Let Go (band)
Encyclopedia
Let Go is a rock band from Tempe, Arizona
, formed in late 2004. They are currently signed to southern California record label
The Militia Group
.
's Jamie Woolford and Chris Serafini. After the break-up of The Stereo
, Woolford began working on solo material, and Serafini joined the band Gloritone, where he met drummer Scott Hessel, who would later be asked to join Let Go. According to Woolford, he asked Serafini and Hessel to form the band when he wanted to fill out his new material. Serafini counters that after bonding with Hessel in Gloritone, his desire to start a new band was whetted, and the pair recruited Woolford.
Regardless of their origin, the trio produced the self-titled Let Go album over a month's time in Woolford's home studio, releasing it on The Militia Group in October 2005. Notable is the band employing use of an iPod
during their live shows, both for a click track
and as a sequencer
.http://www.themilitiagroup.com/front.php?area=artists&artist=27&sortoption=details
The band has toured extensively in the United States, and completed a tour in Japan in early 2006. http://www.letgorock.com/blogger/archive/2006_03_01_archive.html
Tempe, Arizona
Tempe is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, USA, with the Census Bureau reporting a 2010 population of 161,719. The city is named after the Vale of Tempe in Greece. Tempe is located in the East Valley section of metropolitan Phoenix; it is bordered by Phoenix and Guadalupe on the west, Scottsdale...
, formed in late 2004. They are currently signed to southern California record label
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...
The Militia Group
The Militia Group
-History:The Militia Group was founded in 1998 by Chad Pearson as a booking agency, booking for artists such as Slick Shoes, Craig's Brother, Dogwood, twothirtyeight, Acceptance, and Element 101. Rory Felton and Chad Pearson partnered in 2000 to turn the booking agency into a record company...
.
History
Let Go was formed in late 2004 by The StereoThe Stereo
The Stereo is a pop rock/rock and roll band started in 1999 by former ska/punk band frontmen Jamie Woolford and Rory Phillips . The pair were initially brought together on recommendation of their record label Fueled By Ramen. The duo then recorded their first album Three Hundred, released June 1999...
's Jamie Woolford and Chris Serafini. After the break-up of The Stereo
The Stereo
The Stereo is a pop rock/rock and roll band started in 1999 by former ska/punk band frontmen Jamie Woolford and Rory Phillips . The pair were initially brought together on recommendation of their record label Fueled By Ramen. The duo then recorded their first album Three Hundred, released June 1999...
, Woolford began working on solo material, and Serafini joined the band Gloritone, where he met drummer Scott Hessel, who would later be asked to join Let Go. According to Woolford, he asked Serafini and Hessel to form the band when he wanted to fill out his new material. Serafini counters that after bonding with Hessel in Gloritone, his desire to start a new band was whetted, and the pair recruited Woolford.
Regardless of their origin, the trio produced the self-titled Let Go album over a month's time in Woolford's home studio, releasing it on The Militia Group in October 2005. Notable is the band employing use of an iPod
IPod
iPod is a line of portable media players created and marketed by Apple Inc. The product line-up currently consists of the hard drive-based iPod Classic, the touchscreen iPod Touch, the compact iPod Nano, and the ultra-compact iPod Shuffle...
during their live shows, both for a click track
Click track
A click track is a series of audio cues used to synchronize sound recordings, sometimes for synchronization to a moving image. The click track originated in early sound movies, where marks were made on the film itself to indicate exact timings for musicians to accompany the film...
and as a sequencer
Music sequencer
The music sequencer is a device or computer software to record, edit, play back the music, by handling note and performance information in several forms, typically :...
.http://www.themilitiagroup.com/front.php?area=artists&artist=27&sortoption=details
The band has toured extensively in the United States, and completed a tour in Japan in early 2006. http://www.letgorock.com/blogger/archive/2006_03_01_archive.html
Members
- Jamie Woolford (vocals, guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
) - Chris Serafini (bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
) - Scott Hessel (drumDrumThe drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments, which is technically classified as the membranophones. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with the player's hands, or with a...
s)
Discography
- Let Go (October 4, 2005)
- "Analogies:The Story Changes/Let Go Split", (August 4, 2009) Future Destination Records