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A huge congratulations to Gary Teed for being the Mixposure.com Artist of the Month! Please stop by his page and have a listen!
I am an old aircraft engineer who was taken out of work due to my health. Wanting something to do, I got back into my music. I had learned the basic chords while in my 20s but had put the guitar away for 20 years. I was not serious about the music and kept my writing to myself. My mentor was a John Denver fanatic but, he pushed me to learn and the fingerstyle picking that he taught me kept me playing. In my late 20s, life got busy and I stopped. I even sold all of my gear. I have been bitten by the bug again and I am off and running now! Playing my guitar and singing all around here locally.
I also like to play with loops and samples to create music. Some of my loops I also played synth to and even sang on a couple. But, my best work, I think, is my singer/ songwriter creations. I do not really promote myself aside from this page.
Here are a few of my works. Give a listen and see what you think.
Few artists are able to provide listeners with a full semblance of the band’s nuance in the course of two tracks. hooyoosay has stuffed each track on this single with enough passion and aplomb to keep things lively.
"Come On" is a track that touches upon the sixties and eighties with a bouncy beat and a surfish vibe that permeates all points of the song. There is a tautness to the different elements of hooyoosay that make for a single-worthy track. For those that are more concerned about the quality of the instrumentation, the band is able to create something dense and detailed without losing the friendly sound that is present here. Throw in a sizzling guitar line at points and one will be provided with a track that will get people up and dancing. Tapping out before the three-minute mark, "Come On" is a highly energetic track that allows the band ample opportunity to introduce themselves to listeners.
"The Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man" is the B-side to "Come On" in name only; the track has hints of country and western along with southern rock. With a honky-tonk cherry that is at the top of this musical sundae, hooyoosay are able to create something that is decidedly different from other tracks in their repertoire. The inclusion of a harmonica into the mix provides additional nuance and layers which listeners can further dissect. The vocals/guitar/drum dynamic is still extremely sweet, but the band is able to keep things fresh and interesting with this minor change. The band ends up 2 for 2 on this EP, and will undoubtedly make converts with this release.
Visit the hooyoosay website for more information about the band and for ample samples and photos of the act. Let us know what you think about the "Come On" / "The Under Assistant West Coast Promotion Man" single.
Rating: 8.3/10
http://hooyoosay.com
hooyoosay - Come on & The under assistant West Coast promotion man
Original online publication:
http://neufutur.com/2014/03/hooyoosay-come-on-ep-review/
James McQuiston, NeuFutur, March 2014.
I think it is time we do another Mixposure Site Song. The question is what do we want? Same Song Title Madness? Same Lyric Challenge? Chime in and speak up!!
Hey Everyone I have loaded up again a song called Open Waters Blues kit Mann ft. Harry Edgar. As many of you know Beth my neighbor has sang on many of my songs. Well her Father Doc Greene lives next door. Doc loves to sail. And overtime he was trapped between the two loves of sailing and his wife. Doc ended up selling his boat. Sad Day..... I wanted to do something special for Doc so I wrote this song. A song of a sailor who misses his wife so much. Here love for him keeps his sail full on his journey home. When Harry and I recorded this song, Harry was doing the back ground vocals. And it sounded so smooth. I thought then that since this song is about love and the sea, that having Harry sing and me sing the back up vocals, wish his scotlish accent this would really make the song special for Doc. Once done I burned a copy of the song and gave it to Doc and Donna. They both love the song. Hope you enjoy this song. Thank you all
Kit
Just wanted to apologize for the down time everyone. Our server indicated we needed a reboot and after the restart, it kind of went the way of the dodo bird. After playing with it for a day we just decided it was better to get a new server up and transfer the data over which only took a few hours. The only casualty right now appears to be the radio station and we will get that up and running asap.
Thanks for hanging in there with us!!
Todd
Chabane's Records ' new release:
SCANIA - The Rebel
5 Heavy/Thrash Metal tracks
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Article about Mixposure appearing in my hometown newspaper, the Defiance Crescent-News:
Talking about change of time with local musician
Perhaps one of the best things
about writing and recording
music is the ability to capture a
sign of the times, immortalizing
it forever within a snapshot of
creative effort
and release.
But what makes
it even better is a
situation where
carefully-crafted
lyrics tell a tale
of prophecy that
only grows more
poignant with
age.
Take Bob
Dylan, for example.
When he ever so epically
announced to the world “The
Times They Are a-Changin’”
back in the mid-1960s, the rambling
king of cultural observation
captured the flow of an entire
generation hinged on the cusp of
eminent change.
Fifty years later, while illuminating
an entirely different
societal climate, the ebb and flow
of the world is still so perfectly
depicted by the words etched
into history five decades ago
at Studio A in New York City.
And since musical messages
ultimately find their final resting
place within the perception of
the listener, they can apply to an
endless array of situations.
Which brings me to the context
of this week’s column.
There was a time in a not
so distant past when the only
method of preserving music for
eternity was to hit the studio
and make it happen. Solo, with
a band, collaborations — it all
went to tape and was typically,
take by arduous take, hammered
out in the same room.
But, oh, how times have
changed again in ways I doubt
even Bob Dylan could have seen
coming, especially when it comes
to recording with like-minded
individuals who may never even
meet each other in person.
With the inception of the
technological explosion, musical
community sites such as
Mixposure (www.mixposure.
com) have opened a worldwide
door for musicians to connect
with one another, also offering
a promotional smorgasbord of
management, labels, comedians,
listeners and DJs.
Or as longtime local bass and
guitar instructor Dave Coonrod
explained it, “A one-stop site
for pretty much everything you
could want out of music resources.”
While Mixposure is just one
of countless sites of its kind on
the musical webscape, it is one
Coonrod has certainly made the
most of. A frequent collaborator
with renowned keyboardist
and area psychologist Dr. David
C. Deal — notably in the live
Christmas season project Siberian
Solstice — Mixposure has provided
a convenient opportunity
for both to compose with other
musicians from around the
globe.
And it’s all done from the comfort
of home, or wherever comfort
happens to find you.
“The main advantage of a collaboration
site such as this is the
availability of musicians and
genres that extend the local talent
pool,” said Coonrod, who
splits time teaching bass and
guitar between Tri State Music
in Bryan and Defiance College.
“I have done recordings online
with people that I have never
met face-to-face from as far away
as England and as close as south
Defiance. I’m currently working
on a project from a guy from
Montana.”
How can this be possible? It’s
actually remarkably simple … at
least, the sharing process is.
A recorded riff or idea can
be uploaded to file sharing
sites such as Dropbox (www.
dropbox.com), where another
awaiting musician can access it,
add another element and fire it
right back. This can be bounced
around to an unlimited number
of players on any given project.
When all the pieces are in place
and the final mix is applied,
the song or project can be
uploaded for review, sale or a
mere listen to the entire world
via Mixposure’s host of Internet
radio connections in addition to
the site itself.
The best part for aspiring talent
is that all you need is a computer,
an interface and the proper
recording software to have endless
creative possibilities literally
at your fingertips.
“I don’t always record at home,
either,” Coonrod explained.
“When I am away on vacation
all I need is my laptop, a pair of
headphones and my guitar. All
of this made possible by building
upon contacts made on the
Mixposure website.”
For a smooth taste of what
it’s really all about, search
Mixposure for Coonrod’s musical
work under his “Fender Bender”
profile, and also open your ears
to his rich bass tone complimenting
Deal’s heady keys on the
David C. Deal profile.
And as always, support our
vast community of immensely
talented local musicians.
Stay in tune.
(Contact Kevin Eis by email: keis@
crescent-news.com; or on Twitter: @
cnKevinEis
Just wanted to extend a Happy Easter greeting to all my friends and fans here at Mixposure! Hope everyone finds their Easter basket!
it's funk...with maybe some iinteresting guitar work doin it...cuss
next time maybe..ha ha
Congrats to Trevor Sewell for having the Mixposure.com Song of the Week! Amazing musician! Please check out the tune below!!
Bio:
Breaking News: Feb 7th 2014 Lovitz Theatre Universal Walk, Hollywood - Trevor Sewell wins The Best Blues Artist Award in the Artists In Music Awards for the second year running and also gains honourable mention in the Producer Of The Year category.
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Winner in the Hollywood Music in Media Awards 2011, Runner up in the British Blues Awards 2012 and winner of The Artists in Music Award for Best Blues Artist 2013 in Los Angeles. November 2013 saw Trevor return to America for a string of live shows, radio sessions and on the very day that his second album ‘Independence’ was released once again pick up the ‘Best Blues’ award at the highly prestigious Hollywood Music In Media Awards held in the lavish Henry Fonda Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard with his song ‘The Train’. The past two years have seen Sewell continue to go from strength to strength as his fan base continues to grow particularly in America where his debut album 'Calling Your Name' spent a staggering 7 weeks at number one on the American Blues Scene Chart.
A recent return to his roots has seen him widely recognised as one of the great emerging British guitar talents currently riding the wave of New British Blues gaining popularity
in the U.S.A. (source Artists In Music Official Programme).
Legendary Producer/Engineer Stuart Epps (Led Zep, Elton John, Bill Wyman) had this to say:
"I've only just met this brilliant musician but I can tell you he is the real thing. Heart felt, passionate and truly excellent rock/blues guitar playing and singing. Comparable with some of the greats I've had the pleasure to work with. Two of them called Lee, Albert Lee and Alvin Lee.
"Trevor is in my opinion from the same mould he gives rock/blues a new boost. You've just got to love it!!!"
The Trevor Sewell Band are:
Trevor Sewell - Lead Guitar and Lead Vocals
Brian Emerson - Bass Guitar
Steve Vine – Drums
Trevor was recently inducted to the American Heritage Blues Hall of Fame in the very same category as some rather better known artists such as Tommy Castro and Joe Bonammassa.
STOP PRESS: Trevor has once again been shortlisted for the Artists In Music 2014 ceremony where he is in the final 5 nominees (Best Blues) – The ceremony will take place at The John Lovitz Theatre at Universal in N. Hollywood on Feb 7th 2014 where he has also received an honorable mention in the category ‘Producer of the year’.