| Recording | My Music History | A Night at the Open Mic |
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Passing Summer
Storm
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These songs are all original. They are all written,
performed, and recorded by me. I spent a great deal of time,
money, and effort to create these. The quality is
excellent for a home studio and the limits of self recording. Right click save target as and choose where to send it. Internet Explorer automatically renames the .mp3 extension to .mpga, this should play just fine. But if it is a problem for you, just right click on the file and rename the extension back to .mp3.
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| Recording: | |
| I spend a lot of time writing, playing, recording, rerecording,
starting over, crying in frustration, and collecting recording
equipment these days. I have been a musician since I was 12
years old, but as life becomes busier with family and work, it
has been nearly impossible to work a band with all it's
practices and gigs into my schedule. I use recording as a
way to document and release my creative energy the way I did on
stages and practices in the past. Recording has become a
treasured part of my life, more than the word hobby can possibly
describe.
My friend Jim and I have been concentrating on finishing our first original CD's. We have also have started to work on a collaboration between the two of us and occasionally other musicians.
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| My Musical History: | |
| I have been working on songwriting for about 12 years now,
and playing guitar, bass, and drums for 14 years. I
had a 4 track analog recorder that I used to use to record my songs,
but the quality was really only good for putting ideas down to work things out.
My songs are usually a mix of rock,
classical guitar riffs, and folk. But some are Reggae, Funk, and some are
blues. http://stage.vitaminic.com/main/dayzamazeme/ http://www.mbus.com/bands/genadm/DAYZAMAZEME.htm I'll include our full length LP on
this site later. The Silent Groove is now defunked. Omer, Matt, and Mike each have new bands. Paul just got married and will probably be in a new band soon enough. http://www.geocities.com/ctbluerock/br/modus.htm . Willie
is in a new band now, I heard the CD and was impressed. I have
no idea what their band name is or if they play out, but I'll
keep a tab on them and link to them eventually. http://www.4noledge.com/bio.html
We had some great songs but we were all going in different directions and eventually Paul joined The Silent Groove and Mike focused all of his attention on SugarFist. You can check out SugarFist here: The music was a mix of funk, rock, heavy metal, and even
elements of reggae and jazz. Parker was probably the best singer
I ever had the pleasure to perform with. You can check out Feed here: http://www.thefeedwebsite.com/Biopage/band.html There are some Mp3's for download. It was
really a great band but I never felt comfortable playing with
the guys in the band, so I moved on. The music was a mix of
Radio Head and Tool. Very interesting and dark, but it seemed
like we were never going to play out, which is what I used to enjoy the
most. We never had a name. I probably played with them for about
2 months. The other two guys in the band were Aaron and Jerry.
Both were excellent guitar players. If either of you need a
bassist or guitarist for any new bands, give me a ring man. |
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| A Night at the Open Mic: | |
| I went out to an acoustic open mic at a place called Downtown
Cafe in Bristol CT last Thursday night to check out the
atmosphere and possibly play if I liked it. The place was sort
of a dive, but after a few beers and seeing a couple good
musicians play, I decided to give it a shot. There were maybe 30
people in the place total, about 20 watching the musicians
perform. I sat through every musician, who all played cover
songs, and when my name was called I went up with my guitar.
Before I even tested the mic the place cleared except for maybe
4 people watching me and then another 15 or so hanging at the
bar ignoring the musicians. I was a little disappointed that the other musicians who I gave respect for by watching didn't even stick around long enough to hear the first note I played. I said screw it and played anyways. I played a jazzy blues original first that I am proud to say sounded pretty damn good. Then I played a more acoustic rock sounding original which came over pretty good. But then I started getting nervous because when I would finish a song the only people who noticed was the 2 or 3 people actually watching. One musician came in and watched me play a song, which is all I ask for. This was needless to say, a little disparaging. I went ahead and played two more songs, and got off stage. So here is the rant. I hate open mic's because the only people who watch you play are the people you bring with you. All the musicians play cover songs, and nobody gives respect to you for putting yourself out there. I know I am not Neil Young or anything, but I CAN play and sing well enough to be given the respect to at least be heard. Isn't the point of going out to an open mic to watch people perform, or if you are musician give respect the others musicians give you. I am going to try another place next week. I just want to find a place where artists can play their own music and be heard. I don't want to be famous or play out a gigs all the time, I just want to share art with people who appreciate it. I would expect at least other artists to be respectful. back to the top |
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