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"The illest album out right now is Mike Maven's, Welcome to the Goodlife Vol. 1." - ughh.com
"one of our favorite local bands!" - barstar.com
"one of our favorite local bands!" - barstar.com
"This is one of the first groups whose progress I've been excited to see in twenty years. These guys are ready for the prime time."
-Sid Bernstein, industry legend - Quoted
"They still can't convince me that the first time I saw them play was the first time they played together."
-Paul Rizzo, Owner, The Bitter End NYC - Quoted
"This is one of the first groups whose progress I've been excited to see in twenty years. These guys are ready for the prime time."
-Sid Bernstein, industry legend - Quoted
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"What do you get when you put Stevie Wonder, John Mayer, Coltrane, and A Tribe Called Quest in a room? Mike Maven and the Goodlife. 4 guys. 4 different musical styles. 1 great sound."
"They can convince any crowd to love them based on two facts... Yes... #1 they are sexy and #2... you hear every type of music between the lyrics. You'll have these songs stuck in your head so often you'll think you thought of them on your own." - Study Breaks
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Discography
Welcome to the Goodlife Vol. 1 - May 2006
Rules In Love - Release Summer 2008
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Bio
Take the sensual and emotive vocals of R&B crooners such as Robin Thicke and combine it with the grit of classic artists like Bill Withers. Take the modern sound of Maroon 5 and add a little classic Hip Hop. Take the idealist in John Mayer and mesh him with the edge in John Legend. When you have done these things, you will have created the blueprint for the sounds and unique style of Mike Maven, bandleader of a group of tight knit young talents from across the country whose goal is to take modern American music and move it forward.
Mike Maven is a singer-songwriter with a passion for life and musical knowledge and diversity. Alluding to inspirations that span cultures and decades and working them into a modern popular structure is what drives this group of musicians to create together. For Maven and the band, being multi-faceted in both personality and approach is a central philosophy, and this shines through in their genre bending blend of styles.
With home bases in Austin, New England, New York, and the Midwest, Mike Maven has developing fan bases in the most unexpected places with the most diverse group of fans. In the last two years, Mike Maven has opened for Hanson, Stephen Kellogg, The Wood Brothers, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, Zox, and the legendary Sugar Hill Gang. The debut album was released in may of 2006 and has sold over 900 physical copies nationally in the US and Japan and featured emerging artists that have since made careers of their own. Their forthcoming release, Rules In Love, has attracted the attention of Sid Bernstein, Joe Fletcher Presents, E! Television, NACA, and features Mike Maven's most mature songwriting to date.
-Mike Maven has independently performed at over 20 Colleges and Universities in the last 2 years in the Northeast including:
Northeastern University
Boston University
Boston College
Emerson College
Curry College - Massachusetts
Suffolk University - Boston
Berklee College of Music
University of Rhode Island
Rhode Island College
Wentworth College
Bates College - Maine
-The new album, Rules In Love, is being serviced to 300 college radio stations nationally through mid October 2008
-Mike Maven will be featured in the September 2008 issue of Study Breaks, a full color college oriented magazine distributed to every college campus and book stores across Texas.
Booking Contact:
Colleges and Universities - DreamScapers, Jennifer Bair, jennifer@seethemusic.net, 612-216-4124
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