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Zzaj STORE

By zzaj, 2008-07-16

We truly hope you'll visit our Zzaj "<a href="http://www.mixposure.com/zzaj/store.php">STORE</a>".  Our CD's are home-produced, meaning that you're not paying a middle man a whole lot of extra $$$, plus each CD is fully tested prior to shipment (from our home studio).
 
Over the next few weeks, we will be making sure that a couple of .mp3 files are posted from each of the CD's in the Zzaj store, so you can hear what you're getting before you order it.
 
If you're looking for something "different" as a gift to a musically inclined friend, we can surely qualify in that arena.  Please help us spread the word, too, by passing on our link to anyone you think may be interested.

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NANTUCKET ISLAND HOMEGROWN

By Nantucket Studio, 2008-07-16

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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-top: 27.05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;"> Sweetmeat and the Silverfish know their way around a recording studio. They should, since the island band has had almost unlimited access to one since they formed two years ago. Nick Ferrantella, the father of two members of the band – Victor and Ben Ferrantella – and the former tour manager of Foreigner and Mountain who from time to time sat in on gigs with The Leslie West Band, built a recording studio on his Ticcoma Way property several years ago and records a number of bands there, including popular island bluegrass group Eelgrass. He also produced the soundtrack for "Last Call," John Stanton's documentary film on the seminal Main Street bar, The Bosun's Locker.
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-top: 27.05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;"> On Saturday, Sweetmeat and the Silverfish – with Victor Ferrantella on piano and vocals, Ben Ferrantella on drums, their cousin Mike Stefanski on guitar and vocals, and Chris Beamish on bass – will release the first CD they cut in that same studio, at an afternoon celebration at Cisco Brewery.
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-top: 27.05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;"> That work ethic has paid off. Already known for the spontaneity of their live shows at The Rose and Crown, Bamboo Supper Club and Cambridge Street, Sweetmeat's 12-track self-titled CD is a more introspective, reggae- and ska-influenced package that showcases Stefanski and Ferrantella's songwriting abilities and all four band members' musicianship. "The piano and acoustic guitar in the recordings creates that style. It is a little different from that on stage. A lot of the tracks are based around the acoustic guitar and piano," Nick Ferrantella said.
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-top: 27.05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;"> Beamish, a Nantucket firefighter, started playing with the band around the same time, and said that Victor and company essentially taught him how to play.
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-top: 27.05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;"> The band has played a few gigs off-island, in Plymouth and at Anna Maria College, and their CD is available on iTunes and at CD Baby.com. They have also been getting some airplay on a radio station in Daytona Beach, Fla. and on Internet radio station Radio Electric, where they have four songs in rotation. The band also has its own MySpace page and at least one heavy hitter in their corner.
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-top: 27.05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;"> "Mick Jones of Foreigner was here last summer, and came into the studio. He thought it had great potential, but other than that, there's been no real interest in the industry," Nick Ferrantella said.
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-element: frame; mso-element-frame-hspace: 9.0pt; mso-element-wrap: around; mso-element-anchor-vertical: paragraph; mso-element-anchor-horizontal: margin; mso-element-top: 27.05pt; mso-height-rule: exactly;"> But that's OK. "The independent artist has a lot better chance today than they used to," he continued. "Bands had to be road warriors then to get an audience. It was never possible in the past to look up an artist on the Internet and download songs. This album is a musical snapshot in time they can take with them to the next project and have forever. Someday it will seem dated."
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Been a long time

By FocusPlayer, 2008-07-15

Well, I've posted a new tune - first one in quite awhile.   
Started out with an acid loop rhyth -  but it's me playing the lead guitar , Hammond keys, and congas .   

Thanks for giving it a spin.

FocusPlayer ( aka Michael Nunley )

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HEMI TONE SONGS WILL DISAPEAR IN ONE DAY

By Admin, 2008-07-15

For those of you who would like to download the specified tunes off the <a href="http://www.mixposure.com/hemi_tone/">http://www.mixposure.com/hemi_tone/</a> site.. you now have ONE day left.. before i start the transformation of the HEMI Tone site into a marketing tool.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Gettin' It Together

By JC Mosquito, 2008-07-15

Thanx to everyone who has dropped by here recently. I'm on holidays right now, and I'm trying to get my act togeter here on mixposure as wel as some other places on line and in lifw - seemss I never have the time to figger stuff out. Which is a story for another time, but I'll try to ease my way into the new mixposure format.
Hope to talk more with y'all soon,
Skeeter.

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PII'S PLAYHOUSE

By Main Pie, 2008-07-15

SUPER HEROS AND GREAT MUSICIANS! A BOY RAM GOAT COMBINED WITH HUMAN BEINGS BOTH BOYS AND GIRLS! WHAT COULD YA ASK FOR? THE PLAYHOUSE HAS IT ALL! COME AND JOIN PII AND HIS BAND OF STONED WOLVES....AAAOOOOOOOWA! 6 PM EST 11PM GMT WEDNESDAY EVENING! FEATURED: RY COODER'S NEW CD I, FLATHEAD KEPHAS'S NEW CD A STONES THROW AND ALL THE REGULAR CRAZY PII SHINANIGANS WITH THE BEST OF COMMERCIAL AND THE NEWEST INDIE MUSIC OUT THERE!!!! COME JOIN US IN THE CHAT...CUZ THAT'S WHERE ALL THE FUNKY MONKEYS HANG!!!! BE THERE...IF NOT...YOU A LOOZA!!!!
<a href="http://www.nexusradio.co.uk">www.nexusradio.co.uk</a>

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VARIATION on the VARIAX guitar sounds...NEW TECHNOLOGIES.

By Vesa, 2008-07-15

On my new tune, 'Variation for Matisse'- 2 digitized guitar sounds weave together. One is a Guild 12 String sound & the other is a 'Fender Strat' sound.
<a href="http://www.mixposure.com/vesa/">http://www.mixposure.com/vesa/</a>

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Brand New Song: "Words And Music"

By Phillip Hartley, 2008-07-15

Hi everyone.
I have a brand new song, "Words And Music". This song was a first for me, as it is TOTALLY improvised and is as such a first take recording. I was playing around with a different tuning to see what may come up and this is what happened.
Cheers, Phil

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Announcement

By Admin, 2008-07-15

BraceImpact is one song away from the majic 10.  There is a new note in the BIO section of the <a href="http://www.mixposure.com/braceimpact/" target="_blank">websitehttp://www.mixposure.com/braceimpact/</a>
Stay tuned folks.. KED

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What Makes A Song Great?

By gmichetti, 2008-07-14

I recently got an email from "TAXI" and I thought it was going to be about signing up with them, but it wasn't.
It was all about writing a great song. So I just thought I'd ask all of you here at Mix, what makes a song great? How would you try to write a great song? Have you heard a indie artist who wrote a great song and why would you say it was great?
I was just reading a book called "Tunesmith" by Jimmy Webb and have been podering how to better my craft and exactly how elusive is that great song?

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