Biography
Recent Accomplishments/Highlights
• Music has appeared on ESPN's "Inside The Big East" and E!'s "Keeping Up With The Kardashian
• Performed at legendary Fenway Park, Summer 2009.
• Has shared the stage and supported national touring acts such as Matt Nathanson, Stephen Kellogg and The Sixers, Fountains of Wayne, The Pat McGee Band, Collective Soul, and live
• Has independently booked close to 100 college shows throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic
• Runner-up in OurStage.com’s College Clash featuring over 300 of New England’s best college bands
• 3rd Place finisher in Qdoba’s Rice and Beanpot Battle of the Bands featuring Boston’s best college bands
• Showcase artist at The Verge College Music Conference
• Semi-finalist at Starbucks Music Makers competition
• Appearances at prestigious Boston-area venues: The Paradise Rock Club, The Paradise Lounge, The Middle East, Club Passim, The Middle East, and the Bank of America Pavilion.
Acknowledging individual growth is an important part of personal progress. Some keep journals, some fill scrapbooks, while others chart their height in the doorway to their bedroom. Boston singer-songwriter Brian Bergeron recorded music. Since his first experiences with his high school band at 17, Bergeron recorded EP after EP, expanded the scope of his songwriting and cut his teeth in the clubs, colleges and coffeehouses of the Northeast.
In the summer of 2008, at the age of twenty-three, Bergeron decided he was finally ready to record his first full-length release. "I was scared," Brian admits. "I had released a steady flow of recordings for years and I wanted it to build up to something. I was at that point where I needed to make a statement." Brian approached Boston music veteran and CBS Records Recording Artist Will Dailey (who Bergeron had worked with the year before). Dailey agreed to produce the release.
It was under Dailey’s production that they took new songs that Brian had been working on and coupled them with re-tooled versions of old favorites to put together a record. It took eight months but the result is, We’ve Got To Find An Easier Way, an album that touches on Americana, Indie and Pop-Rock, and Folk.
"There were days when I thought we weren’t going to meet the deadline," Brian recalls. "But the truth was, there was no deadline. The most important thing was getting it right." The album represents a culmination of the last six years of work for Bergeron. From the kick-off ballad “Let Me In” to the Indie-Rock stomp of “Hanging Around” to the rollicking “Gracie”, this album acknowledges inspiration from influential artists like Jackson Browne, Tom Petty, Matt Nathanson, and Ryan Adams.
The release of We’ve Got to Find an Easier Way will kick off a busy summer for Brian Bergeron, both as a solo act and with his band. He plans on returning for a fourth season as a member of Faneuil Hall’s renowned street performing program, entertaining a large, international audience in one of the nation’s busiest tourist attractions. Additionally, a summer residency at one of Boston’s waterfront institutions, The Barking Crab, will give Brian and an even more diverse audience to play for. Armed with a new release and a packed schedule, Bergeron is excited to watch the next stage of his development begin.
Instrumentation
Brian Bergeron- Acoustic Guitar, Harmonica, Vocals
Discography
We've Got To Find An Easier Way (2009)
Produced by Will Dailey
Engineered by Steve Scully (Yellowsound) and Matt Tahaney (Q Division)
Additional Engineering by Will Dailey
Mixed and Mastered by Matt Russell
The Glory EP (2008)
Produced/Recorded/Mixed by Mike Davidson and Alex Giorgetti at New Alliance Audio in Cambridge, MA
Mastered by Eric Masunaga at Modulus Studio Arts
The Summer EP (2007)
Produced/Recorded/Mixed by Will Dailey
The Great Escape EP (2007)
Co-Produced by: Brian Bergeron and Dennis Carroll (6 Media Group)
Mixed by: Dennis Carroll
Mastered by: Tom Waltz
The Closer EP (2005)
Co-produced by- Brian Bergeron/ Andy Renault
Mixed by- Tom Waltz and Alex Gonzalez
Mastered by- Tom Waltz
Recorded at Waltz Audio (Boston, MA)
First Impressions Demo (2004)
Received airplay at a handful of colleges in MA
Links
| http://www.brianbergeron.net |
| Brian Bergeron |