Higher Hill Releases Debut Album Get Up and Go via HigherHill Studios
Indie rock artist Higher Hill has today released their debut album, Get Up and Go off their Dallas, Texas record label imprint, Higher Hill Studios. Get Up and Go, a 12 record album, is written by lead singer Vanessa Ogle and Paul Bullock with production by hitmakers Jeffrey Trott (Sheryl Crow, Hootie and the Blowfish), David Kirshenbaum (Duran Duran, Tracy Chapman, Cat Stevens, etc), and Nashville’s Kate Malone.
The 12 song album comes after HigherHill released singles “All Lit Up”, “River”, and “Get Up and Go” which together have driven over 20,000 streams across digital streaming platforms to date. Steam the entire Get Up and Go project here: https://ffm.to/higherhill
Get Up And Go Track List
River
Get Up and Go
Gravity
Miles Ago
All Lit Up
Come On Kama
Stand Up
Single
Sin
Genes
Best Life
Lullaby
Get Up and Go is an album that reflects the “retire and rewire” montra of executives today. Vanessa Ogle and Paul Bullock were both formally C-suite technology executives that for more than two decades in their respective careers, yet chose to step away and focus on the creative pursuits of music. Vanessa and Paul not only established the record label imprint, HigherHill Studios to help advance underrepresented creators from women to LGBTQ people, but used it as a path to share with the world the music they have been writing in their spare time between meetings or after long days at work for decades.
The journey from C-suite executive to musician is reflected in the makeup of the Get Up and Go album, which comprises a wide range of music styles, each song written with hard hitting messages through clever lyrics rooted in the decades of experience of lead singer Vanessa Ogle.
The album sweeps from sassy challenges of being single, the much needed anthem of the unstoppable power of women in “River”, the importance to “Stand Up” against domestic violence and abuse of civil liberties, all the way to the relief and hope of traveling again in “Get Up and Go”. The listener can laugh along during the comedic “Come on Karma” and also feel the tug on their heartstrings while Vanessa sings of the tender moments watching her children grow up in “Lullaby”.
“Get Up and Go is a collaboration between Paul and I that reflected the things I always wanted to say but was too bound up by the impact on my business, my kids’ teachers, or what my neighbors might think to say. Art has the power to change the world,” says HigherHill lead singer Vanessa Ogle. “While we both love tech, we are ready to “Get Up and Go” to support other artists and ourselves as artists. It is critical that all voices are heard. Encouraging women to claim their power isn’t just a luxury, it is critical to our very survival as an equal participant in society.”
The album seeks to call out the bullies, abusers, the lovers, and the most important moments that take our breath away. The album looks to inspire anyone who has a passion for anything to never give up on their dreams, even if it feels scary or too late to pursue.
“There was a tremendous amount of trust that was required for us to put our first ever written songs in front of these world class producers and musicians. David, Jeff, and Kate made us feel welcome and it was an amazing opportunity to work with these incredible creatives whose work we had admired for years,” says Vanessa Ogle. “Beyond just the amazing producers, working alongside musicians like Leland Sklar, Denny Fongheiser, Fred Eltringham, and Billy Justineau was surreal. I can't thank everyone enough for giving us your time and your talent to show there is never a better time to chase your passions than now!”
Stream Get Up and Go available on all digital streaming platforms including Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal, SoundCloud, Deezer, and more.
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About Higher Hill Studios:
Higher Hill Studios is an artist incubator and record label focused on advancing songwriters, producers, engineers, and recording artists with a focus on women, and other historically underrepresented creators. Founded in 2021 by renowned entertainment and technology entrepreneur Vanessa Ogle, the label will provide production assistance to underrepresented emerging artists.With an overarching goal of equalizing the playing field, Ogle will use her years of experience working with content, hospitality, and technology companies like Netflix, Amazon, Marriott International, HBO, Dish Networks, Disney, Universal, Fox, and Sony Studios to give artists the guidance they need to make an informed choice of whether they want to pursue independence or major label paths. For more information on HigherHill Studios, please visit www.higherhillstudios.com and follow the company on Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook.
About HigherHill:
Higher Hill is a husband and wife singer songwriter duo from Texas. Vanessa is a globally celebrated entrepreneur and inventor and Paul has his very own brick at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and has performed live on AXS to an audience of millions. Paul is chief guitar maker at Bullock Guitars. This first original project is a delightful and eclectic mix of Paul's musical structure, rock guitar sounds and Vanessa's lyrics and vocal melodies. All Lit Up was produced by the cool and generous Jeff Trott. It features Fred Eltringham, Billy Justineau, Andrew Petroff, and of course, Jeff Trott himself. Gravity, Miles Ago, and Best Life were produced by the iconic David Kershenbaum who included Leland Sklar, Denny Fongheiser, and Jon Gilutin. Last but certainly not least, Kate Malone brought 6 of our songs to life from the soft and tender Lullaby all the way to screaming River with a team of Nashville's best including Devin Malone, Matt Utterback, Josh Matheny, John Henry Trinko. This project is dedicated to all the musicians and venues who were affected by the pandemic, and our own, Violet the dog.
About Vanessa Ogle:
Vanessa Ogle is the founder of HigherHill Studios, an artist incubator and record label focused on advancing songwriters, producers, engineers, and recording artists with a focus on women, and other historically underrepresented creators. Additionally, Vanessa is the founder and current chairwoman of Enseo. Having served as the CEO of Enseo for over 20 years, Vanessa’s innovation and leadership has led the company to become one of the largest out-of-home digital media and connected networks in the world, serving more than 100,000,000 people annually with digital entertainment, employee and student safety and connected network solutions.
Currently, Vanessa holds over 120 U.S. Patents, many of which have pioneered the out-of-home media network by enabling music and video streaming in hotels and the platform that enables collection of valuable data analytics. Vanessa combined these innovations with her content and technology relationships with companies such as Netflix, Amazon, HBO, Pandora, iHeartRadio and Dish Networks along with the world’s largest hotel companies including Marriott International, Intercontinental Hotel Group, Wyndham, Hilton and others to achieve this incredible reach to consumers. Moreover, Vanessa has pioneered content protection technology working with film studios such as Disney, Universal, Fox, MGM, and Sony Studios exclusively providing Hollywood movies to the entire U.S. armed forces through her company Catapult Technologies.
Vanessa’s innovation has pushed Enseo to be listed as #15 on FAST Company’s 100 Best Workplace for Innovation in 2021, on the 50 Fastest Growing Women-Owned/Led Companies 2020/2019/2018 and Entrepreneur Magazine’s 360 Best Entrepreneurial Companies in America 2019/2018/2020. Vanessa’s career successes have been recognized by INC. 100 Female Founder’s Award, Ernst and Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year Award, Enterprising Women of the Year Award and has landed her company on the Inc. 5000 four times.
Vanessa is a frequent live TV and Radio contributor on Yahoo Finance, Nasdaq Trade Talks, and Fox Business where she speaks about technology and hospitality trends and entertainment analytics, with a focus on music streaming, TV and television insights. Her insights have been featured on Variety, MarketWatch, CIO.com, HotelManagement.com, The Dallas Morning News, Refinery 29, VentureBeat, Forbes, and more.