Welcome to Sierra Drive Sounds.
The songs below have had varying degrees of SDS involvement. Ranging from full writes, arrangements, audio production and executive production. Enjoy!
Podcast
Search “Music Scene Podcast” on your favorite podcast outlet to check other episodes.
About
Artist incubator, Label services, production team, you get it–we do a little bit of everything. Sierra Drive Sounds (SDS) is a project spun off from the founding members of the band, Buddha Council. It is led by Travis Mansell, longtime BC manager and sometimes BC writer and instrumentalist. SDS pools the resources garnered from years of performing, touring, and over 50 songs recorded and released. SDS projects include original song productions released as Sierra Drive Sounds, the “Music Scene” podcast, Sierra Drive Sessions – single take acoustic studio performances, and artists support for JonQuan, Sammy Rhett, and The Loving Paupers.
Blog
8 Billion Listeners?
Pardon me while I nerd out for a minute. Official estimates put the world population at roughly 8 billion this past December, and I couldn’t help but have a brain tangent about what a growing population meant for the music business. Bear with me— I do have a point, but there are several factors that …
We Write Our Own %&*!
We wrote our own chord progressions, our own drum fills, our own bass lines, guitar solos, lyrics and harmonies. We created our own marketing materials, filmed our own videos, booked our own tours, built out tour buses and designed our own album covers. We learned from our mistakes—usually, and picked one another up when we …
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. …
Sierra Drive Sessions
New as of Summer 22′ – “Sessions” will formally release all the live performances made on the SDS Music Scene Podcast. These unfiltered and unfettered versions of previously recorded and new unrecorded original songs by Music Scene guests give a raw and unique listening experience of the songwriting process behind closed doors. Somewhere between a live radio performance and an old school tape these performances are honest, warm, and great for your acoustic and “live” playlists.