1992. Mike Alvarez in a Rosarito, Mexico
mirror.
Musician Mike
Alvarez formed Not Records
Tapes music recording company in Austin
Texas in 1984. Before moving to Los Angeles
in 1988 to work in music, film and television, he
produced the likes of Daniel
Johnston,
Roky Erickson,
The True Believers (with Alejandro
Escovedo), Texacala Jones and many other influential,
independent artists.
Not
Records Tapes is the founding company of NRT
Entertainment Group, which includes Not Records
Tapes and NRT Films, the production arm of the new
Louisiana based film finance and distribution company
4HG Entertainment.
Alvarez
has been a professional musician since 1970, beginning
in high school as a guitarist for the McAllen Texas
rock group Medusa.
In 1981, Alvarez joined Austin's Max
and the Makeups and has been an independent music
producer, singer-songwriter-guitarist, and filmmaker
ever since.
News
and Events.....
The
2324 Documentary Licensed for Southeast Asian Video On
Demand Market
The
Tom
Koester documentary about the making
of the 2006 Mike Alvarez LP "2324" has been
licensed to Minnesota based distributor Braun
Media. Braun will represent a 2D version of
the 3D documentary to the Southeast Asian Video- -On-Demand
market.
From
the Tom Koester 3D documentary, Mike Alvarez
records
"Destiny" with cellist Max Zakzook. Click
here
to listen to the song.
Permanent
Byron Scott Web Presence A Fixture at Not Records Tapes
Long-time
Austin music force Byron Scott, who passed away November
15 of diabetes related heart failure, will have a permanent
web presence at Not Records Tapes. A great artist, musician
and human being, Byron's works will be added to the Byron
Scott site currently being developed at Not
Records Tapes.
1993.
Byron Scott at Austin's Music Lane Studios,
laying down bass tracks for
the Mike Alvarez EP
Love. Click here
and go to the Love Sessions to
listen. Photo by Gina
Evins.
Max
and the Makeups News
All
three of Max and the Makeups studio recording sessions
are now on-line.
 
Max
and the Makeups' bassist, the late Karl Remstam (l), Max
Gottlieb (c) and Mike
Alvarez
(r) at Club Foot, Austin, Texas, 1983. Karl and
Max photos by Ken Collier.
Mike
photo by Lori Price.
New
Releases!
Ken
Jones
The
new Ken Jones book "Ceaseless Greasepaint In Combat
Stance" out now! Ken's
first book of poetry "Unutterable
Blunders and Palace Disasters", available at
amazon.com
Mike
Alvarez
CD
cover photo by Kevin
Altieri
CD
art by Hoola Design
The
Tom Koester 3D documentary "2324 - The Making of
an Underground Rock Album" premiered in Hollywood,
Saturday , May 26th
Mike
Alvarez 2007 Touring and Recording News
Mike
Alvarez Plays Houston's Art Crawl
On
November 17th, Mike Alvarez performed at the massive art
gallery exhibit, Houston's 15th Annual Art Crawl.
The event was dimmed by the losses of NRT friends Byron
Scott (see above) and Rick
Smith (photo below).
  
Rick Smith (top, left) passed away just before the Art
Crawl show at Atelier Jacquinet
Gallery.
His band, Bald Eagle Burger, played on: drummer Todd Brown
(top, right),
guitarist
Rob Gay (middle, left), and vocalist Sam Delaune (middle
right). Mike Alvarez (bottom) played songs from
his catalogue dating from 1983 to 2006.
Photos
by Rachel Syblik.
Mike
Alvarez and Friends Played the legendary Whiskey A-Go-Go
club on Sunset Strip March 31, 2007
Poster by Hoola
Design
Mike
Alvarez Early 2007 Tour Info
April
27 - Austin, The Hole In The Wall
April
28 - San Antonio, Radio interview on KYSM
April
28 - San Antonio, The Limelight
Schuyler
Hupp (L), Jonie Hell (C) and Mike Alvarez (R) rock Austin's
Hole in the Wall April 27th. Photo by Jack Underwood.
Mike
Alvarez Begins Recording New CD
FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
January 2008
Mike Alvarez
Begins Recording Next Album
Mike
Alvarez, guitarist Matt Jansky and drummer Jeff Helwig
recently laid down several scratch tracks for the next
Mike Alvarez LP. Alvarez expects the next record
will be a straight ahead rock album. Look for new
songs March of 2008 and new touring information for New
York, Los Angeles, Portland and Texas.
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