Deccatree – Band Bio

It takes confidence to name your record Battle of Life, but Orange County’s Deccatree is as humble as they are brilliant and sonically experimental as they are song-focused. They’ve been through the wringer but their faith in themselves has enabled them to make it to the other side.

Singer-guitarist Chris Karn and his compatriots Jesse Nason (keyboards/vocals), Dicki Fliszar (drums/vocals) and Natalia Bolanos (bass/vocals) signed to Atlantic Records. They had started a successful tour, recorded their debut album working with Grammy winning producer John Shanks and mixer Chris Lord-Alge, and the lead track “Belong” was cocked and loaded as the first single. But in late 2004 their relationship with the label soured mostly because of weird, internal record-company politics.

Creatively, though, this may turn out to be one of Karn’s best years. Atlantic Records not only spurned the band, Deccatree, but also handed him back the rights to his songs and the master recordings (free and clear) for the album they were supposed to put out – which never, ever happens, not even to much-bigger-named acts. Karn also got to keep the intended album’s artwork and was free to put it out himself, which is just what he’s done.

The Deccatree album – Battle of Life, a title that by now has about as many meanings for Karn as notes that are played on it, soaked in Karn’s brand of sinewy, Beatle-y pop; exquisitely layered arrangements; and succulent, stick-in-your-head riffs that much-larger, less-talented bands would pluck out their eyeballs for. It’s gorgeous, uplifting music, an aural gumbo that often masks Karn’s deeply personal lyrics about his wife, his dad and random bouts of inner turmoil – emotions that all gel together in the closing title track.

Followed up by the Live record “Thank You” and the 2nd studio album “It’s OK” Deccatree have grown and proven that the creative waters run deep with this group of musicians. Touring on a local and regional basis and keeping creative in the studio both with Deccatree and Chris’ production work (Rocco DeLuca) have kept the music flowing in a permanent state. The music has reached fans from as far away as Sweden, Germany, and Italy who have found the band on MySpace, Facebook, or by blogs and chatrooms.

Great Music. Melodic and powerful. Once coined “Inspirational speech put to song” by a friend. Deccatree music is honest, real and created from the ground up by the band to only inspire greater things in themselves and, hopefully thru a connection, others.  The voices, guitar, Fender Rhodes, Drums and Bass are undiluted and pure. Really what we feel is what you hear, beautiful or grey, never manipulated or contrived.

Deccatree – Melodic and Inspiring.

Placement of original compositions in: Jericho (CBS),Courting Alex (CBS) ,Beauty and the Geek (WB), Killer Instinct (Fox),Scrubs (Season 3), and many more…..