Amely
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When we caught up with Petie Pizarro of Amely, a pop-rock band based in Orlando, Florida, he had just finished eating lunch at Chipotle while freezing in New York City during a day off from touring. Pizarro shared his thoughts on the band, touring and what he's excited about for the new year. Amely has experienced great success in the short span since the band came together a year ago. With two albums and a record deal with Fearless Records, Pizarro , Patrick Ridgen (bass), Brandon Walden (lead guitar) and Nate Parsell (drums) are selling out shows and preparing for their next album.
"After our winter tour we are going to hunker down in our friend's basement and write our next album. It will be the first time we write an entire album as a band," explained Pizarro. For his first album, On My Own Pizarro said, "I'd started wrting my own songs at home and I decided to go into the studio with my friend Nate, who plays the drums." Pizarro played all of the other instruments and decided, "it wasn't too bad. "It came out way better than we expected." They shared the album with friends online and soon began to pursue new members. Ridgen, who plays bass, traveled seven hours from North Carolina. And, Pizarro's brother's friend, Walden, who plays guitar, joined soon after.
By March 2009, Amely posted their first song on MySpace and officially became a band. Since then the band went on three national tours, released Hellow World, received a million plays on their MySpace page and were named one of Pure Volume's Top 20 unsigned bands. (They were soon signed by Fearless Records.) Yet, Amely came from the humble beginnings of Pizarro playing with his high school band, without ever taking music lessons. He tried singing at home and said was terrible for about a year and a half before he began taking voice lessons. The rest he says, "was history."
As the band's tour winds down to a close in Maine on December 19, 2010 -- the furthest North location from their sunny Florida home -- the band will play sold out dates down South. "We are going to close out the year with our five biggest shows," he said, "That will get us excited for the new year."
—Christa Fletcher
"After our winter tour we are going to hunker down in our friend's basement and write our next album. It will be the first time we write an entire album as a band," explained Pizarro. For his first album, On My Own Pizarro said, "I'd started wrting my own songs at home and I decided to go into the studio with my friend Nate, who plays the drums." Pizarro played all of the other instruments and decided, "it wasn't too bad. "It came out way better than we expected." They shared the album with friends online and soon began to pursue new members. Ridgen, who plays bass, traveled seven hours from North Carolina. And, Pizarro's brother's friend, Walden, who plays guitar, joined soon after.
By March 2009, Amely posted their first song on MySpace and officially became a band. Since then the band went on three national tours, released Hellow World, received a million plays on their MySpace page and were named one of Pure Volume's Top 20 unsigned bands. (They were soon signed by Fearless Records.) Yet, Amely came from the humble beginnings of Pizarro playing with his high school band, without ever taking music lessons. He tried singing at home and said was terrible for about a year and a half before he began taking voice lessons. The rest he says, "was history."
As the band's tour winds down to a close in Maine on December 19, 2010 -- the furthest North location from their sunny Florida home -- the band will play sold out dates down South. "We are going to close out the year with our five biggest shows," he said, "That will get us excited for the new year."
—Christa Fletcher
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