Tag: Daveit Ferris

Daveit Ferris: A song a day all year long

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Daveit Ferris

A short time ago I highlighted a few bands who are releasing singles on a scheduled basis. So Irish musician Daveit Ferris decided to top all of them by releasing a new song for everyday of 2015. That’s a massive 365 songs in total, calling his project 365 Sparks, it all started after a health scare when Daveit decided to tackle this ambitious project.

Its a massive amount of work, but thankfully a lot of it is good. His music alternates between a Green Day/Bowling For Soup styled punk pop, and bright acoustic ballads. Each month so far is available on Bandcamp and I’m sure you’ll find several favorites among the songs. Currently he’s up to April. Enjoy!

Check out past months: January | February | March

Freebie Saturdays: Emerging Artists

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This is a little like speed speed dating for the musician and the listener. I get a TON of e-mails from bands, many not suitable for review or even consideration. Then I get the stuff that almost makes it. Maybe I only liked one or two songs, but these artists deserve an outlet once in a while. These artists offer their music as an Bandcamp download for FREE, and who knows you may like a lot of them more than I did.
Quarterbacks
New Paltz kids playing smelly old basement DIY punk pop backed by guitar and a single snare drum. It’s got some charm to it, and songs are under 2 minutes each!


Andy Ketch
Rough as hell Chicago guitarist with a melodic gift, plays both folk and rock.


Daveit Ferris
Irish Musician with a heavy alternative style of power pop offers up a pretty good EP. RIYL: Weezer, Green Day

Slow Buildings
Slow Buildings is the outlet for the songwriting skills of New Jersey singer Jason Legacy. Pretty cool melodic rock – a little like old school Joe Jackson in spots. Just listen to it.