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Plain and simple, with an infectious melody, toe tapping groove, and impeccable production “U”, the single from Reno is pure ear candy, pop rock style!
''Reno,'' is a fresh melodic Pop/Rock sound that's been long waiting to happen. Located in Toronto, Canada, this 6 piece band has all the assets in place to make an immediate impact on the international music scene.
“Learning to Speak Human”, the album from which “1984” hails was piloted by world renowned producer Steve Thompson (Guns & Roses, Duran Duran, Metallica, Madonna, Whitney Houston, etc) and defines the epitome of what the Reno sound is in a 13 song offering. It is an incredibly big sounding record with many songs catering to many emotions - the basis of everyday life.
“Learning to Speak Human” is an album made not only for the moment, but with the aspirations that the songs will endure and remain timeless. The honesty and substance within the music with radio-ready hooks laced all over the album, allow for any music fan to digest what the band has to say.
Having signed their first record deals with Austrailian label Red Disc Records earlier this year as well as O+ Evolution / EMI records in France and SSG Records for all of Asia, Reno now has all the necessary attributes and is ready to make an immediate and lasting impression.
- Dulce Barbosa
For Immediate Release
February 11, 2008
Toronto, Canada
RENO Signed in Asian Territories
The World is Taking Notice!
Over 480,000 hits @
www.renosmusic.com
For February 2008 So Far!!!!
Toronto Pop rockers RENO have officially signed with SSG Records based out of Korea and China, adding Korea, China & Hong Kong, Japan, Phillipines, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, India, United Arab Emirates and Egypt to the ever growing list of territories slated to release their debut CD "Learning to Speak Human" (produced, mixed and arranged by multi grammy winner Steve Thompson). Already on board are Red Disc Records/MGM for Australia and New Zealand, and O+ Evolution/EMI France for France, Belgium, Switzerland, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, DOM-TOM, Monaco and Androrra. The buck doesn't stop there either.
January 2008 RENO's website www.renosmusic.com enjoyed just over 560,000 hits on their website for that month alone. By day's end today RENO will have safely reached 485,000 hits on their site for February 2008 and we are not even at mid month yet. In less than 2 weeks, www.renosmusic.com has seen almost as much activity as the entire month of January 2008. Their myspace page www.myspace.com/reno has already registered over 1100 plays for today alone.
Determined there is a world wide market for their music, RENO set out to tackle what seemed to be an insurmountable task of drawing attention to their music in October of 2007. Strategically implementing a web campaign they set out to accomplish just that. Now the hits on www.renosmusic.com have taken on a life of their own proving there is a demand for RENO's music. Industry Professionals around the world continue to take notice and are aknowledging this demand by coming on board and signing them to their rosters! Promo tours and appearances for these signed territories are immanent and in the process of being arranged. With this phenomenal activity increasing daily, more territories will be on board before long. We'll keep you posted
CANADA TAKE NOTICE!!!!
You have yet another national treasure in the making. The rest of the world is already discovering that. - Roy Roberts
Discography
Full length self-titled debut release "Reno," - July 2004.
Single - "Messed Up" hit #1 as the most requested independent song for the month of September 2004 on FnR Radio in the UK.
Single - "Messed Up" added to the Top 20 Countdown on Music Hype Online in the month of September 2004.
4 songs from full-lungth CD "Reno," on heavy rotation throughout many staions in Azores, Portugal in January 2005.
Full length new release "Learning to Speak Human" - Target release of September 2009.
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To describe “Reno” to any music fan in its simplest terms, would be to say that it is a fresh and melodic Pop/Rock sound that's been waiting to happen. Located in Toronto, Canada, this 6 piece band has all of the assets in place to make an immediate and long lasting impact on the international music scene.
The band is comprised of Reno Silva on lead vocals and guitar, Daniel Gama on guitar and backing vocals, Kevin Dworak on guitar and backing vocals, Carlos Arevalo on bass guitar and backing vocals, Paulo Gama on piano, keyboards and backing vocals and finally on drums and percussion is Mike Demelo.
With their debut CD released in July of 2004, the band entered into a busy schedule with various large-scale outdoor festivals across Toronto as well as tours across Europe & Eastern United States. The noise produced from the album and the touring would be enough to get on the ears and mouths of prominent
industry personnel.
The end of 2006 brought about the advent of the band’s newest release. The album was to be piloted by world-renowned producer Steve Thompson (Guns & Roses, Duran Duran, Metallica, Korn, Jet, etc.), who endorsed the band’s sound and vision, thus electing to come on board to produce, mix and arrange the entire album now titled “Learning to Speak Human” with Steve Chahley (Nelly Furtado, Autopilot Off, etc.) as the engineer. With a release date of February 2009, this album defines the epitome of what the Reno sound is with a 13 song offering. It is an incredibly big sounding recording with many songs catering to many emotions - the basis of everyday life. “Learning to Speak Human” is an album made not only for the moment, but made with the aspirations that the songs will endure and remain timeless due to an honesty
and substance within the music, with radio-ready hooks laced all over the album, allowing for any music fan to digest what the band has to say.
In February of 2007, the band entered into its first partnership with sound tech and tour manager Denton Fraser (Bryan Adams, Oasis, Foo Fighters, Rolling Stones, etc.). With Denton on board, they set out on a return 21-day mini promo tour to Portugal, which included some 23 very well received shows and well over 8,000 kilometers. The band then found itself returning home to finish mastering the CD, and beginning to shoot for the band’s first ever music video - “1984” to be directed by James Krupa and Matt Lochner of Replay Media Productions.
To close out 2007, the band implemented a full-scale internet marketing campaign on popular websites such as Myspace and Facebook, including community pages for various territories world-wide. This had an immediate impact on traffic to their site with irrefutable numbers. With this strategy in place, Renosmusic.com now sees an average flow of over 1,000,000 hits to the site per month from all over the world, and over 10,000 plays per day on their Myspace page.
Having peeked the interest of fans and industry personnel from around the globe, the demand is well founded with the fact that the band has signed deals in Australia and New Zealand with Red Disc Records, as well as in Korea, China, Hong Kong, Japan, India, Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, United Arab Emirates and Egypt with SSG Records. The summer of 2008 saw the band open for Finger Eleven ushering in a new Canada / US deal, which would ultimately lead to having the band take on new management with MCJB Entertainment in 2009. Promotional tours and appearances for all of these signed territories are imminent and in the process of being arranged.
Throughout all of this phenomenal activity currently talking place, management continues to entertain many negotiations within other parts of the world. With major announcements yet to be made official, there is a growing sense that it is only a matter of time before this band is a mainstay amongst today’s popular bands.
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