A music collection for rising artists and hidden gems, B-Drop Worldwide premieres its newest showcase that includes LA-based artists KTJ & Carly and Stephanie Hatzinikolis!
Just as each nation has its hidden gems ready to be found, each artist has their very own hidden gems ready to be heard.
Atwood Journal is proud to be that includes B-Drop Worldwide, an thrilling new music collection giving a platform to rising artists and shining a highlight on the A-sides, in addition to the beloved (however oft-neglected) B-sides. The newest iteration of this distinctive melting pot of music premieres right this moment, with a particular efficiency from Los Angeles indie rock band Not From England.
“B-Drop Worldwide got here from B-Drop TV, a web based music platform supporting rising artists doing an identical format,” founder Cindi Avnet tells Atwood Journal. “Previous to the pandemic we have been filming twice a month in a studio house, doing a couple of bands every time. The bands would do two songs – an A-side and a B-side, with a short interview on the finish. The final query we requested the artists can be what’s one in every of your all-time favourite B-side. In 2020, we determined to do proceed just about with Instagram reside streams each Monday and Friday doing an identical format.”
“In the future I noticed I needed to create a worldwide group that helps rising artists in all places. Our plan is to movie each 6 to eight weeks transferring from nation to nation. We may have six artists complete performing every time we do the session: Three from the US, and three from the nation we’ve got chosen. The format shall be just like common B-Drop, however will probably be in-person classes. We may also attempt to assist indie labels from different international locations by supporting their bands from their respective international locations. We began with the UK, and since we predict that it got here out so effectively we would spend the summer season doing UK classes simply to construct up momentum earlier than we transfer to a different nation!”
Why B-sides?
“Historically, often B-sides became more popular than the A-sides,” Avnet explains. “At B-Drop we want to encourage artists to have a chance to play one of their songs that is less well known or may have never been recorded. It’s interesting to have them do a current single as well as a B-side. From my understanding most music platforms want to just hear the current single but on our show we enjoy having the point of difference.”
B-Drop Worldwide is a showcase on a mission.
The project is now a collaboration between Avnet and Bella Elbaum as co-producers, and Joseph Calhoun as graphic designer/videographer.
“Going forward, our vision is to bring attention to bands that may not often have opportunities and chances to thrive in this overcrowded music space we are in, Avnet says. “Our focus is to bring attention to undiscovered artists that may have not had the chance to be seen and heard otherwise. My hope is B-Drop listeners will discover new artists that they may never have heard before and add them to their playlist of artists to listen to. Also if someone is already a fan of the artist, then perhaps they will enjoy their B-side if they’ve never heard it before. The main thing for B-Drop is cultivating music discovery from new artists.”
Avnet’s favorite B-side? “God Only Knows” by The Beach Boys, from the band’s unparalleled 1966 album Pet Sounds (the A-side was “Wouldn’t It Be Nice”). Co-producer Bella Elbaum’s go-to B-side? The Beatles’ “Baby You’re A Rich Man” (the A-side was “All You Need Is Love”).
B-Drop Worldwide is all about expanding our musical horizons. Discover KTJ & Carly and Stephanie Hatzinikolis in the series’ latest episode, and dive deeper into the band’s music and B-side picks below!
Already a mainstay of Atwood Magazine‘s pages, KTJ & Carly are opening for Evan + Zane (actor/singer Evan Rachel Wooden and guitarist/singer/songwriter Zane Carney) on the Troubadour on December twelfth.
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B-Drop Worldwide is produced by Cindi Avnet, Bella Elbaum, and Joseph Calhoun. Each performances have been shot at Cosmic Church LA, a classic church and artistic house that serves content material creators with a novel location for music video shoots, trend editorial, movie and TV initiatives. The house has hosted Steve Aoki x Hrvy, Allen Stone, Lizzy McAlpine, Royal & The Serpent amongst others.
Atwood Journal: Are you able to share a bit of extra in regards to the songs you carried out and what they imply to you?
Carly Haynes: “Daddy’s Little Lawyer” is the primary tune we carried out. This tune, to me, is about popping out of hiding and never letting an entitled individual in a relationship management you. Altering the narrative and transferring on to indifference. “Signing Off” means rather a lot to me. That’s the B-side we carried out. “Signing Off” to me means letting go; it means if you bodily and mentally are pushed to date that it’s a must to unplug and take time to reload. Within the age of expertise and social media, it’s actually essential to have the ability to reside within the second and breathe away from all of it. – Carly
Katie Haynes: “Daddy Little Lawyer” is about sticking it to the person, coping with entitlement, and rising up. “Signing Off” is that feeling if you’re so overwhelmed that every little thing overflows and also you simply should let go bc in any other case the load breaks us. It’s a reminder to let go and maintain your self.
What is the significance of a B-side, for you?
KTJ & Carly: A B-Facet is critical to us as a result of it exhibits one other aspect of a physique of labor. Having a B-side is a good way to have a tune or physique of labor develop into one thing else. It doesn’t should be the identical idea and even vibe, however it provides an opportunity to indicate off most of the songs that didn’t make the minimize for the A-side. I do know after we have been writing Ego Loss of life, there have been most likely ten songs we wrote for it that didn’t make the minimize, however we love them simply as a lot. It’s cool to have the ability to have these to share.
What’s one in every of your favourite B-sides, and why?
Carly: My favourite B-side is Good Riddance Time of Your Life by Inexperienced Day. Funnily sufficient, it’s most likely one in every of their hottest songs so most individuals don’t know it’s a b-side. I simply love the lyrics and musicality of that tune and it makes me very nostalgic for my childhood, so it would at all times be one in every of my favorites.
Katie Haynes: “Good Riddance” by Inexperienced Day as a result of it’s a traditional!
Atwood Journal: Are you able to share a bit of extra in regards to the songs you carried out and what they imply to you?
Stephanie Hatzinikolis: The 2 unique songs I carried out are, “Runnin’ to You” and “So Excessive.” “Runnin’ to You” is a love letter of kinds to somebody we love combating anxiousness, melancholy, or agoraphobia. It’s an acknowledgment that our liked one shouldn’t be their ordinary self and desires house to maneuver by way of it. Although we love this individual and wish to be there for them, we equally respect the house wanted for them to course of, however we shall be there at any second when known as upon.
“So Excessive” is an uplifting and adventurous celebration of freedom after enduring tough instances. It was written to bop to and to be ok with the times forward.
Each these songs have been written in 2021 (throughout COVID). To me, they characterize hope and encouragement of the human spirit; whether or not it’s ours to share, or if we have to hear it ourselves. Themes of self-love and self-care are closely weaved all through all my songs.
What is the significance of a B-side, for you?
Stephanie Hatzinikolis: The importance of a B-side, to me, shouldn’t be solely so as to add extra weight to a single, however to broaden the artist/band’s viewers’s palette with maybe one thing extra off -the-beaten-path. One other perk of a B-side is it will also be it’s personal little star. Generally if a single doesn’t resonate with a fan, maybe the B-side will. I like to consider it as an eclectic sidekick.
What’s one in every of your favourite B-sides, and why?
Stephanie Hatzinikolis: “Revolution” by The Beatles. I really like The Beatles and “Revolution” was their first anti-war protest tune and B-side to “Hey Jude.” It represents the facility of music to transcend leisure and for use for social change, and to me, that’s unbelievable. To not point out, the tune simply rocks.
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