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Member Since: 10/02/2008
Band Website: www.thechurchills.net www.nearrecordings.com
Band Members: Ron Haney and Bart Schoudel finally have day jobs! As founding members of The Churchills, current members of Jillian Rhys, and sometimes members of Rick Barry's band, Jerzy Jung, The Crayons and Holtz they are literally at home writing and producing records for other talented artists at Near Studios on the Jersey Shore in NJ. Since major labels are no longer into artist development, Ron & Bart are filling that void; drawing from their many years of experience in songwriting, recording, touring and licensing songs. In addition to writing songs that have been featured on "Scrubs", "ER", "Third Watch", "Everwood", "Spin City" and the theme song for MTV's hit reality show "Juvies", the pair have written with many notable artists. This year Ron wrote a couple of songs with Alicia Keys and performed with her at Hammerstein Ballroom along with Bono, Gwen Stefani and Sheryl Crow. One of the songs, "Tell You Something" appears on her number 1 album "As I Am".
Influences: Pet Sounds, The Beatles, Stax Records, Jellyfish, Jon Brion,The Flaming Lips, Alicia Keys, Serge Gainsbourg, Sigur Ros, Crowded House, The Smiths, The Cure, New Order, Doves, Edith Piaf, Eggstone, Joao Gilberto, Lucinda Williams, The Magnetic Fields, Nada Surf, Pernice Brothers, Prefab Sprout, Scott Walker, Radiohead, Coffee, Trashcan Sinatras, U2, Wilco, XTC, Henryk Gorecki, Arvo Part, The Chameleons, The Red House Painters, The Carpenters, Arcade Fire, And You Will Know Us By The Trail of The Dead
Sounds Like: Rick Barry, Jerzy Jung, Jillian Rhys, The Crayons, The Churchills, The Crash Moderns, Lexington Down, Holtz, Gina Moressi, Alicia Keys
Record Label: Near Records
Type of Label: Indie