Scott’s Blog of Doom

“Hi Scott,
Will you consider Svoy’s new video for a mention on your blog? He is also
giving away his entire album as a free download, just so you can get to
know him better – http://www.freesvoy.com  with no strings, no gimmicks,
no fine print until Aug. 15th.
Below are links to the video for the single “Driving Away”.  Check out the
media links below. Let me know what you think of the video, and the free
album download.
I’d love your help in telling people about Svoy, and his debut album.
Talk soon!
Xx danny”

Oh, sure, you know just how to sweet-talk me.

SVOY
Eclectric
(Rendezvous Entertainment; May1st)
http://www.girlieaction.com/svoy
Video - “Driving Away”
Windows -
http://www.rendezvousentertainment.com/svoy/as/asx/Svoy_DrivingAway-800k.wmv
Quicktime -
http://www.rendezvousentertainment.com/svoy/as/mov/Svoy_DrivingAway-800k.mov
Real -
http://www.rendezvousentertainment.com/svoy/as/ram/Svoy_DrivingAway-800k.rm
It is our pleasure to introduce you to Svoy, a romantic at heart who has
created an ambitious collaboration of richly textured electronic sounds,
yearning pop melodies, and articulate poetry in his full length debut
album Eclectric.
SVOY’s Eclectric is, as music critic Bryan Baker put it, “the world seen
through the eyes of a lovelorn automaton who speaks in three minute
electro-pop songs.”
New York-based Svoy was born in a small port city in the Russian Far East
and has let music lead him on an incredible journey, from the late night
piano musings of his next door neighbor, to the Russian Academy of Music
to study with the legendary and beloved Russian bebop pianist Igor Bril.
Music had a larger plan for Svoy, however, and he was offered a
scholarship to Boston’s Berklee College of Music and it was there that
Svoy found his true musical calling. SVOY jokes, “I entered Berklee as a
Jazz pianist and left as a Pop Electronica artist.  I think a lot of my
professors won’t forgive me for that.”
It was also at Berklee that SVOY began recording original compositions.
Fascinated with many different styles of music, including electronica, R&B
and rock, and influenced by artists ranging from Boards of Canada and
Prefuse 73 to Me’Shell NdegeOcello and Maxwell, he embraced each influence
when writing and producing his new songs.
In 2002, while still in school, he won the BMI Pete Carpenter Fellowship
Film Music Competition and spent six weeks studying with the renowned TV
composer Mike Post (NYPD Blue, Hill Street Blues, L.A. Law and Law and
Order) at his studio in Hollywood.  Further affirmation came in his
winning of the 2004 BMI John Lennon Songwriting Competition in New York,
presented by Yoko Ono.
Armed with his recent achievements and his collection of songs titled
Eclectric all written, performed and produced by Svoy, he sent a copy to
record label Rendezvous Entertainment and within 2 weeks, got a response
back from VP of A&R, Frank Cody.  “SVOY is a one-of-a-kind
singer/songwriter who uses the palette of electronica to create a vivid,
colorful landscape. The melodies are wrapped in complex harmonies and
rhythms. The lyrics are often unexpected.  We’re fortunate to have him in
the Rendezvous family,” Cody states.
Look for SVOY touring locally in the Northeast this spring with a West
Coast tour coming this summer.  Also, check out his incredible music video
for “Driving Away,” directed by Dutch/German visual artists Praful and
Vimal.
Fotos, bio and more - http://www.girlieaction.com/svoy