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To be on MTV soon!
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Other Voices gaining momentum
Other Voices Gaining Momentum conventions resulting in the videos airing on
On January 7, 1988, another Athens
based band gets its shot at national exposure.
MTV, Music Television, has chosen Other
Voices new video No One to Turn To as a
feature on the monthly Basement Tapes series.
The show features videos from six unsigned
bands and invites viewers to call in and vote for
their favorites. Monthly winners then
recompete in a finals program with a recording
contract as the grand prize, so, if you're home at
12:30 Thursday night, tune in and cast a vote
for new Athens music.
The video itself was taped as a final
project for a journalism class at UGAthis past
August. Directed by Anne Peterson, with
camera work by Lee Johnson, No One To Turn
To includes scenes shot around Athens and
studio performance of the song. Allan MacLeod
of the Journalism School taught the class
which included this production. Professor
MacLeod has since featured the video in
presentations at several T.V. and film
the northeastern New York cable station,
KARO/WARD, Inc.
The four members of Other Voices,
Eron Thomas, Michael Naylor, John Buckner,
and Roger Knowles are surprised and excited by
the attention No One To Turn To has earned.
When Anne asked us to help with her project,
said lead singer, Thomas, We figured it was a
fantastic opportunity... some thing we could
include in promo packages. Three weeks ago
Naylor pushed to send the clip to MTV. Bruce
Gillmer of Basement Tapes contacted the band
just before Christmas and confirmed the videos
airplay.
Other Voices can be seen live regularly
at the clubs in Athens and Atlanta. Their music
can be heard in Athens on WUOG, and in
Atlanta on WRAS. The band will also be
performing throughout the southeastern
United States. Other Voices new sound is
worth catching live, and of course, at 12:30
Thursday night, January 7th on MTV.