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Stevens Blanchard

A veteran Pop / Rock artist hailing from Vermont. Stevens Blanchard has been the lead singer and lead songwriter for "The Conniption Fits" and "Motorplant" while touring the USA. He is currently working his first solo project where his music has been described as “inspiring, uplifting pop / rock with thoughtful lyrics” and “A cross between Maroon 5 and Brandon Flowers”.

Stevens Blanchard is no stranger to the music business. He has been actively performing and recording with his bands “Motorplant” and “The Conniption Fits” since 1992 at the age of 14. He has performed more than 1500 shows over 6 national tours and has shared stages with acts like 3 Doors Down, Fastball, Mighty Bosstones, 7 Mary Three, Blue Oyster Cult, Mountain, Warrant, and Cinderella to name a few. He has already had songs on MTV, ESPN’s X-Games, CBS’s Vans Triple Crown as well as national commercial and college radio.

Prior to his solo album, he has written and recorded three full length albums with Motorplant and two with The Conniption Fits.

Facebook fan page: http://www.facebook.com/stevensblanchard1

About the song, "Secrets":

The original idea had been kicking around since 9/02/10. I remember because I dated the scratch track, 90210 oddly enough, the date that day. Once I finally got around to tracking the song, I did it in one day in my home studio. I played all the instruments and sang my vocals into my Logic Pro set up. I'm not really a drummer by trade so I played the song sections, one section at a time. I love working this way because I can keep the flow going and I don't have to spend all my time getting sounds. Once it was close, I had my buddy Shawn come over, who plays drums with me in The Conniption Fits, and he played all the fills and tricky bits.

I used "Radio Fat Kit" and did not tweak one setting. It's that good. I may have run it through a bus compressor at a modest setting. I didn't even add additional reverb. I used Line 6's Pod Farm for guitars and some vocal pre's.

Before SSD I had to record live drums. Now I am able to finish projects in a day as opposed to a week. Plus, the sounds are better than anything I have ever gotten myself. And that is hard to admit.

– Stevens Blanchard

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"Secrets" (Written, recorded, performed, produced and mixed by Stevens Blanchard.) by Slate Family