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Liquid360
Since an early age,
Liquid360’s Bruce Donally enjoyed singing in the shower. It wasn’t until he
met Mitch Williams, though, that his professional music career began. The two
close friends met about 10 years ago in a local record store and, after
realizing that they shared the same passion for music-making, decided to form
a band.
What started out as a rock
band eventually evolved into what they are now: an electronic dance-music duo.
“What turned us off about being in a rock band were the people,” recalls
Donally. “They really tried to live up to the lifestyle. We also decided, why
not do what we love and enjoy the most – dance music.”
From that day on vocalist, DJ
and producer Donally and synthesizer programmer and engineer Williams have
been making a name for themselves by remixing popular artists such as Cher,
Tweet, the Black Eyed Peas, Pink and Mya. But it isn’t until now that the pair
decided to come out with an original, full-length CD, which promises to be a
success.
While their main focus now is
to write and create fully-original songs, their first two singles are covers
of two very popular ’80s songs. Erasure’s “Chains Of Love” and Depeche Mode’s
“Strange Love,” says Donally, “are our two favorite songs, so that’s why we
added them to our CD and made them our first singles.”
Donally, who relates the
current success to having made their first full-length music video for the
song “Chains Of Love,” said, “Now that our video is being played at clubs and
people have put a face to Liquid360, we have being seeing a lot more interest
in us, and for us to go and perform in different cities.” Tucson and Seattle
are two that may be in the near future.
Just back from Phoenix, where they performed at
Pride, Donally and Williams are looking forward to working on the San Diego
“gay-anthem circuit song,” called “We Are Free,” for which they are
considering several vocalists.
“We want someone who is easily
recognizable and who was a great voice,” Donally said.
With so many things going on for Liquid360, especially in the
gay community, straight Williams doesn’t seem to mind at all. For the last
four years, which they have devoted to creating dance music, gay clubs and
events are de jour. In fact, Donally is a regular DJ at Hillcrest clubs, such
as The Flame and Numbers, where he is known as Brucy Bruce.
What’s next for the team that
has stuck together through rock ’n’ roll? One thing is working on the video
for Liquid360’s first original dance song, “Shake Down,” which they have begun
filming in various club locations. “We have filmed inside a club in San
Francisco and we now have permission to film inside The Flame. We just want a
club-scene theme for the video,” Donally explains.
Another is finding the perfect vocalist for this year’s Pride
anthem song, and hopefully acquiring some more fans and success along the way.
Looks like Liquid360 is a band worth keeping an
eye on.
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