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December 11, 2008 - 800 PM Cain’s Ballroom w/Brendan James 423 North Main Street Tulsa, OK Cost $14.00 Description MTV presents Brendan James and Stars Go Dim. 2nd Stage. Doors 7pm / Show 8pm. All ages! Ticket info www.cainsballroom.com
December 16, 2008 - 900 AM Good Morning Arkansas (ABC 7- KATV) Little Rock, Arkansas Description Air time 900 AM- 1000 PM CST
December 16, 2008 - 900 PM Juanita’s w/Hana Pestle and Ben Moody 1300 South Main Little Rock, Arkansas Cost $8.00 Description Stars Go Dim supports Hana Pestle and Ben Moody (Evanescence) at Juanita’s. 18 to enter
January 23, 2009 - 800 PM Sokol 2234 S 13 St. Omaha, Nebraska Description Stars Go Dim debut performance in Omaha, NE. All ages. No smoking.
January 24, 2009 - 800 PM The Fire Escape 126 W. Main Chanute, Kansas Cost $10 DescriptionAll ages.
January 25, 2009 - 800 PM Jerry´s Bait Shop 13412 Santa Fe Trail Drive Lenexa, Kansas
January 26, 2009 - 800 PM Jerry´s Bait Shop 302 SW Main Lee´s Summit, Missouri
February 3, 2009 - 800 PM UCO Jazz Lab 100 East 5th Street Edmond, Oklahoma
February 6, 2009 - 900 PM Cicero´s 6691 Delmar Blvd. Saint Louis, Missouri Cost$6
May 6, 2009 - 1100 AM Red Letter Rock Festival - Scurry Co. Coliseum 900 E. Coliseum Drive Synder, Texas
Music Style/Genre
Stars Go Dim is pop rock with passsion & a twist of classic soul. technically savvy, Tulsa basd quartet.
Full Bio
Surging though 2008 on three songs and an ever-growing fan base, Stars Go Dim – a foursome of uncompromised talent includes lead vocalist Chris Cleveland, guitarist Joey Avalos, bassist Michael Wittig, and drummer Lester Estelle – has completed the first EP for release in October 2008. The self-titled five song collection features three fan favorites “Come Around,” “Crazy,” and “Walk On” that have been digitally re-mastered with new mixes. They join two new songs penned by Avalos, “Incredible” and “Get Over It.” The decidedly pop-rock radio-friendly tunes are lined with love-laden lyrics intense guitar licks, and a seasoned rhythm section. Avalos says of the new tracks, “We just love to write songs that make you want to sing-along.” The EP is the precursor to a tangled tale of love that Avalos alludes to in the original sampling of songs. “It wasn’t until I had written a twelve or so songs that we realized what we had. It’s really this intricate mess of a love story that will unfold itself with our full-length album,” says Avalos. “The whole package really presents our musical identity. We’ve spent the past several months working and waiting to get this EP out to our fans,” comments Wittig. Stars Go Dim’s musical style blends pop, rock and smooth soul and feature engaging lyrics held together with captivating melodies. After forming in late 2007, Stars Go Dim witnessed a string of success – the group opened for Switchfoot, Daughtry, and Graham Colton, and shared the stage with Paramore, The All-American Rejects, and The Roots. Stars Go Dim took the musical crown in a series of contests for rock and pop compositions as well as vocalist and songwriting categories nationwide, with the most prominent being Country Music Television’s Listener’s Choice Award. It wasn’t long before Buckle Retailers nationwide were streaming Stars Go Dim tunes through its store speakers in the summer of 2008. Much of their initial success is credited back to their fans. “We really do have the best fans. Really. They were onboard with us when we just had a few videos of us writing the songs and no other music or bells and whistles to offer,” says Cleveland. “The online communities have helped us get to know our fans better and vice versa. We’re always coming up with new ways to connect,” notes Wittig. The Tulsa-based quartet landed a spot on ClearChannel radio’s online destination for new music which provides Stars Go Dim streaming music and content on demand. Stars Go Dim has been featured in Tulsa media markets on Fox 23, Good Morning Tulsa, News 9 This Morning, and the CW’s UpLate with Ben Sumner, as well as becoming a music journalist favorite in the Tulsa World and also the Urban Tulsa, which dubbed the band “the best unsigned pop band in Oklahoma.” -30-
Short Bio
Stars Go Dim is pop rock with passion & twist of classica soul.
Bio update 1
Band Chris Cleveland (lead vocals), Joey Avalos (guitar), Michael Wittig (bass), Lester Estelle (drums)
Three of the four SGD members were 2008 Grammy nominated musicians for their contribution on an outside project, Pillar.
Current Currently nominated for the John Lennon Songwriting Contest in the Rock category for the song “Get Over It”
Self-titled EP available for pre-order releases on iTunes Oct. 21, 2008
Single “Come Around” has shipped to radio stations nationwide and will begin vying for airplay
Highlights For their musical debut, SGD was selected as the opening act for a stop on Switchfoot´s Up In Arms tour. Shortly after, SGD opened for American Idol-er Chris Daughtry.
While producing the initial batch of songs, SGD offered visitors to its MySpace page a look into the creative process via video clips of the band in the studio. Through those snippets, and in just a few months, the band amassed a fanbase of more than 13,000 MySpace friends without ever posting a song.
SGD tunes are currently playing throughout Buckle retail stores nationwide via DMX Music
The band spent several months on the Top 20 singles chart on AlternativeAddiction.com, which is one of the largest websites dedicated to Alt Rock, serving the 18-24 year-old crowd.
Radio giant ClearChannel is currently streaming SGD tracks on its New Music site.
Accolades SGD has received numerous awards, both fan and industry based, echoing its popularity in the songwriting and online communities
Lead vocalist Chris Cleveland´s Top 5 Vocalist nod for Singer Universe
Group runner-up slot in the 2008 Singer/Songwriter Awards for ´´Come Around´´
Top 5 finalist position in the popular fan-voted online Famecast contest
Won the Country Music Television (CMT) and Nashville Songwriters Association International´s (NSAI) 8th Annual Listener´s Choice Award for the song ´´Come Around,´´ the only non-country entry that advanced to final round. The group was voted number one out of 3,000 submissions.
Nominee spot for the Independent Singer Songwriters Award (ISSA) Contest
Song of the Year contest for ´´Get Over It´´ won the May Rock category
Stars Go Dim won First Prize in the pop category for the Upstate New York Songwriting Contest hosted by Blackdog Recording Studios
´´Come Around´´ chosen as the grand prize winner in The 11th Cooch Music Amateur Songwriting Contest
Stars Go Dim recently finished as a semi-finalist in the 2008 UK Songwriting Contest in the Adult Contemporary category for ´´Come Around.´´ The contest is the leading international annual songwriting event that has been noticed by music community members including Sir Paul McCartney and American Idol´s Simon Cowell.
Winner of the USA Songwriting Contest www.songwriting.net
Media Several features in Tulsa´s media market including
TV Good Morning Tulsa New 9 This Morning Fox 23 UpLate with Ben Sumner (CW)
Radio Tulsa´s 104.5 The Edge 94.7 The Buzz Ichannel NAB radio
Print Urban Tulsa Weekly Tulsa World Tulsa Today Currentland
Performances Shared the stage with
Switchfoot Daughtry DFest (Paramore, All-American Rejects, The Roots) Graham Colton Cory Smith
Love Gone Mad
