Re: Avenues to promote Cara...have any?
I'm out of commercial radio stations here in Colorado. The college station at the University of Colorado is highly respected, but they get a little too far 'outside' for my tastes. They do stream and I guess you can check out the site too. It's one of the better college stations in the U.S.
Re: Avenues to promote Cara...have any?
What about opening for acts playing the northeast? I could see her playing with Jason Mraz (I think Tristan Prettyman was in on a few), but he's headed overseas in the near future.
I'll keep thinking...
This is working out pretty good, because Alex Bach will have a new album to promote in the new year and all of this stuff keeps me actively searching the 'net for answers.
Re: Avenues to promote Cara...have any?
Sent this to a few of those Feel free to copy paste as much as you'd like, but change the email addy.
Hi ____
I wanted to suggest an artist to feature on your site and station. Her name is Cara Aley, she's from Boston, and her genre is electrified folk rock.
If you’d like a CD to review, let me know and I’ll send one on. You can check out her sounds at www.caraaley.com/html/songs.htm, and I’ve enclosed her bio as well. Feel free to contact me should you need anything.
Sincerely,
Kristen Pasculli
Promotions Manager
www.CaraAley.com
EMERGING BOSTON FOLK ROCKER "BENDS" INTO INDIE CIRCLE
“Electrified folk”- that’s how one might describe the music of Cara Aley. Raised in New Hampshire, she has the folkster roots. And the electricity in her voice, her lyrics, and her sound can be felt with just one listen to her latest album, Bend.
Now living in Boston, Cara Aley is hard at work promoting Bend. The collection features thoughtful lyrics wound in a tapestry of delicate acoustic and electric sounds. Aley’s fresh vocals put the finishing touches on this nine-track masterpiece.
“There's no detailed storytelling on the album, only Aley’s feelings spilled out overflowingly into music that accompanies the emotions described in her lyrics. Fluidly written, these lyrics paint emotional works of art about life and love. You'll get more than perfect romance songs with this girl – she can sing about the destruction of love ("Luke") as eloquently as the emergence of it ("Take Me Away"),” writes Kristen Pasculli of www.discoveringartists.com
“The album represents all things I am passionate about,” says 26-year-old Aley. “It expresses hope and promise for good things to come, the extent to which people in my life have influenced me, and how much I just feel music in general.”
Bend has recently been a top-seller at Awarestore.com, and has received airplay on Radioio.com Acoustic and WholeWheatRadio.org. Aley is also featured on this year’s Boston’s Best Singer-Songwriter Compilation CD, as well as the Alternative Addiction Volume 3 compilation CD alongside bands such as Sister Hazel, Nine Days, Fighting Gravity, Will Bowen and Averi.
Influenced by a wide array of artists from James Taylor to Linkin Park, Aley’s sound is similar to that of Tracy Chapman, Jonatha Brooke and Alison Krauss. Though it's tough to pin down an accurate musical comparison, Aley wouldn’t have it any other way.
“Songwriting is really like a journal for me; it’s an outlet and a way of creating something lasting from feelings that - whether temporary or not - are still very real for me and might hit home for others.”
“This album would be worth having made in my mind if even just a few people felt it and were moved by the songs,” says Aley. “It's sharing a piece of my soul with people who are open to that.”
REVIEWS
“Aley has a wonderfully expressive voice and sense of melody which help evoke a strong and positive emotional response.”
-Steve Nathan, getgigs.com
“The entire CD is excellent and original.”
–Zoe Montana, Host, Radioio.com Acoustic
“[Bend is] a harmonious merge of acoustics with a wordly touch. I feel like I've met someone that I aspire to be when I hear this album – for Cara has opened up her soul for all to hear."
-DiscoveringArtists.com
“An electrified folk singer with one foot in the traditional Americana-music a'la Alison Krauss and one foot in melodic pop a’la Sheryl Crow. Her passionate vocals combined with great lyrics and beautiful melodic hooks makes this album a winner.”
–Par Winberg, Melodic.net
Kristen Pasculli
Promotions Manager
www.CaraAley.com
Re: Avenues to promote Cara...have any?
Hmmm, I thought I had posted one for KCUV radio in Denver. I know I've mentioned it to Cara and Kristen a few times. Their playlist is starting to broaden and they've been playing a lot of new artists.
Feel free to copy paste as much as you'd like, but change the email addy.
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