Brian Welch Holding Open Auditions For Bandmembers

The Arizona Review reports that former Korn guitarist Brian "Head" Welch has seemingly reconsidered holding closed-only band auditions; opting instead to allow anyone with talent the chance to audition for a spot in his band.

For more information, go to www.brianheadwelchband.com.

Welch's solo album, "Save Me From Myself", sold 7,800 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 63 on The Billboard 200 chart.

The CD was released on September 9 through Driven Music Group (distribution by Ryko/Warner Music Group), the label Welch co-founded with music execs Greg Shanaberger and Mark Nawara.

"Save Me From Myself" was produced by Head, who recorded the music off and on for the past two years in Phoenix, Arizona.

It features renowned musicians Tony Levin (Peter Gabriel, David Bowie) and Josh Freese (A Perfect Circle, Nine Inch Nails), and was mixed by Ralph Patlan and Bob Clearmountain.

It's a testimony of Head's life as he battled with drug addiction and leaving Korn, and finding spirituality.

Thanks for the report to Blabbermouth.net.

Comments

[Phe4rTheGod]

Interesting...but no requests for videos or mp3's of applicant's playability? That's odd...sounds like a scheme to make money...

[MyNameBeMikal]

Yeah, 25 dollar application fee, with no video/audio samples? This is just a lottery.

[strat0blaster]

Man - too bad you've gotta actually GO there and can't send files - I'd put my metal stuff back up on my myspace and audition.

[Eurasian_C]

AWFUL grammar in the form. I can't believe people like that are called professionals. Idiots.

[thesecondman]

Phe4rTheGod wrote:

Interesting...but no requests for videos or mp3's of applicant's playability? That's odd...sounds like a scheme to make money...

Read the form. You've gotta have a vid of you doing one of his songs and another song. It's not a lottery, bud.

[Phe4rTheGod]

^^I looked up and down the instructions page and never saw anything about sending a vid, why would I waste my time reading the form??? Plus I don't recall it being referred to a lottery by my posts...

Idiot...

[Phe4rTheGod]

I hope makeup isn't required to get in...

[Impakt]

Phe4rTheGod wrote:

^^I looked up and down the instructions page and never saw anything about sending a vid, why would I waste my time reading the form??? Plus I don't recall it being referred to a lottery by my posts...

Idiot...

PROVIDE “YOU TUBE” VIDEO LINK OF CAPTURED PERFORMANCES (Videos MUST BE no longer than 3 minutes TOTAL!! Videos must include 1.5 minutes of audio/video featuring you performing any tune you wish; and 1.5 minutes of audio/video of you playing your instrument to any song from Head’s Save Me From Myself Album. The 1.5 minute Album cover song must be you playing, alone, without any backing track—just you, your instrument, and your playing the song/singing :

(insert you tube video link here)_____

Learn to read.

[Phe4rTheGod]

^^Great advice...you should try it...I stated I read the INSTRUCTIONS PAGE and saw nothing...

Idiot #2...

[AEnima18]

this is just a rip. I mean $25 and they have the right to reject all applications? Don't count on me to do it, even if i am a Head fan.

[jackohlander]

Phe4rTheGod wrote:

^^Great advice...you should try it...I stated I read the INSTRUCTIONS PAGE and saw nothing...

Idiot #2...

And again, he still proved you wrong. Maybe if you actually read the INSTRUCTIONS where it mentions the application, you'd realize in order to completely fill it out, you'd have to give a youtube video.

I swear this is the worst site out there for music.

[MXFNCK]

hahaha 25 bucks

[Masterbeefy]

That is so dodgy xD The spelling in that thing is horrible.