FMQB
Are You Prepared? continues rack up spins at radio. It has seen plays on over 200 AAA, A/C and CMJ reporting college stations throughout the country. The first single, “Not Necessarily So,” cracked the top ten in the country on the FMQB A/C chart in early June ‘10. www.fmqb.com. It has also received spins at local majors like WBOS, WXRV, WAAF, and is streaming on WFNX.
BILLBOARD DISCOVERIES
MY SILENT BRAVERY, Are You Prepared?
Everything about pop/rock quartet My Silent Bravery plays like a major label signing, from its production savvy, eloquent lyrics, authoritative imaging, polished web site, a dedicated Northeast U.S. fan following (200 shows in two years), merchandising—and most important, a chockablock collection of winning songs on debut album Are You Prepared?
The group is keenly riding the current wave of melodic, danceable rock (think Maroon 5)—and cashing in nicely, thank you, with top 10 airplay on FMQB’s AC chart of first single “Not Necessarily So,” and spins at such Northeast powerhouses as WBOS, WXRV, WAAF and WFNX.
In its previous incarnation as the Matt Shwachman Band, My Silent Bravery also garnered placements on WB’s One Tree Hill and MTV’s Real World, and airplay on more than 400 radio stations. And the reasons are oh so clear: The radio release could butt heads with any hit that One Republic has scored, with a sing-along chorus and clever pop arrangement; “Crime & Punishment” tosses in a dash of folk, a la John Mayer, with light hip-hop elements—a clever fusion.
It is also worthy to note some of Shwachman’s previous solo work. “Do You Know” adds a slight blur of grunge alongside the youthful vocals of Shwachman and “Rise Above” chugs along with an optimistic air despite tough times (“When your worries wear you down and out, rise above”). “Dying To Feel Alive” (which has also fostered TV placement) is yet another highlight, with its power ballad sensibility and a call-out chorus that demands a glass-half-full view of life.
The group’s MWS Recording may be an indie label, but it’s got a giant talent on its hands. My Silent Bravery is destined to make major noise.
—Billboard Magazine Discoveries
SKOPE
Veteran and Emerging Music Artists Unite for World Premiere Music and Video Event This Friday at Boston’s Hard Rock Café. Special Guest Host Playboy’s Ms. Social February Ashley
Alexiss; Proceeds to Benefit the Wounded Warrior Project.
A multi-generational bill of national and international recording Artists will gather this Friday night at the Hard Rock Café in Boston to present Can’t Quit a world premiere music and video
release celebration starring Boston-Worcester based recording artist My Silent Bravery featuring
Matthew Wade while honoring our true American hero’s.
My Silent Bravery will debut songs from the soon to be released LP Can’t Quit. There will be additional performances by: X-Factor’s NIKOLAS METAXAS; First Lady of Variety, MS. CAROL O’SHAUGHNESSY; and very special guest artists Rock & Roll Hall of Famers, HERB REED’S PLATTERS.
Playboy Model and Ms. Social February 2011, Ashley Alexiss, will be a celebrity guest host for the evening. Ashley teamed up with the Wounded Warrior Project and just completed shooting a 2012 calendar with proceeds going to the organization.
My Silent Bravery, whose music has been featured on high profile Network TV shows such as the CW’s One Tree Hill, MTV’s Real World & True Life, Oxygen’s Bad Girls Club, the History Channel’s American Pickers, and Animal Planet’s Last Chance Highway, has agreed to license the title track “Can’t Quit” to the Wounded Warrior Ride being coordinated by Lt. Stephen Hallenbeck NC, USAF, and SM Sgt. Dug Coons, USAF, taking place this fall from New York to Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland (dugandstevesride.com). Hallenbeck will be a guest of honor for the
evening.
The debut video for the single “Can’t Quit” was shot in and around Boston under the direction of Vassili Shields. It covers the heroic struggles of the wounded warrior, youth at the hands of
bullies and our fellow American’s coping with the wave of national disasters plaguing the continental US.
Can’t Quit, written by Wade, was shaped by gold and platinum producer Anthony Resta (Elton John, Collective Soul, Shawn Mullins, Duran Duran, Guster, etc.) and includes Boston music greats Charlie Farren (FBI, Farrenheight), Robert Holmes (Til’ Tuesday) and popular recording artist Matisyahu.
Friday, June 24, 2011 at 8 p.m. Minimum donation to the Wounded Warrior Project is $20.
Friday, June 24th @ 8PM
Hard Rock Cafe
22-24 Clinton Street
Boston, MA 02109
