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NEWS
01-01-2010 - Band Newsletter
Greetings friends and fans of The MCP Band.
Hope you all had a happy holiday's and a wonderful New Year!
We are so proud that you all have are reading the message right now, as this will be the sixth year we head into in the bands official yearly update. Can you believe its 2010? Again, thanks to those of you who have purchased our CD and continue to support our live shows as we make our way into the new decade.
WE HAVE A NEW CD!!!!!!
For those of you who have not heard, we finished up our new CD, "Scale Worthy" a few months back and have it available for purchase. We have just started getting the first reviews and it has got some great awards already. We had some great production work on this CD from Dan McLoughlin, who has produced for some amazing talent (Weezer, Dinosaur Jr., Breeders, etc.
2009 in Review:
-We played in a bunch of new venues through NJ!
-We finally Crossed the Bridge and played in Long Island!
-Brand new website www.mcpband.com
-New CD
-New Band Member, John Trani on Bass!
-We played our first festival!
Thanks to all of our fans that followed our activities in 2009. We are really excited to play out again this spring and summer in 2010. It’s an exciting time for the band as we move into 2010 with all our new original tunes and we look
forward to seeing you at our next gig. We will let you know when we have lined a few shows up, expect a lot of new songs and whole new sets and new places for gigs. Tell us where you want us to play!
Please drop us a line and tell us what you think of the new tunes!
Best
The MCP Band!!!!
Matt Coffy
Chuck Tumulty
Jay Singer
John Trani
11-30-09
A fresh new look coming in a few weeks along with an official launch of the CD.
9-6-09 Come to The Carnival
Booked at one of the largest carnivals in the local area in Clifton, NJ. Come on down to the beer gardens and watch us perform.
9-5-09 New CD getting good press
Check out the garageband site! lots of good reviews
8-24-09 CD is Done
Wow does it sound great! Check some samples out on the Garageband Link.
07-20-09 CD near completion
We are 1 week away from liftoff! wow this is happening fast.. looking for Video producer on Superfine.
Memorial Day Gig
@ JJ Mcales in Great Neck Long Island
509 Great Neck Road
Along the parade route bash from 3-7pm
4-17--09 Gigs are starting to come in
Check our calender for updates
2009 looks to be a fun year!
Thanks to all of our fans that followed our activities in 2008. We are really
excited to play out again this spring and summer in 2009. It’s an exciting
time for the band as we move into 2009 with all our new tunes and we look
forward to seeing you at our next gig.
Well, its official, our new CD "Scale Worthy" will be recorded around
April 2009 at Roscoe (Eric) Amble's studio. He's a pretty high end guy,
works with the pro’s like Marshall Crenshaw, Nils Lofgren, Ryan Adams, the
list goes on and on. He's a member of the Yayhoo's Band with ex-Georgia
Satellites Singer Dan Baird. This will be one killer of a recording and we cant
wait to play the new material for you folks.
A look back at 2008 highlights for The MCP Band :
1. Some very positive music reviews were posted of our debut CD “Above the
Waterline”.
Whispering and Hollering says:
“….. 8 out of 10 stars…. the MCP Band knows that the real deal should
rock like hell……. The MCP Band must be a potent live creature….”
http://www.whisperinandhollerin.com/reviews/review.asp?id=5698
Hellhound on My Trail says:
“….the MCP Band does not dare to shy away from any musical boundaries,
encompassing rock and blues-inspired songs that can fill any room with dancing,
head bopping…”
http://hellhoundtrail.com/2008/06/18/the-mcp-band-makes-mark-with-happy-and-upbeat-blues-inspired-tracks/
Overground Underground says:
“….it is apparent that MCP’s raw talent is uniquely clever… surely
listen to the MCP Band’s righteous tunes”
http://ougroundcdreviews.com/2008/06/17/the-mcp-provide-entry-way-into-an-adventurous-way-of-life/
2. “Particular Condition” was played as promo material in an episode of
“the Next GAC Star” TV broadcast this summer.
3. Received 1st international sales.. CD sales from France, Australia, Spain..
4. Multiple track of the week/day awards at Garageband.com and we broke into
the top 20.
Coming up in 2009:
Interview in Twang Town (twangtown.com) to be printed in January
Music Festival targets for late summer
Gigs dates available, we are ready to play in Brooklyn, NYC, NJ in a few
months, once we get out of the studio.
Cheers and good health!
-The MCP Band
www.mcpband.com
Matt Coffy
Jon Pope
Chuck Tumulty
Jay Singer
08-02-08 MCP Band CD Review
Whisperin and Hollerin Review
http://whisperinandhollerin.com/reviews/review.asp?id=5698
Our Rating: 8 out of 10 stars
author: Adam Harrington
The MCP Band (http://www.mcpband.com) embody everything that an American bar band is supposed to be. Drunk on its own alcohol-fueled, blues-soaked rock, the MCP Band delivers authentic blue-collar grit with no studio slickness or limp ballads to water down the dirt. In other words, this is heady biker music with no compromises.
Unlike many of the roots and Americana acts out there, the MCP Band knows that the real deal should rock like hell. "Borrowed Time" scorches the walls with mean, bluesy riffs and raspy vocals; however, true to the group's classic-rock leanings, the track is melodic, wonderfully catchy. Even more gnarly is "Poor Tomorrow," packing heat with throbbing bass lines and driving guitars. "Breathing Life" is raw electric blues; you can imagine the smoke coming out of the amps. The MCP Band must be a potent live creature because this CD definitely has an exhilarating live vibe to it; listening to it, it feels like you're only inches away from the lads, soaking in all the feedback.
The MCP Band have energy to burn, and this record is relentless in its quick pacing. Beginning with the rollicking boogie piano of "Particular Condition" to the heavy chunks of shrapnel on "You're the One," the MCP Band just keep moving, and we're partying along with them.
6-17-08 Above the Waterline gets reviewed
http://ougroundcdreviews.com/2008/06/17/the-mcp-provide-entry-way-into-an-adventurous-way-of-life/
The MCP provide entry way into an ‘adventurous way of life’
June 17, 2008 by kyrbyraine
Reviewed by Sabrina Tinsay
The MCP Band/Above the Waterline
The MCP Band is a natural, capturing an adventurous view of life, the band and keeps their audience listening. In the song titled “Won’t Let Go,” the inviting guitar solo opens the door for many to dive into
a wine of rock and blues. One may find him or herself swaying back and forth, kicking up their old town boots to dance the night away with MCP’s “E Funk.” In the song titled “Centerville,” it is apparent that MCP’s raw talent is uniquely clever: “In a refuge we call sleep…it seems that we were solid.” What a wonderful way to start the weekend filled adventure; surely listen to the MCP Band’s righteous tunes.
http://mcpband.com
Posted in Music Reviews | Tagged blues, funk, rock |
June 6- 2008 5.0 Stars for Poor Tomorrow
Track fo the day over at GarageBand.com on June 1st 2008 and climbing the charts as a 5.0 rating ( the highest you can get) in the first round. Go check it out, just click our garageband link "track of the week" on our main homepage.
June-5-2008 GAC comes Knocking
Hi MCP Band,
Congratulations! GAC producers are researching music for the latest episode of "The Next GAC Star," and considering featuring a portion of your video or song on the television broadcast. In preparation for the show, we must make sure we have all the proper clearances to air your song or video.
Please verify with us that the song you entered was either written or
co-written by you and that all publishing rights for the entered song are
either yours and/or shared with your co-writers. If the song was written
solely by you, we will need any publishing information for your entered
song. If the song was a co-write, we will need (all of) the co-writer's
information and their publishing information for the entered song also.
Please send us your response no later than 12:00 PM (EST), Friday, June 6, 2008 in order for GAC to consider inclusion of your song or video on the show.
Thanks,
Your Friends at MusicNation
4-15-08 got gigs?
Check out out calender for the latest dates- April 28 at the Glenridge NJ Country club and May 18 at Genreal Pours in Hackensack, NJ.
1-31-08 The CD is here!
The finished CD's showed up on my doorstep today. They look great, and sound even better... expect them up on CD baby in about a week to be able to be purchased.
Dec 1st 2007- CD done!
I have in my hands the final mastered copy of our NEW cd "Above the Waterline", delivered on time! I will get it up to the download store shortly. If you would like an advance copy, (without packaging) email us from the contact page and we'll get it out to you, for those of you who cant wait for the first pressing run.
10-28-07 Last of the retracks are done on CD
After a redo of some unexpected neeeded re-tracks that were washed in our original recordings, we have everything now done. Here's the final track list on the new CD due out Dec 1st.
1. Particular Condition
2. Borrowed Time
3. Breathing Life
4. Centerville
5. My Blue Car
6. Wont Let Go
7. D-Space
8. Your the One
9. E-Funk
10. Poor Tomorrow
Particular Condition breaks the Top 70
Well besides being Track of the day at Garageband on Oct 12th, we are continully charting upward on ranks, how high will we go?
10-13-07 CD in final mix
We have all 10 songs now mixed down. We will be doing post production work for the next few weeks as it is going to get mastered by another company in the upcoming weeks.
Sept 16th 2007
We have down Sept 29th for our last day of mixing for the CD! Wow, its almost done!
9-13-2007
The CD is progressing along, click on the GarageBand link to take our newest tune Particular Condition for test drive. Looking to line up a gig or 2 for the fall.
08-11-07
CD finally nearing completion. After much to do about re editing some major parts of the songs for Roscoe to fix, we ended up just sending the last redo files over to 157 Audio. Thus we goto directly to mix down. Roscoe and I decided to hang it up on this go round due to technical issues with the files. We agreed to come into the studio and record the second CD in Spring of 2008. Yeah you heard right here, we have already enough material for another full length CD.
July 14th 2007
Still mixing down the CD, The studio has been booked and Roscoe was is Europe touring so next week will be the first time we will be hearing some of the most recent mixing. We already have 5 new songs written for CD #2, which will be done for 2008. No news on Gigs yet, everyones schedule has been booked for the summer and Chuck was in over India for the last month, we will start looking at Sept now for playing in the city and NJ.
June 1st 2007
The CD is now over at CTS with Roscoe Amble for mixing and mastering. Here's an excerpt fron CTS.
http://www.ericambel.com/thestudio.htm
Since the mid '80's Eric "Roscoe" Ambel has been working with bands in the studio producing records. Highlights include records by the Bottle Rockets:Brooklyn Side, 24 Hours A Day, Leftovers & Brand New Year, Go To Blazes:Waitin' Around for the Crash, Anytime..Anywhere, Blood Oranges:Lone Green Valley, the Crying Tree, Nils Lofgren:Crooked Line, Greg Trooper, Mary Lee's Corvette:700 Miles, True Lovers of Adventure, the Backsliders:Southern Lines, Florence Dore:Perfect City , Miss Tammy Faye Starlite:On My Knees, Used Country Female , Los Dudes, Martins Folly:Martins Folly, Man It's Cold, From Hope, Freedy Johnston:Live At 33&1/3 and Blue Mountain:Dog Days.
News- April 17 th 2007
Looks like we have more talent adding to the CD!! Eric Amble, guitarist/vocalist extraordinaire has agreed to help out with background vocals on our songs. Eric plays in the group The Yayhoos http://www.yayhoos.com fronted by the legendary Dan Baird from the Georgia Satellites.
April 14th 2007- CD is now near completion
Getting closer with the CD, about two more weeks and it's off to production. May have some special news for it as well, (more talanted folks adding contribution).
3-21-07
Dear Matt,
Congratulations! As a result of some very enthusiastic reviews from GarageBand.com members, "Borrowed Time" will be Track of the Day at GarageBand.com.
For 24 hours on Wednesday, the 28th of March, 2007 (PST) "Borrowed Time" will be featured on GarageBand.com's Blues Rock front page. The address for this page will be:
http://www.GarageBand.com/go/24OJ5PWOO6
So make sure you've got a current photo of The MCP Band uploaded, and then enjoy your time in the spotlight.
We've created a nifty "Track of the Day at GarageBand.com" badge which you're eligible to display on your own website. It's just one more way to get the word out about how good your stuff is. Just click on the following link to pick up a GarageBand.com Badge for your website.
Best wishes from all at GarageBand.com and keep up the great work!
Ivy
Band Services, GarageBand.com
March 10th 2007 - My Blue Car
We decided to take one of the songs (rough cut) out for a test run on garageband. All though the mixing and mastering have not been added to the song, a majority of the elements of this song have recieved amazing compliments and already almost reached the top 100 songs in the Americana group(wow, we will get when we mix it?) ... Go to garageband.com
http://www.garageband.com/artist/MCP
CD update - March 2007
We are 75%25 done with the music and 40%25 done with the vocals. About 6 more weeks and we should be in mixing it down.
CD update - Feb 2007
Still working on the vocals and editing the new CD, we are at about 75%25 done on the music side, just starting the vocals. Look for a spring release date. It is really sounding awesome!
Jan 18th 2007
Welcome Kristen Susan Coffy!!!!
1.55 am @ Teaneck ,NJ
7.9 oz
19.5 inches
1/13/07 CD progress update
We have finished all the instrument parts and are working on vocals. Look for an ETA of a few weeks for our first samples, before we go to mastering. Can you say Radio freindly!
12/23/06 The CD is progessing!
We have all 10 tracks down, we are now editing all the parts except vocals. It sounds great!
10/14/06 NEW CD!!
In late 2006 The MCP Band began recording their debut CD entitled "Above the Waterline" comprised of 10 soul shaking original songs. Creative song wring, extended jams, rocking blues solos, everything you would want to hear from an inspirational team of talented friends. With the additional musicians Karl Dietel on keyboard (The Samples - http://thesamples.com) and John Patrick on Sax, this will be an amazing production.
11/1/06 NEW GIG- DEC 2nd
PUB 101 - Bogota, NJ 9:30pm
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