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had a cool review in rootstime blues magazine recently for double barrel blues cd and 6 strings of passion---starting to work on international connections!!!--a few more cd sales maybe a direct result of review!!<br />
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<p align="left"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">DOUBLE BARREL BLUES BAND </span><br />DOUBLE WHAMMY BLUES - ROUGH AND TOUGH<br /><a href="http://www.doublebarrelbluesband.com/">Website</a> <a href="http://www.myspace.com/markcloutier">Myspace</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtKNs9XrfK4">VIDEO</a><br /><br /></strong></span></p>
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<p align="left"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><img src="http://www.rootstime.be/CD%20REVIEWS/2008/SEPT/barrel.jpg" alt="" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="300" align="left" /></strong></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Viriele mannen met de gitaar omgord maken sowieso indruk en nog meer als zij hun krachten en talent bundelen Live of op plaat. Wat je op dit Whammy bluesalbum van de New Yorkse Double Barrel Bluesband hoort is zowel ‘rough and tough’ als bij wijlen delicaat. Centraal staat gitarist Mark Cloutier, door jan en alleman plus Pers gelauwerd om zijn magistraal gitaarspel. Drummer Garnet Grimm, met aanstekelijke beat, moet niet onderdoen voor de drie gitaarhelden want ook hij kan bogen op jarenlange drumexpertise in het New Yorks clubcircuit. Marc Cloutier met zijn vaardige gitaarvingers maakte in datzelfde circuit naam als quasi viersterren gitarist toen hij nog in de ‘Dirty Pool’ Band speelde. Zowel solo als nu in de Double Barrel Bluesband valt zijn gitaarsound op. In ‘Tin Pan Alley’ bijvoorbeeld hoor je hoe hij als vanzelfsprekend imponeert zonder het geluid op te drijven. Hetzelfde bij John Hart met zijn ‘slide’ gitaartechniek. De gitaristen zijn dermate bedreven alsof zij ooit in een ‘Masters’ Klas gezeten hebben waar B.B. King, Freddy King, Hubert Sumlin en Jimi Hendrix de professoren waren. Tussen de energieke blues van het enthousiaste soort plaatsen zij enkele rustpunten. Het intimistische instrumentale ‘So Beautiful’ zou je kunnen weerhouden voor de muzikale intrede van een eerste communicantje in de Kerkkapel. Behalve het geleende en bewerkte materiaal, combinatie van traditionele blues, bluesrock en rockabilly van het Wang Dang Doodle genre, brengt de band ook vier originele eigen nummers. Vooral ‘Flipping and Flapping’ is heel geslaagd door de combinatie van het fijner gitaarwerk en de basgitaar van Bill Satterly. En ‘If You Find I’m Gone’ huppelt aanstekelijk ritmisch als een nummer in een jogging pakje. De Double Barrel Blues Band is zo’n band die je Live moet bezig zien, wat gerust een avondlang mag duren. Door hun secure songselectie en de afwisseling in bluestempo’s zullen zij alleszins geen minuut vervelen, zoals ook dit Double Whammy album lekker swingt en ‘bluest’ van begin tot einde.<br />Marcie </strong></span></p>
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<p>here is the link to roots time magazine!! <a href="http://www.rootstime.be/">http://www.rootstime.be/</a></p>
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<p>wim--wave roofer -- a friend from soundclick forum translated the review for us--thanx a ton!!</p>
<p>Potent and viral Men with guitars strapped around their neck are always somehow impressive, even more when they act like a cohence act in a recording enviroment ! What you hear at this album of the DBBB from New York is rough edged and delicate in a row ! The band is build around Mark Cloutier, who's getting wide recoqnition for his fabulous guitar work amongst as well listeners and press ! When he still played in the Dirt Pool Band he made name as a 4 star guitarist ! Drummer Garnet Grimm has a long history in the New York club circuit and is solid as a rock !<br />In the DBBB Band his guitar is central point ! In "Tin Pan Alley" for example, he knows to impress with a driving dynamic performance without going over the top ! Same with John Harts slide playing, great feel in it ! The guitarists are that good, that it seems if they we're had class with B.B. King, Freddy King, Hubert Sumlin and Jimy Hendrix as teachers cq professors ! On the album It is mostly energetic potent blues, but there are a few laidback ones to ! <br />The intimate instrumental "So Beautifull" would suit a baptization procedure in Church perfectly !<br /><br />Except for all the borrowed and rearanged stuff, merely a combination of Traditional Blues, Blues Rock and Rockabilly,<br />which evolves in a typical 'Wang Dang Doodle" sound of the better side, there are 4 own compositions aboard !<br />Especially "Flippin & Flapping" is most enjoyable through the combination of neat guitars and the supportive bass of "Bolly Satterly" ! And "If You find I'm gone" has a "Lets go Jogging" vibe ! The DBBB is that kind of a band that you have to see on stage ! Satisfaction quaranteed....Same with the album....the cohence in song selection has a nice and neat swing and there's a great bluesy vibe from first to last song !<br /><br />Marcie<br /><br />(And Wave Roofer.....haha)</p>
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<p>link <a href="http://rootstime.be/CD%20REVIEWS/2008/2008-OKTOBER4.htm#37">http://rootstime.be/CD%20REVIEWS/2008/2008-OKTOBER4.htm#37</a></p>
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<div style="padding: 0.6em;">Mark of Cloutier is bluesrock guitarist from New York. He works already 18 years in the New York blues scène. Initially as a gitarist with the Dirty poool, later as a solo artist and recently with with Double Barrel Blues band. `6 Strings or Passion' are its second album under own name. The cd contains 13 instrumental numbers, all of own produce. Outside some numbers 4 minutes the most of numbers have been loved very compact with an average expensive 2min30. This makes whole more digestible, because no note is sung on this album. One has tried bring variation in the numbers. Sometimes he goes hard time like a roaring jet and sometimes prefers the subtle work. By using distortion on some numbers, they remain in the same consonance colour, also with the quiet passages. his guitar sound-style have been clearly influenced by Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan. mark Cloutier can play with intensity and it is clear. He was exclaimed in 1997, to best guitarist in The Central New York Blues connection. In the meantime we are 11 years further and are skills have still improved. `6 Strings or Passion' can be considered as a steel card of what has the man in house. But it is no easy lustre fodder for the most of music devotees. It is firm costs for bluesrock followers who do not shun the harder work. if He had appealed to a vocalist he certainly reached an even wider audience with this album. the music is technically really soulful and good, it stands convex of high-minded solo and tempo rotations. With this cd mark expresses his passion for the Fender Strat. In this he has certainly succeeded. For me it a cool side project that has become a link to his work with the Double Barrel Blues Band . Bootsy more lester</div>
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<p align="left"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">MARK CLOUTIER</span><span style="font-size: small;"><br />6 STRINGS OF PASSION<br /><a href="http://www.myspace.com/markcloutier">Website</a> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.cdbaby.com/markcloutier">CDBaby</a> </span></strong></span><span style="font-size: small;"><br />Label : Blues Lion Records<br /></span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Mark Cloutier is een bluesrock gitarist uit New York. Hij draait al 18 jaar mee in het New Yorkse bluesscène. Oorspronkelijk als gitarist bij de band Dirty Pool, later met zijn eigen band en recent ook met Double Barrel Blues Band. ‘6 Strings Of Passion’ is zijn tweede album onder eigen naam. De cd bevat 13 instrumentale nummers, allemaal van eigen makelij. Buiten enkele nummers van 4 minuten zijn de meeste nummers zeer compact gehouden met een gemiddelde duur van 2min30. Dit maakt het geheel verteerbaarder, want er wordt geen noot gezongen op dit album. Men heeft geprobeerd om variatie in de nummers te brengen. Soms gaat hij hard te keer op zijn gitaar en soms verkiest hij het subtielere werk. Door bij alle nummers distortion te gebruiken, blijven ze in dezelfde klankkleur, ook bij de rustige passages. Zijn gitaarsound is duidelijk beïnvloed door Jimi Hendrix en Stevie Ray Vaughan. Dat Mark Cloutier gitaar kan spelen is duidelijk. Hij werd in 1997 uitgeroepen tot beste gitarist in The Central New York Blues Magazine. Ondertussen zijn wij 11 jaar verder en zijn skills zijn nog verbeterd. ‘6 Strings Of Passion’ kan beschouwd worden als een staalkaart van wat de man in huis heeft. Maar het is geen gemakkelijk luistervoer voor de meeste muziekliefhebbers. Het is stevige kost voor bluesrock adepten die het hardere werk niet schuwen. Had hij beroep gedaan op een zanger dan had hij zeker nog een ruimer publiek kunnen bereiken met dit album. Technisch zit zijn muziek knap in elkaar, ze staat bol van hoogstaande solo’s en tempowisselingen. Met deze cd wilde Mark zijn passie voor zijn Fender Strat uitdrukken. Daarin is hij zeker geslaagd. Voor mij is het een visitekaartje geworden om ook zijn werk in band met een zanger, zoals in Double Barrel Blues Band, te willen ontdekken.<br />Bootsy Lester </strong></span></p>
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<p align="left"><strong><span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica;"><img src="http://zzaj.freehostia.com/Z77Rev9.jpg" border="0" alt="" hspace="1" vspace="1" width="90" height="88" align="left" />Mark Cloutier and Friends - MAKING THAT GUITAR TALK</span></strong><span style="color: #008000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica;"><strong>: </strong> I've been listening to Mark on MIXPOSURE for 2 or 3 years now, & asked him to send me a CD for our "reincarnation" issue (this one). He sent it out right away... & it includes some of my (other) favorite players on MIX... Loren Risker, Robert Grant & Pete Muzakmen, just to name a few! Mark's guitar work is splendid, much of it in a "pure blues" mode... & if you love blues guitar, yer' gonna' REALLY love his songs! There weren't any credits on the album, other than player names (you can correct that on the next cover, eh, Mark?), so I can't be sure who was playin' that grand ol' bluesy organ down under th' wailing riffs.... suffice it to say that it will GRAB yer' heart & make ya' FEEL 'dem azures, to be sure! There are 17 tracks on this, which Mark thought might be a "little much" for one sitting... not at ALL... this is perfect for slammin' in th' car player & trekkin' on down that phroggin' RO-ad, especially cuts like track 2, "I'm Taking Off"... ya' don't know if it's a SPACE-SHIP he's talkin' about, or leavin' his love, but ya' sure know he's SCREAMIN' those good old blooz with th' strings. Another favorite track is "Strolling"... walkin' blues, great stride bass lines, make ya' get on up & DANCE those blues - just KICK-azz stuph! The electronics & keyboards on "Smoothe" are just that.. mighty mellow, no doubt. If it's <em>raw talent </em>yer' after, & you've got an hour or two to relax - DO it with this! My only advice for the next 'round would be to put some credits on th' cover sheet, & maybe get the track titles to show up on the CD itself. Well produced otherwise, but it's th' ENERGY that counts (for me), & this one gets a MOST HIGHLY RECOMMENDED from us! Send any more that you produce, brother! <em>Rotcod Zzaj</em></span></p>
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<strong><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Smoke on the Water </strong>war Teil des Albums <strong>Machine Head</strong>, das im Frühjahr 1972 veröffentlicht wurde. Der Song wurde jedoch erst ein Jahr später als Single veröffentlicht und erreichte im Sommer 1973 die Nummer 4 der US-amerikanischen Billboard Charts.<br />Der Song wurde zum festen Bestandteil der Liveshows von Deep Purple, wo er vor allem zum virtuosen Wechselspiel zwischen Lords Orgel und Blackmores Gitarre genutzt wurde. Eine Live-Version ist auf dem Album Made in Japan zu hören, ebenso auf der DVD Perihelion.<br />Während Gillans Intermezzo bei Black Sabbath im Jahr 1983 wurde Smoke on the Water auf Tour regelmäßig als Zugabe gespielt.<br />Das Lied gehört zu den bekanntesten Werken der Rockmusik. Es existieren unzählige Coverversionen.<br /><br />Am 23. Juni 2007 stellten über 1800 Gitarristen einen Weltrekord auf, indem sie unter der Leitung von Gotthilf Fischer in Leinfelden-Echterdingen gleichzeitig Smoke on the Water spielten.<br /><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Smoke on the water</strong></span><br />By Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord and Ian Paice<br /><br />We all came out to Montreux<br />On the Lake Geneva shoreline<br />To make records with a mobile<br />We didn't have much time<br />Frank Zappa and the Mothers<br />Were at the best place around<br />But some stupid with a flare gun<br />Burned the place to the ground<br />Smoke on the water, fire in the sky<br />Smoke on the water<br /><br />They burned down the gambling house<br />It died with an awful sound<br />Funky & Claude was running in and out<br />Pulling kids out the ground<br />When it all was over<br />We had to find another place<br />But Swiss time was running out<br />It seemed that we would lose the race<br />Smoke on the water, fire in the sky<br />Smoke on the water<br /><br />We ended up at the Grand Hotel<br />It was empty cold and bare<br />But with the Rolling truck Stones thing just outside<br />Making our music there<br />With a few red lights and a few old beds<br />We make a place to sweat<br />No matter what we get out of this<br />I know we'll never forget<br />Smoke on the water, fire in the sky<br />Smoke on the water<br /><br /><img style="vertical-align: baseline;" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Deep_Purple_Smoke_on_the_Water.png/800px-Deep_Purple_Smoke_on_the_Water.png" alt="" width="600" height="180" /><br />
<span style="font-size: small; color: #00ccff;"><span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;">... The Year Of The Sheep <br /><br /> "But [the Scottish] hills are empty. In all of Britain only among them can one find real solitude, and if their history is known there is no satisfaction to be got from the experience."<br /><br />(John Prebble. From the introduction to his "The Highland Clearances", Penguin Books, 1963.)<br /><br />"Since you have preferred sheep to men, let sheep defend you!"<br /><br />(Quotation from the same book.)<br /><br />This is a song from the forthcoming CD which I'm lurching towards. I'm sure you all know that Bliadhna nan Caorach (The Year Of The Sheep) refers to the year 1792 during which all the flocks of sheep in Scotland formed an army and evicted the human population from the hills and the glens. (Eek!)<br /><br />This has reached the stage where I would welcome critique on the sonics which you think I should maybe attend to before I commit to mastering. My own ears have thrown in the towel.<br /><br />Some might say it's another one of my attempts at shoe-horning some lyrics into something that wants to be an acoustic fingerstyle guitar piece!<br /><br />Please take a listen:<br /><br />The Year Of The Sheep<br /><br />Thanks!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Hi! I am add a new Track on my site ...</span><span style="font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;"><br />"<a href="http://www.mixposure.com/Casino_Gitano/music.php" title="El proximo tango de paris">El proximo tango de paris</a>"</span>
<p><span style="font-size: x-small;">DrC - All sound effects, outstanding keyboards, arrangement, mixing/mastering.<br /><br />Gary Carciello - Fabulous Guitar solos and rhythm fills.<br /><br />Rob Grant - Excellent Bass guitar.<br /><br />Farrell Jackson - songwriter, all vocals, and rhythm guitar.<br /><br />This is CDCG&J's Halloween song submission<br /><br />The song lyric is loosely based on The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. I believe most are familar with this short story written by Irving Washington and first published in 1820. There have been many cartoons, stage musicals, and film adaptation of this story over the years so I thought it would make a good Mixposure Halloween song topic and submission. Although, it was a bit challenging to tell the tale in 4 short verses. DrC, Gary, and Rob have all performed up to the excellence that The Mixposure Family has come to expect from these great musicians. I may have written the song but they all very much a part of this song's creation and together we have given it some rockin' and spooky life!<br />I've said it before and I'll say it again, I'm honored that these guy's let me hang with them musically...............<br /><br />Get ready for Halloween and all the spooky cool songs that are starting to pop up.......Enjoy!<br /><br />Farrell Jackson<br /></span></p>
Hey Guys!<br /><br />I just noticed that a new blog post I had today is missing as well as a few PM's I had. It looks like there was some server glitch or something and they restored from a previous point from this morning or last night. <br /><br />I have a message into my host to see what is up and will send a message out when I know some details. <br /><br />Thanks and sorry for the problem!<br /><br />Dazed<br /><br />*****Update*****<br /><br />Just heard from my host. They upgraded the server. <br /><br />16xCore 2.13Ghz XEON processors <br /> 32GB Ram per server <br /> Raid 10 10k redundant drives (disk failures are transparent, 0 downtime) <br /> Geo Dispersal <br /> <br />Basically we are smoking now everyone. Sorry for the lost data 
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Brian Eno has just tripped out and gone magical on us. He's release an Ambient application for iPHONE <p><strong>Features:</strong></p>
<p>9 different mood settings</p>
<p>Random mood shuffle</p>
<p>Adjustable delay</p>
<p>Shake to clear</p>
<p>Evolve when idle</p>
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<span class="style_1">The UMC32 is an OEM/DIY product that allows Electronic Musicians, Multimedia Artists and Experimenters the ability to create custom user interfaces to control any software application that supports the MIDI protocol. The UMC32 provides the essential core (micro controller, power supply, USB functionality) to allow the user to easily implement their choice of control elements (example: switches, pots and or faders). In short, the UMC32 will allow you to build your own USB-MIDI controller.<br /><br />The USB controller is price at $74.95. <br />Screenshot and purchase</span>
<div class="content"><span style="font-size: small; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; color: #ff0000;">Warm fuzzies are addictive and can lead to false self-opinion.......</span><span style="font-size: small; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;"><br /><br />Sometimes we all need an "attaboy" or a "cool tune" ......but I think those of us that want to hone our craft need solid reviews and critiques.....I left my old site because I felt a little restricted there in what you can say to people without...hurting their feelings....<br /><br /> When I get a review,</span><span style="font-size: small; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; color: #339966;">(and I've gotten quite a few here so far which shows an active and involved membership)</span><span style="font-size: small; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;">....most are positive with lots of back pats and very little substance, </span><span style="font-size: small; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; color: #ccffff;">(not so good)</span><span style="font-size: small; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;"> and a few are reviews with good suggestions and actual critiques </span><span style="font-size: small; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; color: #ffff00;">(a very good thing!)</span><span style="font-size: small; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;"> I then make a beeline to that persons page....not just to return the favor, but to see if their material represents that they know what they're talking about and their opinions can actually help me reach my musical goals.....so far I've only ran across a few like that. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure there are lots of great musos on the site that I have yet to stumble upon, and I do tend to stick with genres that I'm comfortable with, but I have detected a pattern.<br /><br /> Now I realize we are all at different skill levels here, and some of us don't have access to all the nifty bells and whistles that we salivate over in those new gear magazines.....heck I don't have a top of the line studio here, but I at least try to stick to a few personal standards and not release material that's just not ready......nor do I give the obligatory pat on the back that so many seem to want...lol...actually I don't review at all if I feel the person will become offended by constructive criticism ....which kinda defeats the whole idea of reviewing IMHO. <br /><br /> If we as artists are releasing the products of our craft into the realm of public opinion, then we have to realize an important truism....</span><span style="font-size: small; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif; color: #40ff00;">YOU CAN'T PLEASE EVERYONE ALL THE TIME!!! </span><span style="font-size: small; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;">There's bound to be someone that will think the mix is too bright, your song structure isn't cohesive, your chord structures and progressions are repetitive and lack direction....etc....etc. But these very same opinions are that which allow us to grow and evolve and become masters of our craft. <br />.....whew....got kinda long winded here...lol....guess I needed to vent....anyway, when you drop by my page and give a listen to my tracks......please only leave warm fuzzies that have been earned!<br />Peace!<br />Cee </span><img src="images/smilies/face-wink.png" border="0" alt="wink" title="wink" /></div>