Just me... Keys/Guitar/Vocals/Songwriting (on uploaded songs)
the songs uploaded are from my last original band, "Ghost of Tom"
Megan: keys/guitar/vocals
Dave Hawkins: Guitar
Bass: Joe Gretz
Drums: Little brother John Wheatley
As for the new project it'll be me and whoever decides to show up with their instruments!
Influences
I love King Crimson, but don't make music like them... Tony Levin: a bass player for many, he is the steam behind the engine of many songs and you don't even realize that he's the reason the song is so good (www.papabear.com). I have always loved Cyndi Lauper, as I connected with her music and her life. Of course, I was about 11 when she first hit the scene, but I am happy with which way her music turned.. it's much more soulful these days, albeit less popular. Other people I like: Eva Cassidy, Cat Stevens, Carol King, Etta, Billie, Ella, Janis, Jimi, Jesse "lonecat" Fuller, Ulf Magnet, Beastie Boys, Michael Penn,Reid Paley~ you scare me in a good way, Bonnie Raitt (older stuff), Rod Stewart (oldest stuff), Daniel Lanois (sigh), Spock's Beard, Michael Hedges, Beatles, Led Zeppelin, any old school rap... Kurtis Blow, Doug E. Fresh, LL Cool J, haha... I could go on and on, but I'll spare you the time.
Sounds Like
I've had lots of drunk people tell me I sound like just about anyone. I think one possible correct comparison might be Chrissy Hynde and Bonnie Raitt. I get Janis and Stevie a lot, and sometimes Gwen. Weird. Drunk people are dumb.
Megan Wheatley wrote the song, "I'm Makin' Dinner" at the age of 4 with nothing but a flour mixer as accompaniment. Music has been rushing though her ever since.
She has been entertaining people from the age of 5 when she started in community theater. By the time she was 7, she was a stage veteran with 5 roles under her belt. It was then that she started to play the piano. A piano, oddly enough, that was won by chance on a game show by her uncle. She immediately took to the piano, quickly figuring out songs she heard on the radio, much to the chagrin of her very traditional, very old and sometimes narcoleptic piano teacher. She started singing with the church choir at around 9.
In her high school years, she started writing her own material. Whatever came to her, came out of her. She also performed in all the plays and even formed a school chorus where there was none. The chorus was successful and put the spotlight on the fact that there was no music and arts department at the school, which was desperately needed. She came back after graduating to play for school masses and to accompany such plays as Annie and the annual Passion Play. Two years after she graduated, they started a real music department.
It was around the age of 19 when Megan was recruited for several local bands (which she played for all at the same time!). She played with locals Common Scents, Blue Steele and Lost Cause's Doors cover band "Lizard King". At 20 she picked up the guitar for the first time and after a few mini-lessons with friends, she started writing songs on guitar as well.
At 22 she decided that "originals" were the way to go. She co-founded Ghost of Tom, a band which played the DC area for about 5 years and celebrated one CD release. After G.O.T. disbanded, she played on her own in small venues and sat with many area bands.
In 2001, she co-founded The Electric Company with old Lost Cause bandmates. They have been playing together ever since. Megan loves playing the songs she grew up listening to! In the meantime, she has written close to 50 songs of her own and is in the process of recording a new album on her own. The next step for her in the musical process is the art of recording.
Megan is an accomplished musician. Her sound crosses many lines, whether it be blues/rock/folk/jazz with a twang sometimes. She tries to have no boundaries when it comes to music.
You can check out her personal MySpace page at: http://www.myspace.com/squabbitgirl
You can check out The Electric Company at http://www.myspace.com/theelectriccompanyband
Howdy, friends! I played "Ill Have Somebody Else"(-bonus track)on the newly GRAMMY nominated cd, Willie and the Wheel (Willie Nelson and AATW)!!!!!BRAND NEW SONGS UP TODAY! and the band just got on reverbnation..check it out..www.reverbnation.com/therubyjaneshow
in 2012 our world will change positively for the human mankind!
drink clear water. breath deep and slowly. go outside and enjoy the nature. don't trust your ego - trust your fellings. follow your dreams. beware of illusions. if you do this i promise you: your life will change the best way!
kind regards! wolfgang
DREAMSCAPE (progressive metal from germany) new cd february 2010!
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Since we can't expect the maestro himself to be so brash (he's actually a little shy once you really get to know him), we've decided to take it upon ourselves and do the dirty work for him...
After so many years of such heartfelt devotion, the RAUSCH album is OUT NOW and we can't help but feel compelled to provide a gentle little nudge on his behalf... or rather, proclaim it from the mountaintop!
Greetings. I just wanted to thank you for your continued support and invite you to have a first listen on myspace to the tracks off the new EP "Monster & Minstrel" due out later this month. Bright stars to you! Ahmond
Green eyes brown eyes grey eyes Blue eyes look into mine, Waiting and watching and waiting, And juggling with words in rhyme, Searching choosing dissecting, Line after line after line, To impress to undress to imagine, Giving all soul and mind, Brown eyes grey eyes blue eyes, Green eyes look into mine, You who are a lady fair, Free in thought and almost there Almost real and almost laughing, A shooting star that fell on me, A flake, a wisp of another destiny, Blue eyes brown eyes green eyes, Blue eyes look into mine, I stagger to my feet and walk away
Hi guys, we looking for gigs at any cool blues/rock clubs you might
know of?? Check out our little gift below and see if you can think of
anywhere you'd like to see us play....Any ideas and we'll follow them
up with gratitude!
hank you for the friendship and the good music, as well as the beautiful compositions and the good rhythmic, the terrible guitars and the magnificent voice.Sound and very well-kept arrangement. Beautiful and long musical journey.
Ever wondered what to do in the event of a nuclear threat?
A while ago I found stuff that inspired me to make this film:
Living Under the Shadow of the Nuclear Umbrella
Both artistic (ensure you get the background music!) and educational, it primarily comprises official British government civil defence advice.
Though source materials are quite aged, much remains relevant today.
I encourage all to visit the YouTube page to learn more (Show support! Rate! Comment!) and responsibly circulate as widely as possible, here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaIim3Rj7L4
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