Redding Brothers
Music open houseTriple talent: Explore the Redding Brothers
These days, Redding is a Northwest-based band composed of three brothers who perform all-original alternative rock. But in 1996, they were just a few guys without much of a plan. That is, until a few friends dared them to write a song. The brothers wrote three. Then they wrote three more. In fact, they never stopped. Drawing on their diverse life experiences, their nationwide travels and their odd sense of humor, the Redding Brothers managed to write an average of three songs per day for years. Their music has proven to be simultaneously serious, ironic and catchy. And although they classify their music as alternative, their songs also draw inspiration from both folk and punk influences.
The three Redding Brothers are Micah, Siah and Gabriel. Micah plays acoustic and electric guitar and writes most of the more rock-influenced songs. Siah plays bass and keyboard and adds a folk sound on occasion. Gabriel is the drummer and writes punk and emo-influenced songs. They all stand in as lead singer, depending on the song.
Over the years, each of the Reddings have been involved in many different musical activities. They have traveled with choruses, performed in talent shows and coffee shops, and played at graduation parties and birthdays. They even spent several years traveling and performing with a group in which Gabriel was able to wow audiences with his original style of beat boxing. But until they started doing their own thing, it just didn’t feel right.
When Micah graduated from college in May, the brothers took time off from performing to record a demo/sample CD in the studio they had set up to the ceiling, and propped Micah’s mattress up as a sound barrier. The resulting CD, “Rough Draft,” has five tracks, a sampling of each of the brothers’ songs. They are selling it in person and online at their Web site. Since the completion of the CD, Redding has begun aggressively pursuing venues. They have performed in local coffee shops, self-organized underground concerts and the Everett SausageFest, a yearly event which draws more than 25,000 people. They have been interviewed in newspapers such as the Marysville Globe and the Arlington Times.
The Reddings plan to become well known in the local music community, branching out to do concerts across Washington. They are also pursuing and aggressive Internet marketing campaign and hope to eventually leverage themselves into a national market.
For more information, check them out at www.reddingbrothers.com.