{"id":5854,"date":"2020-03-17T15:17:21","date_gmt":"2020-03-17T15:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/wordpress\/lavie\/?p=5854"},"modified":"2020-03-17T15:17:21","modified_gmt":"2020-03-17T15:17:21","slug":"vale-announces-2020-artist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/2020\/03\/17\/vale-announces-2020-artist\/","title":{"rendered":"VALE announces 2020 artist"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"dslc-theme-content\"><div id=\"dslc-theme-content-inner\"><p>By Megan Finlan \u201921, staff writer<\/p>\n<p>Student led VALE Music Group (VMG) has signed Shawn Mathews, also known as Rushil, as its 2020 artist.<\/p>\n<p>VMG began its search for its 2020 artist early in the semester with a content submission deadline of Jan. 31. After reviewing submissions, the group selected four finalists and hosted a showcase featuring these students at Ted\u2019s of Annville. The finalists selected for the VALE 2020 Artist were Emmy McManaman, Devin McKibbin, Ben Gordon and Shawn Mathews. Ultimately, Mathews won out and has begun to work alongside VALE members to record music that will be released later in the semester.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are beyond excited to be in the recording and marketing process with him,\u201d Aimee Bealer, freshman digital communications major and head of the VALE marketing department, said.<\/p>\n<p>Mathews is a sophomore audio and music production major and is no stranger to performing on campus.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from his activity with VALE, Mathews is involved in Wig &amp; Buckle where he performed as Seymour in their 2018 production of &#8220;Little Shop of Horrors&#8221; and Lamar in their 2019 production of &#8220;Godspell.&#8221; He also participates in other musical theater shows off campus where he has performed in &#8220;The Little Mermaid,&#8221; &#8220;Mamma Mia&#8221; and &#8220;Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing the VALE artist is a great experience because it allows me to collaborate on music and ideas with a bunch of different people\u201d Mathews said. \u201cIt gives me a lot of resources I wouldn\u2019t otherwise have.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mathews places his style of music under the pop category but doesn\u2019t consider it to be the \u201cnormal\u201d style of pop that comes from artists like Taylor Swift or Maroon 5. Mathew\u2019s style incorporates touches of alternative, electric and hip hop to create a more unique sound.<\/p>\n<p>The unnamed EP, which is produced by students in the VALE Records class, will be released on April 14.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>By Megan Finlan \u201921, staff writer Student led VALE Music Group (VMG) has signed Shawn Mathews, also known as Rushil, as its 2020 artist. VMG began its search for its 2020 artist early in the <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/2020\/03\/17\/vale-announces-2020-artist\/\" title=\"VALE announces 2020 artist\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5855,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-5854","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-campus-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5854\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}