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<p>Follow the link and enjoy. <a href="Matthew Mason Interview On Mixposure.com;
<p>Follow the link and enjoy. <a href="Matthew Mason Interview On Mixposure.com;
<p><strong><em>Howdy gang...</em></strong></p><p> <br /><strong><em>I just got off the phone with Australia...and it seems that David Pendragon discovered an audio recording of a gig I did with Buddy Guy and Junior Wells when I was the Hammond organist for that group (1972-1973)... while looking for historical footage for our documentary. I have never heard any recordings of my time with this band before this track was found....but I clearly recognize my Hammond B-3 and Leslie by the tones I always used (and still do at times) when I played back then...and by my playing style. I was just 21 years old when this recording was made. </em></strong></p><p><br /><strong><em>Even though this recording is almost 40 years old...it was taken right off the sound board at The Shaboo Inn, a legendary concert club that was owned by my two brothers...so it is very clear. The dates indicated were clearly during my stint with that band. After listening to it...I realize this is at the beginning of a set...before Buddy Guy and Junior Wells are brought up to the stage. They always did the "Chicago" thing of letting the band warm up the crowd before the REAL stars of the show hit the stage...so the vocalist and guitarist you are hearing is actually the late, great Phillip Guy (Buddy's younger brother) who was himself a great blues guitarist and vocalist who was very partial to Albert Collins-style guitar playing. The drummer is a guy who simply was known as "The Snake"...and the bass player was a guy named Herman Applewhite. I play the B-3. Unfortunately there is no video...but finding this recording is still like finding a gift. </em></strong></p><p><br /><strong><em> Enjoy. </em></strong></p><p><br /><strong><em>LINK: <a href="buddy guy - track 3 - Born under a bad sign. Live at the Shaboo inn. 4/5/73; target="_blank">buddy guy - track 3 - Born under a bad sign. Live at the Shaboo inn. 4/5/73;
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">A big congrats to Stickman for having the Mixposure Song of the Week!</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Biography</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Hello and welcome to our virtual nightclub - the Mixposure page of Duncan J. White Productions inc. Stick @ It records, thank you for dropping by. Here, we have created a clubbing atmosphere for you to party the night away. Please grab a champagne cocktail and some nibbles at the bar and make yourself at home. So, turn up the volume, invite your friends and neighbours and have a dance. Whilst you are here, please take a moment to have a look around, read my biography and blogs and enjoy listening to our tracks. Please be sure to come again soon, admission is free and our we open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, thank you. Enjoy.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Having developed a very strong interest in music at a young age, I invested in a small recording set-up in 1986 - a Casio CZ1 synth and a Casio SZ1 4-track sequencer and a Carlsbro Colt 45 Combo speaker with spring reverb. With these, I composed music for a six-track project entitled "The Dream - The Ambient Album". I began to write bits of music here and there and then strung them together to make complete songs. However, having soon realized that four tracks were a bit limited for what I wanted to achieve, I purchased two Alesis MMT8 eight track sequencers, so I had 16 tracks to record onto.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Around this time, I was in London visiting the London Music Show. A stall was selling the now defunct Demo Chart magazine, this featured news, tips, interviews with bands and a top 100 chart. I entered the chart several times, under the name of White with my highest entry being number 43. This opened up a lot of doors for me and I had a lot of offers to collaborate with other artists.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Between 1988-1993, I contributed to "Words To Be Heard", part of the Birmingham Youth Show, performing songs of my own and writing for other people. This had made me realise my potential and so I re-recorded "The Dream". the new version consisted of eight pieces of music. Now, finally, the CD version contains 10 tracks.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The equipment I have now is a far more powerful system from when I started in 1986. By 1988, I had upgraded to a Yamaha DX7S synthesizer, Akai X7000 sampler, Akai S1000 sampler, two Alesis MMT8 sequencers whilst keeping the Carlsbro speaker. it has taken more than ten years to get it to the stage where it is now.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">My studio is used as a ‘project studio’, all the music is recorded digitally via an Alesis Multimix USB2.0 digital mixer. When the tracks are finished, all the data (which is stored on the hard drive of my computer) is run off onto a CD, taken to another studio where it is loaded into Cubase, mixed, then mastered and the finished tracks recorded to CD. Artwork for the album covers and labels are designed using a dedicated software package.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">In 1995, and recording under the name of Stickman, I answered an advert in the local press searching for local bands and musicians to appear on a showcase CD, it was through this that I met my producer and keyboard player. Together, we have produced several albums, written radio jingles and music for plays. I have also been interviewed by several newspapers, been published in magazines and featured on Mixology, a CD based DJ magazine and Inspire, an Australian website dedicated to creative people with disabilities.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The following year, Dream Music Productions was set up along with Patch UK - a programming sideline creating sounds for various synthesizers. To date, we have a healthy database of clients reaching across the globe stretching worldwide.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">2007 saw me signing a distribution deal to have our album "Cyborg" distributed worldwide. "Cyborg II" was released in June 2008, and our third album - "Electro Love" followed in 2009. For details of where they are available, please see my blog.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The latest project "So Good", which concentrates on various styles of music and is aimed towards the TV and film industry, was released on 1st May 2010. Along with this release, we changed our name to Duncan J. White Productions inc. Stick @ It Records to officially set up our record label.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">We are always working on fresh, new ideas. I am available for interviews, articles, publicity shoots etc. to help promote our labels. Our next two albums are scheduled for a 2012 release.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Checkout Guitarboy Below!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><object width="356" height="400" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><param name="flashVars" value="radio_id=&song_id=27618&band_id=4288&autoplay=false&skin_color=0x000000&jamroom_url=http://www.mixposure.com&cluster_url=http://www2.mixposure.com&remoteSwf=http://www.mixposure.com/modules/n8FlashPlayer/players/j3Xap.swf&remoteWidth=400&remoteHeight=450&system_name=Mixposure.com"></param><param name="src" value="http://www.mixposure.com/modules/n8FlashPlayer/players/j3Xap.swf"></param><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><param name="pluginspage" value="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></param><param name="quality" value="high"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="flashvars" value="system_name=Mixposure.com&radio_id=&song_id=27618&band_id=4288&autoplay=false&skin_color=0x000000&cluster_url=http://www2.mixposure.com&jamroom_url=http://www.mixposure.com&remoteSwf=http://www.mixposure.com/modules/n8FlashPlayer/players/j3Xap.swf&remoteWidth=400&remoteHeight=450"></param><embed width="356" height="400" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.mixposure.com/modules/n8FlashPlayer/players/j3Xap.swf" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" flashvars="radio_id=&song_id=27618&band_id=4288&autoplay=false&skin_color=0x000000&jamroom_url=http://www.mixposure.com&cluster_url=http://www2.mixposure.com&remoteSwf=http://www.mixposure.com/modules/n8FlashPlayer/players/j3Xap.swf&remoteWidth=400&remoteHeight=450&system_name=Mixposure.com" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" quality="high" wmode="transparent" flashvars="system_name=Mixposure.com&radio_id=&song_id=27618&band_id=4288&autoplay=false&skin_color=0x000000&cluster_url=http://www2.mixposure.com&jamroom_url=http://www.mixposure.com&remoteSwf=http://www.mixposure.com/modules/n8FlashPlayer/players/j3Xap.swf&remoteWidth=400&remoteHeight=450"></embed> </object><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>
<p>What is the final date for submission to the Country Song Contest?</p><p>I have seen a post that says the 29th, one that says the 25th, and had discussions about it getting moved out further.</p><p>I've been working on a song for a while now but I think it may come right down to the wire if the cut-off is the 25th.</p>
<p>That Feeling of Falling in Love!!!</p><p>Do please call round for a listen to Falling, my latest collaboration with the wonderful Heidi Henrickson from Denmark on vocals. This is a collab between myself, Vahur Kannikk & Billy Playle, and very pretty it is too!! 
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<p>Just wanted to apologize for the site running slow on Sundays. This is the day that our host company backs up the Mixposure hard drives in case of a disaster! While I hate the slowness, it is a must so I am willing to put up with it hehe.</p><p>It should go away soon.</p>
<p><span style="font-size: medium;">I was on my wife's facebook page this morning and was reading a message she had posted. (correction...she did a repost from George Shepherd's Page) It seemed like one of the snope worthy articles due to the nature of the post. So I set out to research it and make sure it was real. Much to my sadness, it was an actual event. After researching it, I found a link to a youtube video of the experiment. Please read the article first before watching the video. I think it changes the way you will "view" it to an entirely new level. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">So I will say to everyone on Mixposure, thank you for stopping to hear the music.</span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><em>Written by Gene Weingarten - Washington Post<br /></em></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><em>A man sat at a metro station in Washington DC and started to play the violin; it was a cold January morning. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, since it<span class="text_exposed_hide">...</span><span class="text_exposed_show"> was rush hour, it was calculated that 1,100 people went through the station, most of them on their way to work.<br /> <br /> Three minutes went by, and a middle aged man noticed there was musician playing. He slowed his pace, and stopped for a few seconds, and then hurried up to meet his schedule.<br /> <br /> A minute later, the violinist received his first dollar tip: a woman threw the money in the till and without stopping, and continued to walk.<br /> <br /> A few minutes later, someone leaned against the wall to listen to him, but the man looked at his watch and started to walk again. Clearly he was late for work.<br /> <br /> The one who paid the most attention was a 3 year old boy. His mother tagged him along, hurried, but the kid stopped to look at the violinist. Finally, the mother pushed hard, and the child continued to walk, turning his head all the time. This action was repeated by several other children. All the parents, without exception, forced them to move on.<br /> <br /> In the 45 minutes the musician played, only 6 people stopped and stayed for a while. About 20 gave him money, but continued to walk their normal pace. He collected $32. When he finished playing and silence took over, no one noticed it. No one applauded, nor was there any recognition.<br /> <br /> No one knew this, but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the most talented musicians in the world. He had just played one of the most intricate pieces ever written, on a violin worth $3.5 million dollars.<br /> <br /> Two days before his playing in the subway, Joshua Bell sold out at a theater in Boston where the seats averaged $100.<br /> <br /> This is a real story. Joshua Bell playing incognito in the metro station was organized by the Washington Post as part of a social experiment about perception, taste, and priorities of people. The outlines were: in a commonplace environment at an inappropriate hour: Do we perceive beauty? Do we stop to appreciate it? Do we recognize the talent in an unexpected context?<br /> <br /> One of the possible conclusions from this experience could be:<br /> <br /> If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world playing the best music ever written, how many other things are we missing?</span></em></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><em><span class="text_exposed_show"><br /></span></em></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><em><span class="text_exposed_show"><object width="450" height="425" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/hnOPu0_YWhw&rel=1"></param><embed width="450" height="425" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/hnOPu0_YWhw&rel=1" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br /></span></em></span></p>
<p>Another Mixposure Mascot is joining the family next week. So if anyone has any naming ideas, please post away. Since we have 2 small girls, they wanted to name him Maximus (From the movie Tangled) or Merlin. What do you think we should name this Newfoundland puppy?</p><p> </p><p><img src="http://www2.mixposure.com/image.php?mode=photo_image&band_id=10&image_id=7232" alt="" width="450" height="338" /></p><p> </p><p><img src="http://www2.mixposure.com/image.php?mode=photo_image&band_id=10&image_id=7231" alt="" width="450" /></p>
<div style="margin: 10px 0px 20px;"><p><a href="http://www2.mixposure.com/Buddrumming/song_focus_27627.php">http://www2.mixposure.com/Buddrumming/song_focus_27627.php</a></p><p>I’m Still Crying Over You<br />Brent Boehler - lead vocal - guitar - keys<br />Scott Macleod - bass guitar<br />Buddrumming - drums - percussion</p><p>We have entered our little country pickin tune in the mixposure country contest .... I think it ends at the end of month... from the boyz in the band ...we hope you enjoy! Thx, Bud</p><p>I’m still crying over you - song written by Brent Boehler <br />produced & engineered by: Buddrumming ass. engineer: Christopher Tate<br />Recorded & Mastered at Buddrumming Recording Studios 2012 <br />©2012 Brent Boehler Music SOCAN All Rights Reserved MADE IN CANADA</p></div>