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Congrats to Robin DeLorenzo for have the Mixposure.com Song of the Week!
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Emotional, Gutsy, Undeniable…
Robin is a powerful Americana singer songwriter who sings from her soul, writes from her heart and puts it all out there for every performance. When Robin sings everyone listens. She has a special way of grabbing the entire room with her first breath and holding on to them with every story telling note, almost as if time is standing still. She is magnetic, engaging and a true talent.
Robin has been favorably compared to Janis Joplin, Bonnie Raitt, Tina Turner and Cher for her powerful vocals, emotional deliveries and passionate performance style.
Having been involved with many musical projects and various types of original and cover bands over the years, Robin comfortably settled into her own music and in 2010, after working with Emmy Award Winning Producer/Arranger Lisa Ratner (Barbara Streisand) she released Wanna Fly. The CD received rave reviews and the song Shakey Ground was awarded a Lady Lake Indie Music Award in January 2012 for Best New Female Song.
In 2012, Robin performed at The Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles in The Steven Tyler Rock and Roll Show which led to her becoming the lead singer for Manny Charlton, co-founder of the 1970’s Scottish Rock Band, Nazareth. During her time with Charlton she co-wrote It Does Something, recorded the ten song CD Hellacious and headlined in places like Chihuahua, Mexico and Muscle Shoals, AL.
Currently, DeLorenzo is promoting and supporting her May 2014 release of her newest CD, Walkin’ Miles in My Shoes, which has twelve evocative, soulful, and emotional songs. She writes from what she knows and each song gives a glimpse into her life. The album was recorded at Steve Jankowski‘s (Blood, Sweat & Tears) Jankland Recording, Belmar, NJ with a team of world class musicians such as George Naha , Judy Palma, Andy Huenerberg, Sam Bryant and Rob Paparozzi. True to the Americana Genre, there is a wide variety of influence in Robin’s writing and this collection has something for just about everyone; add her very catchy melodies, listeners will walk away humming and wanting more.
Robin has shared the stage, performed for and recorded with a few other serious Rock Legends such as Steven Tyler (Aerosmith), Robert Sarzo, Guitarist (Queensryche, Hurricane, Ozzy), Tim Bogert, Bassist (Vanilla Fudge, Cactus, Beck), Vivian Campbell, Guitarist (Def Leppard), Steven Adler, Drummer (Guns n Roses), Walfredo Reyes Jr., Drummer (Chicago, Santana), to name a few.
Robin is a proud voting member of The Recording Academy, ASCAP and the Americana Music Association.
yesterday i ventured briskly down into the studio and made for the acoustic perched wrecklessly against the electric as i picked up the guitar i looked to the sky for inspiriation ,well not so much the sky as the ceiling as i was indoors of course and did not have equipped as of yet , glass sun roof ...i then hit my first chord/strum ...couldnt tell you what chord it was as a)my left hand shape resembled my feeble attempt at grasping a jelly mould suspended by a slinky and b) the strum was ,well to put it midly , crap!! ...i could of been playing an e minor,,,i could also of been playing a sus g sharp flat major 5th with a flattened 9th bundled cabbage 8 maids are milking power chord ...i also could of been fitting ....either way it sounded like a cat being dragged through a mincing machine ...i subsequently re-wrecklessly placed the acoustic back against the electric ...shrugged my shoulders ,and sallied forth back up to the pc whence i did commence to sit and ponder my agonising dilema that basically ive more chance of sprouting a pair of gold plated wings from my shoulder blades and learning a new language in one day than becoming the next jimi hendrix ....with a swift click of the mouse i shutdown the pc and got into bed with lois from family guy ...and the rest is ,shall we say, none of your dam business :D
once upon a time there lived an egyptian pharoh named i-kan boo-gee whos job it was to clean the kings belly button ...apparently he was crap and eventually was exiled into the desert where he perished ...meanwhile the king now at a loss for the maintenance of his belly button noticed that over the days it began to accumulate stuff ...curious as to this occurence he summoned a slave ,one who was knowledgeable in these things , and questioned the waif as to why this was happening ..the waif ,terrified of revealing the truth about sed build up of collective in the kings bb suddenly came up with a great reply and thus saved himself from banishment and the kings wrath ...your most gracious highness this is a sign from the gods that you will accumulate wealth and riches beyond all belief ...the king smiled and rewarded the waif by not banishing him and also outfitting him with the latest footwear of papyrus nike river of jordans ..to which the waif was bowled over with an excitement as yet conceived by any mere mortal ...and thus became the myth of belly button fluff ...the moral of this story is quite simple ...dont sit at a computer for more than 3 hours twiddling your fingers trying to get a tune together only to realise 2 things ...1) writers block has set in and sod all is gonna get done ..and 2) your arse cheeks have gone so numb you wouldnt know if you crapped yourself cept for the god awfull smell and the filling of your socks with a liquidy substance resembling onion soup 
happy days folks oh happy days
Pleased to announce the release of a new collaboration, "The Class of '74", music by Kit Mann, lyrics by Bill Thompson. All musical instrumental work, arrangement and production by the incomparable Metal Master, Joseph Rodriguez. Vocals by The TrueVulgarians. Hope you enjoy it as much as we did making it!
over in the uk an arse is what it is ...your arse ...in the u.s of wtf ....why does the arse suddenly become the fanny ...over in the uk the fanny is well a ladies bits ..there is a saying " blow it out your arse" which means dont be stupid ..what you talking about ...now lets do some transatlantical cross mojination ...okey ...some one says something and you retort ,,"ah blow it out your fanny" not only do you get the "you utter weird f**k of a carbon lifeform" look ,but also you may be privvy to a slap round the boat and a kick in the preverbial baby making product ....its weird what shit pops into your head whilst sat at your pc contemplating the meaning of life dunt it ? :D
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Okay I just updated a whole bunch of songs which are now free to download. I kept forgetting to change it. Enjoy!
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Here is a rough mix of my first full electric solo album 80 Dollars And No Sense . I completed it as part of the RPM Challenge; an annual motivational event without winners but a goal to record 10 new songs in the month of February. I will likely polish it up quite a bit more but this is how it was submitted. Six of the tracks are completely new and four are either lost or one-off improvisations brought to life.
https://repo.bandcamp.com/album/80-dollars-and-no-sense
https://soundcloud.com/teerahveese/sets/80-dollars-and-no-sense-rough-album-mix
Whenever people ask me to describe my music I often include the words fun and adventure. These qualities are expressed in how I encourage performers of my music to think of what I have written as being a point of departure, to discover their vision of the music, to experiment with it, and find ways for the music to be a fresh, fun, and adventurous experience each time it is performed.
For that to happen, I usually do not compose music that is completely notated. The amount of music that I notate is on a sliding scale. At one end of the scale are extended pieces like Donut Music and Buzzards In Love which incorporate improvisation within a highly-notated work. At the opposite end of the scale are minimalist pieces like New Tango No. 1 and Smaller Ups And Downs which have a small amount of notated music and use a particular concept for an improvisational framework. These improv-based pieces are dependent upon the performers to bring the music to life. By having a sliding scale of notation, ensembles interested in performing my compositions can choose the pieces that are a match for how much improvisational freedom they want to have in the music.
I understand how music can have different expressive interpretations given to it by directors and performers. However, I want to go beyond that to embrace a spirit of "Let's see where we can go with this". That is, for performances of my music to be a journey of discovery -- a collective creative process between the composer, performers, director (if one is used), and the audience -- in which the music is alive, spontaneous, and it continues to evolve with each performance. I think of this creative process as being like a jazz solo.
I enjoy being surprised when performers take my music in directions that I had not thought of. There is an element of risk with this approach; however, that is part of the fun and adventure.