December 2014 – Page 2 – BILLCSMUSIC BLOG

If You Love Piano Then “My Lighter” by @SeanOReillyband Is for You

https://soundcloud.com/sean_oreilly/my-lighter

SEAN O’REILLY, “My Lighter”

Digging deeper into his Volume One album is New Haven, Connecticut singer and blazing piano player Sean O’Reilly. You first encountered Sean in these blog posts much earlier in the year when the inventive “Ready For You Now” grabbed my ears and climbed to #16 on my chart. “My Lighter” continues to show Sean’s versatility with an alt.pop song with dizzy-impressive piano work that draws you deeper into the song when it kind of goes off the hook crazy just before the 2:00 mark – but in a good way of course. By then, the boat has sailed, with you aboard for the rest of the song! “My Lighter” proves in spades that Sean O’Reilly is a man of many musical talents, and what better way to discover him by listening to it above. “My Lighter” and Volume One are also available on iTunes.

Get To Know Rocker Graham Alexander (@Grahamsmusic) with “She’s A Chameleon”

GRAHAM ALEXANDER, “She’s A Chameleon”

Add Graham Alexander to the great list of rockers hailing from New Jersey on the eve of his new album, with the featured song “She’s A Chameleon”. Graham offers up no holds barred entertainment that incorporates a familiar blend of rock, blues, and R&B, while serving it in original, high energy portions. I must admit Graham doesn’t look like his voice, and the singer he reminds me of most in this song is Chris Robinson from The Black Crowes, another guy by appearance you wouldn’t think would belt out an Otis Redding classic like “Hard To Handle”. But throw in a terrific arrangement with a five piece band including horns, and you have music that will bring in passersby on the street outside of a local club with no problem. Graham Alexander’s sound is big and solid and ready to compete with the best of them. “She’s A Chameleon” is a fine introduction and I’m sure I’ll have more to say about his upcoming album very soon.

Feel The Raging Heat in Dance Club Smash “Ignited” by @AntonioGiacca

ANTONIO GIACCA, “Ignited”

Italy-born, L.A. based producer Antonio Giacca has released a killer dance tune that’s sure to heat up the cold winter months for many of us. “Ignited” has a gorgeous song-structure and positively winning vocal that should send the song to the top of the dance club play charts. Its effect is instantaneous, with all of the makings of a centerpiece song that will pull club goers onto the floor. Besides that though, “Ignited” is very radio friendly with its hybrid europop and house music influences, and could bring Antonio more international exposure on top of his already significant club success. The club mix is much deeper, bringing in dirty dubstep and trap flavouring for a heavier late night experience. Expect Antonio Giacca’s “Ignited” to become one of your new favourites.

Be Stronger than “Yesterday” with Victoria Trinetti (@VTrinetti)

https://soundcloud.com/victoria-trinetti/yesterday-clip

VICTORIA TRINETTI, “Yesterday”

From beauty pageants, modelling, and acting, and on to music, Toronto’s Victoria Trinetti brings her A-game with her new single “Yesterday”. The 18 year old has wisely chosen a song to empower youth against bullying, which makes it a great companion piece to Eleven Past One‘s latest single “I’m Ready” too. “Yesterday” has enormous potential, and while Victoria might slide nicely into the Selena Gomez/Bridgit Mendler niche, I hear versatility that aims for a more Kelly Clarkson kind of power. As a result, “Yesterday” breezes by quite splendidly, with taut message in hand, and I think her target audience will love it while reeling in their parents and older relatives too. The Soundcloud link above is just a snippet. If you want to hear the entire song, head over to Victoria’s radio station on Jango.com right here, or of course purchase “Yesterday” on iTunes.

Wear It: @BrandynBurnette with “Sleeve”

https://soundcloud.com/brandynburnette/01-sleeve

BRANDYN, “Sleeve”

L.A.-based singer/songwriter Brandyn Burnette once again has unveiled another song from his upcoming album due internationally in early 2015. It’s a beauty of a ballad called “Sleeve”, which puts well-fleshed out words over top of a simple piano melody. Love is a complex thing and Brandyn has a lot to say about it – and he sings in such an affecting, understanding way from life experience that you will hang on to every word. There is no denying that Brandyn’s album will be every bit as special as he believes it will be when we are able to purchase it. Songs like “Sleeve” set the bar quite high for other singer/songwriters out there and Brandyn’s place among them is well deserved. Brandyn is also working with Sean Kingston… should be interesting!

And here’s the exclusive backstory about the song from the singer himself 🙂

The story for this song happened so organically. I was actually working with the legendary Diane Warren in her studio when she took a lunch meeting and let me hang out while she was gone and play her grand piano. My mom called me and I rushed her off the phone because I was in this fancy studio and didn’t want to spend too much time on the phone. Immediately I felt gutted because my mom just wanted to say hello. So when I hung up the phone, there I was, staring at the view of the Hollywood sign through one of the biggest songwriters in history’s studio. I thought to myself as I shuffled my gaze between the Hollywood hills and my cell phone, is this what I traded for my dreams? Family for fame? In that moment I felt so disconnected from home and where I was brought up… So in the moment I put my iPhone voice memo on record and I started playing what became ‘Sleeve’.