By Morgan James
The Hive Minds are on fire as they gear up for the release of their album Really Don’t Mind the Waiting on June 10th at La Quinta Brewing Co. The band impressed as they played live for the Presidential Campaign Rally in Cathedral City on Wednesday, whereby Senator Bernie Sanders spoke to a sizeable crowd and publicly thanked the band. The Hive Minds received a new level of recognition as the rally was covered by most local and national television news stations, online media, and printed press. Band members Derek Jordan Gregg, Sean Poe, and Matt Styler, plan to keep the heat cranked up while they play the new album in its entirety, live at the public album release party next week. I spoke with all three Hive Minds about the past week’s events and how this experience will ignite the upcoming album release.
Derek Jordan Gregg: “The Bernie Sanders rally was one of the best days of my life. The universe reminded me that the 12 years that I’ve dedicated to my craft have been for something. This is a major milestone for us and it’s so cool seeing what a group of like-minded individuals can do when they come together. We are all so powerful. I can still hear the roar of the crowd as we came up to the stage. There is nothing like it. I want more. This album release on Friday June 10th is literally all I think about lately. I am so proud of the work we did in the studio with Ronnie King and I love these songs as if they are my children… and now we share them with the world. I think people are excited about it. We’re stoked that our buddies at the LQ Brewing Company are gonna let us throw our party there. Thanks Mychal! Thanks also to our manager, Morgan James and to the man himself, Mr. Ronnie King for all of the support and work on the album. Also, to all the local musicians who push us to be the best versions of ourselves, every single person who enjoys what we do. We also have had such an amazing amount of support from radio stations playing our music at KCOD and KDHS, articles in CV Weekly, CV Independent, and The Desert Sun, and venues who hire us to paint the stage. Moving forward we wanna get this album into the hands of people that can really get it going for us, then ultimately, we wanna tour for an ocean of people who are all singing the words. For me that’s the dream.”
Sean Poe: “Playing for the Bernie Sanders rally was amazing! It was absolutely the coolest show we’ve ever played. There were so many people in the crowd and it was amazing to see how receptive the people were to our music. It really gives validation to the song writing and the hard work that we’ve put in. It is so amazing to have a payoff for everything we have worked toward up until now. Our album will finally be released next week and we are beyond stoked to get it directly into people’s hands. Really Don’t Mind the Waiting has been in production since late last year so we’ve been sitting with the songs for what seems like forever and it’s been a killer having to wait to show everybody, but we didn’t want anything released until it was up to the best level it could be. A lot of people have been a huge help for the release party, donating time and gear to help make this event amazing. I am really thankful for our manager Morgan who has really helped get the ball rolling and introduced us to Ronnie King who is a huge supporter of local music. Ronnie helped us make an amazing record and he is always pushing us to be better and hooking up gigs like this Bernie Sanders rally through Jon Phillips from Silverback Management! Big ups to them for throwing us to a whole new level. Also thanks to our video director Robert Sandoval and sound technician Alvaro Sandoval.”
Matt Styler: “Playing at the Bernie Sanders rally was one of the best experiences of my life. It was amazing to have the opportunity to play for thousands of people. I felt very lucky to have a chance to meet Senator Sanders and get a picture with him. I will remember this experience for my whole life. The positive feedback from the event is very exciting! It always feels good to hear that people are appreciating all of the effort that goes into creating music. I am hoping that this new album enables us to share our music with more people, especially new listeners outside of the community. We are working with La Quinta Brewing Company to make this album release party a very special event. Big thanks to Ronnie King and Hybrid Studios for the work that they put into our album. I’m hoping that more large shows are in The Hive Minds’ future. I love performing for a crowd.”
Don’t miss out on The Hive Minds album release party: Friday, June 10th at 7pm-10pm
La Quinta Brewing Co. 77917 Wildcat Drive, Palm Desert, CA 92211
Catering by Dickey’s BBQ * ALL AGES
Really Don’t Mind the Waiting $10
Don’t forget to get your CD autographed!!!
