| Spitshine,
by Melissa
Evanko
Turn
on the radio today and your likely to hear a radio edit of
your favorite tune. So many tunes are populated with curse
words that you can’t sing the entire song through. This
is not the case for Spitshine. Poised to soon release their
second CD, the rockers who are obscenity free and ready for
radio dropped by ‘The Stage’ for an acoustic performance.
In an exclusive interview for ‘The Stage’ Bryan
Harmony, lead singer of Spitshine, sat down with us about
the band and their future plans.
Spitshine,
consists of four members, Bryan Harmony, lead vocals and guitar,
Larry Werner, lead guitar and vocals, Doug Moye, drummer and
Jeff Hasz, bass. The band has been together since 1999. You
can check out Spitshine on the web at www.spitshinemusic.com.
The
song that Spitshine will be performing on "The Stage’
is ‘’Dancefloor.’ This is a new/old song
for the band. Harmony noted that this song was actually written
a couple of years ago, but the tune never seemed to fit in
with where they were musically going. One day they brought
it out again and something about the drumbeat felt good, and
they decided to add it to their repoitore.
Harmony and Werner write all the songs for Spitshine. Harmony
described the band as being a guitar and singer oriented band.
An important aspect of the band to Harmony is that they are
positive minded in their songs. Harmony is proud of the fact
that there is not one curse word in any of their songs.
The guys have recently finished building their own professional
recording studio. They will record and produce both their
own music and other bands as well.
Spitshine
will be releasing a new CD with a late May/June national release
date. The guys are very excited about getting new material
out there. An older song of theirs that is getting new life
is ‘Everywhere You Go." This song will be featured
on two compilations, both to be released in April. The first
compilation is from the Lehigh Valley Music Awards. The second
is from B.I.E. records. They are one of only three local bands
to be represented. The compilation ‘Mixed Up’
will be sold all over the world, since it also contains top
unsigned ‘buzz’ bands from Allentown to Spain.
This summer you’ll see Spitshine playing festival and
fairs. They are taking a bit of a break from the club circuit.
Harmony feels that a lot of the local clubs cater more to
cover bands than those with original music.
Be
sure to check out Spitshine when they play at Riverfusion
2003, on May 4th at Illick’s Mill Recreation Complex.
The all-day show will help promote environmental awareness.
Harmony enjoys doing these events. He feels that while clubs
may not be willing to put on big shows, there are these festivals
which are. He enjoys being able to reach a larger number of
people this way.
Harmony
feels that a very important part of the band is self-promotion.
You have to get the word out there about your band and what
you’re doing. He feels the more you can do for yourself
the better. Ultimately, said Harmony, nobody cares more about
your band than you do. But, I’m sure Spitshine has lots
of fans in Pennsylvania.
Watch
the exclusive acoustic performance. |
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