Click screenshot below to play On First Listen, streamed and recorded using Google+ Hangouts On Air.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vENgqc6j-AE

In episode 1 of On First Listen, we spin Erisa Rei’s “Gypsy in the Desert” from her latest record, Black Ball.

Jesse Crawford of the well known spacerock band, Sodacon, joins Mid-Tenn’s own Jedi Bret for a live broadcast Hangout on Air as they give a first listen to a rockin’ tune from the C.D.M.N. artist, Erisa Rei.

“On First Listen” is a new series being brought to you by Middle Tennessee Music and produced by Small Barn Sound TV. Weekly, C Bret Campbell will give his first impressions on a song selected from submissions for review. The songs may come from Mid-Tenn’s ever growing stack of album review submissions, or from individual tunes sent diectly to the show’s host.

We hope to have a special co-host, each week, from the huge number of music industry professionals we have come to know over the past couple of years. We welcome our friends to let us know if they would like to join us for one of these adventures!

What did we think of “Gypsy In The Desert”?

Well, It Rocks! Now that the video is processed, I’ve heard it a few more times and like it more with each listen. Mid-Tenn will feature a complete review of “Black Ball” in just a few days, and we’re looking forward to cranking the whole thing “live” with some friends, tonight!

You can check out Erisa on Creative and Dreams at http://www.creativeanddreams.com/erisa-rei

Meet C Bret Campbell of Middle Tennessee Music and Jesse Crawford of Sodacon on G+

Jedi Bret: https://plus.google.com/u/0/104095212999325601474

Jesse ‘el Capitan’ Crawford: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+Sodacon/posts

Submit a song for On First Listen or check out our guaranteed album reviews.