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I am the common man. I celebrate the same things most of us do, listen to the same music as most but as an artist myself, like to branch out and stretch myself by learning and listening to others' music.
I am here to offer constructive critique for band posts. I'm not a progessional sound engineer nor do I have CD sales to back up my opinions.

I am simply, common.

Today I found some old photos. One from as far back as 9th or 10th grade. I was in Bye Bye Birdie-- my first big guitar stage experience. What fun that was!

I posted this in the "Vocalist" section of the Forum, but I don't know how many people visit there. So I put it here, too.

This morning I revisited a book I read about 6 years ago named "Uncommon Genius". It's a great interesting book about the creative process.

In "Uncommon Genius", Denise Shekerjian interviewed 40 different people about their creative processes. The yardstick she used was that they were all winners of the McArthur award.

In the book she distilled 8 points she found in common with all the winners:

1) Find your talent
2) commit to it and make it shine
3) Don't be afraid of risk or failure (the game is really never over). Seen the the proper light, risk and failure bring both insight and opportunity.
4) Find courage by looking to something stronger and better than your puny vulnerable self.
5) Noo lusting after quick resolutions. Relax. Stay loose
6) Get to know yourself; understand your needs and the specific conditions you favor.
7) Respect, too, your culture. We can't, any of us, escape the twentieth (now twenty-first) century. It's tucked up around our collective chin as snugly and as firmly as the bedsheet.
Then, finally, break free from the seductive pull of book training and research and the million other preparatory steps that could delay for the entire span of a life and immerse yourself in DOING IT NOW.


Great great great book. I loved these 8 points she makes. The last one is the most important, to be sure.

We have been discussing for quite some time that we should change our band name. Our former name "Racket Band" was a great name for us in the "early days". We started out as just a bunch of good friends jammin'. After a couple of years of jammin' together we started writing our own songs and decided to pursue this new combination of musicians further. So without further ado I bring you..... Ice Boxx

Hello everyone, We are very please to announce that our cover of Eye of the Tiger is now the #1 cover song on Soundclick! (Even though it took almost a year) http://www.soundclick.com/genres/ChartsSub.cfm?Genre=Rock&Subgenre=206 How long it will stay there is another story. Thank you for all of your support and encouragement. Lonnie

I have put up a copy of the video tribute to Charlie Hodgson on the YouTube website. You can view the video by visiting the following link;Sticks of Steel

Hi all...and thanks for stopping by. Seems like a great place with great people....glad I'm here.

Most of the songs in here are collaborations from two sites I work on artistcolalboration.com and recordingproject.com

Talk about talent...I'll throw a lick, lyric or track out there and these are samples of what happens.

I've been very blessed with all that help. I'm a simple songwriter that is enjoying the 'coming to fruition' of ideas I've for years just had in my head...

Enjoy and comments are always welome.

Dan

Chris Waldner, studio drummer on our "Eye of the Tiger" cover is the drummer for Uncle Nestor. Be sure to check out their awesome "Woman Like the Wind" video at http://www.unclenestor.com What is Uncle Nestor? Country-fried rock n roll. Thats Uncle Nestor. More melodious than your average rock band louder than your average country band. But who wants to be average anyway? Sonically, this 3-piece brings many different influences to the table with a few constants: thick guitars, solid grooves, and sweet vocal harmonies. Their live shows inspire hoarse throats and tired legs (and sometimes ringing ears!). Uncle Nestor is poised for a breakout year in 2006. The debut album is receiving rave reviews and the video for the first single, Woman Like the Wind, has already been featured on MuchMoreMusic and MuchMusic

Many of you have been enquiring about our "Eye of the Tiger" tribute to Frank Scott and why it is not available for download. This site does not allow us to host cover songs on this server. Ice Boxx fully supports this decision. For this reason we will continue to use Soundclick to host this cover tune. You can download a copy of Eye of the Tiger at http://www.soundclick.com/4Francis and the video is still available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fh525OMTyQE

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