"If you love the blues this is a great band out of Eastport!! Colie Bryce is an absolutely amazing guitarist that you don't want to miss! "

““Coleman is an avid musician and a truly dedicated soul to the music industry. He always is a true friend and great professor to music.””

"As a musician myself. I appreciate your writing style. It's good to hear a true musician amongst the fast food we get today."

“Meandering ambient sensibilities with jazzy overtones with a lazy yet sledge hammer groove featuring Jay Walker on bass on Joe Savio (Agency) on drums. Guitarist Colie Brice slashes fiercely on guitar and sounds more Seattle and less Asbury on this spacey prog jam.”

"The whole Springwood Avenue scene was second to nothing, really, some truly great jazz talents have evolved out of that scene and really, that was happening way before the rock scene," explained Colie Brice, a local musician who performed on Sunday. A Bradley Beach resident who started his musical career in the rock world before transitioning to blues, jazz and experimental music, Brice described Sunday's performance as a "milestone" for him and his band. "Anytime you get a bunch of scroungy rock guys and they can play well enough that they can sneak their way into a jazz festival you know they're getting a little bit better, so we're just excited to be a part of this," Brice said.

"Take in the show, look over his reflections of life on stage and in the production booth. You'll find the unmistakeable sound of Asbury Park.."

“Band and solo performers include some of the most awesomely gifted on the Wet Side soundscape — among them Americana ace Kevin John Allen, sonic adventurer Colie Brice, jamband funkster Poppa John Bug, rockological Ph.D. Jon Caspi, seductive songstress Jerzy Jung, old soul Quincy Mumford, country kingpin Michael Patrick and many more too numerous to mention..”

“Due to a scheduling change, I didn't get to listen to "Colie's show for nearly as long as I would have liked. His voice is beautiful! If you're a Bruce fan, you'll love Colie! If you haven't already, go here to check out his music: http://www.reverbnation.com/coliebrice He's an extremely knowledgeable guy! "”

“The man can wail, play the blues, bring tears to my eyes and joy to my heart....”

"Alec Jon Such played in a cover band that I had seen a lot, Phantom's Opera. If they had original songs they would have been bigger than Kiss and Judas Priest and everybody. They were doing Queen better than Queen. They were amazing. The lead singer was a superstar."

“I left the room to eat from the wonderful buffet. I was listening to your music through the walls of the dining area. I knew that something special was happening. When I returned to the room where your band was playing I found the rooms atmosphere had been transformed from where I'd left it into a place somewhere between the cosmos & a 1967 surfers beach party. Loved your band & music. You have my total respect as a writer, and musician. 14 hours ago · Unlike · 1 person”

"Brice is a wonderful guitarist with an intrinsic understanding of rock music in extremis. Whether picking an acoustic on "Maby Baby Waby" - a Zapperesque title if ever I heard one - or "Can't Escape", manipulating slow-build atmospherics through "G Thang" or assaulting his fretboard like a man possessed on opener "El Toro Loco"

"Against the Grain" is one of my favourites as it sounds similar to Glen Burtnik’s recent work.."

"When Colie says "Wanna jam?" you say yes. Doesn't matter what time.."

“You know I’m not sure how many people could get away with presenting such a varied package as this and pull it off without sounding pretentious - but Colie some how does it. He proves he’s a talented multi-instrumentalist and as someone prepared to move in challenging directions. Some parallels with Kip Winger’s recent studio work strike me as they’re both prepared to be artistic and create textures of colours and feelings after a hard rock background.”

“And after hearing Colie Brice and reading up on him I’m not sure how I hadn’t heard of Colie Brice. Colie Brice is a veteran in the music industry. This man has been there and done that as far as you new bands are concerned. Colie Brice is a man who makes and produces original music according to what his soul tells him and not just because it’s hot and selling right now. I appreciate him and his music for that reason. I am also impressed with Colie Brice’s musical background and talent. He plays multiple instruments very well and his shredding guitar solos are often talked about. Colie Brice classifies his current music as Blues\Experimental\Progressive Rock. His songs are very eclectic and they sound like they are influenced by every song I have in my iPod. This of course is great for me and other folks who have such a wide range of music tastes. If you appreciate great music and you have NOT heard of Colie Brice then I highly suggest you check him out..”

"DIG.... ASBURY'S QUIET GENIUS"

"When he talks about great bands, and who his influences were when he was starting out,. Jon Bon Jovi still mentions Phantom's Opera as one of the great bands of their time. And they are still remembered by thousands of loyal fans as one of New Jersey's most legendary groups, who never really got the notoriety they deserved." - Hal B. Selzer (10/11/1995)

"mix of rock, pop, techno and psychedelic music all performed by Brice, with "a little a help from his friends" on a couple of tracks. The Beatles quip comes not without reason - Brice sounds eerily like John Lennon, especially on the Beatles-esque "Only Love Is Real." Oh, not the 60's Beatles, the 70's Beatles...you know, The White Album, though this makes me think of "Across The Universe." Only much more acoustic and accented with sounds of nature. And one might say thematically like "All You Need Is Love." "Only Love..." is a psychedelic, spacey, mainly acoustic treat to start off the album (the song, in a truly acoustic setting, is reprised later on the album, where it comes across as more fragile, and not quite as assertive - no less good, though). "

"The New Age Blues Experience grunted and groaned through their voodoo stew, using unpretentious Strats and sax to grease your weather weary mind. Brice’s stint as vocalist with Phantoms Opera comes back to mind, as his vocals are clear, high, and toned. I never really stopped and listened to that aspect of the Brice-man before.."

“Asbury Park's blues/rock extraordinaire Colie Brice is someone to watch out for. In 2008, Colie Brice won the Asbury Park Music Award for Top Avant Guarde act, and has hundreds of songs available online for download. ”

"You love raw organic blues stuff but you also can't deny your 80's roots and you are a spacey weird pseudo jazz dude as well..."

"Colie you are the Frank Zappa of our time.."

"the amazing vocal dexterity of Colie Brice made its mark first. One minute he is Freddie Mercury, then Jon Bon Jovi, and then Tommy Shaw.."

"One of the best solos I have ever heard locally was performed by Coleman on a Tuesday night at the Saint..with Geena.. What a fucking glorious solo that was my friend.."

“I actually have some recorded material of Colie ripping beyond belief. A combination of BB King meets Trey, meets Merlin the wizard meets Wolfgang Puck.”

“..a mix of rock, pop, techno and psychedelic music all performed by Brice, with "a little a help from his friends"”

“Workin' With the Best: An Interview with Colie Brice of Aeria Records and Mobile Fidelity.”

“Eclectic, eccentric, experimental recording artist for the 21st Century..”

“Eclectic, eccentric, experimental recording artist for the 21st Century..”

“Brice's ambient sensibilities are peppered with deft guitar passages.”

"Only Love is Real" which could easily be mistaken for a John Lennon song, sung by Lennon, to "Relax" which is rather difficult to categorize. Popish, India-influenced

“Music industry veteran Colie Brice plucks music from the spheres. His ambient sensibilities are tempered with deft guitar passages, invoking a pleasantly buzzed Dire Straits or perhaps Clapton dozing off to a Tangerine Dream CD.”

“..a mystical, rollicking, spiritual feel to it. Brice can rock, or show a gentle persuasive side with his voice and guitar.”

“Colie Brice held his group together like an orchestrator, yelling out chord changes ala Bob Stinson as the wild ride continued. It doesn’t get any better than that for the avant garde fan ”

“Colie Brice's music generally verges on the edge of sanity, yet it is always home grown, exuberant, eclectic, and heartfelt - and the guy can play the blues as only a southpaw can.”

“Eclectic Mood Swings and Aural Erotica music from Bradley Beach, NJ. Now playing on Fuzz”

“Biggest WTF moment comes from Colie Brice with one of the worst cover tunes of all time – a slow, psychedelic, effects-filled version of Always. Truly awful”

“..just another schlub littering the internet cyber landscape with banal pontifications and my own home grown organic musica del moi.”

“Colie adheres to a creative philosophy he calls the "Luna Muse" Principle. Its based upon "crazy inspiration". Just as some Native Americans consider themselves Song Catchers rather than Song Writers, Colie has a penchant for recording and writing spontaneously..”

“Colie Brice & the New Age Blues Explosion Joyous vibes to share the stage with Colie's wild swirling psychedelic punctuated musical mayhem. ”

"My intention was to combine my activities as an activist and artist and host a special night of music by rising stars on the scene and harness the power and magnitude of music with environmental consciousness," Brice said.

“Asbury music scene staple Colie Brice and his band the New Age Blues Experience will take the stage at the Saint.. ”

"Sounds like a cross between the E Street Band and Yanni.." - Rick Barry