Providence/Pawtucket, Rhode Island/Tampa, Florida – December 15, 2010 – Five Bees Records is pleased to announce the release of the MILLERZ fourth studio album “WRETCH.” The nine track album, which was recorded during the spring of 2010 in Providence and Pawtucket, Rhode Island, will be distributed to college radio stations throughout the United States.

Miles didn’t stop the members of MILLERZ who recently came together from across the east coast, to record their fourth collaborative album. Founding member JASON ROBERT MILLER, who now resides in Florida, met with drummer ALEX GARZONE, lead guitarist ERIK JEROMINEK, harmonist PAUL STETSON and bass player JUSTIN QUINN, in Providence where they finished writing then recorded their newest rock and blues based album.

In the spring of 2011, the MILLERZ plan to unite at a hunting cabin the mountains of Vermont for the recording of their fifth album.

WRETCH will be available for sale on-line at I-tunes and rhapsody. Songs from the album can be heard on The MILLERZ official My Space Page

Five Bees Records is an independent record label based out of Tampa, Florida representing music talents from Florida, Rhode Island and Illinois.

Providence/Pawtucket, Rhode Island/Tampa, Florida – September 1, 2010 – Five Bees Records is pleased to announce the release of PAUL STETSON’S debut album “STETSON.” The twelve track album, which was recorded over the last year in Providence and Pawtucket, Rhode Island, will be distributed to college radio stations throughout the United States.

Paul Stetson is a singer, songwriter and harmonica-player, who plays with the Providence based band MILLERZ. This is his first solo project and although the album features an array of Rhode Island based musicians, the vision for the record is strictly STETSON.

This album is the story of the open road as told by the raspy voiced narrator and his talented cast of musicians. You don’t just listen to this album; you got along for the ride.

STETSON is like parts of a highway. Some parts are rough, winding and unforgiving – as in Stetson’s gruff vocals that feel like spinning wheels along the pavement and his wailing harmonica that is the fire that fuels the engine. But other parts of the album are smooth, open and unadulterated. Like a hand free-floating out of an open window, classic, blues harmonies and lyrical laments naturalize an album full of traditional harp and guitar riffs.

STETSON is a wild country, soul and blues based ride which follows high and lows, includes traveling with the carnival (Carney Tales) andrunning from the repossession man (Lord Bless the Repo Man) before finding a way home (Call It Home). Listeners may not know Paul Stetson personally, but after listening to the STETSON, they will feel like they were in the passenger seat for most of his life’s wild ride.

STETSON will be available for sale on-line at I-tunes and Rhapsody and songs from the album can be heard on Paul Stetson’s official My Space Page

Five Bees Records is an independent record label based out of Tampa, Florida representing music talents from Florida, Rhode Island and Illinois.

The Biltmores (Chicago) vocalist Dan Baxter releases debut solo project “Finnegans Wake: Requiem”

Originally recorded 10 years ago, Baxter remasters his “labor of love” concept album for official release as his first solo project

Pittsburgh, PA (March 13, 2013) – Throughout the last 7 years, Dan Baxter has enjoyed great success with The Biltmores, a band he co-founded with Providence College classmates.  From Rhode Island to Chicago, New York to Boston, The Biltmores have developed a loyal fan following and have recorded 3 full length albums and an EP. Their music has been featured on major commercial outlets such as MTV, VH1, Comedy Central, PBS and NBC.  Two years ago, lead vocalist Dan Baxter moved to Pittsburgh, got married and has been predominantly working outside of music.

Recently, Baxter decided to unearth and release an album called Requiem he recorded in 2002 under the moniker Finnegans Wake.  Finnegans Wake’s Requiem, like its name sake – the James Joyce comedic fiction – may be a struggle for some listeners to listen to; “it’s a challenging listen, you may simultaneously love it and hate it,” Baxter says of Requiem. Baxter was inspired from reading the stream-of-conscious literary work of William Faulkner and James Joyce, saying that the challenge of the material made the “…epiphanies more profound.  You have to read the material slowly to make sense of it, which makes it more rewarding once you do.”  Using that approach, Baxter wanted to create a concept recording that told a story with a fractured narrative.  Baxter had attempted to write a concept album off and on for several years, so he had the musical structure in place before the lyrical content; “I always write the music first and just hum it out and come up with the lyrics later.”   Using a friend’s computer software to record and create the instrumentation, Baxter says the album was born as a result of “having a lot of time on my hands”  and “a lot going on” at this period of his life.  The record took 11 months to conceive, write, record and mix.  It took 10 years for the recording to be mastered.

The album is one that the listener needs to listen to closely in order to appreciate it; “you have to play it loud…you’re really not going to enjoy it if you don’t do that.” Track 3 – Kaleidoscope is one that Baxter is especially proud of. “I was able to do things I had never done before on the track and I’m proud of the melody, writing and recording.  Self-recording really opened up a lot of opportunities that I couldn’t accomplish within a traditional band construct”

Requiem may be the first solo project for Baxter but there is no denying the influence of his prior success. “Everything influences (an artist),” says Baxter.

As of today, the new 5 Bess’ Records website in under production.

This new site will be WordPress based and provide a new look and feel for all of our artists and fans.