This is Vintage Now Demo Slideshow

THIS IS VINTAGE NOW:

THIS IS VINTAGE NOW Presenting ten artists that successfully bring Vintage sounds to today.

Why do current attempts at making Vintage-style music often fail?:

Why do current attempts at making Vintage-style music often fail?

Most failed Vintage-style music produced today falls into three categories::

Most failed Vintage-style music produced today falls into three categories: Museum Vintage University Vintage Apron String Vintage

1. Museum Vintage.:

1. Museum Vintage. These groups try to do “ by the book ” recreations of the past. Regardless of their accuracy, they are built for another time, culture, and set of circumstances. Current culture has moved on and cannot go back.

2. University Vintage.:

2. University Vintage. These artists spend too much time in a collegiate setting. They absorb themselves in artsy revolutionary play-acting and sound like they would rather be playing indie rock or aping critics ’ darlings from the 1960 ’ s/70 ’ s. They are playing to themselves and their peers, not to the real world.

3. Apron String Vintage.:

3. Apron String Vintage. These artists are too emotionally tied to the current culture. They cannot take the shock of cutting the cultural apron strings and embracing a previous culture. The result is that Apron String Vintage feels compromised. Whether they admit it or not, these performers would rather be playing punk, hip-hop, techno, ska, or rock than Vintage.

All three are missing a bilingual connection between today’s culture and the culture of the period.:

All three are missing a bilingual connection between today ’ s culture and the culture of the period. And this is where This is Vintage Now steps in.

This is Vintage Now presents artists that truly love original Vintage music. But they also understand the needs of current audiences, and can properly meet those needs without compromising the integrity of the original music.:

This is Vintage Now presents artists that truly love original Vintage music. But they also understand the needs of current audiences, and can properly meet those needs without compromising the integrity of the original music.

This is Vintage Now also features original 1950’s recordings from Beverly Kenney and Carole Creveling, who breathe life into the jazz reissue treadmill. Their music fits like a glove with the rest of the recordings, most of which date from 50+ years later.:

This is Vintage Now also features original 1950 ’ s recordings from Beverly Kenney and Carole Creveling, who breathe life into the jazz reissue treadmill. Their music fits like a glove with the rest of the recordings, most of which date from 50+ years later.

Meet and hear the Artists of This is Vintage Now::

Meet and hear the Artists of This is Vintage Now:

Beverly Kenney “Tea For Two”:

Beverly Kenney “ Tea For Two ” From Snuggled On Your Shoulder, SSJ Records (Japan) 2006; reissued by Cellar Door Records (USA), 2010. Photo by Chuck Stewart, courtesy SSJ Records. Rare track recorded c. 1955 by cult jazz vocalist with a large following in Japan and near universal critical acclaim. Click to Listen ►

Big Jay McNeely “Get On Up and Boogie”:

Big Jay McNeely “ Get On Up and Boogie ” From Party Time, Stitchting Boogie Productions (Netherlands), 2009. Photo by Otto Wink. Living Jump Blues legend and the most intense of the “ Honkers and Screamers ” . And he ’ s still at it! Click to Listen ►

Caro Emerald “Just One Dance”:

Caro Emerald “ Just One Dance ” Photo by Adrie Mouthaan, courtesy Grandmono. From Deleted Scenes From the Cutting Room Floor, Grandmono (Netherlands) /Dramatico (UK), 2010. Click to Listen ► Transitional Vintage-style chart topper from The Netherlands.

Ilana Charnelle “Piece”:

Ilana Charnelle “ Piece ” Previously unreleased. Recorded 2010. Click to Listen ► Sultry 20-year-old singer/pianist from Australia with a grassroots YouTube following.

The Pharohs “Tears on My Pillow”(live):

The Pharohs “ Tears on My Pillow ” (live) Click to Listen ► Intensified, American Graffiti -influenced 1950 ’ s rock and roll from real-life “ bad boys ” . Pianist/frontman Ray Evridge is pictured here. Previously unreleased. Recorded 2010.

The Waitiki 7 “Similau”:

The Waitiki 7 “ Similau ” From New Sounds of Exotica, Pass Out Records (Hawaii), 2010. Click to Listen ► Modern Exotica group with members who worked with or are descendants of members of Martin Denny ’ s and Arthur Lyman ’ s groups.

David Gasten & the City Kids “The Deacon Don’t Like It”:

David Gasten & the City Kids “ The Deacon Don ’ t Like It ” Photo by Bryce Boyer. Click to Listen ► Previously unreleased. Recorded 2010. Heavy Jump Blues group led by an over-the-top, post-vaudeville style entertainer frontman.

Carole Creveling “Between The Devil and The Deep Blue Sea”:

Carole Creveling “ Between The Devil and The Deep Blue Sea ” From Non-LP single released by Euterpean Records (USA), 1956. Reissued on Here Comes Carole Creveling, Vol. 1 , SSJ Records (Japan), 2007. Click to Listen ► 1950 ’ s “ One-Shot Wonder ” jazz vocalist whose only full-length LP is now a jazz collector ’ s Holy Grail. This track was recorded in 1956.

Blake Jones & the Trike Shop “If Hawthorne Were Foggy”:

Blake Jones & the Trike Shop “ If Hawthorne Were Foggy ” From Theremins of Mystery , Whisper-Ma-Phone Records (USA), 2009. Click to Listen ► Experimental musicians whose material recalls Space Age Bachelor Pad Music for vintage hi-fi buffs. This track borrows heavily from Ennio Morricone.

The Necro-Tonz “Fare Thee Well (And Go To Hell)”:

The Necro-Tonz “ Fare Thee Well (And Go To Hell) ” From Welcome to Cocktail Hell , self-released (USA), 2002. Click to Listen ► Halloween jazz/swing. Think “ Vampira and Her Addams Family Lounge Combo ” with all the high camp intact and great music to boot.

This is Vintage Now.:

This is Vintage Now. Coming soon from Swing City Productions . www.reverbnation.com/thisisvintagenow © 2011 Swing City Productions. All Rights Reserved.

Questions? Comments? Contact compilation producer David Gasten directly at davidgasten@yahoo.com or (country code 1) 303-377-4467. :

Compilation produced by David Gasten . Cover design and fashion illustration by Ginger Muntz, Madrid, Spain. (www.gingermuntz.com) Mastered by Chris Chieffo at Studio Magnifico, Boulder, CO, USA. Legal assistance by Carmen Hillebrew, Hollywood, CA, USA. Cheers and keep it Vintage! Questions? Comments? Contact compilation producer David Gasten directly at davidgasten@yahoo.com or (country code 1) 303-377-4467.