Artist of the Day | THE NEW GROOVEMENT
ARTIST OF THE DAY
06.04.2021
THE NEW GROOVEMENT
LOCATION
Victoria, BC, Canada
GENRE
R&B, Hip-Hop
CURRENT MEMBERS
Shane Blaq
Ben Scotney
Tejas Collison
Luke Bodi
Jonnie Bridgman
David Richards
Jason Dolynny
Brad Justason
Geoff Mason
Kim Maddin
With the current pandemic, the state of the music and touring industry has dramatically changed. Where were you when everything was brought to a halt?
Planning a tour, booking festival slots, preparing to record a new album and writing new music.
How has that affected your plans for the coming year? Did you have a tour planned, upcoming album release?
We received a FACTOR grant to support a recording project just before Covid hit. Covid caused a number of delays to the project but we managed to complete recording in January 2021 and released our first single from the project on March 9. We did have a number of tour and festival dates booked for summer of 2020 which have been postponed and we hope to rebook as soon as it is safe to do so.
What have you been doing to fill/make the most of your new-found free time at home? How are you supporting your mental health through all of this?
We have got creative with rehearsing and songwriting by collaborating remotely. Having this recording project has helped to keep our focus. Getting together for a socially distanced beachside music video shoot has been a highlight.
How are dealing with the Covid second wave?
Focusing on our online promotion of our new single and looking forward to returning to rehearsing and jamming when it is safe to do so.
Favourite Starlite Room Moment?
We've never played the Starlite Room but we do love coming to Edmonton and would love to make a stop next time we are coming through!
Do you have a message for everyone at home reading this?
We can't wait to get funky with y'all as soon as we can but for now let's all do our part to keep each other safe.
If you would like to be our next ARTIST OF THE DAY please email us at:
JEN@CONCERTWORKS.CA
