"...applying the principles that guided classic rock greats like Pink Floyd and CSNY and combining their different approaches to "rock" music into a glorious, sorta trippy amalgamation of the best bits of each camp, from psychedelic rock guitar shredding to the medieval harmonies of CSNY's quietest folk ballads."
---Seattle Weekly---
"Elder Mason live is delightfully melodic and surprisingly eclectic.
Check them out if you like: later Beatles, Pink Floyd."
---www.threegigs.com---
"Rock bands often cite iconic mega-stars like the Beatles and Pink Floyd as influences, then wind up sounding exactly like them. But Elder Mason manages to take the vintage folk harmonies of the protest-rock era, the trippy guitar riffage, and all that other stuff that made the '70s great, and combine those ingredients into a really modern psychedelic folk sound that pays tribute to popular bands who've come before, but without excessive imitation. Sometimes you can hear the Floyd. Sometimes you can hear the Neil Young. But more often you hear Elder Mason."
---Seattle Weekly---
WE ARE:
Elder Mason began on a four-track in a small bedroom in Seattle in 2006.
Disenchanted with his hometown of St. Louis, Missouri, J. Michael Jochum rented an Econoline, filling it with guitars, amps, organs, pianos… even some clothes, and made for then unknown Seattle. After getting a feel for the local scene, darting in and out of other bands, he began to write as he never had – there was some Beatles, some ELO, some Pink Floyd all married with contemporary influences like the Flaming Lips and Wilco.
All hail the power of the Internet!!
Craigslist was to thank for finding the right blend of musicians and personalities that now comprise the band. Matt Teske (guitar, vocals) joined the group after moving from Minnesota around the same time as Jochum. Kris Bulakowski (drums) came aboard after relocating from Connecticut and Joe Cable (bass) recently moved to Seattle via Kansas City. With Jochum manning the keyboards and vocals, Elder Mason set up shop in a basement in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle. The band has an epic, dense and lush quality, with blissful organs, raging fuzz guitars held together by bombastic drumming.
"The Revival" was chosen for a local compilation put together by the boys and girls over at Nadamucho.com, a Seattle based music and culture blog.
ORDER NOW!! Sounds from the Seattle Underground CD
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Hey! Thank you for supporting my music. Check out my web site at www.vanessathompson.net and my music videos at www.youtube.com. One of my youtube videos is below for you to hear. If you like it, feel free to put it on your page and share it with your friends. There are also some banners on my page if you want to use them on your page. If you have Facebook, please add me. Some are putting me in their top friends. The support is really appreciated. Hope you liked the cover on Hollywood Celebrity Magazine. If you like my music, please add it to your play list for others to hear. Thank you :)
My new music video to my song "Heartbreakin Game" will be out later today or tomorrow. It will first show up on www.youtube.com. Let me know what you think. There is also a fanpop page for me that has been set up. If you get a chance visit it at http://lnk.ms/0zvbC . You can also sign up to follow me on twitter :)
Thank you to all those who supported my live performance at Club Heaven in Seattle, Washington for the Seattle Music Revival. This is an event that will help define the Seattle music scene.
Sorry I haven’t stopped by in a while! I’ve been a busy girl opening a new gym in Kansas City, but everything is going well and I hope the same is true for you!
“Always aim higher than you believe you can reach. So often you’ll discover that when your talents are set free by your imagination, you can achieve ANY goal.” -Edmund O’Neill
Sorry I haven’t stopped by in a while! I’ve been a busy girl opening a new gym in Kansas City, and I’m also getting ready to compete in a few weeks, so wish me luck!
“Always aim higher than you believe you can reach. So often you’ll discover that when your talents are set free by your imagination, you can achieve ANY goal.” -Edmund O’Neill
*cough* oh yea of course I've been practicing....I'm practically fluent now! Errr...i just get easily distracted ya know...so it might look like i've forgotten everything, but it's just because my mind is elsewhere, honest! *cough* lol. I still remember how to sign 'my name', that's a handy start lol, not sure about the rest. As for work Im still workin at the same ole, same ole, but im also making some extra money taking these surveys things online; you should give em a try; i mean, hey, the extra money comes in handy, right? i guess you'll have to type the link into internet explorer or whatever, but here it is:
www.blingforwork.com
, shame I wouldn't have minded staying there till something more appropriate came along, but I don't have that option now heh.
Hanful of Lovin'
w Special Guest Big High
The New Band featuring Mesa, Ari,
Sandy (Pandacon), & Steven (Project Lionheart)
w/ Scott Sunn of Tracer Visuals (of Radiohead etc.)
Nectar Lounge Saturday May 30th, 2009 9pm
HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!
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HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!
