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SAMPLE RE-MASTERED CUTS
**BETTER CUTS - CLEARER MIXES - SOUNDS LIVE**
MEDIUM OTHERWORLD original recordings are still
available at cdbaby digital retailer sites
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***NEW ARTIST WEBSITE***
www.SophiaMedium.com
read artist bios, hear what fans have to say, see gallery pictures, read about current projects, check radios stations playing MEDIUM music, etc.
***MEDIUM" MUSIC LINKS***
www.myspace.com/mediummusic2005
www.gagageband.com/artist/medium
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Hard Rock & Metal listeners have compared MEDIUM music to the likes of Tool, A Perfect Circle, Danzig, Black Sabbath and early Soundgarden - the vocals to 4-AD (Lisa Gerrard) and Grace Slick. Dark cabaret-like characterizations, cut-up, minimalistic inverted melodies and outbusts of raw emotionalism border on mystical incantation, classical theatrics, gothic romanticism and avant-garde dramatics.
MEDIUM is a delicate musical balance of Frankenstein-like proportions; oversized - awkward beauty that's hauntingly seductive and eerily romantic, mortally tragic yet very awakened, vivid and alive. If Mary Shelley (author of Frankenstein) had an I-pod in the late 1700's she would be listening to MEDIUM. (see reviews - press page)
"Otherworld" confronts afflictions of the mind that cripple authenticity and purity. The songs hover above shrouds of human delusion (dualistic thinking and destructive behaviors) like a omnipotent presence violently whispering a meditation-like prayer into the ear of the emotionally wounded, then dives beneath to surface to subdue emotionally charged vapors of denial, rejection, fear, repression, and rage. The outcome...surrender, acceptance, transformation and resolve.
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***MUSIC REVIEWS***
post a review here
- see instructions on this page -
"...Much like Perfect Circle/Tool music crossed with ol' Dick Tracy Times (30's-40's)..."
Reviewer: Shane Glass from The Shane Show - Montana's Z600 The Edge
"I have recently played a couple of your tunes, Red Door and Mirror Mirror. They have caused an instant rush of compliments so I decided to let ya know of the great turn out that I have had with your music! I am very Impressed with the sound mixture! It has a new feel to it Much like Perfect Circle/Tool music crossed with ol' Dick Tracy Times (30's-40's) Lounge Music!!
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Medium = "...Hammer Horror Movie with narrator Peter Cushing,Tool, Lisa Gerrard..."
Reviewer: The Rocket (15th Annual Massive Tapes Review 2000)
"MEDIUM, the working title of enigmatic Seattle vocalist Sophia, are the musical equivalent of a Hammer horror movie with Peter Cushing as the menacing narrator of the unfortunate events surrounding the mental disintergration of a young woman. Combines the 4AD-ish vocal hoo-doo of Lisa Gerrard with Tool's way heavy nihilism; then somehow drags Grace Slick in the Cave kicking and screaming. I kinda like it."
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"When I heard "Mirror Mirror" I was blown away..."
Reviewer: George - S.O.S. Show Producer & D.J.
NEAR FM 101.6 - S.O.S. Radio Show (Dublin, Ireland)
"When I heard Mirror Mirror I was blown away and as I said I can't stop playing it it really is that good.I am trying to give access to all alternative networks and SOS gives you all the support i can.I hope you can listen in sometime.Keep up the good work..."
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"The rage expressed is rage felt deep down!"
Reviewer: Chris Knab (FourFront Media & Music)
http://www.musicbizacademy.com/knab
"So much angst felt music is so much put-on for appearances sake rage and anger. Medium sounds real, because she is for real. That authenticity makes all the songs worth listening to."
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***RADIO AIRPLAY***
Featured tracks have received radio air-play and are archived with Hard Rock & Metal Stations on-air and online in the US,UK and France.
***CHECK OUT A FEW STATIONS ONLINE***
NEAR FM 101.6 (Dublin, Ireland)
Sound of The Suburbs - Every Monday Eve 4:30-5:30 pm
www.nearfm.ie
DARK CLOUD RADIO
www.myspace.com/darkcloudradio
AURAL INNOVATIONS (Stone Premonitions, Drool Trough )
http://aural-innovations.com/radio
EXTREME RADIO - UK
www.extremeradio.co.uk
LE MOUV - L 'ESPRIT ROCK - Radio France
http://www.radiofrance.com
THE EDGE Z-600 AM
www.kgez.com
PROGRESSIVE RADIO NETWORK
www.progradio.net
more staions listed on www.SophiaMedium.com
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***MUSIC LICENSING & MUSIC VIDEOS***
The song "Vision of Home" will also be featured in an upcoming independent film "Ferel Autumn" produced by New York City Visions Films. "Feral Autumn is a dark tragi-comedy of major dysfunctional proportions. It has horrific elements and very dramatic and disturbing themes. A cult classic in the making for the twisted mind. If you liked Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Requiem for A Dream, you will feel at home with Feral Autumn."
Please visit: www.dimensiaminds.com
for more information and press releases.
I am now rehearsing new songs set to record in August 2006 at Audioworks in Burbank, CA. I am focusing this time on music that leans more towards surreal cinematic electronica -- with the inspiration of some of my favorite electronica composers, djs and musicians laying the ground-work for my vocal dubs. I'll be exploring musical landscapes that have inspired me over the years. The songs will not be for sale (due to copyright legalities) so only demo samples will be available at www.SophiaMedium.com by September 2006.
I will be making my debut as a music video director in September of 2006. Due to the complexity of the storyboards, I will only be able to shoot one video for now, MIRROR MIRROR. I will be collaborating with John Mahoney of Seven Dollar Productions He will offering his cimnematography and editing skills on this collaborative venture. You can check out John Mahoney Films at MySpace. The "Mirror Mirror" video will be posted on www.SophiaMedium.com - Videos by late October 2006.
Thanks for your support and for listening!!!
Sophia
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Check out the artist's website:
http://www.sophiamedium.com
Track List:
1. Mirror Mirror
2. Wisdom Bride
3. Vision Of Home
4. Red Door
Suggested CDs:Other Genres:
*** HTTP://WWW.CDBABY.COM/MEDIUMMUSIC ***
SAMPLE RE-MASTERED CUTS
**BETTER CUTS - CLEARER MIXES - SOUNDS LIVE**
MEDIUM OTHERWORLD original recordings are still
available at cdbaby digital retailer sites
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
***NEW ARTIST WEBSITE***
www.SophiaMedium.com
read artist bios, hear what fans have to say, see gallery pictures, read about current projects, check radios stations playing MEDIUM music, etc.
***MEDIUM" MUSIC LINKS***
www.myspace.com/mediummusic2005
www.gagageband.com/artist/medium
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hard Rock & Metal listeners have compared MEDIUM music to the likes of Tool, A Perfect Circle, Danzig, Black Sabbath and early Soundgarden - the vocals to 4-AD (Lisa Gerrard) and Grace Slick. Dark cabaret-like characterizations, cut-up, minimalistic inverted melodies and outbusts of raw emotionalism border on mystical incantation, classical theatrics, gothic romanticism and avant-garde dramatics.
MEDIUM is a delicate musical balance of Frankenstein-like proportions; oversized - awkward beauty that's hauntingly seductive and eerily romantic, mortally tragic yet very awakened, vivid and alive. If Mary Shelley (author of Frankenstein) had an I-pod in the late 1700's she would be listening to MEDIUM. (see reviews - press page)
"Otherworld" confronts afflictions of the mind that cripple authenticity and purity. The songs hover above shrouds of human delusion (dualistic thinking and destructive behaviors) like a omnipotent presence violently whispering a meditation-like prayer into the ear of the emotionally wounded, then dives beneath to surface to subdue emotionally charged vapors of denial, rejection, fear, repression, and rage. The outcome...surrender, acceptance, transformation and resolve.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
***MUSIC REVIEWS***
post a review here
- see instructions on this page -
"...Much like Perfect Circle/Tool music crossed with ol' Dick Tracy Times (30's-40's)..."
Reviewer: Shane Glass from The Shane Show - Montana's Z600 The Edge
"I have recently played a couple of your tunes, Red Door and Mirror Mirror. They have caused an instant rush of compliments so I decided to let ya know of the great turn out that I have had with your music! I am very Impressed with the sound mixture! It has a new feel to it Much like Perfect Circle/Tool music crossed with ol' Dick Tracy Times (30's-40's) Lounge Music!!
-------------
Medium = "...Hammer Horror Movie with narrator Peter Cushing,Tool, Lisa Gerrard..."
Reviewer: The Rocket (15th Annual Massive Tapes Review 2000)
"MEDIUM, the working title of enigmatic Seattle vocalist Sophia, are the musical equivalent of a Hammer horror movie with Peter Cushing as the menacing narrator of the unfortunate events surrounding the mental disintergration of a young woman. Combines the 4AD-ish vocal hoo-doo of Lisa Gerrard with Tool's way heavy nihilism; then somehow drags Grace Slick in the Cave kicking and screaming. I kinda like it."
-------------
"When I heard "Mirror Mirror" I was blown away..."
Reviewer: George - S.O.S. Show Producer & D.J.
NEAR FM 101.6 - S.O.S. Radio Show (Dublin, Ireland)
"When I heard Mirror Mirror I was blown away and as I said I can't stop playing it it really is that good.I am trying to give access to all alternative networks and SOS gives you all the support i can.I hope you can listen in sometime.Keep up the good work..."
-------------
"The rage expressed is rage felt deep down!"
Reviewer: Chris Knab (FourFront Media & Music)
http://www.musicbizacademy.com/knab
"So much angst felt music is so much put-on for appearances sake rage and anger. Medium sounds real, because she is for real. That authenticity makes all the songs worth listening to."
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
***RADIO AIRPLAY***
Featured tracks have received radio air-play and are archived with Hard Rock & Metal Stations on-air and online in the US,UK and France.
***CHECK OUT A FEW STATIONS ONLINE***
NEAR FM 101.6 (Dublin, Ireland)
Sound of The Suburbs - Every Monday Eve 4:30-5:30 pm
www.nearfm.ie
DARK CLOUD RADIO
www.myspace.com/darkcloudradio
AURAL INNOVATIONS (Stone Premonitions, Drool Trough )
http://aural-innovations.com/radio
EXTREME RADIO - UK
www.extremeradio.co.uk
LE MOUV - L 'ESPRIT ROCK - Radio France
http://www.radiofrance.com
THE EDGE Z-600 AM
www.kgez.com
PROGRESSIVE RADIO NETWORK
www.progradio.net
more staions listed on www.SophiaMedium.com
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
***MUSIC LICENSING & MUSIC VIDEOS***
The song "Vision of Home" will also be featured in an upcoming independent film "Ferel Autumn" produced by New York City Visions Films. "Feral Autumn is a dark tragi-comedy of major dysfunctional proportions. It has horrific elements and very dramatic and disturbing themes. A cult classic in the making for the twisted mind. If you liked Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Requiem for A Dream, you will feel at home with Feral Autumn."
Please visit: www.dimensiaminds.com
for more information and press releases.
I am now rehearsing new songs set to record in August 2006 at Audioworks in Burbank, CA. I am focusing this time on music that leans more towards surreal cinematic electronica -- with the inspiration of some of my favorite electronica composers, djs and musicians laying the ground-work for my vocal dubs. I'll be exploring musical landscapes that have inspired me over the years. The songs will not be for sale (due to copyright legalities) so only demo samples will be available at www.SophiaMedium.com by September 2006.
I will be making my debut as a music video director in September of 2006. Due to the complexity of the storyboards, I will only be able to shoot one video for now, MIRROR MIRROR. I will be collaborating with John Mahoney of Seven Dollar Productions He will offering his cimnematography and editing skills on this collaborative venture. You can check out John Mahoney Films at MySpace. The "Mirror Mirror" video will be posted on www.SophiaMedium.com - Videos by late October 2006.
Thanks for your support and for listening!!!
Sophia
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Check out the artist's website:
http://www.sophiamedium.com
Track List:
1. Mirror Mirror
2. Wisdom Bride
3. Vision Of Home
4. Red Door
Suggested CDs:Other Genres:
- ROCK: Hard Rock
- METAL: Gothic Metal
- TYPE: SONIC