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Ash Avildsen

@ashavildsen

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@queenofthering - writer/director
@sumerianrecords - founder
@sumerianpictures - founder
@sumeriancomics - co-founder
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Surprise! 💕 Baby girl is coming extremely soon! Honestly, I still can’t believe I’m finally sharing this. I never intentionally kept this pregnancy a secret for so long, but after everything we’ve been through, fear felt overwhelming—and sometimes, keeping something so precious close felt safer. Our journey to this moment has been a long one. After several miscarriages, navigating Ash’s rare balanced translocation, my stage 3 endometriosis, and the uncertainty of IVF, we were left with one single healthy embryo. One little embryo that stayed safely frozen for a long time because I was simply too scared to take the chance. Eventually, I realized I could continue living in fear or I could give that little embryo a chance. So I did. 💕 I was not hopeful and possibly in denial that I was truly pregnant. Pregnancy after loss comes with emotions that are hard to explain. So much gratitude and excitement, but also fear, guilt, sadness, and a heart that deeply aches for those still walking through loss and infertility. Especially when you have a close friend who lost their little girl after we transferred together and another who lost their chance to even try again due to cancer😭 I’m finally allowing myself to embrace and celebrate this sweet baby girl, and we cannot wait to watch Izzy become a big brother. 🥹💕 Baby girl loading! 🎀 Video/photo: @4joymedia Hair/makeup: @tahoehairnmakeup Flowers: @wildthicket by @ashavildsen
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a month ago
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from no dad and no neighborhood to this.. 🚲🥹🙏 🧑‍🧑‍🧒 by @ashavildsen
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2 months ago
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Mile End Kicks is now on Netflix. Huge congrats to writer/director @clevack and the entire cast & crew of @mileendkicksmovie on both a wonderful theatrical + streaming release. So grateful for the @sumerianpictures and @sumerianrecords teams working together to make it all happen. 🍿✏️🎶🎞️ by @ashavildsen
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3 months ago
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🎧 SOUND ADVICE IN 60 SECONDS // Vol. 2: DES ROCS One artist. One minute. One new addition to your playlist. ⚡️ THE VIBE: Dangerous, stylish, soulful, and impossible to ignore. A little bit Elvis, Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, and The Boss but completely his own, @iamdesrocs plays what he calls “Bedroom Arena Rock” / massive, uncompromising, pure rock and roll energy. From tiny DIY clubs in 2018 to sharing stages with GNR and Muse, he is the real deal. 👇🏼Who should I feature next? Drop them in the comments! #SoundAdvice #DesRocs #NewMusic #MusicDiscovery #RockMusic taken in Los Angeles, California by @ashavildsen
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10 years ago today, we released our debut album, Boom Boom Room: Side A. What a beautiful journey this has been. We wrote this record between 2013 and 2015 in the basement of our home. The original demos and being seen live at a High School led to signing with Sumerian Records and then jumped into the studio to record the album with James Iha of The Smashing Pumpkins. Back then, we were living in our car, playing over 200 shows a year, opening for anyone we could and trying to figure it out. We played bars, clubs, fans houses, grocery stores, you name it we played it and rooms with only a handful of people watching. Every night we showed up, believing in something bigger than ourselves a little delusional but we put in the work. Over the last decade, that dream has taken us further than we ever imagined. From those tiny clubs to headlining Wembley Arena, selling out tours around the world, appearing on magazine covers, generating over a billion streams (yes, that’s a Showbiz reference) and performing on some of the biggest stages on earth but most importantly building a beautiful community of our Royal Council. Those moments are incredible but the most exciting part is that it still feels like we’re just getting started. Boom Boom Room: Side A captures the purest version of Palaye Royale. Three brothers creating without boundaries, learning our craft, and discovering who we were. Looking back on it now, despite all the twists, turns, mistakes, victories and lessons, we don’t think we’ve ever lost sight of that spirit. Not every road has been the right one, but every road has been part of the journey. Today, we’re filled with gratitude. To our beautiful mother, who gave us the gift of music and encouraged us to dream and to dream big. To the people who believed in us when there was very little evidence that they should. And most importantly, to our incredible family around the world. You turned our dreams into reality. None of this exists without you. Thank you for 10 unforgettable years of Boom Boom Room: Side A. And somehow, it still feels like Day One. What’s your favorite song from our debut album? by @ashavildsen
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4 months ago
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This week on the New Music Business podcast, Ari sits down with @ashavildsen, founder of @sumerianrecords. Ash shares the story of building one of the most influential independent labels in modern rock and metal, from booking DIY tours in the MySpace era to helping artists break into arenas. . . . . . #musicbusiness #recordlabel #sumerianrecords by @ashavildsen
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4 months ago
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FINALLY I CAN SEE IT! THESE BIRDS NOT MEANT TO FLY ALONE. Izzy’s first music festival trip as a four year old, now wise enough to almost understand what all is going on! also his first trip to Waffle House 🙃 Fatherhood is the greatest thing I have ever known. He was a total riot and I have so many more pics and videos I wanna post but here’s 20 to get the party started. And boy is this kiddo lucky he’s got the best momma and nana in town! He’s got a whole entourage when he rolls through ❤️❤️❤️ big thank you to @dannywimmerpresents @dannywimmer for an amazing first time to @welcometorockville #rockville #turnstile #fatherhood #sumerian #dwp by @ashavildsen
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5 months ago
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I am sharing this post as inspiration to everyone out there who has been or is being bullied or doubted, laughed at or pushed down. Bad Omens is a band I fought for from the day I signed them and was met with constant ridicule, doubt and isolation from so many of my peers as well as many other bands. From industry group chats making fun of them and Sumerian for believing so deeply in their potential, to being dropped by their agency reps because they stood up for themselves and we stood by them, to countless other scenarios. “dude- they’ll never recover from this.” I started Sumerian Records to champion young unknown artists that I believed in, using my experience as a struggling artist in the industry trying to help bring in a new era of music. 2006 everybody said the record business was dead and I was “beyond foolish” to spend the rest of my 20s building a label in the “current climate.” I figured it all out as I went. I had no true mentor who had already done what I hoped to do in the biz and knew how much I had learned the hard way, so if I could help artists younger than me do better - I was going to do it. I am so proud and so honored by the 10+ years of hard work, resilience and brilliant artistry I have seen Bad Omens do. They have paid their dues and deserve every bit of the success they have created for themselves. These guys are all maestros and Noah is a true auteur in how he crafts all that is the audio & visual experience of this band. He does not compromise his art and vision, whether it’s the lack of a logo at the bottom of a flyer or it’s the finishing touches on one of the biggest albums of the decade in rock and alternative. If no one’s hating, then you’re not making an impact. If you’re still reading this - keep going. Nothing worth fighting for is ever easy. You can stop when you’re dead. -shout out to every person who has worked with the band- past and present. thank you for playing a part in getting them to where they are today. by @ashavildsen
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6 months ago
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i’m very emo it’s already been an entire year from this beautiful weekend for @queenofthering premiering. forever grateful for all these incredible people that created it with me- thank you to HBO Eastern Europe for now streaming it in:  Albania 🇦🇱 , Czech Republic 🇨🇿 , Slovakia 🇸🇰 , Hungary 🇭🇺 , 🇵🇱 , Romania 🇷🇴, Moldova 🇲🇩 , Croatia 🇭🇷 , Slovenia 🇸🇮 Serbia 🇷🇸 , Kosovo 🇽🇰 , Montenegro 🇲🇪 Bosnia 🇧🇦 , North Macedonia 🇲🇰 Bulgaria 🇧🇬 Also streaming now in Australia 🇦🇺 and coming to DVD this Summer! Hopefully a 🇺🇸 streaming home to announce soon 📺 but for now it’s still Apple, Amazon and Fandango. 🤼‍♀️ by @ashavildsen
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7 months ago
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Thank you @forbes - humbled and honored to have my little rock and roll dream get press like this. For all you soulless AI & Tech companies who are trying to make it even harder for humans to make a living in film and music while pretending like you are “doing good things for the business of art” we got news for you and a couple really great surprises. ‘26 is around the corner. ⚔️ 📻 the liberation will have its own frequency. I made a promise to myself and to my toddler son that while I’m here with resources and abilities, I will fight against the machine. It’s much easier to just make money, keep your mouth shut and live a comfortable life, but how would I ever look him in the eyes once he’s a man and asks “dad when all that was going on, what did you do to fight it?” by @ashavildsen
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10 months ago
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tear it down. 🔨 by @ashavildsen
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10 months ago
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We lost one of the greatest to ever do it today. Ever since I heard Jimmy as a small child, he enchanted me. The way he could capture mood with lyric and melody was timeless. He was an artist that for me both as a little kid and a grown man, I loved without fatigue. That takes a very special voice and very special songs to do. I will never grow tired of playing you, Mr. Cliff. Thank you for your magic and humanity. 🎙️ 🇯🇲 So grateful I got to see him with my brother perform main stage Coachella w/ Tim Armstrong of Rancid, another all time favorite artist growing up. by @ashavildsen
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