Episode 35 2/28/2011
5 videos • 26 views • by betarecords Everest / Electro Ross / Sick Puppies / Tiffany Alvord Promotional Overview "It feels like sometimes when you feel like you're digressing you should just trust that that's good. So many times people in bands I've been in were like "oh, were digressing.' But that's the coolest thing we've played all day!" Russel Pollard, Everest BETA Records TV Season 3 Episode 19 features a rising rock group cobbled together from members of other LA bands, an Australian rock group charting at the right time, and a teen phenom who's currently the 25th most popular artist on YouTube. Los Angeles rock outfit Everest have a chat about forming their band and the work that went into their first two albums. They stress an open approach to the creative process, laud vintage gear and explain that once a song is recorded on an album it continues to evolve on the road. Then, in a regular feature from BETA Records TV, sound gear guru Electro Ross shows "Rock N' Roll Andy" Hepler the mechanics of a three-way speaker that Andy blew out. He breaks a speaker down into its components and shows Andy how signal is distributed. Following that, Australian rock trio Sick Puppies belt out the heavy groove of their new song Riptide. Musician and songwriter Tiffany Alvord stops by to talk about being wildly popular on YouTube and the methods she used to get there. She discuss the future of her young career and performs her original song Never Lover Boy on acoustic guitar.