Bits and Parts by I-94

Above artists such as Rob Thomas, Maroon 5, Coldplay, Collective Soul, Nickelback, Three Doors Down, Fall Out boy and lifehouse. i-94 followed “Don’t Get Nervous” with an acoustic cd, “Acoustic Sessions” released in summer 2006, also available on Cdbaby.com and iTunes. They followed that with a third album "CONTROL". The single "Somewhere else" from that album was in the top ten songs of the international song writing competition, above hundreds of thousands of song entries. It was also nominated for this years LA music awards,"best group with vocal".

Hollywood has taken notice. The foursome’s songwriting has caught the attention of many Music Supervisors. Among the movies and TV series that have featured the songs of i-94 are, “Men In Tress” (ABC), MTV’s “Laguna Beach”, “The Hills”, “Road Rules” and “Road Rules Challenge” (the band is now featured on MTV.com), A & E’s “Roller Girls”, National Lampoon’s “Half Baked”, ABC’s “Cutting Edge 2”, TLC’s “LA Riding Club”, Showtime’s “Reversal Of Fortune”, “Smallville,” “Six Feet Under,” “Without A Trace”,” “Crossing Jordan,” Major movies and Lifetime TV movies.

While the band is thankful to have the support of Hollywood and to see their music on the big and little screen so much, they also love to see fans discover i-94 in their natural habitat: on stage.

On their new record, "Bits and Parts", i-94 reveals the full range of their musical dynamic from the fragile, intimate songs, “Hold Me Now” and "Mindless song" to the catchy sass of “These Days” and crunching, energetic rockers like "When she comes round",“Dont Fade Me Out” and “Know My Name”. With tracks such as “The Sun Will Rise Again”, "Too low" and “Alone Again” the band serve up powerful anthems with epic style. Yet, they also show a more mellow side to their music as displayed in the songs "Losing You” and the hooky arpeggio piano of “Bits and Parts”. These songs have an addictive quality that is further amplified by well annunciated lyrics delivered by Arnell. His velvety, smooth voice sooths the ear, while he adjusts his it slightly to add a bit of grit and kicks it up for higher register crooning.

From being multi instrumentalists with Danny, Matt and Angelo creating and playing string and keyboard parts, to the engineering, production and mixing skills of Arnell to creating the artwork it was completely self contained. They recorded an finished this record for absolutely no money, using no studio outboard gear,(well. just a Focusrite mic pre) and plug ins on Pro Tools MAC OS 9 and 10. “This album shows that all you need is a vision and pair of ears”, laughs Arnell.

i-94 formed in 2002 when band mates Mark and Danny (formally of Bottlefly and signed to Universal)

brought in bassist Angelo, and once they hooked up with guitarist Matt, who was a friend from the U.K., the current line-up of I-94 was born. Despite the fact the band are modern road warriors, having played around the world, the name i-94 doesn’t have a thing to do with the interstate highway. “It’s the immigration/visa waiver form you have to fill out to get into the U.S. as a non-resident. It’s called an I-94.” Check out their other albums: "Dont Get Nervous", "Acoustic Sessions" and "Control", all available from cdbaby and Itunes.

For more information check out www.i94music.com and www.myspace.com/i94

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