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Three local gems from ‘Battle of the Bands’
AUGUST
14
In today’s Life & Style section of The Journal News, Karen Croke profiles three local bands that won some major Battles of the Bands contests.
In June, Beyond This Point, a band based out of Long Island’s Five Towns College, made it to the final round of the national College Battle of the Bands in Las Vegas, coming in a second by a margin as slim as a guitar pick.
( Travis Mendes, Joe Scuccimari and Mylon Hayde won the college Battle of the Bands contest. They were photographed in Pleasantville Aug. 3, 2010. Photo by Carucha L. Meuse / The Journal News )
The judges included John Baker, a manager for The Killers, and PJ Bloom, who does the music for the HBO series “Nip and Tuck.” “Although we didn’t win, it was totally a learning experience for us,” says Joe Scuccimarri, a 2008 Pleasantville High School grad who plays guitar and sings back-up for the band. Here’s what Evan Shapiro, the executive director of College Battle of the Bands had to say about them: “Beyond This Point offers an incredibly-entertaining show with a genre-bending sound and great songs.”
In 2009, they won the top prize at the Standard Next Top Single Showcase at Don Hills in Manhattan after performing their single, “Future 2 Future.” On August 22, they’ll be at the Underground Music Awards,?at B.B. King’s, 237 W. 42nd St., Manhattan. BTP is up for the Best Male R&B Group award. You can vote for them at www.pmfmusic.com, or listen to their music at www.myspace.com/SwitchBTP. Of all the attention headed their way, Scuccamarri says, “I’ve waited my whole life for this.” - The New York Journal News
Discography
"This Is A Mixtape?!" Released April 11th, 2010.
All tracks available for streaming AND download at
www.soundcloud.com/btpmusic
www.myspace.com/switchbtp
http://pmfmusic.com/music-downloads
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Bio
Beyond This Point. The band was created in 2007 by lead singer/songwriter Travis Mendes & pianist/composer Jon Campbell, who shared similar thoughts on where they wanted to take their talents and careers in the music industry. This was the beginning of Alternative Soul.
With the addition of producer/engineer Mylon Hayde, drummer/Web Content Manager Bernard Julien, singer Brandon Hall, bass guitarist Andre Lyles, and guitarist Joe Scuccimarri, Beyond This Point has been known for their ability to create a divine sound in their music that their listeners have grown to adore. This type of music has been known as something they like to call Alternative Soul.
BTP: IN THE LAST YEAR: 2nd Place IN THE !NATION! in The 2010 COLLEGE BATTLE OF THE BANDS Sponsored by AT&T, SESAC, & GIBSON,
BTP: JOINED SESAC AFTER BECOMING N.Y. & NORTHERN U.S. CHAMPIONS!
BTP: PERFORMED AT IRVING PLAZA, THE KNITTING FACTORY, 2010 CMJ SKEWER, 2010 MIAMI MUSIC FESTIVAL,CRASH MANSION NYC, S.O.B'S NYC,TRYST NIGHTCLUB AT THE WYNN LAS VEGAS,THE BITTER END,CLUB DROM,SVA THEATRE, AND MANY MORE!
BTP: WON THE 2010 UNDERGROUND MUSIC AWARD FOR BEST MALE R&B GROUP as an ALTERNATIVE/SOUL act!.
BTP: OPENED THE 2011 NYC STOP OF THE TEXTBOOKS AND TICKETS TOUR WITH CHIDDY BANG
BTP: APPEARED ON 90.3 WKRB FM IN NEW YORK CITY!
Contact: Travis Mendes
Email: info@beyondthispoint.com, SwitchBTP@gmail.com, or AO@PardonMyFresh.com
Phone number: Travis Mendes (347) 206-2142
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