Nimbit Artists of the Mon, July 04

Nimbit Artists of the Month, July 2014 July 31,2014

Jen Foster:

To call Jen Foster a singer/songwriter and leave it at that would be doing one of Houston's finest a gross disservice. A complete solo artist in the truest sense of the term, Jen writes and performs her own award-winning music, runs her own record label, provides music for film and TV, and somehow manages to tour to packed houses and festivals all over the country. So far, she's shared the stage with Melissa Etheridge, Brandi Carlisle, Edwin McCain, and many more. Oh, and she's also on the Board of Directors for the Nashville Songwriter's Association International.

Jen's also a proud believer in music as a force for change, and is the architect behind songwriter series The Writer's Share, which brought together Richard Marx, Keb' Mo, Mike Reid, and Chuck Cannon to benefit the TJ Martell Foundation for Cancer, Leukemia, and AIDS. She followed up with the Christmas Time is Here video collaboration project and She4Marriage Equality.

A model Nimbit user as well, Jen's slinging no fewer than four full-length albums, 11 singles, and a veritable summer collection of fashionable Foster-branded wearables, including beanies, rings, tank tops, t-shirts, bracelets, and-in perhaps a Nimbit merch first-CUSTOM DOG TAGS!

Click here to visit Jen Foster's Nimbit profile and get her latest EP, You Stayed. Or dog tags.

Johnny A.:

Johnny A. is the torchbearer instrumental guitar rock needs in 2014. One doesn't have to listen too far into his discography to hear echoes of Duane Eddy and Link Wray alongside his intimidating blues chops-some admittedly big shoes to fill. But with a Blues Artist of the Year Award (2010) and a namesake signature guitar available from some company called Gibson, it's safe to say that Johnny A. is the right guy for the job.

His latest record, the appropriately-titled Driven, might just be the perfect soundtrack for a road trip through the American desert southwest. A solo album in the truest sense, Johnny played all the instruments himself, produced, and mixed! His gritty tones are suitably mixed front-and-center, of course, dialed in with just the right amount of gut and reverb to evoke both danger and beauty in equal measure. Throughout the record, his guitars are balanced with a tastefully diverse array of percussion and horns. And hell, a little pedal steel never hurt anybody.

Johnny's got one of the slicker Nimbit store designs we've featured of late, opting for a more jukeboxy vertical layout instead of the more typical horizontal scroll, wrapped in a palette evocative of Driven s cover art. In it, you'll find no less than five full-length recordings, a handful of singles (including some yuletide classics) T-shirts, autographed posters, and more.

Click here to visit Johnny A's Nimbit profile and get his latest record, Driven.

dUg Pinnick:

While dUg Pinnick is probably best known for his long-running (fifteen-album) streak with legendary American hard rock/progressive metal band King's X, he's also knocked out four solo records and numerous side projects during his sonic career. Equally accomplished as both a bassist and vocalist, dUg's unmistakeable style explores the arresting contrast of his gospel-like voice soaring over the heaviest bass tones around.

The result is an incredibly satisfying contradiction, at least somewhat comparable to salted caramel. Sounds kinda weird on first mention, but then you had some kettle corn one day, and there's really no going back, is there?Confectionary metaphor aside, what I'm getting at here is that words don't really do justice to the man or his art. It's better to just click the link below and give the Pinnick sound a taste for yourself.dUg's latest solo effort, Naked, is available on his Nimbit store alongside some of his more recent singles. Click here to visit dUg Pinnick's Nimbit profile.

And when you're done with that, check out how King's X has been taking advantage of the StudioLive mixers in this blog post right over here.

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Thisbe Vos:

Jazz vocalist/songwriter Thisbe Vos landed in Los Angeles in 2008, following a whirlwind musical career in her native Netherlands that began when she was a mere 17 years of age. L.A. brought Thisbe access to a broader array of jazz musicians suitable to her creative vision, and by 2011 she had assembled a solid band and released Sophistication, a wonderfully restrained slab of old-school cool that adroitly draws from the past without spiraling headlong into nostalgia. Vintage audio quality of yesteryear is notably, wisely absent, and in its place we find a contemporary sheen that does Thisbe's voice justice.

A true believer in fan engagement, her 2013 full-length Under Your Spell is a fan-funded endeavor that sees a more broadly diversified array of instrumentation backing her velvet voice. Worth noting is that said instrumentation is both performed and mixed with great discipline, and never distracts from the real star of the show here-voice. While a bigger band is a welcome and natural progression for a sophomore effort, fact is Thisbe's voice could confidently carry a record a cappella, if asked.

While her namesake dot com name-drops Fitzgerald more than once, one would be remiss to single out Ella as Thisbe's sole influence-this writer hears a healthy dose of Julie London in there somewhere-an observation I trust Thisbe would be comfortable with.

Nimbit is the best integrated services platform for musicians that I have found. Having your emails, webstore, promo widgets and fulfillment all working together is invaluable. It is also very reasonably priced, Thisbe says.

Thisbe's Nimbit profile keeps things classy and to the point. You can get

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