Blog for Simone

Winner: Best Original Band 2012

2013-01-21T12:08:50-05:00

2nd year in a row! Thanks to all of our supporters!

2011 Nominee Best Original Band

2011-08-03T15:15:55-04:00

Well, just a few more days until we find out who won the 2011 BMA Awards for Best Original Band :) If you're local, consider coming out to the Gleason Center at FIT in Palm Bay Florida at 6pm for the awards ceremony. Wear your Simone swag and you'll have a chance to win a prize pack!

After party at Lou's Blues in Indian Harbour Beach - we'll be drinking the night away (hopefully) celebrating our victory. Even if we don't win, it's great to be included in such a great group of talented individuals!!

Best of luck to all and we hope to see you there :)

Simone @ Motorheads

2010-01-20T15:39:23-05:00

Appearing at the popular McDonough nightclub, Motorheads, Saturday January 30th, the Florida rockers are asking concert-goers to bring at least one compact disc to be recycled. The touring groups' mission is to recycle two-thousand pounds of unused compact disc materials throughout the remainder of the year. "Every $100,000 spent on commercial software reproduction creates the global warming potential of approximately 29 metric tons of carbon dioxide," according to a recent study from researchers at renowned Carnegie-Mellon university. "as well as 38 kilograms of toxic waste."

Since their feature in the August 12th Florida Today Life section, the band has received over 450lbs of unused compact discs to be recycled. "We did some research on (compact discs in landfills) and found out that it is estimated to take over one million years for a CD to decompose," said Simone Star (née Taylor), lead singer of the band who recently started the recycling campaign.

Since June, the band has placed a green recycling bin on stage at concerts and asks fans to fill it with old CDs, CD-ROMS,DVDs and video games they do not use anymore. The band will be hosting a meet and greet at the venue starting at 7:30PM. The concert event begins at 9PM and admission is free to donors.

Simone has released four CDs, received numerous awards, charted on popular music ranking websites and has been touring internationally since formation in 2000. Notable recent performances include: Featured Performer for Rolling Stone Magazine's Annie Leibovitz, Opening Artist:, LA Guns, Opening Artist: Dishwalla, Opening Artist: B-Liminal, Opening Artist: Bullet Boys and many more. Simone is best known for her work with Yellow Umbrella and The Haven - organizations dedicated to the prevention of child abuse.

More information may be found on the band's MySpace page http://myspace.com/simonesongs or by calling the venue at 770-898-0008.
Motorheads is located at 650 Macon Street, McDonough GA 30253.

Simone Press Release Jan 2010

2010-01-20T15:38:10-05:00

Appearing at the popular Jackson MS nightclub, Sam's Lounge, Friday January 29th, the Florida rockers 'Simone' are asking concert-goers to bring at least one compact disc to be recycled. The touring groups' mission is to recycle two-thousand pounds of unused compact disc materials throughout the remainder of the year.

More information on the bands mission may be found on their myspace: http://myspace.com/simonesongs

Transworld Skate Show Review

2008-09-17T17:20:04-04:00

Last week some of Transworld’s sales reps and Transworld Business editors took a road trip in Central Florida and paid a visit to a few skate shops in the area that were down to get some people together for a skate jam. The first stop was Inlet Charley’s II in Edgewater. We showed up around 2p.m. and were surprised to see about 30 kids already skating the mini ramp in the back and the obstacles in the driveway. More kids showed up as the day progressed and were stoked to get free T-shirts and DVDs each time they nailed a trick, won a game of SKATE or ate sh-t on the quarter pipe.

The best trick went to the long haired homey who axle stalled his Jeep Cherokee on the edge of the driveway leaving it stuck there teetering for a while before we had to help push it back onto solid ground. Skaters who were holding it down were Matt Dement, Matt Smith, Adam Paleski, Thomas Wood, Seth Wheatley, Seth Keller, Shamon Burton, and Jalin Burton. You guys killed it and made it all worthwhile.

Thanks go out to James and Joe at ILC for hooking all of this up and getting the kids hyped on the event! Be sure to stop by ILC II at 2015 S. Ridgewood Ave, Edgewater, FL 32141 or call (386) 428-9109. We look forward to next year.

Next stop was Disk8 in Melbourne, Florida. Shop owner David Dunlap had a few of his team riders passing out flyers for this event for weeks and it paid off as tons of skaters came from all over. We rolled up to see the entire front lot of the shopping center blocked off with a stage and a few tents set up with food and energy drinks for everyone. Even the cops were there on time to try and ruin the day. There were plenty of obstacles to skate but the favorites were the ramp to picnic table, ramp to old dirty couch or launch ramp over old dirty couch.

On stage, phenom rapper Emcee Phino blew the crowd away with dope ass lyrics about taking hip hop back. Sh-t was epic! I got the single. Also, Simone got the crowd rocking with a few of her songs as well.

About 50-plus kids showed up to skate and everyone was hyped and rocking their new Transworld shirts. Local skater “Limey” was owning every obstacle and landing most of his tricks on the picnic table with buttery bluntslides and boardslide fakies. Other local skaters who held it down were Pat who was stomping big backside 180s over the couch, Barry who was tré flipping his balls off over the old dirty couch, Andrew King’s big spin boardslide on the flat bar, Davie Watson’s frontside nosegrind 180 out on the couch, B.B.’s kickflip frontside boardslide on the flat bar, Jay’s ollie north over the couch, Ryan White’s board transfer over the ol’ dirty couch and Greg Claxton’s 360 flips on demand, just to name a few.

Thanks again to everyone who showed up and skated all day and special thanks to David and Margaret Dunlap for getting the ball rolling and allowing this to happen. Hit Disk8 up at 1270 N. Wickam Rd, Melbourne, FL 32935 or call (321) 255-0140.—Tim Goldstein

Words by Tim Goldstein. Photos by Josh Hunter and Tim Goldstein.

Simone Press Release, 9/2008

2008-09-15T14:07:42-04:00

PRESS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: David Brockway
Phone: 321-729-0808

LOCAL ARTIST SET TO RELEASE
FOURTH INDIE ALBUM

August 15th, area singer/songwriter Simone unveiled her new band along with a three-song demo at downtown Melbourne’s popular nightclub, IMAGO. Set for a street date of February 2009, the presently titled collection dubbed ‘Built To Last’ promises to raise the bar for modern rock while delivering the lyrical edge for which Simone is best known.
Kicking off their set at 10:35, Simone, et.al., began with the catchy yet powerful ‘Hello From The Sky’. Crowd on their feet and singing along, the band hit their stride and followed up with ‘Synthetic Sugar”, “Push Comes To Shove” and “Built To Last”, each with vigor and a modern-rock energy that defied the small format venue. Award winning Simone continues to receive praise from the local media but is best known for her charity work.
For management and booking information, contact David Brockway: david.brockway@miramarmanagement.com
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Hello From The Sky - Music Video online

2008-09-13T15:08:21-04:00

Check out the new video from Simone: