian Kelley, has contributed two tracks to the latest releases in BlowUpRadio.com‘s Rock Against Hate music compilation series. Rock Against Hate, volumes 7 and 8, will be available starting Friday, June 6, and all proceeds will benefit The Trevor Project and No More Dysphoria, respectively.
These latest releases will coincide with BlowUpRadio.com’s Rock Against Hate “Pride Month” Special, featuring live performances and selections from the compilations, starting at 9 a.m. EDT on Friday, June 6. The special will repeat every six hours through that weekend (June 6-8).
For more information, and to donate and listen, visit RockAgainstHate.org.
Also appearing on Rock Against Hate, Volume 7, is the late LGBTQ+ trailblazer and icon, Jill Sobule, who contributed a live version of her song “America Back” shortly before her untimely passing on May 1.
“It is a profound and bittersweet honor to appear on Rock Against Hate, Volume 7, alongside Jill Sobule,” said Kelley. “Jill performed at a very small venue less than 20 minutes from me in Central New Jersey in early April, and my wife and I nearly bought tickets to see her before realizing we couldn’t make it that night.
“I am a big fan of Jill’s work and her advocacy, and I’m proud to be taking part in a project she also supported,” added Kelley.
Kelley contributed a stripped-down version of his song “Peace of Mind,” featuring longtime friend and collaborator Christian Beach on acoustic guitar, for Rock Against Hate, Volume 7, benefiting The Trevor Project. The song, in its original form, appears on the 2023 album, Looking for the Light.
For Rock Against Hate, Volume 8, benefiting No More Dysphoria, Kelley submitted a “techno demo” of “It’s All Around You,” a song that appears in a more guitar-driven, power-pop format on his recently released EP, Off You Pop!
“We are seeing so many attacks on the LGBTQ+ community from the regime in power and its minions,” said Kelley. “My song ‘It’s All Around You’ is about trying to survive this fascist nightmare by finding strength and hope within one’s self and in the community and support systems around you — and these compilations are a small way for artists like me to help out and be allies in this fight.”
#benefit #BlowUpRadio #fundraising #indie #LGBTQ_ #music #NJ #NoMoreDysphoria #Pride #PrideMonth #RockAgainstHate #TheTrevorProject
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Ferocious Designs appears on new ‘Rock Against Hate’ compilations benefiting LGBTQ+ causes
Artwork for Rock Against Hate, volumes 7 and 8 (BlowUpRadio.com)Ferocious Designs, the music project of Central New Jersey-based songwriter Brian Kelley, has contributed two tracks to the latest releases in BlowUpRadio.com‘s Rock Against Hate music compilation series. Rock Against Hate, volumes 7 and 8, will be available starting Friday, June 6, and all proceeds will benefit The Trevor Project and No More Dysphoria, respectively.
These latest releases will coincide with BlowUpRadio.com’s Rock Against Hate “Pride Month” Special, featuring live performances and selections from the compilations, starting at 9 a.m. EDT on Friday, June 6. The special will repeat every six hours through that weekend (June 6-8).
For more information, and to donate and listen, visit RockAgainstHate.org.
Also appearing on Rock Against Hate, Volume 7, is the late LGBTQ+ trailblazer and icon, Jill Sobule, who contributed a live version of her song “America Back” shortly before her untimely passing on May 1.
“It is a profound and bittersweet honor to appear on Rock Against Hate, Volume 7, alongside Jill Sobule,” said Kelley. “Jill performed at a very small venue less than 20 minutes from me in Central New Jersey in early April, and my wife and I nearly bought tickets to see her before realizing we couldn’t make it that night.
“I am a big fan of Jill’s work and her advocacy, and I’m proud to be taking part in a project she also supported,” added Kelley.
Kelley contributed a stripped-down version of his song “Peace of Mind,” featuring longtime friend and collaborator Christian Beach on acoustic guitar, for Rock Against Hate, Volume 7, benefiting The Trevor Project. The song, in its original form, appears on the 2023 album, Looking for the Light.
For Rock Against Hate, Volume 8, benefiting No More Dysphoria, Kelley submitted a “techno demo” of “It’s All Around You,” a song that appears in a more guitar-driven, power-pop format on his recently released EP, Off You Pop!
“We are seeing so many attacks on the LGBTQ+ community from the regime in power and its minions,” said Kelley. “My song ‘It’s All Around You’ is about trying to survive this fascist nightmare by finding strength and hope within one’s self and in the community and support systems around you — and these compilations are a small way for artists like me to help out and be allies in this fight.”
#benefit #BlowUpRadio #fundraising #indie #LGBTQ_ #music #NJ #NoMoreDysphoria #Pride #PrideMonth #RockAgainstHate #TheTrevorProject
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If you missed my live set on Saturday during @BlowUpRadio's #BandingTogether benefit for the Spondylitis Association of America, you have FOUR more chances to catch it: Tues., Oct. 22 at 1:05 pm ET & 8 pm ET; and Wed., Oct. 23 at 2 am ET & 8 am ET.
Listen, donate and learn more ➡️ https://blowupradio.com
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This weekend, Friday, October 18, through Sunday, October 20, tune in to BlowUpRadio.com for Banding Together 2024, benefiting the Spondylitis Association of America.
The benefit features a weekend of live music from over 30 artists, including a stripped-down set from Brian Kelley of Ferocious Designs on Saturday (10/19) at 4 p.m. ET. With a minimum $10 donation, listeners can get an exclusive compilation download that includes the Ferocious Designs track “Don’t Lose the Groove (feat. Christian Beach).”
“The song is something I actually started writing during a high school health class in the late 1980s,” said Kelley. “I remember scribbling some of the original lyrics in a notebook.
“When Christian Beach and I were in our synth-based rap outfit, TMC + The New Generation, with Asbury Park rapper Tariq Mohammed, we wrote an industrial song in 1990 that I thought was a perfect fit for those old lyrics,” added Kelley. “I believe it was going to make its live debut at the Green Parrot in Neptune, N.J., in August 1990, but the Parrot closed forever just a few days before the show.”
But “Don’t Lose the Groove” wasn’t originally going to be the song Kelley submitted for the compilation.
“I actually planned on fixing up an old demo of a ballad I also wrote back in the 80s called ‘Evenutally (Love is the Answer),'” said Kelley. “But then I found a version of ‘Don’t Lose the Groove’ I recorded about 14 years ago — and I have been on a nostalgic industrial kick lately — so I decided to go with that one instead.”
While Mohammed was not available to record vocals in time for this latest version of “Don’t Lose the Groove,” Beach was able to provide backing vocals in the choruses and some synth loops.
“I was hoping to get the whole band back together for this, but it didn’t quite work out this time,” said Kelley. “Maybe we’ll revisit it down the road.”
Visit BlowUpRadio.com for the full Banding Together 2024 performance schedule, details about the companion compilation download and the link to donate to the Spondylitis Association of America.
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This weekend, Friday, October 18, through Sunday, October 20, tune in to BlowUpRadio.com for Banding Together 2024, benefiting the Spondylitis Association of America.
The benefit features a weekend of live music from over 30 artists, including a stripped-down set from Brian Kelley of Ferocious Designs on Saturday (10/19) at 4 p.m. ET. With a minimum $10 donation, listeners can get an exclusive compilation download that includes the Ferocious Designs track “Don’t Lose the Groove (feat. Christian Beach).”
“The song is something I actually started writing during a high school health class in the late 1980s,” said Kelley. “I remember scribbling some of the original lyrics in a notebook.
“When Christian Beach and I were in our synth-based rap outfit, TMC + The New Generation, with Asbury Park rapper Tariq Mohammed, we wrote an industrial song in 1990 that I thought was a perfect fit for those old lyrics,” added Kelley. “I believe it was going to make its live debut at the Green Parrot in Neptune, N.J., in August 1990, but the Parrot closed forever just a few days before the show.”
But “Don’t Lose the Groove” wasn’t originally going to be the song Kelley submitted for the compilation.
“I actually planned on fixing up an old demo of a ballad I also wrote back in the 80s called ‘Evenutally (Love is the Answer),'” said Kelley. “But then I found a version of ‘Don’t Lose the Groove’ I recorded about 14 years ago — and I have been on a nostalgic industrial kick lately — so I decided to go with that one instead.”
While Mohammed was not available to record vocals in time for this latest version of “Don’t Lose the Groove,” Beach was able to provide backing vocals in the choruses and some synth loops.
“I was hoping to get the whole band back together for this, but it didn’t quite work out this time,” said Kelley. “Maybe we’ll revisit it down the road.”
Visit BlowUpRadio.com for the full Banding Together 2024 performance schedule, details about the companion compilation download and the link to donate to the Spondylitis Association of America.
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This weekend, Friday, October 18, through Sunday, October 20, tune in to BlowUpRadio.com for Banding Together 2024, benefiting the Spondylitis Association of America.
The benefit features a weekend of live music from over 30 artists, including a stripped-down set from Brian Kelley of Ferocious Designs on Saturday (10/19) at 4 p.m. ET. With a minimum $10 donation, listeners can get an exclusive compilation download that includes the Ferocious Designs track “Don’t Lose the Groove (feat. Christian Beach).”
“The song is something I actually started writing during a high school health class in the late 1980s,” said Kelley. “I remember scribbling some of the original lyrics in a notebook.
“When Christian Beach and I were in our synth-based rap outfit, TMC + The New Generation, with Asbury Park rapper Tariq Mohammed, we wrote an industrial song in 1990 that I thought was a perfect fit for those old lyrics,” added Kelley. “I believe it was going to make its live debut at the Green Parrot in Neptune, N.J., in August 1990, but the Parrot closed forever just a few days before the show.”
But “Don’t Lose the Groove” wasn’t originally going to be the song Kelley submitted for the compilation.
“I actually planned on fixing up an old demo of a ballad I also wrote back in the 80s called ‘Evenutally (Love is the Answer),'” said Kelley. “But then I found a version of ‘Don’t Lose the Groove’ I recorded about 14 years ago — and I have been on a nostalgic industrial kick lately — so I decided to go with that one instead.”
While Mohammed was not available to record vocals in time for this latest version of “Don’t Lose the Groove,” Beach was able to provide backing vocals in the choruses and some synth loops.
“I was hoping to get the whole band back together for this, but it didn’t quite work out this time,” said Kelley. “Maybe we’ll revisit it down the road.”
Visit BlowUpRadio.com for the full Banding Together 2024 performance schedule, details about the companion compilation download and the link to donate to the Spondylitis Association of America.
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Been workshopping my set for this year's @BlowUpRadio #BandingTogether Benefit for the Spondylitis Association of America. I'm not really one to perform covers, but we're allowed to do 1 or 2 so I'm working on figuring out a stripped-down version of a Lo Moon song from their second album. I also plan on playing the first complete song I ever wrote back in 1988.
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Tonight at 7PM ET 🎧
“Dear Faye” gets its world radio premiere on BlowUpRadio’s New NJ Music Hour.
Huge thanks to @BlowUpRadio for supporting new NJ music, and to Diego Allessandro (vocals/instrumentation) and @leahsfox (drums) for the heart they brought to this track.
Listen live: https://blowupradio.com
