Shane Hines / Seth Glier July 31, 2010

CONCERT - $16 Advance/$20 Door, 8:00 pm

My relationship with Shane Hines began when I was pulled out from underneath the bed and placed at his feet. I hadn't been played for months and was excited to be in the hands of an active singer-songwriter. Our friendship together started off slow but I took a liking to how he approached each song with a passionate urgency that begged listeners to turn in their seats and listen.

The more time we spent together, I began to realize that his talent for hauntingly sweet melodies was well complimented by insightfully brave and honest lyrics. As his trusty acoustic guitar, I did the best I could to provide lush chord voicings and softly spoken fingerpicking passages. When we hit the road, I was right there in the back seat along side jugs of water, a few books, and some CD's by artists such as B.B. King and the Beatles.

With each strum, a small hole began to wear away in the top of my body and as our tour schedule expanded, Shane Hines was literally breaking through in all parts of the country. Local and regional success took us from Boston to Tennessee, where my case was run over at an outdoor house concert, while national touring grabbed the attention of USA Today. An international tour found us playing at Abbey Road Studios and eventually caught the ear of artist representatives from Orange Amplifiers and Gibson Guitars. This led to the day our family finally expanded and I met my brother, J-45.

The new acoustic in the family started coming along for the ride and I found I was being replaced at some of the best writing houses in Nashville writing songs with Lori McKenna, Jim Lauderdale, Cory Batten and other amazing writers. In fact, the new guitar was exclusively played on the upcoming album "All the Quiet, All the Chaos". On recent tours with indie breakout artist Corey Smith, I've found myself staying off to the side of the stage. However, I don't mind. After being a part of the show for so many years, I can now sit back and enjoy what everyone has been listening to all this time; a singer songwriter that writes from the heart and sings from the soul.

www.shanehines.com

"When it comes down to Seth’s music, either you love it or you've never heard it before.” - CD Baby

Seth Glier will grab you...if not with his powerful falsetto or his melodic prowess, then with what Performer Magazine calls his “intoxicating groove.” The 20-year-old singer, pianist and guitarist – who abandoned studies at The Berklee School of Music after one year because he “decided I should be playing for people and not for grades” – aims straight for the gut on his MPress Records debut, The Trouble With People.

Glier was raised on the music of Joni Mitchell, Martin Sexton and Jeff Buckley, but considers his brother to be his greatest influence. “My brother is autistic and non-verbal. I learned to communicate with words better once I realized how to communicate to someone without them.”

Beginning as an act of solitary creation, THE TROUBLE WITH PEOPLE was recorded in Glier’s basement over the course of three months. In the comfort of his own home and without the constraint of being on the clock, Glier patiently treated each song like a scene in a movie. “I felt as though I was collecting footage for a film rather than recording an album,” he recalls. After carefully assembling a palette of sounds including a string quartet and vinyl scratching, Glier and co-producer Ryan Hommel recruited Alan Evans (Soulive) to play drums on several tracks. The result is an expansive set of songs with lush arrangements that elegantly support Glier’s unabashedly honest lyrics.

A Western Massachusetts native, Glier released several DIY albums before catching the attention of MPress Records founder Rachael Sage last fall. Sage observes, “Seth's songwriting is classic, and hearkens back to great pian o-based songwriters who broke in the '70's like Billy Joel and Elton John...but he has an impressive range that grabs new audiences immediately, and his sense of melody is incredibly strong.” Upon signing Glier, Sage brought in Grammy® Winner Kevin Killen (U2, Tori Amos, Elvis Costello), to re-mix Glier’s original tracks.

Recently featured in The Boston Globe for his “100% Fan-Funded Tour”, Glier is already a seasoned troubadour. He has performed hundreds of shows across the country – including a set for more than 25,000 people on the National Mall in Washington D.C. – and has shared stages with John Mayer, Martin Sexton, Erin McKeown and Cheryl Wheeler. Other notable supporters of Glier's music include acclaimed singer-songwriters Ellis Paul and Livingston Taylor, as well as legendary producer Russ Titelman (Steve Winwood, Cyndi Lauper, Eric Clapton). Livingston Taylor says, “Listening to Seth’s music gives me hope for what’s to come. The next generation is alive and well.”

On November 3rd, MPress will release Glier’s label debut THE TROUBLE WITH PEOPLE, featuring 12 original songs. The physical release will be preceded by an October 6th digital-only version, via iTunes. Highlights of the album include the soaring ‘Gotta Get Away’, the Beatles-influenced instrumentation on ‘Naia’, Glier’s commanding title track, and the insightful ‘Someone Else To Crown’. A sophisticated collection that shows surprising maturity and self-reflection, the album weaves understated tales of real people in quiet pain. Maybe the term ‘old soul’ has meaning after all…

www.sethglier.com

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