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Mellowdrone is a music project founded by Jonathan Bates in the late 1990s. The style varies from soul, hardcore, indie rock, and electronic genres.
During his three years of exile in Boston as a scholarship student at the Berklee School of Music, far from his Florida home, Jonathan Bates pulled further and further away from all that the city represented. “There wasn’t much to do except get drunk, do drugs, or get into fights,” he remembers. “And it always seemed to be snowing. So I started to write music.”
Beginning with … boredom never sounded so sweet, a home-brewed EP that he produced in 1999 and gave away to strangers on the street, Bates put together a body of work under the name mellowdrone. “I didn’t want to use my own name because people might come to expect me to do only one kind of music,” he explains. “With another name, I felt that I could do anything.”
The disc made its way to L.A., and Bates, convinced that “Berklee really sucked,” followed. Essentially homeless for several months, he crashed on the couches of friends, picked up odd jobs, but mainly concentrated on writing new material. Once he got his own place he pieced together a makeshift studio, with a bargain-basement computer, a tinny Casio keyboard from Radio Shack, and a few guitars.
From this jumble of mismatched gear came the second mellowdrone EP, glassblower, on January 1, 2001, which Bates sold exclusively on his website, mellowdrone.com.
During his three years of exile in Boston as a scholarship student at the Berklee School of Music, far from his Florida home, Jonathan Bates pulled further and further away from all that the city represented. “There wasn’t much to do except get drunk, do drugs, or get into fights,” he remembers. “And it always seemed to be snowing. So I started to write music.”
Beginning with … boredom never sounded so sweet, a home-brewed EP that he produced in 1999 and gave away to strangers on the street, Bates put together a body of work under the name mellowdrone. “I didn’t want to use my own name because people might come to expect me to do only one kind of music,” he explains. “With another name, I felt that I could do anything.”
The disc made its way to L.A., and Bates, convinced that “Berklee really sucked,” followed. Essentially homeless for several months, he crashed on the couches of friends, picked up odd jobs, but mainly concentrated on writing new material. Once he got his own place he pieced together a makeshift studio, with a bargain-basement computer, a tinny Casio keyboard from Radio Shack, and a few guitars.
From this jumble of mismatched gear came the second mellowdrone EP, glassblower, on January 1, 2001, which Bates sold exclusively on his website, mellowdrone.com.
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Box
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A Demonstration of Intellectual Property
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Fashionably Uninvited
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Oh My
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Beautiful Day
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Orange Marmalade
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And Repeat
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amazing
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Four Leaf Clover
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C'mon Try A Little Bit
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bone marrow
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Madison
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Whatever The Deal
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Fuck It Man
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Limb To Limb
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Shoutbox
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saltybalz wrote:
these guys bought me and my friends dinner when we went to see them but couldn't get into the show. down to earth and awesome.
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garyana wrote:
invisible
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Droguido wrote:
just a few times in my live i´ve become a fan in less than 3 days.. mellowdrone is one
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OlyaSkaPunk wrote:
=))))))))) I just like them)
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bananacool wrote:
hey!! im dont see one song name what happened? listen what happened? what happened? what happened? what happened?
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bananacool wrote:
what happened?
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OlyaSkaPunk wrote:
I was mad about them<33333333333333
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Kariooka wrote:
Come to Poland! [2]
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RoyKeane wrote:
Come to Poland!
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Br1dg3t wrote:
loooooooooooove is for you<3
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nimityaka_ wrote:
guys are goooood
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EriREVILIA wrote:
Fashionably Uninvited is amazing <3. the best memories
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Sh4DoWX wrote:
one of my favorite bands ever, loving the new album, and box is one of the greatest albums i own COME TO NEW JERSEY :D
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Dimm757 wrote:
Fine!
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Grungels wrote:
Join my mellowdrone group if you like'em
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OmfgAaarghh wrote:
song at the top is ok ;P
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Interestellar wrote:
&_&
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ninjablaster wrote:
didnt these guys have a song on like fifa or nhl?
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deVilhoOD wrote:
New album is ok, not completely sure if I'm digging the more flamboyant vocals, maybe it will grow on me.
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EriREVILIA wrote:
very nice! i like it
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