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One song at a time.
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News n' Stuff
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4 July, 2006 - DoR Execs announce the forthcoming release of Drink to Bones That Turn to Dust: A Toast to Oingo Boingo. The album will be out on Halloween, 2006.
March, 2006 - DoR Execs announced that they have merged with mobile recording studio, Mars Sound. Mars Sound was founded in 2005 by DoR co-founder Leland Hirschman, along with Skot Gilbert and Jeff Zipfel.
April, 2004 - Dep't of Records, LLC is founded by Matt Robesch and Leland Hirschman with the sole initial purpose of producing the greatest tribute album ever.
What's it like to be a record producer?
Go to our blog at myspace to find out. Read about recording sessions, musicians behaving badly (not as often as you'd imagine), and the inside scoop on music production. Check it out.
Since the company's inception, we have been working exclusively on our first production, Drink to Bones that Turn to Dust: A Toast to Oingo Boingo. You can read more about the project and hear samples on other pages in this site.
We are also working on signing our first artists, those whose music touches us in a way that most commercial music can't. Watch for albums from these artists very soon.
Dep't of Records was founded in 2004 by Matt Robesch
and Leland Hirschman. In 2006, we merged with Mars Sound (www.marssound.com), a recording studio co-owned by Leland and two other partners, Skot Gilbert and Jeff 'Zippy' Zipfel.
What began as a pipe dream has become a reality. A small record label, driven by the need to hear the music of Danny Efman and Oingo boingo reinterpreted by some amazing artists, has created the greatest tribute album ever.
What Hardcore Boingo Fans are saying:
"You have taken a substantial amount of time, caring, and labor to bring us something different: a tribute album that features an eclectic number of genres and styles... not just a bunch of bands pretending to be Boingo."
- Andrew, New Jersey
"Those covers are brilliant. It's refreshing to hear that these bands are putting their own twist on it and not trying to be like Boingo too much. Excellent stuff! Kudos!"
- zygotic_mynci, from the forums at www.stevebartek.com
"LOVE what I've heard so far!! GREAT stuff, can't wait to hear more!"
- Sheryl, Spokane, WA
"very cool !!!!!"
- Steve Bartek, Oingo Boingo's Guitarist
"those are fabulous. u should be very stoked indeed."
- Georganne Deen, artist on five Boingo album covers ... and ours!
The songs of
Oingo Boingo,
as performed by:
Mark Lemhouse
Woodrush
The K23 Orchestra
jack the original
They Walk Among Us
Sick
Disbonded
The Scott Fisher Band
The Cheats
Maneja Beto
Sneakin’ Out
Delta Nove
Shiftless Layabout
Lelando (w/ Jackie Daum)
Octothorpe
Brett Dennen
Intervision
Buying our wares...
2006-10-31 Now Available: Drink to Bones That Turn to Dust: A Toast to Oingo Boingo. Our own Tribute Album to Oingo Boingo and the music of Danny Elfman. You can buy it here or download it from iTunes.
We also have several additional albums coming soon. Several of them will be re-releases of independently artist-released albums, plus the exciting release of our very own. Also some new releases from artists appearing on our Boingo Tribute album.
Puchase options will be available soon.
What about Dep't of Records Merchandise?
Yup. You can buy genuine Dep't of Records' merchandise, with all kindsa cool designs.
Do you dig music? A lot? Are you passionate about music in ways that confuse your friends? Are you the one they always go to when they have music trivia? Do you like getting free stuff from the bands you like? And finally, do you dig what you've heard from Dep't of Records' artists and projects? If so, we want you for our Street Team! Help the bands you love, and get free stuff for doing so.
What's Involved?
Do what you already probably do best: Tell everyone about the music you love. Play it for them. Send them links to this site and the bands' sites.
What else?
When the DoR artists you love are on tour, maybe you'll help us hang posters in your town. Maybe they'll crash on your couch. And you'll get free stuff, free tickets, and more!
Get involved in the music biz!
There's no better time than now to live out that life-long fantasy of getting into the music industry. Musicians can't live without fans and audiences, and they don't get new ones without the help of friends like you. It's the fans who share their favorite music with their friends that brings new fans and friends into our lives.
...comments, concerns, or other reason to contact us, please click here to complete form #ID.10.T (general concerns and inquiries). The form will be directed to the Office of Concerns, Inquiries, and Poetic Aquisitions, where it will be scrutinized by our finest ID.10.T readers. It will then be routed to the Bureau of Responses, ID.10.T's, and Navigational Gizmos, where it will be analyzed for its navigational prowess, before it ends up in the hands of either the Big Cheese, the Top Dog, the Head Honcho, or the Lead Follower, one of whom will decide whether to deal with it in some way or another. Cheers!
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head honcho - matt robesch
big cheese - leland hirschman
top dog - jeff 'zippy' zipfel
lead follower - skot gilbert
photo and video services
neal thatcher,
networks photo and video.
add'l photos by the dor brass, or provided by the artists.
