{"id":1180,"date":"2016-01-15T19:09:28","date_gmt":"2016-01-15T19:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skyemediaonline.com\/wordpress\/?p=1180"},"modified":"2016-06-10T19:10:53","modified_gmt":"2016-06-10T19:10:53","slug":"alex-dezen-of-the-damnwells-to-host-8-to-9-hour-livestream-event-on-february-11-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/skyemediaonline.com\/wordpress\/alex-dezen-of-the-damnwells-to-host-8-to-9-hour-livestream-event-on-february-11-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Dezen (of The Damnwells) to host 8- to 9-hour livestream event on February 11, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/strong><\/p>\n

January 15, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Alex Dezen (of The Damnwells) to host 8- to 9-hour livestream event\u00a0<\/strong>on February 11, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Dezen to perform his entire catalog over the course of one day\u00a0<\/strong>from a series of Nashville locations<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Alex Dezen (founder, frontman and main songwriter for the Brooklyn-bred four-piece The Damnwells) is planning a special livestream event to take place on YouTube on February 11th to celebrate the release of his debut, self-titled solo album on February 12th.\u00a0 The event has been dubbed “Live from Nashville: The Alex Dezen Solo Album Release Extravaganza! Tune in as Alex Performs His Entire Catalog in the 8- (or Possibly 9) Hour Internet Concert Spectacular!”\u00a0 Over the course of the day-long event, scheduled to take place in Nashville at multiple venues, Dezen plans to perform his entire catalog (all released solo and Damnwells material encompassing his 15-year career), culminating in the performance of his new album in its entirety at the final venue of the day.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt made sense to me on the eve of the release of my first solo record to do this,\u201d says Dezen.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s a sort of \u2018last romp in the sack\u2019 with my old self. Everything I’ve written has led to this moment, to the release of this solo record. It seemed right to put it all in perspective. Of course there’s the can-I-actually-pull-it-off appeal. It’s a massive challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Dezen plans to perform at multiple locations in Nashville throughout the day, ending the event with a livestream show that evening at the High Watt (tickets for the High Watt show go on sale to the public on January 18th).\u00a0 Made in Network will be the production company, providing the livestream expertise for the day\u2019s events, and Villain Place will be offering audio and production assistance and manpower.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI think it’s going to be joyous and hard,\u201d offers Dezen. \u00a0\u201cI think there will be fatigue and frustration, but also celebration and excitement. By the end of that day I will have performed 112 original songs. Not many people can say they’ve done that. And it was a hard f*cking 15 years of writing songs and making records and touring, opening for anyone and playing for no one. There were fights and barf and tears and hugs and all kinds of sh*t. But there were also sold out shows and great friendships and tremendous amounts of love. So I’m gonna play all these songs and see what kind of stuff it conjures up in me and you and all else.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The genesis of the idea came to Dezen after he read about a 12-hour-long concert Bob Schneider did several year ago.\u00a0 Over the course of the concert, Schneider didn\u2019t repeat any song.\u00a0 Says Dezen of Schneider\u2019s undertaking:\u00a0 \u201cIt was just one person’s body of work, performed for a live audience. There\u00a0was something kind of dangerous about that to me, both emotionally and physically, and I instantly loved the idea.\u201d\u00a0 Dezen tried to think of different ways to spin the experience, both for himself and for longtime fans, to make it fun and interesting while potentially engaging people around the globe, and a livestream from multiple locations in one city fit the bill.<\/p>\n

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\u201cOf course I don’t have quite the body of work that Schneider has\u2014in fact I have a little more than half that body of work\u2014but I liked the idea of having to revisit and relearn and regurgitate the last 15 years of my original material and put it on display, a kind of patricide scenario, where I could perhaps be killed by my own creation. Then there’s the nostalgia aspect, which I’m completely addicted to. Going back through these songs has brought me back to places I haven’t been in years. Ironically, there’s a real abandonment of ego in the performance of one’s entire catalog in one sitting. My voice will get tired. I will forget some chords and lyrics. I will inevitably fall prey to my own creation, and that excites me more than anything. I have no f*cking idea what’s going to happen, and that’s rad.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The livestream event may be nothing short of insanity, but Dezen could think of no better way to celebrate his debut solo full-length\u2014an endeavor with which he embarks on his next musical phase and an appropriately eponymous, deeply personal, 10-track self-portrait of a man now ready to lay the foundation for his own identity as a solo artist.\u00a0 \u201cWhen words alone are not enough, you need to say it in a song,\u201d says Dezen.\u00a0 A creative burst during a stint in Ohio over New Year\u2019s 2015 sowed the seeds for tracks that would be recorded in Los Angeles during January and February. \u201cI didn\u2019t write like 30 songs and just kind of pick the 10 best. These are 10 songs that I had to write.\u201d The bulk of the sonic slices on the album are served up straight from past personal, and often painful, experiences.<\/p>\n

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Dezen\u2019s prowess for writing celebrated songs of every ilk is undeniable. In 2010, he earned his master\u2019s degree from the University of Iowa after completing two years at the institution\u2019s Iowa Writers\u2019 Workshop. In 2014, Dezen released a series of four solo EPs. In March 2015, following a seven-year split, the original Damnwells lineup reunited and released their fifth studio album, a self-titled collection featuring 11 tracks. In addition to his contribution to The Damnwells\u2019 vast canon of songs over the 15 years the band has been recording, Dezen has written for others and worked with a variety of superstars, including Dave Grohl, The Dixie Chicks, Justin Bieber and Kelly Clarkson, among many others. In 2015, he collaborated with the American dance company Pilobolus Dance Theater, composing the music for the dance piece \u201cWednesday Morning, 11:45 (2015),\u201d which was performed at the Skirball Center for the Performing Arts in New York City.<\/p>\n

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Alex Dezen catalog song list:<\/b><\/p>\n

The Park Slope EP (2000)<\/i><\/p>\n

1. So You Say Someday<\/p>\n

2. Tell Me Something<\/p>\n

3. The District Doctor<\/p>\n

4. Stars Won\u2019t Do<\/p>\n

5. I\u2019ve Got Visions<\/p>\n

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The Damnwells EP (2001)<\/i><\/p>\n

6. Fourth Avenue<\/p>\n

7. New Look Now<\/p>\n

8. Three Day Old Lover (Red Version)<\/p>\n

9. Not Me Instead<\/p>\n

10. Wake Up, Get Out<\/p>\n

11. Three Day Old Lover (Blue Version)<\/p>\n

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PMR +1 (2002)<\/i><\/p>\n

12. H.C.E.<\/p>\n

13. While You Can<\/p>\n

14. Have to Ask<\/p>\n

15. Sleepsinging<\/p>\n

16. The Trade<\/p>\n

17. Goodnight Tonight<\/p>\n

18. Everybody Knows<\/p>\n

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Bastards of the Beat (2003)<\/i><\/p>\n

19. Assholes<\/p>\n

20. What You Get<\/p>\n

21. Kiss Catastrophe<\/p>\n

22. I\u2019ll Be Around<\/p>\n

23. Newborn History<\/p>\n

24. I Will Keep the Bad Things from You<\/p>\n

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[Sleepsinging]<\/i><\/p>\n

25. The Sound<\/p>\n

26. The Lost Complaint<\/p>\n

27. Electric Harmony<\/p>\n

28. New Delhi<\/p>\n

29. Star \/ Fool<\/p>\n

30. Texas<\/p>\n

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There\u2019s No One Left in Brooklyn But You (2005)<\/i><\/p>\n

[Assholes]<\/p>\n

Death After Life<\/p>\n

[I Will Keep the Bad Things from You]<\/p>\n

[New Delhi]<\/p>\n

[Electric Harmony]<\/p>\n

31. For My Own Good<\/p>\n

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Air Stereo (2006)<\/i><\/p>\n

32. I\u2019ve Got You<\/p>\n

33. Accidental Man<\/p>\n

34. You Don\u2019t Have to Like to Love Me (Tonight)<\/p>\n

35. Golden Days<\/p>\n

36. Louisville<\/p>\n

37. Sell the Lie<\/p>\n

38. Shiny Bruise<\/p>\n

39. Heartbreaklist<\/p>\n

40. Kung Fu Grip Kiss<\/p>\n

41. I Am a Leaver<\/p>\n

42. Graceless<\/p>\n

43. Keep a Little Organ<\/p>\n

44. God Bless America<\/p>\n

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Golden Days EP (UK) (2006)<\/i><\/p>\n

[Golden Days]<\/p>\n

45. She\u2019s the NYC Skyline<\/p>\n

[Sell the Lie]<\/p>\n

46. You\u2019re gonna Love Me<\/p>\n

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One Last Century (2009)<\/i><\/p>\n

47. Soundtrack<\/p>\n

48. Bastard of Midnight<\/p>\n

49. Dandelion<\/p>\n

50. Like It Is<\/p>\n

51. 55 Pictures<\/p>\n

52. Come to Me<\/p>\n

53. Everything<\/p>\n

54. Closer Than We Are<\/p>\n

55. Jesus Could Be Right<\/p>\n

56. Say<\/p>\n

57. Down With the Ship<\/p>\n

58. WWXII<\/p>\n

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No One Listens to the Band Anymore (2011)<\/i><\/p>\n

59. No One Listens to the Band Anymore<\/p>\n

60. Feast of Hearts<\/p>\n

61. She Goes Around<\/p>\n

62. Werewolves<\/p>\n

63. The Great Unknown<\/p>\n

64. Let\u2019s Be Civilized<\/p>\n

65. Death Defier<\/p>\n

66. Last Day of the New Age<\/p>\n

67. The Monster<\/p>\n

68. The Experts<\/p>\n

69. Sophia<\/p>\n

70. The Same Way<\/p>\n

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Sweet Water Child: Lullabies for Getty (2011)<\/i><\/p>\n

71. Baby Baby<\/p>\n

72. Sweet Water Child<\/p>\n

73. Star Parade<\/p>\n

74. Little Angel<\/p>\n

75. Heart of Trust<\/p>\n

76. Sleepright Dreamkeep<\/p>\n

77. My Sweet Baby<\/p>\n

78. Oh, Peace<\/p>\n

79. My Light<\/p>\n

80. Coming Home Tonight<\/p>\n

81. All of Your Fright<\/p>\n

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The Bedhead EPs (2014)<\/i><\/p>\n

82. Death Metal and Disco<\/p>\n

83. None of These Things<\/p>\n

84. HELLp<\/p>\n

85. Other People\u2019s Drugs<\/p>\n

86. Not So Bad<\/p>\n

87. The Ballad of Eve and Randy Quaid<\/p>\n

88. Crying Our Hearts Out<\/p>\n

89. She Goes Down<\/p>\n

90. Promise # 324,567<\/p>\n

91. Honestly<\/p>\n

92. Along the Way<\/p>\n

93. Money and Shiny Things (And Drugs)<\/p>\n

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The Damnwells (2015)<\/i><\/p>\n

94. Money and Shiny Things<\/p>\n

95. Kentexas<\/p>\n

96. The Girl That\u2019s Not in Love with You<\/p>\n

97. Lost<\/p>\n

98. Wreck You<\/p>\n

[She Goes Down]<\/p>\n

99. Heavy Heart<\/p>\n

100. Kill Me<\/p>\n

101. This Ship of Ours<\/p>\n

102. Too Old to Die Young<\/p>\n

[None of These Things]<\/p>\n

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Alex Dezen (2016)<\/i><\/p>\n

103. Ode to Ex-GirlFriends<\/p>\n

104. A Little Less like Hell<\/p>\n

105. If You Can Say \u2018I Love You\u2019 on a Greeting Card, How Can It Be True?<\/p>\n

106. Leonardo<\/p>\n

107. This Is the Last Song (I’ll Ever Write on This Guitar)<\/p>\n

108. I Don’t Want to Be Alone When I Die<\/p>\n

109. Elephant<\/p>\n

110. I Have<\/p>\n

111. Into the Hands of Hazelden<\/p>\n

112. Reluctant Love Song<\/p>\n

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www.alexdezen.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 15, 2016 \u00a0 Alex Dezen (of The Damnwells) to host 8- to 9-hour livestream event\u00a0on February 11, 2016 \u00a0 Dezen to perform his entire catalog over the course of one day\u00a0from a series of Nashville locations   Alex Dezen (founder, frontman and main songwriter for the Brooklyn-bred four-piece The Damnwells) is … <\/p>\n

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