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Porter Block

About Me

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After writing, recording and releasing three albums, Peter Block wanted a new songwriting challenge. He didn’t need to go far to find inspiration for his new project, he just looked at all the creativity that was happening in the neighborhood his recording studio is in, Gowanus, Brooklyn. Peter wanted to make a collaborative album, one that was a musical dialogue with songwriters he admired. He contacted eleven New York songwriters, some he had never met, and asked them to co-write and record with him. The resulting album, The Gowanus Yacht Club, is a snapshot of the New York City songwriter scene as well as a collection of summer ready pop songs.
The songwriters involved in Gowanus Yacht Club are an impressive lot with a good deal of licensing and publishing success. The one non-New Yorker in the group, Angela McCluskey, is a Grammy nominated artist with her band Telepopmusik for their hit “Breathe”. Casey Shea, formerly of the infamous NYC band The Undisputed Heavyweights, will have one of his songs featured in the season finale of One Tree Hill. Terry Radigan has had her songs preformed by Trisha Yearwood, Patty Loveless and Anuna (featured in Riverdance) and Wes Hutchinson has had songs in several tv shows including CW's Gossip Girl, MTV's Laguna Beach and Fox’s Roswell. Nate Campany, who signed to Warner Chappell and Topline Music in 2006, has written for top artists including Backstreet Boys, The Click Five, Teddy Geiger, Tyler Hilton, and Morningwood.
The songs on Gowanus Yacht Club were written without any imposed parameters or themes, but ultimately ended up, in the classic pop song tradition, being mostly love songs of some sort. All came about in different ways, but all came easily and somewhat quickly. “Daylight Dreaming” was co-written with Wes Hutchinson on a flaming red Baldwin Piano and a J200 jumbo acoustic at Gibson and was based on an idea of a walking daydreamer that had been in Peter’s head for months that Wes helped flesh out into a power pop song. “Your Heart Is A Broken Thing” was a co-write with Luke Janklow written with Angela McCluskey’s voice in mind. When she heard the song, she loved it and agreed to record it as a duet with Peter. The other duet, “Walk Away”, co-written with Terry Radigan, is just as strong when sung as a solo, but was recorded as a duet to reflect the collaborative process. “Everybody Knows” was one of the last songs written. Nate Campany and Peter sat down and listened to all the other tracks to find what was missing from the album. The result is a bouncy song that deals with the issue of dependence and tells the story of the unwinding of a troubled soul.
Gowanus Yacht Club has a cohesive feel despite the many diverse songwriters who contributed to the album. Beyond the obvious common denominator of Peter, the other consistent piece of this project was the band. Jeff Jacobson and Casey Shea, both co-writers on the album, along with Peter and Jamie Alegre, became the band for the album. Their playing gave the songs a consistency that makes the Gowanus Yacht Club feel like an album rather than a compilation.
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Member Since: 31/08/2006
Band Website: http://www.porterblockmusic.com
Band Members: Peter Block: Vocals, Guitar
Garrett Alarcon: Guitar (View Garrett's website Here)
Steve Smith: Bass
Lee Kalomiris: Drums
Influences: XTC, Elvis Costello, Graham Parsons, The Beatles, Josh Rouse, Fountains of Wayne, Steely Dan... anything older than 5 minutes ago.
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Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Gowanus Yacht Club News!

Hello to all you Porter Block fans! Get pumped-- Porter Block's got a HUGE couple of weeks coming up here!  For starters, the band's playing at Piano's in New York tomorrow night with Luke Wesley, on...
Posted by on Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:44:00 GMT

Check out Porter Block on the 100,000 Fans site!

Hey everyone! Make sure you check out Porter Block as one of the featured artists on www.100000fans.com Follow this link to see the new page and find out more information on Porter Block's new album G...
Posted by on Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:02:00 GMT

Porter Block to be featured on Pens Eye View March 11-12

Hey Everyone!Check out Porter Block as Pens Eye View's featured artist on March 11-12 at http://www.penseyeview.com/. 
Posted by on Fri, 13 Feb 2009 08:50:00 GMT

PORTER BLOCK RELEASES PUEBLO A GO GO

PORTER BLOCK RELEASES PUEBLO A GO GO, THIRD FULL LENGTH FOR ENGINE ROOM Recordings Brooklyn, NY - New York based musician Porter Block releases Pueblo A Go Go his third full-length album for Engin...
Posted by on Sat, 17 Jan 2009 08:12:00 GMT

Skope Magazine Reviews "Off Our Shoulders"

CLICK HERE TO READ THE REVIEW!Porter Block, Off Our ShouldersNovember 13, 2008First, I want to say that this is how albums should be madeno joke. The quartet known as Porter Block have produced a we...
Posted by on Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:55:00 GMT

New video! List of Things to Do

Hey everyone!Check out our latest video "List of Things to Do" posted right here on our profile!And show it to your friends too -- http://youtube.com/watch?v=cfVPG299M_YHave fun watching!!
Posted by on Thu, 12 Jun 2008 01:31:00 GMT

Rock the Boat show and ERR Street Team!

Hello everyone!I hope you all can make it out to New York on Saturday, June 7th to see us perform at the 8th Annual Rocks Off Cruise Series! Kill the Alarm will also be playing, so it should be a grea...
Posted by on Fri, 30 May 2008 13:34:00 GMT

Porter Block Debuts on Radio Crystal Blue!

Hi guys, Radio Crystal Blue will debut the Porter Block CD on their RCB show (RCB: NOVUS ORDO) this Sunday, April 27th, 2008 at 545pm ET.  Make sure you check it out!  Below is a link for mo...
Posted by on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:00:00 GMT

Here it is " Off our shoulders"!

This is our second full length cd and we think you’re gonna like it. We went to Brooklyn, leased and built our own studio, and wrote and recorded the material that comprises the album in one fe...
Posted by on Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:57:00 GMT

Check us out on WLSO.FM!!!

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Posted by on Wed, 21 Nov 2007 09:31:00 GMT