Video Description:

Full set from Mississippi Studios to kick off the West Coast Summer Tour.

Performance date: 07-06-2011
Created on: 07-09-2011
Venue: Mississippi Studios

Band Biography and Information:

Genre: indie
Sounds like: Finely crafted song driven indy rock
Hometown: Portland

Biography:

Violet Isle was born out of singer-songwriter Sean Garcia's desire to expand his sound. Garcia had growing success as a solo musician, and in Feb of 2007 at age 20, he placed as runner up for the 2006 PSA Singer Songwriter Of The Year contest. However, with his heart set on something bigger, in 2008 he set out to put together a band. Garcia recruited his high school chum, Nick Gable, to join him on the drums. Gable had recently split from the band Bella Florentine and had always wanted to pursue a project with Garcia. While performing solo one night, local bass player Alva Valencia was so impressed by Garcia that he offered his services to complete the rhythm section. Alva had been a fixture in the local music scene playing with Benevolent which disbanded in 2006 and more recently with The Seatbelt Tragedy. The three musicians started working on Garcia's new material while still searching for a lead guitar player. Gable recommended a friend of his; Kevin Jones. After a couple of jam sessions it was clear that Jones was the right fit. Jones is an expert guitarist, whose influences range from Feist to Joe Satriani. With the four musicians in place, they settled on a name and Violet Isle entered the world.

Websites:

Stagedive Page: Violet Isle
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/violetisle
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/violetisle
Other site: http://www.reverbnation.com/violetisle