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Big congrats to Scotswolfe for being the Mixposure.com Artist of the month! Stop by his page and have a listen!
Bio:
Scotswolfe being my recording persona,my real name being Jim McMurtrey.I answer to Jim or Mac.
Started picking out one finger melodies on the piano by ear around age six.Still play by ear as I never seemed to had the patience to learn to read music.Many times I wished that I had forced myself to learn.Maybe someday yet...heh.
Began playing in bar blues/rock bands around Fort Worth in the late sixties.Moved to East Texas in the eighties where I played for several years with country/rock bands.Spent a few years in Oklahoma,then moved back to my hometown and settled here.
Finally I have the time to do what I enjoy most,composing ,creating and recording my music.
I only play keyboards,piano,organ,synths.Started using analog synths in the eighties.Now my studio consists of the bare necessities...a Casio WK-1800 as a standalone keyboard and midi controller,Computer and Mixcraft6,a very affordable and versatile recording program with virtual instruments to expand my virtual orchestra.
Stumbled across Mixposure a month back and now it feels like a second home.Friendly folks and awesome musicians here.I've posted my music on a couple of other sites,but none of them compare to Mixposure,not even close.Plan to be here for a long while .
Congrats to our Winners for the 2013 Mixposure.com Music Awards! We had a tie in the Rock Category also. Below are the Winners!
Our next phase is having the trophies made so I will keep everyone posted on when those will be completed.
The Truevulgardian-Easy Way Out 11
Supirima Sangramaya -- Thushan Ushanka 11
Thanks for being a part of Mixposure.com everyone!!
http://time.com/29410/1st-stratocaster-guitar-for-sale-250k/
(NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — George Gruhn’s guitar shop in Nashville is a kind of mecca for fine, vintage musical instruments, but even Gruhn is blown away by the latest addition to his inventory. He says it’s the very first production model Fender Stratocaster ever made.
“This is special,” Gruhn told The Associated Press. “It’s not special as memorabilia because it was owned by anybody special. But it is special because this is effectively like having the right Rembrandt or Van Gogh or Da Vinci. It’s special because of what it is and who did this. Not because of who owned it.”
The sunburst-finish Strat bears the serial number 0100. Although some Strats have lower numbers that begin with 0001, Gruhn says they actually were manufactured later in that first year of production. He says the number-one Strat was sold to an amateur who evidently took good care of it.
“This one didn’t go to a famous performer,” he said. “It actually went to Joe Blow Public. But it stayed in good condition, hardly used. And then, a bit over 30 years ago, Richard Smith, who is a curator today at the museum of the city of Fullerton, Calif., where this guitar was made, bought this guitar.”
Smith purchased the guitar from the original owner. Gruhn said the record-keeping on the guitar is superb because Smith is considered one of the foremost experts on Stratocasters. Smith is selling it on consignment through Gruhn’s Guitars.
The Fender Stratocaster, first produced in 1954, has been described as a guitar that changed the world. When it first arrived, its streamlined, space-age contours seemed strange and perplexing to some. But the kids knew what to do with it. Buddy Holly played one. So did Jimi Hendrix, when he transformed the psychedelic experience into sound a decade later. Bob Dylan chose a Stratocaster for his revolutionary electric set, when he fired a defiant shot at tradition during the 1965 Newport Folk Festival.
And 60 years after it was created, the much copied design of the Stratocaster has hardly changed.
According to Gruhn, Stratocasters are the single most popular, best-selling electric guitars on the planet.
Over the years, a fair number of vintage Strats have sold for $100,000-plus, with some approaching $1 million. Eric Clapton’s “Blackie” sold for $959,500 in 2004 and recently the Stratocaster that Dylan played at Newport sold for a record $965,000.
However, Gruhn says the very first production model Strat is something like a national treasure.
“I consider this to be one of the most important pieces of American, truly iconic industrial design, as well as musical instrument design, that we can find today,” he said. “It’s a piece of art, it’s a piece of industrial design, it’s a piece of musical history. And it’s part of our national heritage.”
He added, “I think it belongs in a museum ultimately. On the other hand, I don’t like to see them put in a museum setting where they will never again be touched without white gloves. Even for the Stradivari quartet at the Library of Congress, it does get played. They don’t play those instruments every day, but they are used for concerts. And this instrument is a wonderful sounding guitar. It plays great.”
Just a heads up we are testing the new audio players. There are some bugs we are seeing so we will revert back to the old players shortly.
Congrats to Kit Mann for having the Mixposure Song of the Week! Check out his bio and song below!
Bio:
I am a former Police Officer, Sheriff's Deputy, EMT and Soldier. I learned everything I could so when someone was at the worst moment of ther life, they could look up, see me and know they are safe. I am now disabled. I had to have 4 major chest surgeries. The last being where the V.A. had to removed my sternum. They placed in Kevlar and Gortex fabric. So I guess now I'm bullett proof and water proof 
I have up loaded 23 songs. 10 songs from my first cd A Cry For Help, and have 13 I have recorded so far for my next cd Guitar Mann. My motto with music is: If I can touch one person with one song my job is done and I'm happy, then I try and do it again. I hope you find a song you really enjoy.
Congrats to Sam Houston for being the Mixposure.com Artist of the Month!! Please check out his music and his Bio below!
Bio:
I played on stage for about 30 or so years. I have played with such people as Roy Clark, Jana Jae, Reba McEntire's guitar player, little brother of Brooks and Dunn's guitar player, and many others. I've been on the radio and TV and was close to a record deal. But, I finally just got pissed off at the music business in general, and especially country music. Country isn't country anymore and people don't seem to know what country is these days. Also, being on the road constantly really wears you down. I wanted to go fishing or hang out with my friends but couldn't because I always had somewhere I had to be. When I finally quit, I could look at my schedule and see where I was going to be two years ahead. That's just ridiculous! So, I quit. I still have a lot of my equipment though. I have 24 guitars, 5 amps, a bass, and a bunch of PA equipment. So, maybe one of these days I'll start up again, but on my own terms this time.
A note about my music. If you are looking for a polished studio sound, you won't find it here. I don't have fancy recording equipment and choose, at the moment, to not have a band. It's just me. My music is rough, raw, and real. But I ask you to really listen to the songs. I promise that my songs are truthful, honest, and from the heart. However, I believe this is the core of music. Everybody should put themselves out there like this. Because that's what I'm doing.....putting myself out there. I've made many recordings in studios when I was playing full time. But there are no studios involved in my music now. No studios to hide mistakes or make a song "pretty" or have the perfect mix to fool the listener's ear into believing they like what they here. My music is raw but very honest.
If you want to know me......just listen to my songs. Every song is true and has actually happened at some point in my life. Nothing here is false.
The voting pages are up for the Mixposure 2013 Rock and Country Music Awards! Thanks to everyone for entering. Please make sure your song is listed on the Poll. If it is not please post a message here and we will get it added. We will no longer accept any more new entries for this contest.
Mixposure Country Award 2013 Voting
Mixposure Rock Award 2013 Voting
Good luck everyone!!!
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There were a few songs that had a plethora of votes from the same IP Address. These songs have been reset and the code modified to not allow this. As a reminder, Mixposure reserves the right to pull any song out of this contest where we suspect some dishonest activity. Let's have fun with this people!! This is not a huge cash reward and a record deal.
Welcome to the 2013 Mixposure Country Music Awards Poll. Please vote for your favorite song!
