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What other band can draw theater-sized audiences and utterly rule them throughout their performance?
- Isthmus
The Profits offer a sound unparalleled by anything else on the acoustic scene. With their three-part harmonies and variations of average insturments, listeners can expect a completely different version of old, boring acoustic rock.
- The Lantern
Nominated:
Best Group or Artist of the Year 2006 - WAMI
Awarded:
"Best Overall Artist" 2005
"Best Acoustic Artist" 2005
"Best Voal Ensemble" 2004
- Rick's Cafe
"It's impossible not to be charmed by this band's personable attitude and obvious talent."
- Rick's Cafe
"High-spirited, fun,smooth, professional and versatile!" - Badger Herald
"Great songwriting... can't stop humming the tunes."
- New St. Pete news
Discography
Far From You and Your everyday Noise - 2005 (DYDA Records)
The Sign of the Dollar-2004 (DYDA Records)
Halley's 5th EP-2004
Live at Luther's-2003
Singles-
High Horse, Sex at Six- WZEE Madison, WMMM Madison, WSUM Madison, WORT Madison, Live365.com national streaming, KISS Lacrosse, WMSE Milwaukee, WLUM Milwaukee, WWSP Steven's Point, WQLH Green Bay, WRZQ Bloomington, WNDY West Lafayette, WMT Iowa City, WDBM East Lansing, WCBN Ann Arbor, WHUS Storrs
Photos
Feeling a bit camera shy
Bio
QUESTION: What do you get when you mix a phenomenally successful Madison band called The Profits with a top New York producer -- one who's recorded Grammy winners John Mayer and the Dave Mathews Band?
ANSWER: You get the story of a band that is becoming a self-made nationwide phenomenon.
Their success is unprecedented in the Midwest. With no help from a label, booking or management team, they packed the 1,300 seat Orpheum Theater in Madison last month -- something that many national acts are unable to do. Attracting top level attention and throngs of fans (and a 900-plus member street team), The Profits were approached by media like The Onion and Triple M Radio, asking if they could sponsor the band which, all media agrees, is the Midwest's top acoustic rock band.
Even more impressive, Doug Derryberry (John Alagia's partner) and member of the Bruce Hornsby band came and heard The Profits, and immediately asked to produce their latest album, "Far from You and Your Everyday Noise." Recorded in Smart Studios (Garbage, Fall Out Boy, Nirvana), "Everyday Noise" showcases the explosive spectrum of depth, texture, arrangements, and three-part vocals for which the band is becoming so widely known.
And widely known, indeed. The Profits' music went national last month: three of their songs are included on EA Sports' NCAA Football 2005. Further, their website traffic passed 1 million requests a month, their national Profiteer fan club has well over 900 registered members with thousands more unregistered, and their music is featured on websites all over the world.
Public reaction to the Profits speaks for itself: After selling out Luther's Blues repeatedly—an unheard-of feat for unsigned bands—they won Best Overall Artist and Best Acoustic Artist in the Madison Area Music Awards, and have begun to open for national acts like The Violent Femmes, Blessid Union of Souls, and Blue Merle.
And it doesn't hurt that the band members are handsome, educated, intellectual, hilariously funny, warm, and interactive on stage, and give superb interviews. The Profits is comprised of former UW students JP Roney (songwriter/ vocals/ guitar/ keyboards), Mike Droho (songwriter/vocals/guitar), Scott Lamps (songwriter/ vocals/ stand up classical bass), and Benjamin Schaefer (percussion).
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