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The Dreaming Society

"Imagine the big wall of sound a la Smashing Pumpkins.. [Kelso] is her own woman with her own protean voice: temptress; gamine; broken hearted"(Moore, Shinbone).

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Hometown	Los Angeles, CA
Genres	Alt. Rock, Rock
Band Members	Shelah Kelso - Vocals/Keyboard. Karl Strauss - Guitar... » more
Achievements	» more
Upcoming Shows	None

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# Years Experience Performing Live:	5
Market Draw:	Home Market: 31-50; Home Market: 76-100
Opener Experience:	Hanson; A Rocket to the Moon
Similar Artists:	Evanescence; Flyleaf; Paramore
Performing Rights Society:	ASCAP
Discography:	The Dreaming Society LP—2012; L'adonne EP—2010; (R)evolution LP—2009

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An emerging female-fronted alternative-rock band, The Dreaming Society's music has been featured on popular television shows such as MTV's "True Life" and "Teen Mom". Formerly known as The Patchwork Quilt Fallacy, The Dreaming Society's song "Slip...

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“Shout It Out with HANSON” Music Competition

Shout It Out with HANSON: San Diego, CA Winner, July 2010

Alternative Winner, August 2011

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EP Review by Sharp Magazine
Their compositions are dynamic; the arrangements are precise and expertly executed." -Sharp Magazine

Shinbone Magazine CD Review by Shinbone Magazine
Putting on "The Great Escape," the new EP from northeastern Pennsylvania's The Patchwork Quilt Fallacy, is like slipping through a portal back into the alt-rock days of the '90s, but with less flannel and far less whining. And that's a good thing, really. The group, transplants from California, have distilled all that was good in that oft-maligned era and have trimmed the fat, creating a five-track disc that's at once moody, atmospheric and, yet, euphoric. Guitarist/backing vocalist Karl Strauss' multi-faceted axe inhabits the music like Cerberus: jangly and sweet; thick with distortion; loud and staccato like an aural machine gun assault. Scott John Miller's bass flows and dips like heavy water. Ricky Ahner, hammering the skins on the album, gives the whole deal a rhythm as distinctive as a heartbeat, favoring heavily staccato and syncopated beats. And vocalist/pianist Shelah Kelso tickles the ivories, lending the whole mix some added depth and a nice counterpoint to Strauss' muscular guitar. Imagine the big wall of sound a la Smashing Pumpkins, but without Billy Corgan's self absorption and big shiny head. But as fantastic as the music is, I'm just going to say it: The album balances on Kelso's finely nuanced voice. The gal's got an ear for harmony, layering vocal tracks and playing oh, so nice with Strauss' backing vocals. Kelso lists '90s It-Girl and Lilith Fair headmistress Sarah McLachlan as an inspiration, and you can hear the similarities — they both have throaty, smoky voices. Kelso, though, is her own woman with her own protean voice: temptress; gamine; broken hearted. Never is that — and the band's full spectrum — on better display than on featured track, "Live Until My Life Runs Out," a paean to hard-won fortitude. The group starts out tentatively, all guitar and piano arpeggio, until they burst out of the gate swinging, guitars and drums a-blazing. Hell, Strauss even whips out a surprisingly wicked solo. Reviewed by Domenick Moore, Shinbone Magazine 2008

PQF by Flat Cat Radio
..the coolest band I've heard in a long, long time." -Dave Strauss, Host of Flat Cat Radio

Live Show Review by NEMO
..Go see them live.. This is new music from young craftsmen that needs exposure." -NEMO (North East Music Organization) PA

The Gestalt of The Patchwork Quilt Fallacy: Karl and Shelah by Kara Kumpel (of Anime Insider)
The Gestalt of The Patchwork Quilt Fallacy: Karl and Shelah by Kara Kumpel For Karl Strauss and Shelah Kelso, the journey toward The Patchwork Quilt Fallacy—and each other—has been lifelong. Through several iterations, band members, and time zones of the United States, Karl’s passion for music with depth has held the core of the Fallacy together. But it wasn’t until he met Shelah in the summer of 2006 that everything clicked so...well, harmoniously. Karl’s music, always on-point technically as well as aurally, has truly evolved with the addition of Shelah. Their creative visions meld like Vulcans. You’ll see Shelah’s ethereal vocals often compared to artists such as Sarah McLachlan, and her voice certainly has that broken Irish beauty, but oh so much more power. It is a heartbreaking counterpoint to Karl’s relentless guitar that brings you to your knees. Shelah appears a delicate being that would look almost natural in fairy wings, but she’s more a creature of Faerie—that realm of the Sidhe to which hapless mortals are often lured but should never, ever go. For the Sidhe are as deadly as they are beautiful. And there’s no such thing as a casual listening to The Patchwork Quilt Fallacy. Their music has a visceral feel that only a musical assemblage (I hesitate to call them just a “band”) begun as a pipe dream in Amish Country, solidified on those sunny plastic shores of Los Angeles, and spiked with the cold, lonely mountains of the Poconos could contain. Even more unique than the raw sound are the intricate lyrics. Every song is its own epic journey—particularly “Singing to the Lonely,” which flows seamlessly from sweetness to angst and back again; you are forcibly taken on an emotional rollercoaster the lyrics only begin to suggest. Upon a single listen it is immediately apparent that this band has something to say, far beyond the usual angst-ridden mewling of maladjusted, dissatisfied post-teens in today’s tumultuous atmosphere. And what the Patchwork Quilt Fallacy has to say cannot fail to move you—as in, it will punch you in the face and then nurse you back to health. And you’ll beg for more beatings. They sing of love, loss, growth, and always hope. The whole of The Patchwork Quilt Fallacy, with its deeply felt words and sounds, gives rise to something much greater than the sum of its two multifaceted foundational parts.

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3 Vocal Mics, 2 Direct Box Inputs, at least 1 monitor for main vocals.

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