Zach Gospe

DJs Pope and Marla from San Francisco Bay Area radio station KEZR Mix 106.5 featured Zach and Riley's Kickstarter story twice this morning on their "Tell Us Something Good" segment. They also played a bit of the title track from Zach's EP New Horizons - "Whatever Happens!" Listen to the audio segment.

We are thrilled to announce that Zach Gospe’s EP, New Horizons, has won a bronze medal in the pop category from the Global Music Awards. The EP features six of Zach’s original songs, including "Whatever Happens" which was nominated for best pop song by the Hollywood Music in Media Awards. The EP was was released by Honey Spun Records on July 8, 2014. It was recorded by Anthony Brodeur at Through the Air Studios, Hollywood, CA; mixed and mastered by Brian Scheuble, and produced by Mark Mazzetti of Record Company In A Box. New Horizons is available on iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, and CD Baby.

On Friday, July 25, 2014, over 60 people packed the bar and lounge at the Crowne Plaza Cabana Hotel in Palo Alto, CA to celebrate the release of Zach Gospe’s EP - New Horizons. Zach performed songs from the EP including "Don’t Fall in Love with Me," "Can’t Figure You Out," "Isabelle" and the title track, "Whatever Happens," which has been nominated for best pop song from the Hollywood Music in Media Awards.

Singer Allie Nguyen joined Zach to perform "The State I’m In", "The Girl with the Yellow Dress" and one of Zach’s newest compositions, "Night Light".

We are excited to announce that Zach Gospe’s six song EP “New Horizons” is now available on Soundcloud, iTunes, Spotify, CD Baby and Amazon. The title track, Whatever Happens, has already been nominated by Hollywood Music in Media for best pop song.

Hello All,

It’s been quite an exciting past week and a half! It was a week of many firsts–first radio spin for Zach, first award nomination, and first time holding a physical copy of the New Horizons EP.

Monday of last week two of Zach’s new songs, "Whatever Happens" and "Alleyways," were played on Berkeley’s radio station KALX. This is (hopefully) just the beginning–we'll be reaching out to all our local radio stations over the next few weeks in hopes of receiving more airplay for the EP.

Last Friday we received word that "Whatever Happens" received a nomination for Best Pop Song for the Hollywood Music in Media Awards (HMMAs). The HMMA board nominates songs each month for the different categories and then votes on a single winner for each category at the end of the year. 

Finally, yesterday the physical CDs of New Horizons arrived.

We cannot believe that after over eight months of working on this project we finally have the physical CDs for the EP. Thank you all for your unending support. This all began with you guys...the people who believed in us and were willing to help us make it happen. 

Cheers, 

Zach and Riley

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Exciting news! The upcoming EP now has an official title: New Horizons. Here is the track listing of the six songs on the EP:

New Horizons

1) Whatever Happens

2) Can't Figure You Out

3) Isabelle

4) Staring at the Sun

5) Alleyways

6) Don't Fall in Love with Me

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All of the songs on New Horizons have been mixed/mastered and are ready to go! The only thing that's left is finishing the album artwork.

Saturday afternoon we did the photo shoot for the album cover and we anticipate the artwork will be done sometime within the next few weeks. We're aiming to release the album sometime at the end of June.

We'll be posting a track from the EP for streaming sometime in the next few weeks. Stay tuned.

Cheers,

Riley here–I’m bringing you another update live from L.A.! 

I can’t believe that we’ve already been in the studio for seven days now. Tuesday Zach finished recording all the different guitar layers and since then he’s been mostly recording vocals. 

Recording vocals means editing vocals, which is quite an interesting operation. As part of the vocal editing process, our sound engineer, Anthony, has to go through and listen to each line on repeat. It’s proven to be quite grueling yet entertaining. It’s grueling, because well, when you sit there and listen to the same line again and again and again twenty times it starts to get kind of annoying. At the same time, however, it’s sometimes entertaining because as you listen to the lines on repeat, they meld together and take on a different meanings, often humorous. Right below I've typed up a few interesting line developments we've seen.

“You left your bracelet on my bedside table” turned into “you left your braces on my bedside table” (which is really strange when you think about it); “And I don’t know why” turned into “And I don’t know Hawaii” (Zach actually knows Hawaii pretty well, he’s been there a few times); “sound cause I” turned into “owned a Cuzza” (we decided Zach was referring to his 1976 Honda Cuzza that he used to drive back in the day); and lastly–my favorite–“No, I don’t know if I’m right, but baby I’m trying” took a very interesting turn and became “Noah–I don’t know if I’m Riley, but baby I’m trying.”  

I’ve been enjoying hanging around the studio throughout the recording process. Even though I lack any musical talent–and don’t understand probably half the phrases Mark, Anthony, and Zach throw around–it’s exciting to watch everything come together. I’ve always known Zach’s songs just as acoustic songs and it’s really cool to see them develop and turn into fully arranged compositions with bass, piano, drums, and additional guitar parts. At this point, we’ve recorded all the core parts to each song and I gotta say, I can’t wait to share these songs with the world :) 

We're heading home in just two days. Tomorrow and Sunday we’ll be editing and adding in minor parts to the songs and then we’ll be driving back Sunday evening. It's crazy to think our time in L.A. is almost over. 

Below I've included a few more photos from inside the studio. Thanks for tuning in! 

Cheers, 

Riley

Our high-tech solution for filling the sound hole in the top of Zach's guitar: a stuffed hedgehog!

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Zach in the recording booth

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A photo from the perspective of Beela, the studio puppy :)

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The crew taking a listen to one of the tracks

We just posted the photos from our recent photo shoot with the wonderfully talented Nicole Falsetti! You can check them out below :)

www.zachgospe.com/photos

Riley here–I’m bringing you this update live from inside the studio! It’s been an exciting past few days. We arrived late Friday afternoon, ate some delicious Thai food for dinner, and then went to bed early to get ready for a big week of recording. 

We're making good progress so far. Saturday Zach laid down rough vocals for all six songs (so he could have something to play along with when recording the guitar parts) and then tested the different guitars to figure out which one to use for each song. Yesterday and today Zach spent all day recording most of the acoustic and electric guitar parts for the six songs we've picked out for the album.  

We could not have asked for a better setup–our studio and team are awesome. The studio is this cool little place in Hollywood. It’s casual and comfy but at the same time, we’re getting to use top-of-the-line recording equipment. Mark Mazzetti, our producer, has been fantastic with building the arrangements, leading the process, and carrying out our vision for the record. Anthony Brodeur, our sound engineer, has been brilliant with capturing Zach’s songs in their best forms and has also been instrumental with helping create and develop the various musical parts for the songs. 

Below I’ve included some photos from our adventure so far. Thanks for tuning in and I'll be posting more updates later this week!

Zach working on a guitar part with Mark and Anthony.

Zach in the sound booth.

Day #3 in the studio–Matching Sock Monday!