By David Banuelos
Copy Editor

Shoreline Community College’s Sonic Arts Club will release a new compilation CD this spring for the first time in about a decade.

“This will be the first time we’ve released a disc since I started here,” SAC advisor Cody Groom said. “We tried unsuccessfully to release one last year.”

The club received over 30 songs for this year’s collection. Groom—along with SAC President Brien Meadows, Vice Presidents Jeffery Hayes and Isaac Heschler, and Secretary Nichelle West—whittled the list down to the best 16 tracks.

“There’s a wide variety of music,” Groom said. “We have some rock, hip-hop, gospel, country, and even trance. An eclectic mix was one of our major goals.”

Part of this eclectic mix is the song “Browntown,” a poppy, humorous track about an unseemly subject by SCC sophomore audio engineering major Mike Tipton.

“My friends and I used to joke about calling ‘browntown’ when we saw hot girls,” Tipton said. “A friend and I were hanging out one day, and decided to write the song. I got a melody in my head, and just ran with it.”

Another highlight on the forthcoming release is the sultry, R&B-inspired track “Thinking of You” by SCC sophomore music major Phil Pilon, and singer Courtney DeMarco.

“I was helping [Courtney] produce his CD, and he just started free-styling over one of my ideas,” Pilon said. “It all came together really quickly.”

Both artists are excited about appearing on the disc, as well as hearing the work of their fellow music students.

“It’s really a cool thing for us in terms of everyone getting together, writing songs, and seeing what we can do,” Tipton said.

Among Groom’s favorite numbers, is the gospel-inspired tune “Pray,” which was recorded at SCC by West, along with a group of family and friends.

The CD is currently being mastered, and will likely be available on campus later this month. Among the names being considered are, “The Melting Pot,” and “The Kitchen Sink.”

Groom and company hope that the release will serve as a launch-pad for bigger goals.

“The ultimate goal of this is to generate enough revenue to build up a small independent record label for the college,” Groom said. “It would allow us to not only release more compilations, but also record demos and EP’s for SCC students and their bands, as well as help them promote themselves.”