The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Kinks, Animals, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Buffalo Springfield, Byrds, CSNY, Little Feat, CCR, Leon Russell, Elton John, Bruce Springsteen, Tom Petty, Sheryl Crow, Counting Crows, Crowded House, Jackson Browne, Eagles, Fleetwood Mac, James Taylor, Steely Dan, to mention a few...
The sound of DownTown Mystic is vintage yet modern. An industry trade publication put it this way: "DownTown Mystic's music is inspired by 60s pop icons, 70s rockers, yet it's planted firmly in the here and now."
DownTown Mystic started as the alter ego of Sha-La Music President, Robert Allen and morphed into a group, combining forces with Bruce Engler. It was while working in the studio with modern rockers The Discontent, that Robert put his idea of playing his classic rock sounding songs with modern musicians into reality. Having finished recording half a dozen tracks, Robert wanted to test out a song to see what the reaction, if any, would be. He found out soon enough in somewhat dramatic fashion.
Veteran tastemaker, Jed The Fish, would play the track "Lost & Found" off of an Industry compilation cd as his "Catch of The Day" on "World Famous" KROQ in LA, one of the most influential modern rock stations. This would lead to some national airplay. When the "Mayor of The Sunset Strip", legendary KROQ DJ Rodney Bingenheimer, played another track, "Brian Jones", Robert knew it was time to go back into the studio and finish recording enough tracks for a full-length album.
It was at this point that Robert decided to give DownTown Mystic more of a group identity by enlisting the talents of singer/songwriter Bruce Engler. Robert had worked with Bruce on projects and always felt the two had very compatible styles. The result would be the "Rock'nRoll 4 The Soul" cd. The track "One More Chance" would be put on another Industry sampler and once again lightning would strike when it was heard by WBCG PD, G. Michael Keating, who immediately added it to his playlist...quite rare by today's standards! This has led to radio play at commercial & non commercial AAA, as well as College & Internet Radio.
Robert and Bruce are joined by a host of talented musicians on "Rock'nRoll 4 The Soul", including one of the great rhythm sections in the history of American Rock'n'Roll--Garry Tallent & Max Weinberg of the E Street Band.
Spurred on by their success, Robert & Bruce headed back into the studio to record their next cd. Ably aided & abetted by drummer extraordinaire Steve Holley & urban legend Paul Page on bass, the result, "Read The Signs", "raises the bar" a notch for DownTown Mystic.
DownTown Mystic's "Rock'n'Roll 4 The Soul" & "Read The Signs" cds are available on iTunes, CD Baby and Amazon.com...
Hey hunnie, guess what!!! The much anticipated Music Video for my hit single "Bad Girl" is finally done! Watch it now at www.youtube.com/cherylmartinez and let me know what you think! I appreciate the luv & comments;-)
And don't forget i'm offering a FREE download of the Bad Girl song at www.cherylmartinez.com/fanclub for a limited time only! Tell your friends to go cop that joint, and feel free to add the song & post the video on your page!
We're playing Public Assembly[70 N 6th St., Bk, take L train to Bedford], in Williamsburg, this Thursday, 10:30! Vanishing Point presents us along with Cinema, Cinema, Heliotropes, By Night with Spear, and Gracefully! It's going to be a great night with great bands that you won't want to miss!!!
Our new album "Death to God" will be available for download on July 21st!!!
And coming up July 31st, we've been asked to play Cameo again for the 3rd time along with Blacklist & The Vandelles!!!
Darling Since we are MySpace friends, I would like you to celebrate with me! The shooting of my first feature NATASHAKIZMET: THE MOVIE is going AMAZING. See the attached action photo from my photos, or if you are a html only friend, visit my profile!. Also, I am now on TWITTER---this is a much easier way to stay up to date with my activities...just go to www.twitter.com/kizmetnatsha to follow me! And also, please visit my great sexy web site where we put cool new videos and photosets up every eek www.natashakizmet.com! We are also looking for music for the film...great stuff we can get a gratis license on. send me a note if you have something cool for me to consider! xoxo Natasha I'm serious!! visit www.natashakizmet.com for a good time!
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