Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Real Detroit Feature - Thanksgiving Eve @ Majestic
Bump
By Travis R. Wright | photos by Joe Gall
Nov 18, 2008, 11:29
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Bump
Evolution & Ascension
It’s no secret: Bump’s been around the block … a couple times. They’ve seen a small handful of members come and go, they’ve seen four corners of this great nation and they’ve certainly seen some of the highest highs and lowest lows a band might come across on the myriad adventures a touring, festival-friendly band like Bump surely journeys into. And now, after six years of steadily chipping away at both the local and national music scene, Bump stands as one of Detroit’s hardest working bands, a group that clearly isn’t going away any time soon.
Like the times, Bump is a band that embraces evolution with open arms and open minds — case in point is their new, highly addictive and interestingly different (for them) single, “Out Of Reach.” Are you Googling yet?
These dapper and dashing musicians throw a now-infamous Thanksgiving Eve bash every year and this year they’re doing so with none other than The Hard Lessons at the Majestic Theatre. In lieu of Bump’s new single, new bass player and Thanksgiving Eve concert, RDW caught up with Bump’s Clint Carpenter and Yorg Kerasiotis for a chat … you know … before they get too big for local mags.
You’ve always been known as a very hard working band, what advice do you have for up-and-coming musicians who want to make music their life?
Yorg: Some days, you’re going to be at your wit's end, every band has those days, and you have to be able to draw the line between being optimistic and being realistic, but ultimately you have be aware of the progress you’ve made and the steps you should take to get to the next level. Analyze what’s going on.
Your live show is always quite impressive, I hear you have a secret weapon.
Clint: Wow, it's helped us out in so many ways. We now have a consistent sound engineer night after night. We fully utilize an in-ear monitor system that allows us to stay consistent no matter the size of the room we play. Plus, he's just a great guy who helps provide an honest and outside perspective — that's invaluable for a band on the road.
Also impressive was the video for “Out of Reach.” It’s one unedited take?
Yorg: We worked hard with the production company, FulVew, to make an impacting and professional music video … on a budget. We want to record as many videos as possible for songs on the new record. The “Out of Reach” video has been entered into numerous competitions where judges are seeking proof of the lack of editing, one-shot-wonder it is, but we have a 60-minute documentary on the making of the video, so it’s all good.
What, in music, inspires Bump?
Yorg: In music, we like artists who put everything on the line, that would put their lives on the line. That’s the mindset we have — music is everything. | RDW
Bump w/ The Hard Lessons • 11/26 Majestic Theatre
By Travis R. Wright | photos by Joe Gall
Nov 18, 2008, 11:29
Email this article
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Bump
Evolution & Ascension
It’s no secret: Bump’s been around the block … a couple times. They’ve seen a small handful of members come and go, they’ve seen four corners of this great nation and they’ve certainly seen some of the highest highs and lowest lows a band might come across on the myriad adventures a touring, festival-friendly band like Bump surely journeys into. And now, after six years of steadily chipping away at both the local and national music scene, Bump stands as one of Detroit’s hardest working bands, a group that clearly isn’t going away any time soon.
Like the times, Bump is a band that embraces evolution with open arms and open minds — case in point is their new, highly addictive and interestingly different (for them) single, “Out Of Reach.” Are you Googling yet?
These dapper and dashing musicians throw a now-infamous Thanksgiving Eve bash every year and this year they’re doing so with none other than The Hard Lessons at the Majestic Theatre. In lieu of Bump’s new single, new bass player and Thanksgiving Eve concert, RDW caught up with Bump’s Clint Carpenter and Yorg Kerasiotis for a chat … you know … before they get too big for local mags.
You’ve always been known as a very hard working band, what advice do you have for up-and-coming musicians who want to make music their life?
Yorg: Some days, you’re going to be at your wit's end, every band has those days, and you have to be able to draw the line between being optimistic and being realistic, but ultimately you have be aware of the progress you’ve made and the steps you should take to get to the next level. Analyze what’s going on.
Your live show is always quite impressive, I hear you have a secret weapon.
Clint: Wow, it's helped us out in so many ways. We now have a consistent sound engineer night after night. We fully utilize an in-ear monitor system that allows us to stay consistent no matter the size of the room we play. Plus, he's just a great guy who helps provide an honest and outside perspective — that's invaluable for a band on the road.
Also impressive was the video for “Out of Reach.” It’s one unedited take?
Yorg: We worked hard with the production company, FulVew, to make an impacting and professional music video … on a budget. We want to record as many videos as possible for songs on the new record. The “Out of Reach” video has been entered into numerous competitions where judges are seeking proof of the lack of editing, one-shot-wonder it is, but we have a 60-minute documentary on the making of the video, so it’s all good.
What, in music, inspires Bump?
Yorg: In music, we like artists who put everything on the line, that would put their lives on the line. That’s the mindset we have — music is everything. | RDW
Bump w/ The Hard Lessons • 11/26 Majestic Theatre
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Monday, November 10, 2008
Quad Cities Article
By David Burke | Wednesday, November 5, 2008 1:20 PM CST | (
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The suburban Detroit band Bump prides itself in never being pinned down by a label or a genre.
But with its upcoming release, Bump is trying for something the band hasn’t had in its seven-year history: commercial success.
The single “Out of Reach” will officially be released in a few weeks, but the video has already sneaked its way onto several Web sites — including a sequence showing all three members repeatedly in a city landscape, even though there never appears to be an edit cut on the video.
“We finally got a really good video made for this single. It’s very cool, very well-made,” said Bump’s lead singer, who is identified only by the name Yorg. “It’s a definite hit, but it’s very different. It’s not your normal run-of-the-mill radio song, but it is a radio song in every aspect.”
Bump, which has played the Quad-Cities several times in the past few years, including as an opening act for The Samples, returns Friday with a gig at Bent River Brewing Company in Moline.
The ballad “Out of Reach” is off one of the three albums the band has nearly completed and has in a holding pattern until early 2009.
Bump’s music has evolved constantly, Yorg said in a telephone interview from Boulder, Colo.
He says the band’s influences run the gamut from death metal to classical to new age.
“If you listen to our music, we take parts of all the great genres and try to make our own thing with it,” he said.
The band’s first three albums have shown that variety, he said, and have even differed greatly among themselves.
“It’s always been about progressing. The sound evolved from kind of a funky Motown sound with a little bit of jazz influence into this pop-progressive sound,” he said. “Now it’s an indie sound, and the next album is a prog (progressive rock) album.”
Yorg looks at bands such as Flaming Lips, Yes and Radiohead for examples of complete makeovers from one release to the next.
“They always reinvent themselves and take chances. They don’t always do the same thing over and over again,” he said.
If Bump does make more of a pop record, he said, the band members do so unapologetically.
“We enjoy the commercial stuff when it’s really well done,” Yorg said. “Seventy to 75 percent of commercial stuff is produced well, but produced for a certain purpose — and that’s not the purpose of art.”
David Burke can be contacted at (563) 383-2400 or dburke@qctimes.com. Comment on this story at qctimes.com.
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The suburban Detroit band Bump prides itself in never being pinned down by a label or a genre.
But with its upcoming release, Bump is trying for something the band hasn’t had in its seven-year history: commercial success.
The single “Out of Reach” will officially be released in a few weeks, but the video has already sneaked its way onto several Web sites — including a sequence showing all three members repeatedly in a city landscape, even though there never appears to be an edit cut on the video.
“We finally got a really good video made for this single. It’s very cool, very well-made,” said Bump’s lead singer, who is identified only by the name Yorg. “It’s a definite hit, but it’s very different. It’s not your normal run-of-the-mill radio song, but it is a radio song in every aspect.”
Bump, which has played the Quad-Cities several times in the past few years, including as an opening act for The Samples, returns Friday with a gig at Bent River Brewing Company in Moline.
The ballad “Out of Reach” is off one of the three albums the band has nearly completed and has in a holding pattern until early 2009.
Bump’s music has evolved constantly, Yorg said in a telephone interview from Boulder, Colo.
He says the band’s influences run the gamut from death metal to classical to new age.
“If you listen to our music, we take parts of all the great genres and try to make our own thing with it,” he said.
The band’s first three albums have shown that variety, he said, and have even differed greatly among themselves.
“It’s always been about progressing. The sound evolved from kind of a funky Motown sound with a little bit of jazz influence into this pop-progressive sound,” he said. “Now it’s an indie sound, and the next album is a prog (progressive rock) album.”
Yorg looks at bands such as Flaming Lips, Yes and Radiohead for examples of complete makeovers from one release to the next.
“They always reinvent themselves and take chances. They don’t always do the same thing over and over again,” he said.
If Bump does make more of a pop record, he said, the band members do so unapologetically.
“We enjoy the commercial stuff when it’s really well done,” Yorg said. “Seventy to 75 percent of commercial stuff is produced well, but produced for a certain purpose — and that’s not the purpose of art.”
David Burke can be contacted at (563) 383-2400 or dburke@qctimes.com. Comment on this story at qctimes.com.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Hanson Show Revisited
We opened for Hanson a couple of years ago, if you didn't know. Let us recap the story, it's amusing. Our lighting director and booking agent signed us up for a contest that Hanson was hosting for their upcoming tour with Pat McGee Band. Unbeknown to us we won the contest! So, guess the joke was on us, right? No, actually it was a great show, Hanson is a pretty tight band, and one of their fan sites just revisited our appearance with Hanson...
Monday, November 3, 2008
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