Welcome to Sierra Drive Sounds. We produce, record, and release music.
The songs below have had varying degrees of S.D.S. involvement. Ranging from full writes, arrangements, and minor executive production and team building. Enjoy!
Submissions
Music Submissions and Questions: sierradrivesounds@gmail.com
Music submissions will be accepted as MP3 audio files or YouTube videos. Put your best foot forward! We don’t expect production to be stellar, we really just want to hear what you have to offer. Our goal is to produce original music and pair great musicians with great writers, so covers and originals are both welcome!
*We guarantee that all files sent will not be shared without sender’s consent.
About
Artist Incubation and Homegrown Nano-Label located in the 757. SDS is a project spun off from the founding members of the band, Buddha Council. Headed up by Travis Mansell, longtime BC manager and sometimes BC writer and instrumentalist, SDS pools the resources garnered from years of touring and over 50 songs recorded and released. Projects include original song productions, the “Music Scene” podcast, artist launch and management (www.jonquan.com), and label services (Jake Retting).
Blog
Take the Train – Blog #3
I took a mostly empty train to visit family recently and was given some time to reflect on my current musical projects and all the projects I’ve shelfed for now due to lack of time and resources. Initially, I was a touch frustrated with the list of items I haven’t been able to get to. …
Achieving success in the music business
I think it safe to say, as young musicians, we all had dreams of limo’s, nice hotels, and fancy things, but success along those lines is frankly unlikely and a bit shallow. That being said, I have seen a multitude of success stories in the music business and the point of this blog is to …
My First Blog, I guess.
I played my first show at the Sunset Grill on Virginia Beach Blvd in 1998. It is hard to say how many shows I’ve played since then, but I know I fell in love with the process of creating music very early on. My passion for music left the stage and moved into music production …
Podcast
Visit our podcast page at https://anchor.fm/sierradrivesounds