Michael Blair
Michael Blair
Michael Blair Male
99 years old
Stockholm
Sweden



Last Login: 12/11/2009
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    Michael Blair's Interests
MusicI thank my parents Jeanne and Lee for always having great music in the house when I was a kid (Louis Armstrong, Keely Smith, Leon Bibb, etc). And more recently the beautiful Lena (my wife) and the inspirational Olivia (our daughter), for their support and encouragement as we travel together through the sights and sounds the world has to offer. I admire the curiosity of composer John Cage. The touch of master drummer Jim Keltner. The understanding of producer Hal Willner. The vitality of The Beatles. The drive of James Brown. The emotional depth of Joni Mitchell. The storytelling of Lou Reed. The sonic beauty of vibraphonist Gary Burton. The work ethic of U2. The natural force of Elvis Costello. The generosity of T Bone Burnett. My colleagues and collaborators around the world. And so much more...Thank you.

     Michael Blair's Details
Status:Married
Here for:Networking, Friends
Hometown:Born in San Diego, California
Zodiac Sign:Capricorn
Children:Proud parent
Education:Post grad
Occupation:Percussionist/songwriter

   Michael Blair's Schools
University Of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign
Champaign,IL
Graduated: N/A
Student status: Alumni
Major: Percussion Performance
 

1974 to 1977
University Of Redlands
Redlands,CA
Graduated: 1976
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: Percussion Performance
Clubs: Omicron Delta Kappa
 

1972 to 1976

   Michael Blair's Networking
Music - Performance - Percussion
Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, Lou Reed, Imogen Heap, Damon Albarn, The Handsome Family, Jarvis Cocker, Ed Harcourt, Mary Margaret O'Hara, Joe Henry, Gavin Friday, The Replacements, Adolphson och Falk, T Bone Burnett, The Pogues, Hal Willner
Music - Production - Producer
Victoria Williams, Moondog Jr, Eggstone, Sven Zetterberg, Ryan Adams, Soul Asylum, Ardis, Matt Pistol Project, Perssons Pack, Anitas Livs (Swedish Grammy nomination), Shredhead, Nicholas Tremulis, Malin Dahl
Music - Production - Composer
The Rasmus, Weeping Willows, Sunrise Avenue, Kee Marcello, Allen Ginsberg, Eve To Adam, Sandi Strmljan, Oscar Söderberg, Göran Elmquist

   Michael Blair's Companies
Scorpio Music Production
Stockholm, SE
Owner
Production, education

MarSongs Publishing
Stockholm, SE
Co-owner (with Roger Östman)
Writer, producer, A&R

Högskolan i Skövde
Skövde, SE
Faculty
Musik- och ljudproduktion




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   Michael Blair's Blurbs
About me:
Drums, percussion, sound design, production, songwriting. Tom Waits - Rain Dogs, Franks Wild Years, Big Time, Orphans... Elvis Costello - King of America, Spike, For the Stars... Lou Reed - Magic and Loss... Hal Willner (producer) - Lost in the Stars (Kurt Weill music), Stay Awake (Disney), Weird Nightmare (Charles Mingus), Lion for Real (Allen Ginsberg)... Shawn Colvin - Steady On... Suzanne Vega - Days of Open Hand... Soul Asylum - MTV Unplugged... Leo Kottke - My Father's Face... Victoria Williams - Swing the Statue... Ryan Adams - Demolition... Adolphsson och Falk - Vidare... The Rasmus - INTO... Sunrise Avenue - On the Way to Wonderland... Many more...
Who I'd like to meet:
The next person who shakes my hand.

   Michael Blair's Friend Space (Top 36)
Michael Blair has 1958 friends.
 Evelyn Glennie 


 Bill Bruford's Earthworks 


 Ringo 


 Udo Dahmen 


 Pete Engelhart Metal Percussion 


 Jake Shimabukuro 


 Béla Fleck and the Flecktones 


 Bill Frisell 


 Steve Reich 


 Meredith Monk 


 Lou Reed 


 The Nonesuch Collection 


 T Bone Burnett 


 Elvis Costello 


 The Wrecking Crew 


 Ollie Olson 


 Brian Eno 


 Punkt 


 Pete Davis 


 Rich Costey 


 Buddy Miller 


 ERIC AMBEL Producer/Mixer/Guitarist 


 Marc Ribot 


 Leo Abrahams 


 Ed Harcourt 


 Liam Gerner 


 Ulf"Rockis"Ivarsson 


 Joy Askew 


 Py Bäckman 


 Hit songwriter - Simen Fjeld - HomeBrew Production 


 Tobias Stenkjaer COUNTRY ALBUM OF THE YEAR WINNER! 


 Luis Resto/Combo De Momento 


 hismlp 


 MarSongs Publishing 


 Roger MusicPublisher A&R 


 AMV Talpa Musikverlag 





Michael Blair's Friends Comments
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Jun Miyake

Jun Miyake



Dec 4 2009 12:08 PM

Please experience my new toy!
Frida Sundemo

Frida Sundemo



Nov 17 2009 9:55 AM

...and I get THIS happy receiving a comment like that! thank you! :)
Johan Paulson

Johan Paulson



Nov 7 2009 11:06 AM

Hello Michael!:) Thanks a lot for the friendship! Have a great day! See you in school. / Johan Paulson
Rockstad: Falun

Rockstad: Falun



Oct 27 2009 10:55 PM

Tack för att du vill vara vän med oss! Rockstad: Falun kommer att äga rum 28-29/5 2010 & utökas till en 2-dagars festival... Just nu har vi massor med kul band på G! Sabaton kommer att göra en rejäl show, det är allt som är bekräftat just nu, men mycket mer tillkommer. -Totalt 16 band blir det! Massor med nyheter samt biljetter finns redan nu på www.rockstadfalun.se om du vill läsa mera. :) Hoppas Du kommer, det blir en höjdare...
Palix

Palix



Oct 27 2009 5:12 PM

Cardew @ stuttgart

Cornelius Cardew und die Freiheit des Hörens
curated by Jean Jacques Palix & Dean Inkster
September 19 - November 29, 2009
http://www.kuenstlerhaus.de/de/vorschau/cornelius-cardew-und-die-freiheit-des-horens_4761



EVENTS' PROGRAM @  KÜNSTLERHAUS STUTTGART
************************
5. November 2009, 15 Uhr
Michael Parsons: "Walk" performance somewhere in the city (precise informations will come later)

5. November 2009, 19 Uhr
Keith Rowe: Konzert und Gespräch / at the gallery

7. November 2009, 19 Uhr
The Great Learning - Paragraph 7, Dirigent: Jean-Jacques Palix / at the gallery
Ekkehard Ehlers: "Innocence" Konzert / at the gallery

************************
Künstlerhaus Stuttgart
Reuchlinstrasse 4b
D-70178 Stuttgart
 Tel: +49 (711) 617652


SV Music Stockholm

SV Music Stockholm



Oct 27 2009 5:12 PM




Varmt välkomna 4/11!!

www.myspace.com/somekindofrubus
www.myspace.com/thecommotionmusic
www.myspace.com/lowbrow
www.myspace.com/sphmproductions
Studiefrämjandet i Uppsala

Studiefrämjandet i Uppsala



Oct 23 2009 10:46 AM

VÄLKOMNA TILL MUSIKTÄVLINGEN ROCKKARUSELLEN!

Förra året var Uppsalas första i tävlingen, och som vi deltog! Uppsalas Safemode vann hela konkarongen och fick turnera både Sverige och Tyskland som tack för showen.

Samtidigt så måste man inte tävla. Alla som deltar får nämligen tre spelningar, vilket ger er en finfin chans att öva upp er inför framtida äventyr.

I år utökar vi dessutom festivalen med spelningar i Enköping och Tierp. Så spänn på er axelbanden och damma av pianotangenterna, för nu snurrar vi igång igen!

Sista anmälningsdag är 15 november, anmälan sker på www.rockkarusellen.se




SV Music Stockholm

SV Music Stockholm



Sep 29 2009 9:23 AM



www.myspace.com/anothernation
www.myspace.com/ioktember
www.myspce.com/yamonyamon
www.myspace.com/sphmprductions

Katarina Hamilton

Katarina Hamilton



Sep 27 2009 8:35 PM

Hi Michael, long time no see! I've finally added ONE piece of music here, without vocals...
Hope all is well at your place, allthebesttilnexttime /Katarina
Studiefrämjandet i Uppsala

Studiefrämjandet i Uppsala



Sep 27 2009 8:35 PM

UPPSALS ARTISTER FÖR VÄRLDENS BARN!
1 oktober kl 18,30 på UKK
Biljetter: ticnet.se

 
 

Kom och se en härlig scenshow med Jacke Sjödin, Frantic Sunday, Tobias Chilli, Bring down the beat, Play Sister, Ida Wiklund, Andrea Geurtsen, Fusion, Feppe, Stadsteaterns Gustav Levin och Viveca Dahlén mm!

Läs mer om galan på www.studíeframjandet.se/uppsalasgala

Bjud med alla ni känner, vänner eller farmor -
Sennheiser

Sennheiser



Sep 4 2009 9:15 PM

HÅRT REGN (Hard Rain)

HÅRT REGN (Hard Rain)



Sep 4 2009 9:14 PM

HÅRT REGN

Spelar på

BigBen

Onsdag 2009-09-16, kl 20.00

Folkungagatan 97

Det kommer att bli en

Varm, Rockig, Akustisk kväll

Entré 80:-
HÅRT REGN (Hard Rain)

HÅRT REGN (Hard Rain)



Aug 13 2009 2:18 PM

En nedbantad version av HÅRT REGN (Alexandra Ekelöf fiol, Anna Malm & Sandra Windahl kör, Christer Nahrendorf akustisk gitarr, sång) far till Folk & Rock festivalen Segmon, Karlstad/Grums, fredag nu i helgen. Nedbantad version kanske men vi har jobbat jävligt hårt på att göra göra stämsången framåtlutad och dynamisk och Alexandra är en ovanligt utåtriktad och tuff violinist så det ska inte bli något mesande bara för att vi är en akustisk line-up.

Christer
THE SAVAGE NOMADS

THE SAVAGE NOMADS



Aug 13 2009 2:17 PM

we just did some recording with Mr Jones!

hope to see you at a show again soon,

Cole
OXYGEN

OXYGEN



Jul 23 2009 12:55 PM

DEAR MICHAEL,

WE HOPE YOUR DAY ROCKS!!!


PEACE & LOVE,

MELISSA & OXYGEN

Lydía

Lydía



Jun 29 2009 11:58 AM

Hi from Reykjavík!
Thanks for the add and for listening :)

/ Lydía
MEINL DRUM FESTIVAL

MEINL DRUM FESTIVAL



Jun 29 2009 11:58 AM

THANK YOU FOR BEING OUR FRIEND!
THE QUEEN OF HARD ROCK twitter.com/queenofhardrock

THE QUEEN OF HARD ROCK twitter.com/queenofhardrock



Jun 5 2009 12:11 PM

Greetings from London and Stockholm city - sure thing, The Queen of Hard Rock is looking for drummers!
Fatboy

Fatboy



May 31 2009 11:52 AM

Hallo Michael !

Thanks for kind words !

We are fans of you aswell ! Great work...

/ FATBOY ( from Södermalm..)

Mankku [mancko]

Mankku [mancko]



May 31 2009 11:52 AM

Hej igen Michael.
Tack för vänskap "In space". Jag uppskattar den!
Hälsningar/ Magnus
Palix

Palix



May 30 2009 2:28 PM

Cornelius Cardew et la liberté de l'écoute
Cornelius Cardew and the freedom of listening
curated by Dean Inkster & Jean Jacques Palix

DIMANCHE 7 JUIN 2009 DE 14H A 17H : CONCERTS AU CAC BRÉTIGNY /
Concerts on Sunday 7 June 2009 / 2 p.m. - 5 p.m.

THE TIGER’S MIND (1967) de CORNELIUS CARDEW
avec NINA CANAL, NADIA LICHTIG, MICHAEL MORLEY (NZ), & SARA STEPHENSON (NZ)
et la participation de DAVID WATSON (NY)

VOLO SOLO (1965) de CORNELIUS CARDEW
avec RHYS CHATHAM

TREATISE (1963-1967) de CORNELIUS CARDEW
avec MARCUS SCHMICKLER (KOELN), JEAN JACQUES PALIX, MICHEL GUILLET, & SAMON TAKAHASHI


http://www.cacbretigny.com/inhalt/information.html

http://www.cacbretigny.com/inhalt/cardew.html


fly Cardew 7 light
Things In My Pocket

Things In My Pocket



May 18 2009 11:56 AM


Studiefrämjandet i Uppsala

Studiefrämjandet i Uppsala



May 4 2009 1:11 PM

Pete Winwood

Pete Winwood



May 2 2009 1:42 PM

best wishes
pete
Vinnie Zummo

Vinnie Zummo



Apr 20 2009 8:17 AM


Hi Michael,
Thanx 4 the add. Kool site! NIce 2 "meet" U. SO glad U enjoyed my music.



I hope your friends will check out my " RINGO video .   It's a very retro video with Beatleish touches. It was done as a labor of love and with the utmost respect for the Fabs. The song and video is my attempt at putting a little bit of the Beatle spirit out there for Beatle fans.


Check it out at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggaCXHIbqTw

Peace,
Vinnie Zummo, former Joe Jackson Band guitarist

PS
I hope U will check out my new CD: " Swing ing Guitar Sounds of Young America" at:
http://cdbaby.com/cd/zummo2

AND
THE VINNIE ZUMMO BEBOP TRIO LIVE AT THE BLUE NOTE VIDEOS AT:
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Vinnie+Zummo&search_type=&aq=f
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