1. THE ELECTRIC PRESIDENT By: Brenden Cole

2. BEN COOPER ALEX KANE &

3. BEN COOPER BORN: JACKSONVILLE, FL 9 SIBLINGS IN MIDDLE SCHOOL BEGAN TO WRITE SONGS AND CREATE SHORT FILMS IN 2000 FORMED THE BAND THE HELICOPTER PROJECT 2003 FORMED ELECTRIC PRESIDENT

4. ALEX KANE BORN IN JACKSONVILLE, FL BECAME FRIENDS WITH BEN COOPER IN MIDDLE SCHOOL STARTED HELICOPTER PROJECT IN 2000 IN 2003 CREATED ELECTRIC PRESIDENT WITH BEN COOPER

5. WHY ARE THEY CALLED THE ELECTRIC PRESIDENT? In an interview with spinner, Ben stated, “We had been recording for years before we gave our band a name. Sometimes we just give ourselves a really long name just to be annoying or name ourselves after other bands. It was when we had realized that we enjoyed recording that we decided to give ourselves the name “The Electric President”

6. BAND BIOGRAPHY BAND STARTED: 2000 BAND LOCATION: JACKSONVILLE, FL RELEASED: 3 FULL LENGTH ALBUMS PUBLICITY: FOX NETWORK PROGRAM THE O.C. USED TRACKS “THE POT STIRRER” AND “INSOMNIA”

7. DISCOGRAPHY 2006 - “SELF TITLE” 2008 - “SLEEP WELL” 2010- “THE VIOLENT BLUE”

8. SELF TITLE ALBUM 10 TRACKS RELEASED ON MORR MUSIC LABEL LIMITED MAINSTREAM ATTENTION 2 TRACKS USED ON FOX NETWORK’S “THE O.C.” (INSOMNIA & THE POT STIRRER) TRACK PLAYING: “INSOMNIA”

9. SLEEP WELL 12 TRACKS RELEASED ON MORR MUSIC LABEL MINOR TONED ALBUM THEMED AROUND DREAMS TRACK PLAYING: “ETHER”

10. THE VIOLENT BLUE 10 TRACKS RELEASED ON FAKE FOUR INC RECORD LABEL AN “OCEAN THEME” ALBUM NEW STYLE (MORE PIANO AND ELECTRONIC EMPHASIS) TRACK PLAYING: “THE OCEAN FLOOR”

11. COMPOSITION HISTORY THE VIOLENT BLUE GOOD MORNING, HYPOCRITE MONSTERS ROBOPHOBIA SAFE AND SOUND

12. THE VIOLENT BLUE RELEASED FEBRUARY 23, 2010 ALL MUSIC BY BEN COOPER AND ALEX KANE LYRICALLY EXPLAINS BENS’ FEELINGS OF THE OCEAN STRONG CRESCENDO AND RESOLUTION

13. GOOD MORNING, HYPOCRITE RELEASED JANUARY 24, 2006 FIRST RECORDED WORK OF BEN COOPER AND ALEX KANE SEVERAL TEMPO CHANGES AND CONTRASTING MELODIES ALL LYRICS AND MUSIC BY ELECTRIC PRESIDENT

14. MONSTERS RELEASED JUNE 24, 2008 WRITTEN AND RECORDED BY BEN COOPER AND ALEX KANE SWITCHES BETWEEN MAJOR AND MINOR TONES RECORDED IN A SHED IN BENS’ BACKYARD

15. ROBOPHOBIA RELEASED JUNE 24, 2008 WRITTEN AND RECORDED BY BEN COOPER AND ALEX KANE MAJORITY OF THE SONG USES A SYNTHESIZER GOOD MIXTURE OF SOFTWARE AND ACOUSTIC INSTRUMENTS

16. SAFE AND SOUND RELEASED FEBRUARY 23, 2010 RELEASED ON NEW RECORD LABEL FAKE FOUR, INC. REPETITIVE BUT CATCHY RYTHMN STRONG ACOUSTIC GUITAR WITH PIANO ACCOMPANIMENT

17. listening guide GOOD MORNING, HYPOCRITE SAFE AND SOUND MONSTERS THE VIOLENT BLUE GOOD MORNING, HYPOCRITE SAFE AND SOUND MONSTERS THE VIOLENT BLUE

18. good morning, hypocrite 0:00 - 0:33 - INTRO 0:34 - 0:59 - VERSE ONE 1:00 - 1:27 - BRIDGE 1:28 - 1:54 - VERSE TWO 1:55 - 2:22 - BRIDGE TWO 2:23 - 2:49 - BREAK 2:50 - 3:15 - BREAK TWO 3:16 - 3:57 - BREAK THREE 3:58 - 4:23 - CRESCENDO 4:24 - 4:50 - CHORUS 4:51 - 5:23 - OUTRO 0:00 - 0:33 - INTRO 0:34 - 0:59 - VERSE ONE 1:00 - 1:27 - BRIDGE 1:28 - 1:54 - VERSE TWO 1:55 - 2:22 - BRIDGE TWO 2:23 - 2:49 - BREAK 2:50 - 3:15 - BREAK TWO 3:16 - 3:57 - BREAK THREE 3:58 - 4:23 - CRESCENDO 4:24 - 4:50 - CHORUS 4:51 - 5:23 - OUTRO

19. SAFE AND SOUND 0:00 - 0:27 - INTRO 0:28 - 1:06 - VERSE ONE 1:07 - 1:34 - CHORUS ONE 1:35 - 1:47 - BRIDGE 1:48 - 2:45 - VERSE TWO 2:46 - 3:04 - BRIDGE TWO 3:05 - 3:23 - BRIDGE THREE 3:24 - 3:54 - CHORUS TWO 3:55 - 4:07 - OUTRO 0:00 - 0:27 - INTRO 0:28 - 1:06 - VERSE ONE 1:07 - 1:34 - CHORUS ONE 1:35 - 1:47 - BRIDGE 1:48 - 2:45 - VERSE TWO 2:46 - 3:04 - BRIDGE TWO 3:05 - 3:23 - BRIDGE THREE 3:24 - 3:54 - CHORUS TWO 3:55 - 4:07 - OUTRO

20. monsters 0:00 - 0:15 - INTRO 0:16 - 1:05 - VERSE ONE 1:06 - 1:40 - CHORUS ONE 1:41 - 2:29 - VERSE TWO 2:30 - 3:02 - CHORUS TWO 3:03 - 3:19 - BRIDGE 3:20 - 3:53 - CHORUS THREE 3:54 - 4:38 - OUTRO 0:00 - 0:15 - INTRO 0:16 - 1:05 - VERSE ONE 1:06 - 1:40 - CHORUS ONE 1:41 - 2:29 - VERSE TWO 2:30 - 3:02 - CHORUS TWO 3:03 - 3:19 - BRIDGE 3:20 - 3:53 - CHORUS THREE 3:54 - 4:38 - OUTRO

21. the violent blue 0:00 - 0:53 - INTRO 0:54 - 1:43 - VERSE ONE 1:44 - 2:10 - BRIDGE 2:11 - 2:36 - VERSE TWO 2:37 - 3:01 - BUILD 3:02 - 3:29 - BUILD TWO 3:30 - 3:57 - CHORUS 3:58 - 4:14 - OUTRO 0:00 - 0:53 - INTRO 0:54 - 1:43 - VERSE ONE 1:44 - 2:10 - BRIDGE 2:11 - 2:36 - VERSE TWO 2:37 - 3:01 - BUILD 3:02 - 3:29 - BUILD TWO 3:30 - 3:57 - CHORUS 3:58 - 4:14 - OUTRO

22. REFERENCES http://www.radicalface.com/electricpresident.htmwww.radicalface.com/electricpresident.htm http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/electric- president-sleep-well http://www.spinner.com/2010/02/23/sxsw-2010- electric-president/