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<p>I'd like to THANK, MIXPOSURE for the opportunity to be selected as "Artist of the Month". Dazed, Wildcherry, Reapersg, Gina, Ked, Jim, Mack, Big Pete, Devo, Jezza, Gezha, Justin,&nbsp;Mike K....ALL of you GREAT DJ's and ADMIN for your support. You guys and gals are SUPER!!!! I'd also like to THANK all of you wonderful Friends who took time to listen to our music, comment or not, no matter.</p><p>On a personal note.......if it weren't for MIXPOSURE, there wouldn't be a Rayon Vert....SO!!! I am VERY GREATFUL for this WONDERFUL PLACE of Musical Adventure and Friendship. MIXPOSURE is what you want to be and for me it has been a "Home" and&nbsp;always will&nbsp;be. If it ever seems "cliquey".....just&nbsp;snap your fingers and join in, because that's all it takes. There is no clique here, just a bunch of people who are always welcoming more people to join in. I just wish I had the time to spend here, that I used to have. SO!!! Bring on your Music and Friendship and join in whatever fun you wish to have here at MIXPOSURE!!!! The music awaits you <img title="Laughing" src="http://www.mixposure.com/include/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/img/smiley-laughing.gif" border="0" alt="Laughing" /></p><p>PEACE and THANKS a MILLION!!!!</p><p>Rob G</p>

<p>Hi all! Rayon Vert, Mixposure's June Artist of the Month, has the Center Stage Presentation Spotlight tonight on&nbsp;Mixtream radio's Saturday Night Rocks show hosted by Mack Sanders. We welcome you all to join us in the chat room not only for&nbsp;Rayon Vert's&nbsp;CSP (approx. 9:30 EST)but also for the&nbsp;excellent show, full of great music, that Mack always puts forth. Let's see if we can fill the house to capacity and maybe set an all time high! All Rayon Vert members (DrC, Rob Grant, Gary Carciello, and Farrell Jackson) plan on being in the chat so stop in and say hello. We look forward to seeing you there and it's a pleasure sharing some insight on the internet group, Rayon Vert, and our music through&nbsp;this CSP. As an added bonus, at the end of the CSP, we will be debuting a new song called Time Traveler.....a 10 minute progressive rock extravaganza. See you there for the journey!</p><p>Farrell Jackson for Rayon vert</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

<p><span style="font-size: small;">Gary Carciello - all guitars, drum programming, and song concept.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">Rob Grant - bass guitar.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">DrC - all keyborads, mixing and production.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">Farrell Jackson - Lyric, melody, and all vocals.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">About the song: Gary sent this song out to the rest of us for consideration several months ago. We were busy finishing up our State of the Union Cd plus working on some new songs for cd #2 so it sat for a while. As you'll hear, Destiny, heads in a different direction than previous Rayon Vert songs.......it's more to the classic rock side of the road and it's a ballad but fear not, we haven't lost sight of our proggressive rock genes. They are just in the wash at the moment, lol.&nbsp; Destiny is a nice diversion and we think it came out great but we'll let the listeners judge for themselves.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;">We hope you enjoy it!</span></p>

<p>This is a, make you move, fast paced, rocker that DrC has come up with. The song contains some of the best organ soloing I've heard in quite some time. Check it out!&nbsp;</p><p>Gary's guitar work in this is excellent! I think it would even turn Richie Blackmore's head around.</p><p>Rob keeps the song together with his always solid bass playing. There's nothing average about Rob's skills on the bass at all and he gets to shine some here!</p><p>Farrell - What can I say about vocal my contributions? Well, I was challenged just to keep pace with this wild rocker.</p><p>We hope you like it!</p><p>Farrell for Rayon Vert</p>

<p>We just want the thank Gary Hart for his help on designing the Rayon Vert CD release ad and we also want to thank Dazed for including the ad on Mixposure's front page. Thanks guys! This is why Mixposure is such a cool place for all indie artists. It's indie music artists helping and supporting each other.....at it's finest!</p><p>Thanks!</p><p>Farrell for Rayon Vert</p>

<p>Gary Carciello - song idea and all guitars.</p><p>Farrell Jackson - lyric idea, melody, and all vocals.</p><p>Rob Grant - bass guitar.</p><p>DrC - all keyboards, drum programming, and mixing/production/mastering.</p><p>About the song Rayon Vert: All bands (even internet ones) need to write a song named after them, lol. So just as the classic greats like Black Sabbath, Bad Company, Iron Maiden, and Bad Religion have done, Rayon Vert has followed their trend with the creation of Rayon Vert....the song. We've tried to put some extra power into this production which you'll hear in Gary's lightening quick, yet tasteful, guitar work, DrC's equally&nbsp;tasty and&nbsp;speed of light&nbsp;keys work, Rob's impressive and&nbsp;thunderous bass.&nbsp;I've also&nbsp;tried to put a little extra desire and feel into my vocals. We think we hit the mark but you, the listener, will have to be the&nbsp;judge of that.</p><p>Enjoy!</p><p>Farrell Jackson for Rayon Vert</p>

<p>Rob Grant - song idea and bass.</p><p>DrC - drum programming, keyboards, mixing/production/mastering.</p><p>Gary Carciello - All guitars.</p><p>Farrell Jackson - all vocals, lyric and melody.</p><p>About the song: Rob presented this song&nbsp;to the other Rayon Vert members with the idea of creating a Rolling Stones type guitar rocker. But...none of us&nbsp;ever know how an idea will develop when you turn it over&nbsp;for input and start combining our musical thoughts. The basic song structure stayed&nbsp; intact but I'm not sure we&nbsp;exactly hit Rob's Rolling Stones rocker idea. However, you'll hear some great&nbsp;guitar work from Gary and&nbsp;some cool&nbsp;keys by DrC and of course, Rob's&nbsp;solid bass playing is the foundation for the whole song.</p><p>Farrell for&nbsp;Rayon Vert</p>

<p>Something different from Rayon Vert, as Doctor C introduced me to Edgar Allan Poe's poetry. That DOC C is a "Classic" dude, as some of you may know. His influence has been very high on me, that's for sure. The last song I sent him was to be metal prog and it turned out to be......."ULALUME". He turned me all around on this with his keyboards,&nbsp;musical additions, arranging, mixing, and engineering. Farrell Jackson added acoustic guitars, Gary Carciello added his electric guitar work and Doc had me doing the vocal, as well as my bass part.</p><p>I hope you enjoy a musical poem by Edgar Allan Poe and Rayon Vert.</p><p>Rob G</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="http://www2.mixposure.com/RAYON_VERT/song_focus_16633.php">http://www2.mixposure.com/RAYON_VERT/song_focus_16633.php</a></p>