Dave Sorrendino

Artist Information

Biography

Dave was not exposed at an early age to top forty artists of the 90‘s.. “I grew up being influenced by Jackie Wilson, Ray Charles, Marvin Gaye, Sam Cook, Al Green, Otis Redding & the Beatles.” Dave was so into music that he became a known requester at his local radio stations…music was clearly his passion & would be his life’s work. Subsequently, while playing in the Dallas Forth Worth metroplex, Dave was approached by a music producer & invited to Los Angeles to record an album, a great opportunity to walk in the footsteps of his idols and be exposed to the musicians he had been influenced by in his youth. In Los Angeles, Dave was privileged to work side by side with highly accomplished, known producer, Graham Ward, who remains to date as his mentor and his current producer. Graham Ward has worked with such well-known artists as Paul McCartney, Tom Jones, Donna Summer, Phil Spector, and British Pop sensation, Matt Goss.

Instrumentation

Ben White-Bass
Mark McCombs -Keyboard
Lee Wertman -Guitar
Matt Apples -Drums
Dave Sorrendino -Vocals/Guitar

Discography

My discography is pretty short... Right now I have my Album "Unconditional" out in stores and on iTunes, but have been working consistently on new music, and in putting together my follow up to this. I am not to sure about if my music has been streaming but I know that it is currently being featured on the internet radio show "West Side Will Radio"http://www.westsidewill.com/radio/index.php. My song Unconditional is currently at #5 in the top ten unsigned artist count down.

Official Website

http://www.stereographicentertainment.com

Links

• Facebook
• Twitter
• Last.fm
• MySpace

Audio

• Lovely Day
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• Lovely Day - Instrumental
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• Someone Else's Summer
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• I Refuse
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• Unconditional
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• What She Wants
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• Everyone's in Love But Me
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• Seems to Grow
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Lyrics

• Unconditional
• Someone Else's Summer
• What She Wants
• Everyone's in Love But Me
• Seems to Grow
• Lovely Day

Video

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Press

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  Dave Sorrendino was not exposed at an early age to top forty artists of the 90‘s but rather the soun...Dave Sorrendino was not exposed at an early age to top forty artists of the 90‘s but rather the sounds of Jackie Wilson, Ray Charles, Marvin Gaye, Sam Cook, Al Green, Otis Redding and the Beatles. Dave was so into music that he became a known requester at his local radio stations…music was clearly his passion and would be his life’s work. Subsequently, while playing in the Dallas Forth Worth Metroplex, Dave was approached by a music producer and invited to Los Angeles to record an album, a great opportunity to walk in the footsteps of his idols and be exposed to the musicians he had been influenced by in his youth. In Los Angeles, Dave was privileged to work side by side with highly accomplished, known producer, Graham Ward, who remains to date as his mentor and his current producer. We recently caught up with Dave about his favorite gig, his hopes for listeners and where you can see him play next.
  
  What do you hope listeners will get from your music?
  
  I hope that listeners will see themselves in my music. That they will connect not just in just the message of the lyrics but also in the identity of the characters. I feel like when people can see their own reflections in the same situations that have inspired me to write about, they are never alone and always have someone there who understands what they are going through.
  
  What’s the best gig you ever played?
  
  I’ve been very fortunate to play some really cool venues, with great numbers of people that I would of never of imagined being assembled to hear me do what I do. But I have to say the best gig I ever had was when one of best friends asked me to play the music for her precession in her wedding. It was a very surreal to think that years from now I will be the soundtrack for one the biggest events of her life. I remember I played Bright Eyes’ “This Is The First Day of My Life” as her father walked her down the aisle. It was definitely one of those experiences where time just sort of stood still. Very cool gig.
  
  How has social media affected the way you market/promote your music?
  
  Social media has affected the marketing and promotion of my music in many ways. What started with the MySpace days of getting people to listen my tracks, and friendly competition with other artists of how many more plays we could hope to get has evolved into such an interactive and more personal environment. I try to use every social platform out there to connect with my fans: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and Vimeo. I think the only way to keep your fan base growing is being there and having something cool for them to watch, listen to, or read. Choosing a few topics, that you enjoy as well as your fans and becoming sort of like a hub of information for those things, not just a place to push people to buy your newest track or album. In a lot of ways I feel like marketing my music over social media has always been there, and as it evolves so do my ideas to reach out to whoever is listening.
  
  What’s a creative way that you interact with your fans? Live? Online?
  
  A creative way that I interact with my fans is sometimes as simple as asking them, “What do you want to hear me cover?” My label Stereographic Entertainment does this really cool thing where they release a very impromptu DIY type video of the songs by each of their artists at the first of every month. Its a great way for people to hear what’s coming ahead and for the viewer to see past the photo-shopped pictures and editing floor cuts and connect with the artists personality and mannerisms, and in my case, dorkiness.
  
  What’s your next big gig coming up? When/Where?
  
  I feel terrible with this question, because I should have this over abundance of dates and times to that I can project into the blogosphere. Truth is I have been writing my second album and also working on many different projects and with many very talented artists and have yet to set up dates for myself. (Disclaimer about to plug my own sites.) But be

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  Dave was not exposed at an early age to top forty artists of the 90‘s.. “I grew up being influen...
  
  Dave was not exposed at an early age to top forty artists of the 90‘s.. “I grew up being influenced by Jackie Wilson, Ray Charles, Marvin Gaye, Sam Cook, Al Green, Otis Redding & the Beatles.” Dave was so into music that he became a known requester at his local radio stations…music was clearly his passion & would be his life’s work. Subsequently, while playing in the Dallas Forth Worth metroplex, Dave was approached by a music producer & invited to Los Angeles to record an album, a great opportunity to walk in the footsteps of his idols and be exposed to the musicians he had been influenced by in his youth.
  
  In Los Angeles, Dave was privileged to work side by side with highly accomplished, known producer, Graham Ward, who remains to date as his mentor and his current producer. Graham Ward has worked with such well-known artists as Paul McCartney, Tom Jones, Donna Summer, Phil Spector, and British Pop sensation, Matt Goss.
  
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Setlist

My typical set list lasts about 40 to 45 minutes. I like to mainly keep it original music, but there have been those occasions to throw in a cover or two.
In my early stages when my band members couldn't make a show I felt like there was a large musical element that was missing from the overall sound. I went to the music store one day and asked if they had anything that enabled me to loop my instruments and voice live, on stage. They introduced me to the loop station and the rest is history I suppose.

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