Always looking for opportunities in the music business is part of the story of
success. This month, I had a chance to sit down with RYCHE GREEN, drummer
of Florida-based NEWMACHINE. We had a great conversation about their new
release, “Karma”, their tour, upcoming tours, the keys to success, and the
music business as a whole. One thing is for certain--when you ask Ryche a
question, you WILL get an answer. Newmachine is comprised of veteran
rockers—besides Ryche Green—JIMMY MILLER, TOMMY WILLIAMS, POLO
STABER and LORENZO “ZO” DELVECCHIO. Here is my conversation, as it
unfolded, with Ryche:
JP RAWK: I know you are all veteran musicians. Tell me about how
Newmachine came about.
RYCHE GREEN: I was involved with another project, MODERN SUPERSTAR. We
got together and said, “Hey, let’s do half of Modern Superstar’s set and half of
Newmachine’s set.” Suddenly, my mind starts spinning…we were getting into
rehearsals together and we’re starting to write together. It’s like, man, this is
pretty cool stuff with the lineup and everybody’s in Florida. You know, this
could be really good.
JP: You guys have been signed to indie label HIGHVOL MUSIC. How did you end
up signing with HighVol? What did you look for in a deal?
RG: I hit Bill up…you know BILL CHAVIS. I had been on Bill’s label for 8 or 9
years, since the BULLETBOYS days. I started sending him stuff. We got
HOWARD LINDEMAN on board, world-renowned engineer/producer…incredible
list of accomplishments. I just started filtering stuff to Bill. I said, “I kinda want
to do this one on my own. I don’t really want a label. Can you point in the right
place?” All those years I was with Bill, I just kind of took for granted. I didn’t
learn all of the things I should have been learning, ya know what I mean? That
side of it. Bill has always been management and PR. He’s been everything and
he started listening to it and said, “What do you really wanna do? What are you
really looking for?” and we just decided to do this one together--and it’s been
crazy ever since--with what we have done and what we have going on. It’s just
hard to believe it’s been such a short time.