The Issues

I recently shot The Issues, a great Atlanta band that have had a lot of great things happen in the last year. The band has actually been working hard since 2004. Although they have made many changes in their line-up, the current line-up is solid and is a show you should definitely see.  

When I asked Wayne, the lead man from The Issues exactly what has happened in the last year, this is what he had to say...

"We won the Dave FM contest and got 60 hours of studio time at Tree Sound Studios & a Budweiser sponsorship. While we were recording our demos, Trees Sound became interested in our band and talks began about possibly working with Trees indie label. After a few meetings we decided to send out the demos to see if we could interest a producer in the project. Enter producer Russ T. Cobb. Russ T. Cobb was Butch Walkers partner at his Ruby Red studio here in ATL and worked with Butch on many major label projects. Russ T. heard the ISSUES demos, liked the band and came out to a rehearsal to check us out. After a 2 hour session Russ T. was on board to work with the band. 

We just finished recording a 20 song demo for Paul Diaz (Tree Sound) and Russ T. Cobb. We will sit down in the following days and pick 2 singles to record and release to radio. In coming weeks we will work with Tree on developing a more organic live-ish rock record by using old school analog recording techniques incorporated with new age digital. Paul & Russ T. plan to pitch the band to major label contacts in the industry to partner with Tree and the band while staying under the Tree Sound umbrella. Stay tuned!" -Wayne

For more on the band: http://www.myspace.com/theissues

Photo by: CatMax Photography

Graphics by: Blake Clam