Session Photo April 20 Pacific Beat

Here's an end of session photo taken at Pacific Beat Recording Studio on April 20.
L-R Alicia Previn, Mark DeCerbo, Bart Mendoza, Scott Mathiasen, Alan Sanderson and Billy Tisch. Greg Smith not pictured. Photo by Sandra Castillo.

 

New Spotlights: Peter Sprague, Burt Brion, Fred Benedetti, Motley 2, Supercool and more!

Bart Mendoza's latest for the Beach and Bay Press / La Jolla Village News includes spotlights on Peter Sprague Plays The Beatles at the La Jolla Community Center, Motley 2 at the 710 Beach Club, Allison Adams Tucker at Tio Leo's, Acoustic Evening's at the Athenaeum with Fred Benedetti, Trails and Rails + MohaviSoul, Burt Brion at Humphreys Backstage Live, and Supercool! at the the Wu Tsai QRT.yrd
Read here: sdnews.com/live-from-san-diego-music-performances-on-the-coast-this-week-22

Pacific Records at the 2023 San Diego Music Awards

Four artists from the Pacific Records artists roster were honored at the 32nd annual San Diego Music Awards, including Bart Mendoza, The Tourmaliners, Sandollar and Jonny Tarr!

Bart Mendoza receives Industry Achievement Award!

On April 25 Bart Mendoza received the Industry Achievement Award at the 32nd Annual San Diego Music Awards.

Fox 5 TV / SDMA's

Bart Mendoza was a guest on Fox 5-TV on the morning of April 25, discussing the San Diego Music Awards with Shally Zomorodi and a musical performance from Shane Hall.

San Diego Music Awards Preview! Joshua Taylor, Jonny Tarr, Tamar Berk, Taz Taylor and Dakota Ringer

Bart Mendoza's latest for all Local Umbrella Media newspapers is a San Diego Music Awards feature, with words from Joshua Taylor (pictured with Sandi King) of the King Taylor Project, Jonny Tarr, Tamar Berk, Dakota Ringer of The Naked I and Taz Taylor. Free copies are available of the latest issue at Rock and Roll San Diego's front counter! The San Diego Music Awards take place on April 25 at Humphrey's Concerts by the Bay.
Read here: www.issuu.com/printandmailexperts/docs/bay_park_april_2023_lite/16

True Stories Recording with Grammy Winning Producer Alan Sanderson!

True Stories spent the evening of April 20 recording with producer Alan Sanderson! The track "She's Magic," a co-write with singer Lori Wilson of the Electric Underground, was completed, with the exception of a pending keyboard overdub from David Fleminger. The song joins over a dozen tracks currently being considered for an EP to be released this fall.

True Stories

“She’s Magic”
(Mendoza / Wilson) Original Tangent BMI

April 20, 2023 / 6:45 – 9:30 p.m.
Pacific Beat Recording Studio

 

Produced / Engineered by Alan Sanderson

 

Bart Mendoza – vocals, acoustic guitar
David Fleminger - keyboards
Greg Smith – drums, backing vocals
Scott Mathiasen – bass, backing vocals
Alicia Previn – violin, tambourine, backing vocals
Mark DeCerbo – electric guitar, percussion, backing vocals
Billy Tisch – flute

additional backing vocals: Sandra Castillo

L-R Scott Mathiasen, Alicia Previn, Alan Sanderson, Bart Mendoza, Billy Tisch 

Photo by Sandra Castillo

San Diego Music Awards Bart Mendoza Fox 5 TV April 25

On April 25 Bart Mendoza will represent the San Diego Music Awards on San Diego's Fox 5 Morning show, with nominee Shane Hall performing, in the 9 a.m. hour.
Watch here: www.fox5sandiego.com/on-air/live-streaming

Concert Spotlights & New Releases: Gator by the Bay, Adams Avenue Unplugged, Opera 4 Kids, Patrick Yandall, Seawall Prophet and more!

Bart Mendoza's latest for all Local Umbrella Media newspapers includes concert spotlights on Gator By The Bay, Earth Day Fest at Humphreys Backstage Live with Donna Larsen and Messengers, Anthony Cullins etc, Opera4Kids with Victoria Robertson at Balboa Park's Spreckel's Organ Pavillion, Adams Avenue Unplugged with Dave Alvin, and Acoustic Evenings at the Athenaeum with Fred Benedetti and MohaviSoul + New Release News with Seawall Prophet, Be Reilly, Patrick Yandall and many more.
Read Here: https://bay_park_april_2023_Top 5+New Releases/18

San Diego Music Awards Showcase Week and Guitars In Schools Program!

Bart Mendoza's latest for all Local Umbrella Media newspapers, includes features on the San Diego Music Awards Guitars in Schools Program and the SDMA Showcase Week, with words from Deven Berryhill of The Tourmaliners, Sppike Mike Muellenberg of the Spice Pistols, Taryn Donath, Thea Tochihara, Ashley E Norton of Lady Psychiatrist's Booth and Dakota Ringer of the Naked I, with Audrey Callahan and Kimmi Bitter pictured.
Read Here: www.issuu.com/april_2023_SDMA-Showcase Week/17

New Concert Spotlights: San Diego Music Awards, Holly Hoffman & Rob Thorsen, Earth Day Festival etc

Bart Mendoza's latest for the Beach and Bay Press / La Jolla Village News includes spotlights on the San Diego Music Awards at Humphrey's Concerts by the Bay (Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Mike Keneally pictured), Holly Hoffman & Rob Thorsen at the Athenaeum, The Danny Green Trio at the Conrad, Earth Day Fest at Humphreys Backstage Live, with Donna Larsen and Messengers, Anthony Cullins etc, and an SDMA Showcase at the 710 Beach Club with The Tourmaliners, King Whisker, Signal for Pilot, Ash Easton, Band of Gringos, and Half Hour Late. Read here:
www.sdnews.com/live-from-san-diego-music-performances-on-the-coast-this-week-21

Power Pop Overdose plays True Stories !

On their March 11 episode, Power Pop Overdose played True Stories song,
"Can't Seem to Make You Mine," from the bands upcoming EP, Capitulo Uno.
Listen here: www.power-pop-overdose./episode/078-03-11-2023

Beatles Fair June 3 2023!

Beatles Fair returns on June 3 to Queen Bee's in North Park! True Stories will perform,
with Bart Mendoza also performing host duties

Strange Stage Stories! Alicia Previn, Patrick Yandall, Joel Kmak, Riston Diggs, Allison Adams Tucker and more!

Bart Mendoza's latest edition of "Strange Stage Stories" is out now via the San Diego Troubadour! "No matter how prepared a musician is, sometimes things don’t go as planned at showtime! This month we ask Riston Diggs (The Gravities), Alicia Previn (True Stories), Joel Kmak (The Beat Farmers, The Hitmakers, Powerthud), Sidney Merritt (Swive), Patrick Yandall, Dave Preston, Allison Adams Tucker, JT Moring,  Omar Musisko (Spiritual Motels, The Peripherals) and Richard Whig (Thee Allergic Reaction):
Read here: www.sandiegotroubadour.com/strange-stage-stories-4

New Articles! SDMA's with Jonny Tarr, Taryn Donath, Thea Tochihara and Taz Taylor + Spud Davenport review!

Bart Mendoza's latest for the San Diego Troubadour includes:

A look at the San Diego Music Awards Showcase week, with promoters RosaLea Schiavone (Wicked Harem Productions) and Emily Bartell (Bar None productions) plus Joshua Taylor, Ashley E Norton, Jonny Tarr, Taryn Donath, Thea Tochihara and Taz Taylor
Read here: www.sandiegotroubadour.com/musicians-shine-at-the-sdma-nominee-showcases-this-month

A review of Spud Davenport's new album,
Read here: www.sandiegotroubadour.com/spud-davenport-songs-for-the-cynical