about the band, from www.scoldees.com
Paul Andersen, Entertainment Today, LA:
" Take four best friends, give them voices capable of bloodline-like four-part harmonies, the talent to write catchy hooks and melodies, and the will to take their music to the public on their own terms (adding a rather bent view of life and a propensity to laughter), and the result will be a band like the scoldees."
Ingredients:
Nancy Sirianni (lead vocal/guitar),
Jack Hoffmann (lead vocal/guitar),
John Collis (percussion/vocals) and
Ted Rydzewski (bass/vocals).
Producer John Michel often joins the band on drums and percussion. Their debut album, My Pathetic Life, received terrific reviews both in the press and on the web, accumulated over 15,000 downloads on various music websites, and six cuts from the CD received airplay across the country on Top 40, AAA and Adult Contemporary radio. Nightcap World is their latest CD, and it is currently getting airplay on over 270 stations nationwide, with "adds" in more than 225 radio markets. Their sound has been described as an organic fusion of rich harmonies, chunky guitars, fluid bass, with old (and some new) world percussion; an eclectic acoustic style that has been called everything from progressive to pop.
the scoldees’ credits include:
THE MOUNTAIN STAGE NEWSONG FESTIVAL 2003
THE KERRVILLE FOLK FESTIVAL 2002 & 2003
BETHLEHEM MUSIKFEST 2000 & 2001
WOODSTOCK ‘99 (The Emerging Artist Stage)
Reunion concerts in 1999 & 2000 at Yasgur‘s Farm, Bethel, NY
THE WHISKY A-GO-GO Hollywood, CA
THE BOTTOM LINE, NYC, opening spots in front of Nancy Wilson, John Sebastian, and Dan Hicks
The scoldees were once booked to open for Missing Persons, but Missing Persons didn't show. How funny is that. They also had a well received, albeit politically incorrect (Gary The Retard's Birthday Parody), performance on The Howard Stern Show on syndicated radio and on national television.
about the players
NANCY SIRIANNI
NANCY SIRIANNI is a singer and songwriter, producer of music, stage and comedy, as well as being an accomplished actor. She owns and operates independent record label OHR Records, distributed nationally in the USA, and Spinning Plates Productions, Inc., with offices and a fully automated recording studio on Long Island’s North Shore. She has been Executive Producer of the scoldees' three CDs, and is currently collaborating with several songwriters in Nashville, where she is represented by BME Music. Her acting credits include numerous stage productions Off and Off-Off Broadway, 8 independent films, a guest-starring role on the weekly series High Tide starring Rick Springfield, and featured roles on America's Most Wanted and most recently on NBC Television’s LAW & ORDER Criminal Intent. She is represented by Omnipop Talent Agency, NY and LA.
JACK HOFFMANN
They call him Jackie Spreadsheet. Jack is really a guru in Excel, Powerpoint, and Access data bases. He can draw a bit in pencil as well. As Jack says " I can make a nice hearty Squash soup as well. I'm a pretty good Father too. We'll I guess we'll see about that when the fruit leaves the tree. " Jack is also a part time comedian when he writes after a few beers.
JC - "MOOSE"
JC is the man that twangs the guitar. In JC's own words " I can play a decent rhythm guitar, smack interesting things in time, and devise a vocal harmony line to nearly anything. I also like to dig my hands into graphic design and layout. I like making things look pretty, basically....although, I haven't had much luck with my own appearance. I have an uncanny ability to spot inconsistencies, making me a good editor of a sort, I suppose. In my spare time when I am not saving the world I can suck down beer and STILL come off as a complete idiot. Last but not least, I have a good heart and an open ear, and most of my friends find it very comfortable sharing their problems with me."
You can keep an eye for JC's new talk show.
GLEN SAUNDERS
Glen Saunders manages pharmaceutical clients through implementations of online physician marketing programs. In the past he managed a technology dept and before that he was a programmer. And before that I was a bum I tell ya…a bum!
Today you can find Glen staggering around bars trying to pick up anything that looks like it is alive or advising the local bar staff on how you can live on beer.
ETHAN MEIXSELL
To quote Ethan in his own way about way.
Things I teach: Guitar, Bass Voice ,Music Theory, Engineering, A little piano (not too little...big hands)
Things I run: Small audio studio (M3 Music), Live Sound (on occasion), Produced records for Favoured Nations, and Progressive Arts record labels, as well as hundreds of unsigned acts
Things I run from: Bears, Mobile Pudding, Spatulae
As a musician I perform: Weddings, Funerals, Wedding/Funerals, Oratorios as Vocal Soloist, Studio Performances as Guitarist/Bassist/Keyboardist, Live shows with various artists (that's not the name of a group "The Various Artists") I was a music school dropout from Indiana University, Bloomington
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