Higher Than Why

Bio

Higher Than Why formed in the Austin, Texas conscious underground hip hop scene circa 2004. HTW uses drums, keys, bass and quick witted, forward thinking lyrics by Justice on the mic. No guitars. Their sound is booming, eerie, jammy and spacey all while backed by percussively metered wordsmithing, presenting thoughtful insight on a compelling sound scape.

Latest Blog Entries

happy hollah days

posted on Dec 21 at 7:11 am | 0 comments

whaddup everyone, have a nice break with your family and friends and then come on back for more. one of our favorite local acts, PONG, who absolutely ROCK, invited us to open up for them on Friday, Jan 18th. It'll prolly be a sold out show since it's PONG, so heads up now and we'll see you there! where: Room 710 - Austin, TX when: Fri. Jan. 18th who: PONG and HTW!!!!!!!!!!!! space rock + space hop = space boom oh, on another note - htw is back in the studio, this time at...

EP Release - Check it out nowish!

posted on Dec 17 at 12:43 am | 0 comments

hey everybody, check out our new EP - 4 slammin' tracks and 4 nuggetycomfy interlude jams. 1. Everybody Was Black 3. Photon 5. Recipe 7. Appetite send us a message to get a hard copy delivered via snail mail. and look for a full length album coming this spring! thanks, peace and love! htw

Comments

kiara AkA kiki said:

posted on Jul 4 at 11:09 pm

check da music n tell me wut ya think

Jostel Hason said:

posted on Jan 5 at 10:36 pm

there is this song called 'ANTI', it needs ears to find a home, go listen and maybe the highly raved about acoustic single will find a place to lay it's tone, much love Jostel, p.s. don't be afraid, it's just me pouring out my soul, all emotions you feel are reel and are regarded vital in sustaining a meaningful life,......

7BEATSTREET said:

posted on Dec 17 at 8:45 pm

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TheCapitalClinic said:

posted on Nov 6 at 10:21 am

------- Original note to thecapitalclinic: (Nov 05, 10:52 pm) -------

hey, how's it going? i'm curious about the fuzz ranking system of top 10 artists for the week. it seems a pretty clever idea if i figure correctly: you create a top 10 list that has some household names in it (bloc party, rilo kiley, bright eyes, etc.) and then rotate new "artists" into the list with them. these newbies then brag to their friends about being ranked just under (or even above) such popular acts, which then prompts friends (in disbelief) to see for themselves, thus more traffic to the fuzz website.

is there a formula?

Hi guys. Thanks for your PM. Actually I am not part of Fuzz Management. This is who I am as a committed stakeholder..

I really don't know the formula the Fuzz team use to establish their current ranking system; but I think they discuss rankings and promotion of artists a bit on the Fuzz FAQ page..

Also, I believe they have a few things in store for a rotating "featured artists" and "new artists" program that they want to get to in time. Fuzz states that its primary mission in life is to help musicians to get discovered and I'm sure your suggestion will be helpful to them in that regard.

Since your PM note and suggestion did not appear to be sensitive, I take the liberty to send it directly to the Fuzz CEO and person in charge of Marketing [as well as in your public profile page].

I hope they get some ideas from your constructive commnets. To get even more exposure to the critical question of MUSIC DISCOVERY in the new world of OpenSocial networking that I think will become the NEXT BIG THING, I suggest you start blogging about the best way to help artists with the "Fuzz Rankings". I think music discovery in an open, but exceedingly wild, environment will be a major challenge for the "non-established" artist and finding solutions will be a non-trivial exercise.

Cheers TCC