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Hey Everyone!

I wanted to let everyone know that I added a small email icon on the artist pages so it will make it easier to message each other. It just links you into the private message system and has the user pre-populated. I know finding people could be problematic so I hope this helps!

Todd

Just Wanted to say Hello im new to the site. Im very thankful for all the support here. lots of talented people on here. im looking foward to hearing the sounds. Cheers Rich Mirro 

It looks like we will be going with a Same Song Title Madness for the next Site Tune. What we need now is some song titles. Please post some song titles and then we can vote for one. 

Some things to keep in mind. When suggestion titles like "My Girl Just Left Me And Took My Life Savings and the Dog" might be fun, but it is also very difficult to write around a long title. Smaller titles will work best that leave it open to all genres.

So what title would you suggest?

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