WonderRoot’s Battle Of The Bands
Usually I am not interested in Battle of Bands competitions, but WonderRoot has taken the idea and added some cool twists to help better our local community. Basically, between December 1st and January 31st of next year, bands will compete with one another to rack up as many hours of community service as possible. The five bands who accumulate the most hours of service will then qualify for a final showcase at Lenny’s February 28th, 2009. The event will be free for people to attend, but are urged to bring canned food donations. The band who combines the most community service with the best attendance at the show will win free studio time with producer Graham Marsh (Gnarls Barkley) to record a 5-track EP. For more info, Performer Mag interviewed WonderRoot’s Alex Auxier.
Bands interested in participating, the deadline for sign-up is November 30th.
Sign Up for WonderRoot’s Battle Of The Bands here.
- Posted by Davy Minor on November 3, 2008 at 6:45 pm
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DIY Nation: WonderRoot
We’ve focused on a bunch of house parties in this segment thus far, but DIY and its ethos extends far beyond shows in living rooms. I’ve recently been lucky enough to get involved with a truly awesome organization, WonderRoot. They are a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting the local arts community, and they are bringing a lot to the table:
WonderRoot is an Atlanta-based non-profit arts organization committed to uniting artists and community to inspire positive social change. The objectives are to provide production facilities to Atlanta-based artists, to facilitate arts-based community service programs in the Atlanta area, and to encourage artists to be proactive in engaging their communities through community service work.
The WonderRoot Community Arts Center houses a digital media lab, darkroom, recording studio, ceramics studio, classroom space, and a performance space. WonderRoot members are granted unlimited access to these facilities on a first come first serve basis. The Community Center will also be host to regular arts-based workshops for youth ranging from poetry workshops to music production.
Specifically on the music side of things, a very affordable membership gets you access to a full professional recording studio. The studio itself is really swank. They have just started getting touring musicians who come through town to stop by and cut a track to release on their blog (sort of Atlanta’s answer to Daytrotter). I have been helping out interviewing bands and writing blog posts for them, and you can take a look at that, as well as get exclusive tracks from Jukebox The Ghost, The XYZ Affair, and Brownbird here:
Tomorrow night at The Earl, they are having a WonderRoot benefit featuring Delta Co, Trail By Fire, and Your Uncle Billy Who Went Crazy. Then this Saturday, they are having the official grand opening party of the facility featuring a live performance from Nana Grizol (featuring members of Neutral Milk Hotel) and the Atlanta Sedition Orchestra. I’ll be there covering the event, and I highly recommend you come down and check it out. Also, we are about to start throwing shows at the facility’s basement, which is a fully functional music venue, starting next month, so stay tuned for that (and of course if you are a band we mention here on Ohmpark, hit us up to schedule a show or a studio session).
- Posted by Davy Minor on May 28, 2008 at 4:38 pm
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