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<p><font size="2">Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can upload my recordings here?<br /><br />All of my .mp3 song files are recorded at 256 and not the required 192 Bit Rate.<br />Is it possible to upload a 256 Bit Rate file? If not, is there a conversion program<br />that anyone is aware of that will allow me to change the Bit Rate on my files?<br /><br />I have a few "Hot Lick" tunes I'd like to add to my Profile, but have run into this<br />Dilemna. I am sure others have had this issue and most likely the solution.</font></p><p><font size="2">Any help you can give me would be greatly appreciated and the favor returned! </font></p><p> </p><p> </p>
<font face="comic sans ms,sand" size="2" color="#808000">It Goes Like This is finally done. Dazed did a wonderful job on the Vocals. I had a blast mixing this one!</font>
<p>Multi-Instrumentalist and Composer Jim "The Smurf" has been a fixture on the local scene in the NE Ohio area for over 35 years. Along with being one of the first call drummers in the area, he is also a very talented Guitarist and Bassist, along with dabbling with the Keys and Vocals.</p><p><br />Along with being an old hand at Live Sound, Lighting Design, Concert Production, and Radio Performances, and with extensive regional touring, both as a Tech and a Musician, Jim also has varied Studio Experience on both sides of the glass with numerous bands. These include top local favorites from the 80's Material Rejection, and continuing thru the late 80's, 90's, and early 2001 with Country Artist's Gold River, Howard Duff & The Country Rebels, All Around Sound, and Picking & Kicking, among a huge variety of other great bands on the local and regional Country scene. </p><p> </p><p>The last secular R&R group he was in, Mother Road, was one of the best of his career, opening for the likes of The Fixx, among numerous others. This group was a fitting final chapter in Jim's fantastic secular drumming career.</p><p><br />A year and a half after leaving Mother Road he released his first CD, MIDDLE OF THE STORM. This one-man-band effort help solidify his recording skills as an arranger and engineer, while giving him insight on what needed improvement in his studio.</p><p><br />After his "net-hit" with MIDDLE OF THE STORM, Jim discovered the flexibility of loops, and also the joy of collaborating with folks over the Internet. On his second release, SCATTERED SHOWERS, he created a full, live band by a combination of guest artists, real instruments, loops, midi, and soundfonts. This combination gives his second release an extremely full, live, and satisfying sound.</p><p><br />The Special Guests list on his SCATTERED SHOWERS release includes Dennis "Dino" Woods on vocals, Rick "The Stik" Onusic on backup vocals, and Randy Fifer on Lead and Rhythm guitars. These folks help fill out an already rocking sound with their talent, and Jim's music benefited immensely from it!</p><p><br />After this 2006 release, Jim started to really focus in on his more Acoustic side, and has spent the last two years woodshedding on Acoustic Guitar and Mandolin, while at the same time releasing more fantastic R&R singles, building up his studio, and honing the crafts of engineering, production, arranging, and sound design.</p><p><br />With influences running a large gauntlet, from William Ackerman to Rush, Chet Atkins to Herbbie Hancock, and all points in between, Jim finds a melodic blend of all his influences, both past and present. Rock meets Jazz, and collides with Celtic on the way to Country.....Jim melts all of these, and more, into a sound that is a joy to listen to.....over and over again.</p>
<p>Here are my favorite artists.</p><p>Alternative : Keane, Travis, Fountains Of Wayne, The Fray, Daniel Powter</p><p>Spiritual : Chris Rice, Casting Crowns, Andy Pratt, Chris Christian, Watermark, Michael W. Smith, Michael card</p><p>Rock : Bon Jovi, Brian Mcfadden</p><p>Opera/Pop : Josh Groban, Andrea Bocelli, Il Divo</p><p>Country : Collin Raye, Kenny Chesney, David Lee Murphy, Keith Urban, Martina McBride, Trisha Yearwood</p><p>Singer/Songwritors : Randy Edelman, Clifford T. Ward, David Pomeranz, Beverly Craven, Al Stewart, Shawn Colvin, Gerry Beckley, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Sarah Mclachlan and many more..</p>
Jpop : Noriyuki Makihara, Zard, Deen, Garnet Crow, X Japan, Spitz, Tetsuro Oda, K. Oda, Shiori Takei and many others.
<p>Hi all!</p><p>Hey just wanted to make mention of the new forum Help Mix My Song. Have a song you want to have remixed and see how someone else mixes it? We have some amateurs and professionals that have offered their services. Maybe you are a pro and would also like to lend your services? </p><p>This is the first time we have tried something like this. My guess is we would have a lot of people wanting to try this. We will keep the forum as a trial basis for now. If no one is interested we will remove the forum in a month or so. </p><p>Please also remember the Halloween Song Submissions coming up this month!</p><p>Dazed </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>
<table border="0" class="cols" id="tblbandshows"><tbody><tr><th><p> </p><p> </p></th><th><p align="center"><font size="4">Here we go with our upcoming shows:</font></p><p> </p></th></tr><tr><td>10.26.07 </td><td>Sandkaul </td></tr><tr><td>10.27.07 </td><td>Yellow Cello w/ Hiro ( Fr ) + Brume Retina ( ex-gameness / Fr ) +Raise The Curtain </td></tr><tr><td>11.02.07 </td><td>Rockhal // Never Say Die! Club Tour w/ Comeback Kid, Parkway Drive </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p align="center"><font size="4">We got a Demo out:</font></p><p align="center">3 songs / 11minutes / FREE</p><p align="center">If you want it, just drop us a PM or a Mail.</p><p align="center"> Take care, the ews.crew</p>
Ahh well , september has been a wash out trying to get time to play some stuff and throw it up here. Between day job, moving a studio full of gear from one place to another and working on an album for a client has meant little time to do much perhaps Oct will be more fruitful in terms of my own endeavours , Ive a few things to finish and some ideas Ive been working on here and there... here's hopin for a better run in October<img src="/include/tiny_mce/../../images/smilies/face-grin.png" border="0" alt="" width="16" height="16" />
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<p>Welcome to my music page here at the Internet Music Scene. As I continue recording I am just a couple of months from releasing my twelth CD "The Great Northwest".</p><p>I am keeping with a change of style. I am going to chase I mix of New Age and Rock to come up with a sound such as early Pink Floyd, or Tangerine Dream. I will continue to post new songs here on this site as they are finished.</p><p>My music is mix of many genre's and I write and perform all music on each track. My music has been said to be a mix of early Kansas, Pink Floyd, Alan Parsons and Tangerine Dream and Jethro Tull. Weird mix I know but I never know how a song will turn out until I get to working on it.</p><p>I hope you enjoy some of the tracks I have posted from my CDs, I have made them all free for you to download. You can email me at studio1@surfnorthwest.com with any comments.</p><p>Biography<br />I started playing guitar at the age of 12 while my father was stationed in Germany. My teacher was a older German lady who was very strict and disciplined.</p><p>At the age of 14 I was back in the USA and took up playing bass for our Jr.High Jazz band. This took me into my first rock band as a youth playing bass.</p><p>As I enterered high school my family relocated to Washington State and once again I found myself playing both bass and guitar in a new band. Once I graduated from High School I got more serious with a couple of bands playing hard rock and 70s rock. The era was 1979-1983 and we all know what those times were all about.</p><p>As time went on into the eighties I found myself married with kids and all that goes with that, so my playing days were over. Dreams shattered but happy to be a father and choose the family life over late nights with hang overs. I did not play with a band for about four years. In about 1992 I regrouped with the band Rickashay and rocked hard for about 3 years, however the demands of work and family forced me to bow out of the band scene once more.</p><p>As time went by I found myself turned off by playing cover tunes and started to focus on writing my own music, it was some years later (2002) that I started recording in my home. Technology and software had advanced where one guy could do all the music in a song himself. It was then I took up playing the keyboards which I enjoy as much as playing guitar.</p><p>Beginning in 2004 I released my first CD called "Yesterday Pass" which was a collection of songs I wrote while playing in Rickashay. Since then there have been five other CDs released with my music with the seventh to be released in May of 2008. My style has started to move away from hard rock more into New Age (I hate that term) or Alan Parsons type music.</p><p>I hope you can take a moment to check out some of my music and post comments with any suggestions harsh or otherwise. My days of being in the limelight are way over and I simply have songs coming out of my head everyday, until that gift from God stops I will continue with my love of music and record my ideas.</p><p>Regards, Surf</p><p>My influences<br />Robin Trower - Kansas - Michael Schenker - Pink Floyd - Alan Parsons - David Arkenstone - Tangerine Dream - Jethro Tull</p><p>Favorite Spot<br />Playa Del Carmen Mexico</p><p>Hobbies<br />ATV riding, my German Shepherds, water sports, and of course recording</p><p>Equipment used:<br />- Fender Custom Shop Custom Deluxe Strat<br />- Godin LGX-SA<br />- Gibson Les Paul Historic VOS<br />- Carvin CT6C<br />- Carvin ICON 4 Bass<br />- Roland Fantom X6 Keyboard<br />- Yamaha MOTIF ES Keyboard<br />- Korg TR-88 Keyboard<br />- Roland GR-20<br />- Yamaha Drums<br />- Fender HotRod Deluxe Amp (Modified)<br />- Marshall Vintage Modern 2466 Amp<br />- Marshall JMD1 100 watt<br />- Metropoulos Amplification 69 Superlead Plexi<br />- Granger M-50 Plexi<br />- Marshall 1960BX 4x12 cabinet w/G12H-30<br />- Marshall 1960BX 4x12 cabinet w/G12M-25<br />- Marshall 425B 4x12 cabinet w/Vintage-30<br />- Marshall 425A 4x12 cabinet w/G12C-25<br />- Carvin 4x12 cabinet w/Hellatone 30s<br />- Carvin BX500 Bass Amp<br />- Cakewalk SONAR 8.5 Producer<br />- Waves Mercury Bundle<br />- Digitech Vocalist Live Rack<br />- RME Fireface 800<br />- JBL Studio Monitors<br />- Monster Cables<br />- AKG, Royer and Shure Mics<br />- Assorted pedals and Effects</p><p>Anything else...?<br />I am still a sinner but through the blood of Jesus I have been saved and have been forgiven.</p>
<p>Well, I have some good news and I have some bad news...</p><p> </p><p>The good news is that I have a new song posted since the last time I made a Blog entry. The bad news is that even though it's not finished, I think it's done being worked on. The tune I was doing with FP is called Reach Out and it's posted. Unfortunately, FP lost some files for it, and I lost my way (and inspiration) for it. So, there is new music, but it's not as good as it could have been. I was thinking of hiring as full orchestra. I was going to have FP singing a full-out duet with Faith Hill. And... and... Uhhh....</p><p> </p><p>Okay, maybe not, but I did have more ideas for it (think Theremin, maybe a Sitar-esque track, and it needed a real drum track). But coulda, shoulda, woulda is no way to go through life. So, I'll take my bruises for giving up on the tune and move on.</p><p> </p><p>Go listen to the new tune and let me know what you think. I've posted some of my older tunes for the time being - go have a listen as they will surely disappear once I get The Donster Project machine fired up again <img src="/include/tiny_mce/../../images/smilies/face-wink.png" border="0" alt="Wink" title="Wink" width="16" height="16" /></p><p> </p><p>Still working on the tune with WildHoneyPie. That will be finished/posted in the not-so-distant future.</p><p> </p>