NEWS


We are expanding the CORD Street Team with bright, self-motivated individuals who want to help us spread the word about CORD, learn about grassroots marketing and how the music business operates in "the field." It's good experience for your resume and for life.

If you'd like to be a part of the CORD Street Team, please fill out the form at www.cordmusic.com
Just click on the street team link amd tell us a little about yourself.

ABOUT CORD

In a world where music is accepted as a means of emotional control, there will be many artists who stand out as leaders of their particular cause. While many tend to lean more towards betrayal or misfortune to get their point across, few tend to share the fact that they ride a fence of belief in spirituality and love in a true form. Few possess the desire to question what is real in their own heart and soul before they lead the listener down their own path of conviction.

Enter a songwriter on the verge of finding himself a band on the verge of finding its cause in an industry on the verge of losing its soul.

When you hear a front-man like Cord Carpenter sing of his trials and tribulations you cant help but recognize each emotion that aided to the songwriting. The music was created as a form of release of emotional control, but is received by his fans as emotional support. While each song can vary from the most positive of feeling to the most delicate, you cant help but take away something thought provoking, honest and pure.

Carpenters musical journey started out in a small college town in central Texas. A desire to take his songwriting to the stage put him in the midst of musicians who were drawn to the sound and to the message. Soon after, Cord the musician became CORD the band. While Carpenters southern-influenced songwriting is often compared to the likes of Jakob Dylan (Wallflowers), Chris Martin (Coldplay), and Dave Groll (Foo Fighters), his inspirations span the gamut from Jackson Browne to Neil Young, The Who to Iain Anderson, and Bruce Hornsby to Johnny Cash. CORD surrounds this songwriting with the rhythm sections smooth but intense low-end flow of bassist Todd Meador and drummer Johnny Villarreal. The sultry experimental guitar of Robert Garcia tops off the sound with just enough flavor to help guide the listener back to Carpenters yearning vocals.

In 2005, after years of establishing themselves with multiple EPs, CORD released their first full-length album Who You Know to a sold out crowd at the world famous Stubbs in Austin, Texas. With radio play hits like Make It and This Time pushing the release, CORD toured the south extensively, gaining friends, fans and industry respect. Dubbed one of the top 5 homegrown rock bands of Austin by 101X KROX, CORD have put themselves on the Texas Rock-n-Roll map. CORDs sound and message reached the eyes and ears of Daniel Duerr, president of Emerald City Entertainment Group in Santa Cruz, California. In early 2006, CORD took giant steps in their musical career by signing on to the Emerald City roster. With a new album in the works and a 3-month summer tour being set, CORD looks to make 2006 the year that will launch them to worldwide recognition.