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<p><strong><em><font size="2">Greetings All </font></em></strong></p><p><strong><em><font size="2">Thanks for visiting SD - Imusic mini site</font></em></strong></p><p><strong><em><font size="2">Listen to the music , If you like Creative Metal Music You Have Come To The Right Place.</font></em></strong></p><p><strong><em><font size="2">We would Like to Hear what you have to say about S.D. an the music and get to know you all as friends.</font></em></strong></p><p><strong><em><font size="2">We are a people band an like to keep in close contact with friends an fans</font></em></strong></p><p><strong><em><font size="2">Enjoy the music an please feel free to contact us any time.</font></em></strong></p><p><strong><em><font size="2">Best Regards</font></em></strong></p><p><strong><em><font size="2">Your Friends</font></em></strong></p><p><strong><em><font size="2">S.D.</font></em></strong></p>
<p><font size="2">I finally decided to open my page at this wonderful site. I've been a loyal member of the fantastic Mixposure family for some time. I don't usually change my loyalties easily but unfortunately, it appears that Mixposure is really dead this time. (What a shame!) Some of the pillars of the Mix community have migrated to this site, and it looks like every day I see more familiar faces here. I was still pretty reluctant to opem my own page mainly because I don't have much of a new material - these days I do mostly collabs with Gary Carciello and Rob Grant. Please check out their pages for our latest work. But some of my friends (including my dearest bandmate Rob) were rather insistent, so here it is...</font></p><p><font size="2">The songs you will find here are instrumental tracks heavily influenced by classical and folk music, and firmly anchored in the 70s classic rock traditions. I like the idea of blending different styles, musical techniques and approaches together. Even though I have been fiercely criticized for my "experiments", I do not consider my tracks experimental in any way. I simply believe that the great Bach could sound very well in hard rock, and that music from the Caucasus Mountains and Mississippi delta could merge to form an exciting track.</font></p>
<p>After about a 12 year absense from playing and recording, I decided it's about time to start laying some new things down..</p><p>I have included the last CD I put out with my first and only band "Balloon Man" (Album Titled <em>ANGER MANAGEMENT). We were based </em>in Seattle from 1990-1995..</p><p>This album was put out in 1995 and we tried to keep it old school metal even in the face of the Seattle Grunge onslaught that was going on at the time.... </p><p>Strange hearing some 12 years later, but, I think it holds up pretty well..</p><p>The recording buried the singer pretty bad, but, we were sans singer for a few years, and got used to having the band cranked way up on the mix.. Most of the songs were written before we had a singer, so he had to kinda fit in lyrics in between the jamming..</p><p>I will also be including some new stuff (probably instrumental) from time to time as it gets written and recorded.</p><p>Let me apologize in advance for my lack of recording skills.. I just bought a new mini studio, and am still figuring out to lay down drum samples, get a tasty guitar tone, and learning to lay down decent bass tracks.. </p><p>I have had several comments so far that on the first new track I recorded called "chainsaw" stating that the guitar was way too loud 
Well, I guess that's a GOOD start!</p><p> Cheers!</p><p> </p>
<font face="Times New Roman"><strong><em><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #3366ff">John Crafton is from </span></em></strong><strong><em><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #3366ff">Baltimore</span></em></strong><strong><em><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #3366ff"> </span></em></strong><strong><em><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #3366ff">Maryland</span></em></strong><strong><em><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #3366ff"> and has lived in </span></em></strong><strong><em><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #3366ff">New England</span></em></strong><strong><em><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #3366ff"> for most of his adult life. Years spent in </span></em></strong><strong><em><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #3366ff">Newport</span></em></strong><strong><em><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #3366ff"> </span></em></strong><strong><em><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #3366ff">Rhode Island</span></em></strong><strong><em><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #3366ff">, </span></em></strong><strong><em><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #3366ff">Stow</span></em></strong><strong><em><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #3366ff"> </span></em></strong><strong><em><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #3366ff">Vermont</span></em></strong><strong><em><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #3366ff">, and the coastal towns of </span></em></strong><strong><em><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #3366ff">Main</span></em></strong><strong><em><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #3366ff">, </span></em></strong><strong><em><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #3366ff">Nova Scotia</span></em></strong><strong><em><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #3366ff">, and the mid-Atlantic have matured the music. </span></em></strong></font><font face="Times New Roman"><strong><em><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #3366ff">John was a formally trained piano and horn player in the 60's and a member of numerous rock bands in the late 60's and 70's when he learned to play guitar. In the 70's, He worked as a single act, singer / songwriter in </span></em></strong><strong><em><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #3366ff">New England</span></em></strong><strong><em><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #3366ff"> and lived and played in </span></em></strong><strong><em><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #3366ff">Europe</span></em></strong><strong><em><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #3366ff"> for a year and a half. </span></em></strong></font><font face="Times New Roman"><strong><em><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #3366ff">He formed the band Fable in 1977 in </span></em></strong><strong><em><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #3366ff">Baltimore</span></em></strong><strong><em><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #3366ff"> and toured the mid-Atlantic developing a rich vocal harmony sound for which they became popular. Life and several incarnations of the band have kept him moving around the country in pursuit of his personal goals as a musician, sailor, & gentleman explorer. </span></em></strong></font><font face="Times New Roman"><strong><em><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #3366ff">He currently resides in </span></em></strong><strong><em><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #3366ff">Akron</span></em></strong><strong><em><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #3366ff"> </span></em></strong><strong><em><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #3366ff">Ohio</span></em></strong><strong><em><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #3366ff">, </span></em></strong><strong><em><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #3366ff">Baltimore</span></em></strong><strong><em><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #3366ff"> </span></em></strong><strong><em><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #3366ff">Maryland</span></em></strong><strong><em><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #3366ff">, and </span></em></strong><strong><em><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #3366ff">Portland</span></em></strong><strong><em><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #3366ff"> </span></em></strong><strong><em><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #3366ff">Oregon</span></em></strong><strong><em><span style="font-size: 14pt; color: #3366ff"> working for Soft Wind Productions as a producer and recording engineer. Whenever possible he is off-shore sailing. Everything else and the music of John Crafton can be found at <a href="http://www.softwindproductions.com/">www.softwindproductions.com</a>.</span></em></strong></font> <p align="center"><span style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px"><strong><em><font face="Garamond" color="#0000ff">Our mission is to bring the listener a pleasant and sometimes emotional repast centered in the time and life experiences we all share. Acoustic instruments, beautiful harmonies, and the occasional keyboard or electric guitar bring the story like lyrics to life in a way that is Fable's alone.<br /><br />Fable continues to expand its audience and it is our hope to add you to our broadening family of listeners.<br />We welcome you.<br /><br />John Crafton & Keith Bachman</font></em></strong></span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px"></span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 19px"><span class="text"><strong><em><font face="Garamond" size="6" color="#0000ff"><span style="font-size: 30px; line-height: 34px">Forty Years of Fable<br /><br /></span></font></em></strong><strong><em><font face="Garamond" size="4" color="#0000ff"><span style="font-size: 20px; line-height: 24px">John Crafton (Founder), Richard Crafton, Scott Wilson, John Flanders, John Fisher, <br />Miriam Fisher, Tim, Mike Marzoulo, Mike Fox, David Jacobson, David Richardson, <br />Terry Battle, Lynn Travor, Mack McNichol, Phil Brecher, Jimmy Taylor, Paul Aurillio, <br />Kelly Smith, Pearley Evans, C.W. Johnson, John Crafton III, Nick Watson,<br />Mark Unruh, Douglass MacConnell, Greg Evans, Tony Gavoli, Chuck Smith, <br />J.P.Jones, Medrick Bellair, Sean Galooly, John Sprier, Josh Williams, Sarah Tallarico, <br />Bob Wood, Don Henson, Keith Bachman, Lisa Blayney, Samuel Salsbury, Leslie Wake, <br />Sashir Ali, Saam Cabot, Tom Schurr, & Richard Crafton (The Younger) </span></font></em></strong></span></span></p>
<p><font face="comic sans ms,sand" size="2" color="#808000">Wow ... the response and reviews I've gotten lately is overwhelming me!!! I so much appreciate the listens from all of my friends here. AS most of you know, I've been VERY busy lately and my reviews and responses have fallen seriously behind. Things are easing up a bit now and I'll be doing my best to repond to everybody that took the time to listen to my tunes. </font></p><p><font face="comic sans ms,sand" size="2" color="#808000">God Bless and play well</font></p><p><font face="comic sans ms,sand" size="2" color="#808000">Gabriel</font></p>
<p>I'm Very happy ( and grateful ) to say that I'm getting too many 'reviews" to reply to each of them -- So I'll just post a big: <font size="5">THANK YOU !!</font> - here </p><p> </p>
<p>Hey all,</p><p>I've just uploaded two more songs, but when I play them back they play too slow.</p><p> </p><p>Can someone shed some light on this for me?</p><p>Cheers,</p><p>Miss J</p>
<p><font color="#ffffff"><strong><font size="2">EVER HAD A DAY WHEN EVERYTHING THAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG, WENT WRONG?</font></strong><img src="/include/tiny_mce/../../images/smilies/face-surprise.png" border="0" alt="" /></font></p><p><font color="#ffffff"><strong><font size="2">THAT´S WHAT THIS SONG IS ABOUT.</font></strong><img src="/include/tiny_mce/../../images/smilies/face-smile.png" border="0" alt="Smile" title="Smile" /></font></p><p><font color="#ffffff"><strong><font size="2">DICARLO; COMPOSER, CHORUS MELODY & LYRICS, ALL INSTRUMENTS, PROGRAMMING, PIANO & PIANO SOLO.</font></strong></font></p><p><font color="#ffffff"><strong><font size="2">NOTE; CONGAS & SAX WERE SAMPLES.</font></strong></font></p><p><font color="#ffffff"><strong><font size="2">ANTHONY BAGGETTE; STORY LYRICS, SPOKEN WORD.</font></strong></font></p><p><font color="#ffffff"><strong><font size="2">TERRY LOVIQ; SOLO & BACKGROUND VOCALS</font></strong></font></p><p><font color="#ffffff"><strong><font size="2">ARRANGED & PRODUCED BY DICARLO FOR DICARLO PRODUCTIONS</font></strong></font></p><p><font color="#ffffff"><strong><font size="2">MIXED & MASTERED BY DICARLO FOR ONLINE MIXING AND MASTERING </font></strong></font></p>
<p>I've uploaded another track. It's half-way through the recording process so isn't as polished or had all the "lovelyness" added to it hence it sounds a bit raw. I've uploaded it now as we have had to suspen the recording process due to us getting a new drummer last week so we're not sure when recording will resume again. (As quickly as possible I hope - just waitinh for new drummer to learn our stuff)</p><p>Well..it's here...hope you like it. It's called 'Illusion Never Lies'</p><p> </p>
<p><font size="3">Hi all! </font></p><p><font size="3">Hey I am trying to find a way to code this but I have a favor to ask everyone in the meantime. First of all, Welcome to iMusicScene. Secondly we know you want to upload your music to the site. I however would like to ask that you only upload 2-3 per day. The reason being that this is your best opportunity to get more song reviews. When you upload 20 at once, people will probably not review all 20. Plus you push other new songs pretty deep in the New Songs category! </font></p><p><font size="3">Also please do not forget about the HOLIDAY SONG SUBMISSION for December!</font></p><p><font size="3">Dazed </font></p>