Room 24
Austin, TX | Established. Jan 01, 2012 | SELF
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Austin Music Awards 2014 "Best Performing Bands - Best U18 Band; Room 24 - #7"
link:http://www.austinchronicle.com/austin-music-awards/year:2014/category:best-performing-bands/ - The Austin Chronicle
Benefiting the Eanes Education Foundation, which provides support for teachers’ salaries and special ed programs in the Eanes school district, this year’s headliner was last year’s winner: Room 24. Jam Fest’s director, James Mays, who also runs the Band Aid School of Music, says, “I’m really proud of all these young artists who are not only killing it for their age, but also using their talents to improve our community.” U18 players: Gentleman’s Cup of Tea, Big Wy’s Brass Band, Blue Tongue, Bluster, Black Apples, Every Other Weekend, Iconoclasm, Mango Rehab, Skyline, Sophie Werkenthin, Stealth Chopper.
– William Harries Graham - Austin Chronicle
Austin Music Awards 2013 "Best Performing Bands - Best U18 Band; Room 24 - #9"
link: http://www.austinchronicle.com/Awards/MusicAwards/?mode=browse&category=Best%2520Performing%2520Bands&year=2013 - The Austin Chronicle
"Austin.com recently sat down at the school with teen band Room 24 for a chat about their music, their next gigs, and plans to get into the recording studio. There was a lot of joking around among the three, but when it was time to play a mini-set, Room 24 was all business. “27,” written by Andy, delivered grungy sound—introspective vocals and a roaring guitar chorus. The group’s faithful cover of “Voodoo Child” showed off their skills and how well they work together. Listening to them, it was easy to forget how young they are, and easy to see what the future of rock in Austin may hold." - Austin.com
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Andy Cooper, James Caton, and Michael Cooper make up Room 24, an alt-rock/alt-metal 3-piece out of Austin, Texas that has been voted among the Top 10 "Best U18 Bands" in The Austin Chronicle's Austin Music Awards poll for the past 2 years, and won the 7th annual Jam Fest 2014. Their new EP, titled "Closer To Reality," produced and engineered by Tim Gerron, will be released in 2015.
Room 24 is clearly influenced by Incubus, Deftones, and Foo Fighters, but they consider their music best described as “melodic alternative� rock. The 3-piece strives for a sound that never reduces to instruments playing only conventional chords and expected progressions. They are, instead, naturally inclined to create a layered, textured sound of full melodic lines and harmonic structures. The result is music that is creatively much greater than the sum of just 3 individual parts.
Brothers and founding Room 24 band members, Andy (guitar, vocals) and Michael (drums, vocals), have studied music for 15 years between them, and have gigged together in the band for over 2 years. It was John Moyer, bassist for the Grammy-nominated band, Disturbed, and owner and director of Natural Ear School of Music, who first arranged for Andy and Michael to combine their talents into a successful, gigging band under the direction and mentoring of music director, Jacob Gonzales. While with Natural Ear Music, Andy and Michael became friends with fellow student, James, who would periodically get together with them to jam just for fun.
As with many bands, Room 24 has undergone band member changes, starting first as a 4-piece, then paring down to a 3-piece. Over the summer of 2014, however, Andy and Michael felt further changes with the band, although difficult, were necessary to challenge themselves to achieve new levels with their music. It turned out their friend, James, was ready to take on a new musical challenge as well and joined Room 24 as the band's new bass player.
It's evident that this new combination of band members is a genuine success. Room 24 performs at various live music venues in and around Austin, San Marcos, Dallas, and Houston. They just released their first EP, Again, and have already started work on their next EP, to be produced by Tim Gerron. The band is also looking forward to their first professional music video to be filmed soon.
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