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| Members:
Darren McClure, Zach Friend, Julian White, Ben Edwards, Dave Price |
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| Total Plays: 5288 |
| Total Downloads: 1857 |
| Total Streams: 3431 |
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| Influences:
Jackson Browne, Tom Petty, Counting Crows |
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 Blueprint is one of the most captivating and upcoming artists in the music industry for one very simple reason: their reflections of life, introspective lyrics and powerful pop melodies combine to make them instantly identifiable. They are a band whose music immediately attracts and captures your attention while building a relationship with the listener.
While sometimes compared to artists such as the Counting Crows and Matchbox Twenty, such a comparison would be too simplistic. Blueprint has established themselves as a band that combines elements of expression not often found in the mold of modern rock music. Fusing together a new form of complex simplicity they forge personal connections with their unique ability to embrace the intricacies of life through melodic tapestry. Using this framework, Blueprint blends a range of eclectic influences to create a distinctive style of their own.
From Robert Johnson and Miles Davis, they draw a sense of rhythmatic patterns and melodic structure. From Tom Petty to Jackson Browne and understanding of acoustic-based rock and melody. The music of acoustic pioneers Simon and Garfunkle to Joni Mitchell combine with elements of hair bands such as Warrant and Skid Row to create the harmonies and large choruses of Blueprint’s songs. They incorporate all aspects of life in an album that reads like a revealing autobiography.
From Blueprint’s debut album, Maybe Wednesday, songs such as Ten Years tell Darren’s story of a relationship’s coming-of-age and the hardships it produces. A similar theme is expressed in the song California, where themes of
a broken relationship and the exorbitant costs of living in California are explored. The two songs follow the story of Step Away, where the uncertainties of change, both in relationships and location, are discovered. Blueprint’s
next two albums, One Way Out and Wilderness of Mirrors continue on life’s themes. The song Crossing Nine, off of One Way Out, tells the true story of friend’s suicide and everything he left behind. From their most recent release, Wilderness of Mirrors, the song Siren tells the story of having only one person to turn to in a time of need.
Blueprint is a decisive departure from the mundane. They are in a realm of artists who can take something complicated and make it seem simple while still presenting it in a compelling manner. Their songs have been featured in movie soundtracks, won numerous national songwriting awards, received airplay on stations in the U.S.A., Europe, Canada and the Philippines and won accolades in reader’s polls in their hometown in each of the last three years. Guitarist Zach Friend believes Blueprint provides a direct connection with their audience not found in a lot of modern music. This direct connection might just be through their music’s sonic narrative of life, love and regret.
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| Blueprint Upcoming Schedule |
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| Posted by: blueprint |
Posted: 08 Apr 2006 08:36 AM |
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4.19.06 Coastline Brewery (Santa Cruz)
6.02.06 Claire De Lune (with Carlos Olmeda) -San Diego
6.04.06 San Diego Rock and Roll Marathon
6.10.06 with Carlos Olmeda (TBA) Santa Cruz
6.25.06 KKUP FM Cupertino
7.02.06 KPIG 107.5 FM Please Stand By Radio Show! (Santa Cruz)
7.06.06 KSCO 1160 Radio Santa Cruz (Morning Show)
7.07.06 Don Quixote's (Felton)
7.15.06 Relay for Life Benefit/Cabrillo College
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| Blueprint Upcoming Schedule |
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| Posted by: blueprint |
Posted: 08 Apr 2006 08:36 AM |
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4.19.06 Coastline Brewery (Santa Cruz)
6.02.06 Claire De Lune (with Carlos Olmeda) -San Diego
6.04.06 San Diego Rock and Roll Marathon
6.10.06 with Carlos Olmeda (TBA) Santa Cruz
6.25.06 KKUP FM Cupertino
7.02.06 KPIG 107.5 FM Please Stand By Radio Show! (Santa Cruz)
7.06.06 KSCO 1160 Radio Santa Cruz (Morning Show)
7.07.06 Don Quixote's (Felton)
7.15.06 Relay for Life Benefit/Cabrillo College
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| Blueprint Upcoming Schedule |
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| Posted by: blueprint |
Posted: 08 Apr 2006 08:36 AM |
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4.19.06 Coastline Brewery (Santa Cruz)
6.02.06 Claire De Lune (with Carlos Olmeda) -San Diego
6.04.06 San Diego Rock and Roll Marathon
6.10.06 with Carlos Olmeda (TBA) Santa Cruz
6.25.06 KKUP FM Cupertino
7.02.06 KPIG 107.5 FM Please Stand By Radio Show! (Santa Cruz)
7.06.06 KSCO 1160 Radio Santa Cruz (Morning Show)
7.07.06 Don Quixote's (Felton)
7.15.06 Relay for Life Benefit/Cabrillo College
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| Blueprint Wins 2006 Santa Cruz Metro Goldie Awards! |
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| Posted by: blueprint |
Posted: 31 Mar 2005 08:51 AM |
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For the fifth straight year, your votes selected us for the Metro Goldie award for Band of the Year! We also won musician of the year! Thank you for your continued support!
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| Blueprint Wins 2006 Santa Cruz Metro Goldie Awards! |
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| Posted by: blueprint |
Posted: 31 Mar 2005 08:51 AM |
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For the fifth straight year, your votes selected us for the Metro Goldie award for Band of the Year! We also won musician of the year! Thank you for your continued support!
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| Blueprint Wins 2006 Santa Cruz Metro Goldie Awards! |
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| Posted by: blueprint |
Posted: 31 Mar 2005 08:51 AM |
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For the fifth straight year, your votes selected us for the Metro Goldie award for Band of the Year! We also won musician of the year! Thank you for your continued support!
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| Blueprint Selected as Semi-Finalists in the Independent Music World Series |
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| Posted by: blueprint |
Posted: 11 Jan 2005 06:16 AM |
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We were selected as semi-finalists out of over 2000 bands in the Independent Music World Series. If we are finalists we will play a showcase concert in February in San Francisco in front of
Billboard Magazine, MTV, Universal Records, Epic Records, Atlantic Records, LAVA Records, Columbia Records, Capitol Records, EMI Publishing, Warner Bros., ASCAP, BMI. Semi-finalists were chosen by A&R reps from some of these labels.
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| Blueprint Selected as Semi-Finalists in the Independent Music World Series |
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| Posted by: blueprint |
Posted: 11 Jan 2005 06:16 AM |
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We were selected as semi-finalists out of over 2000 bands in the Independent Music World Series. If we are finalists we will play a showcase concert in February in San Francisco in front of
Billboard Magazine, MTV, Universal Records, Epic Records, Atlantic Records, LAVA Records, Columbia Records, Capitol Records, EMI Publishing, Warner Bros., ASCAP, BMI. Semi-finalists were chosen by A&R reps from some of these labels.
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| Blueprint Selected as Semi-Finalists in the Independent Music World Series |
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| Posted by: blueprint |
Posted: 11 Jan 2005 06:16 AM |
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We were selected as semi-finalists out of over 2000 bands in the Independent Music World Series. If we are finalists we will play a showcase concert in February in San Francisco in front of
Billboard Magazine, MTV, Universal Records, Epic Records, Atlantic Records, LAVA Records, Columbia Records, Capitol Records, EMI Publishing, Warner Bros., ASCAP, BMI. Semi-finalists were chosen by A&R reps from some of these labels.
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| Blueprint Merchandise Now Available! |
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| Posted by: blueprint |
Posted: 17 Dec 2004 09:58 AM |
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We have added Blueprint merchandise to this site - please click on the merchandise tab to purchase Blueprint t-shirts and Blueprint music!
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| Blueprint Merchandise Now Available! |
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| Posted by: blueprint |
Posted: 17 Dec 2004 09:58 AM |
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We have added Blueprint merchandise to this site - please click on the merchandise tab to purchase Blueprint t-shirts and Blueprint music!
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| Blueprint Merchandise Now Available! |
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| Posted by: blueprint |
Posted: 17 Dec 2004 09:58 AM |
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We have added Blueprint merchandise to this site - please click on the merchandise tab to purchase Blueprint t-shirts and Blueprint music!
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| Compilation CD Now Featured in San Francisco! |
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| Posted by: blueprint |
Posted: 19 May 2004 06:30 PM |
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Our song Ten Years is featured on a compilation cd now sold at Warehouse stores in San Francisco. Look for the Make a Star compilation cd at wharehouse stores in the Bay Area!
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| Compilation CD Now Featured in San Francisco! |
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| Posted by: blueprint |
Posted: 19 May 2004 06:30 PM |
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Our song Ten Years is featured on a compilation cd now sold at Warehouse stores in San Francisco. Look for the Make a Star compilation cd at wharehouse stores in the Bay Area!
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| Compilation CD Now Featured in San Francisco! |
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| Posted by: blueprint |
Posted: 19 May 2004 06:30 PM |
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Our song Ten Years is featured on a compilation cd now sold at Warehouse stores in San Francisco. Look for the Make a Star compilation cd at wharehouse stores in the Bay Area!
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