A QUIET SPRING
THE EARLY PART OF 2023 HAS SEEN A LESS ACTIVE, QUIETER BEHIND-THE SCENES AT THE GROOVE ZONE/GZ:23 (OLY WA).
THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SPRING SEASON, LEADING UP TO EASTER IN MID-APRIL WERE APPEARANCES ON KONVOS BY WELSH HIP-HOP GROUP SOLDIERS OF MONOCHROME, THEIR PRODIGY "MR. J", AND A COUPLE OF RECENTLY-RECORDED EPISODES OF "HOOK, LINE & THINKER: A PODCAST".
THE COLLECTIVE BEGAN AIRING "REELS" ON FACEBOOK EARLY IN THE YEAR, AND WAS RECEIVING REALLY GOOD VIEWING TOTALS ONLINE.
SOME OF THE HIGHEST VIEWS AS OF PRESS TIME WERE AS FOLLOWS...
FROM THE HLT PODCAST: ED TAILORPATCH OF MARTIAN FOREST SERVICE WAS AT 1.4K VIEWS; ALSO FROM HLT, SASQUATCH EYEWITNESS MIKE B's CLIP SAT AT 1.6K; ROUGH TRADE'S CAROLE POPE RECEIVED 2.6K VIEWS; REGULAR PANELIST SPONGE & THE MATRIX AT 1.2K VIEWS, THE PODCAST'S OPENING INTRODUCTION CLIP WAS AT 1K; SOLDIERS OF MONOCHROME AT 1K; OINGO BOINGO FORMER MEMBERS' BRENDAN McCREARY AT 1.8K VIEWS, AND CANADA'S MOUNTAIN HEAD WERE AT VIEWS OF 1.2K.
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APRIL SHOWERS...
WINTER HELD ON LONGER THAN MOST YEARS, WITH WINDY AND NEAR-FREEZING CONDITIONS, AND LOTS OF RAIN.
EVEN STILL, THE CREW BUSIES THEMSELVES WITH VARIOUS PROJECTS, AS A VARIETY OF THINGS ARE COMING UP ON THE HORIZON.
APRIL SAW A RETURN VISIT WITH CONRAD ASKLAND, THE MUSIC CONDUCTOR OF CIRQUE DU SOLEIL'S CURRENT OFFERING "CRYSTAL", DURING THE SHOW'S SHORT HIATUS BEFORE LEAVING FOR AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND IN JUNE.
IN OTHER MUSIC NEWS, IN EARLY APRIL, THE COLLECTIVE RECEIVED A NEW MESSAGE FROM PAST GUEST ED TAILORPATCH OF MARTIAN FOREST SERVICE. THE EMAIL STATED THAT E.T. WAS ABOUT READY FOR A FOLLOW-UP INTERVIEW TO THE ONE HE GAVE US BACK IN 2020. HIS FIRST APPEARANCE WITH US MARKED THE FIRST ACTUAL INTERVIEW HE'D GIVEN IN NEARLY 27 YEARS, WHEN HE WAS STILL ONE OF THE MOST SOUGHT-AFTER HOLLYWOOD MUSIC PRODUCERS.
THAT WAS IN THE LATE 1990s, NOT TOO LONG AFTER HE RECEIVED RAVES ABOUT HIS SONG "LOSER", CO-WRITTEN WITH BECK, AS WELL AS HIS PRODUCTION WORK ON BECK'S ALBUM "MELLOW GOLD".
WITH A MYRIAD OF INTERVIEW REQUESTS FALLING ON HIM, INCLUDING ONE BY ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE, HE SLIPPED INTO OBSCURITY AND BECAME ONE OF POP MUSIC'S STRANGEST ENIGMATIC FIGURES.
TAILORPATCH MADE MENTION THAT A MUSICAL PARTNER WOULD BE JOINING HIM THIS NEXT TIME.
STAY TUNED FOR MORE DETAILS!
FINALLY, THE COLLECTIVE MADE TWO NEW SOLID CONNECTIONS IN THE MMA WORLD, THANKS SOLELY TO PAST GUEST NATHAN "SUPERMAN" STOLEN; THE VETERAN BELLATOR CHAMPION MADE THE SUGGESTION TO THE RESIDENT DJ TO ADD TWO OF HIS MMA TEAMMATES TO THE ROSTER OF FEATURED PLAYERS ON THE GROOVE ZONE NETWORK.
FIRST-TIME INTERVIEWS WITH MMA FIGHTERS JORDAN HARRINGTON AND SHILOH BORDEN PREMIERED IN LATE APRIL, MARKING THE NEW ASSOCIATION WITH THE TWO BAD COMPANY MMA MEMBERS.
YOU CAN KEEP UPDATED ON FUTURE EVENTS FOR THESE GUYS HERE ON THE WEBSITE, AS WELL AS ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE.
COMING SPRING & SUMMER 2023
IT'S NOT OFTEN THESE DAYS THAT THE RESIDENT DJ MAKES PUBLIC APPEARANCES; IT'S BEEN A WHOPPING 16 YEARS ALREADY SINCE THE LAST NIGHTCLUB DATES WERE HELD UNDER THE GROOVE ZONE BRAND.
IN ITS EARLY PLANNING STAGES, HOWEVER, THERE ARE TENTATIVE LIVE PERFORMANCES, FEATURING DJ D-PHOENIX, ON THE HORIZON.
YOU CAN CHECK BACK HERE PERIODICALLY FOR MORE DETAILS TBA, OR ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE @ FACEBOOK.COM/GROOVEZONEOLY !
Experience GZ:23 NOW!
SO OFTEN, THE THINGS THAT HAPPEN BEHIND THE SCENES OF A PARTICULAR PROGRAM, SHOW OR EVENT ARE JUST AS INTERESTING AS THE SEGMENT ITSELF. THAT'S ONE OF THE COOL THINGS ABOUT GZ:23; WE SHOW SOME OF WHAT HAPPENS THAT YOU WOULDN'T NORMALLY SEE ON OTHER SITES AND PLATFORMS.
WHETHER UNWILLING OR NOT ABLE TO QUITE CALL IT A DAY, IN REGARDS TO BEING INVOLVED IN A MUSIC PROJECT, THE COLLECTIVE BEGINS A NEW CHAPTER IN ITS CONTINUING EVOLUTION.
READ ON FOR MORE INFORMATION, VIDEOS, AND PICTURES.
YOU BETTER WATCH OUT, YOU BETTER NOT CRY...
IT WAS TWO DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS 2022 THAT THE FINAL TOUCHES WERE BEING MADE TO THE MULTI-PROGRAM LAUNCH, SCHEDULED FOR PREMIERES ON CHRISTMAS EVE.
ONCE AGAIN, THE STABLE OF LOCAL AND REGIONAL ARTISTS STEPPING UP TO BRING THEIR TALENT TO THE CENTER STAGE FOR THE HOLIDAY PROGRAMS PROVED TO BE BOTH EXCITING AND IN THE FESTIVE HOLIDAY MODE.
AS OF PRESS TIME, THE ARTISTS SCHEDULED TO APPEAR ON THE "HOLIDAZED '22" LAUNCH WERE TRISTON BRACHT, THE POWERHOUSE VOCALIST OF MOON FEVER; SEATTLE'S MTR PROJECT's DAVE REES, ANDY BEECH, BRODY REES, AND FRONTMAN MARTIN THOMAS REED (DRUMMER MIKE HOMMEL WASN'T AVAILABLE); THE STUNTMEN's MICK COTGAGEORGE AND JERRY ZEIGLER WITH DJ BOMBDATA RYAN VON BARGEN; CIRQUE DU SOLEIL'S CONRAD ASKLAND; DJ TRENT KELLY (VOICE OF VASHON); SEATTLE's DJ DUCKIE; AND THE LAST-MINUTE ADDITION OF CONDUCTED BY FORGET ME NOT'S RYAN AND AMANDA CARIKER.
HOW A STREAM-GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS
WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A HASSLE-FREE PRESENTATION BECAME ANOTHER HOLIDAY PAIN
THE LAST FEW SHOWS THAT THE PROJECT PRESENTED KEPT HAVING ISSUES, EVEN AFTER A ONE-ON-ONE SERIES OF CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN THE STREAMING PLATFORM'S CEO AND THE GZ PRODUCTION TEAM. WHAT HAPPENED WAS YET ANOTHER BUFFERING GLITCH ON THE SERVER, DISCOVERED 3 MINUTES BEFORE SHOWTIME ON DECEMBER 26TH.
ANOTHER LAST-MINUTE SCRAMBLE TO GET THINGS GOING RIGHT, AND THE CREW DID ITS BEST TO GET EVERYTHING UPLOADED IN TIME.
UNFORTUNATELY, IT DIDN'T GO QUITE THE WAY IT WAS PLANNED.
SAD THAT THE LAST OFFICIAL SHOW WAS BOTCHED YET AGAIN BY THE SERVER.
HOWEVER, WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE THE SHOW IN ITS ENTIRETY AVAILABLE TO YOU HERE.
SCROLL UP AND YOU'LL FIND THE LINKS TO THE 3-PART PROGRAM DIRECTLY ABOVE.
GZ:23 (OLY WA) HAPPENINGS
A MONTH-BY-MONTH RUNDOWN OF THE PROGRAMS, GUESTS, AND EVENTS OF THE 2023 SEASON
YOU'LL BE ABLE TO FIND AND FOLLOW THE VARIOUS ARTISTS AND EVENTS OF THE 2023 SEASON RIGHT HERE!
