I am originally a drummer, but I play guitar, keyboard, bass, percussion and sing on the songs I have written between current life responsibilities and depression/anxiety attacks. I would be honored if any artists out there would like to do any of my songs, just let me know. I really wish an indie label would take me and help me re-record some of my songs and tour me.
I have a first album on CD Baby as of Sept. 08: "The Magic Moonbeam"; I had to record this album at home and was the engineer and producer more or less. I would be honored and appreciate it if you would purchase my first album, or even just check out any of the songs?
And here is my second album on CD baby! It is 11 songs. Again I am recording at home on my Mac in Garageband and I am my own producer/engineer. I have a bass player on "Road Stoned" Kris Kaos from Enemies and also Derrek Hutchings plays two lead tracks and I play one lead guitar track as well on that song. All the other songs are me playing the instruments and singing.
Now I have a third album of 13 songs, self-produced at home again. I play all tracks, playing harmonica, guitars, keyboards, percussion and drums, and of course, sing these songs I have written. I used some loops as well like on "Dreams and Ashes."
Thanks. Check it out on CD Baby. Hope you enjoy!
Influences
Singers: James Taylor, John Lennon, Rod Stewart, Kurt Cobain, David Bowie, Peter Gabrial, Paul McCartney, Dean Martin, Brian Wilson, Joe Cocker, Wilson Picket, James Brown, David Lee Roth, Tom Petty, Elvis Presley, Tom Jones, Don Henley, Tommy James, Isaac Hayes etc.
Bands: The Doors, The Wallflowers, The Beach Boys, The Stones, Led Zepplin, The Beatles, Jefferson Airplane, Hall and Oats, Duran Duran, James Gang and many others.
Songwriters: Neil Young, Joe Walsh, Glenn Fyre, Stephen Stills, Peter Gabriel, David Bowie, Sheryl Crow, Jagger/Richards, Brian Wilson, Dan Fogelberg, John Denver, Lyle Lovette, John Anderson, John Lennon, Toby Keith, Brooks and Dunn, Cash, and various others.
Percussionist: Ginger Baker, Buddy Rich, John Bonham, Mitch Mitchell, etc.
Rap/R&B/etc.: I have a teenager daughter so I have listened to various kinds of music.
At this time, I am mainly working on songs for my 4th and 5th album. Played at NX35 in Denton, TX, 2009, Have released three self-produced albums on CD Baby, mainly to at least get the songs available to share and to have a formal record that I wrote these songs. I won a national poetry contest while still in college.
2009-2007, play at open mics at RBGs, Andy's, Banter's, and have played at the Garage. Producing and playing shows at J & Js, Natalie's, the Hydrant Cafe and other venues in Denton, TX with John Thomason, Joel Max , Dr. Steve Eustice and his magic dulcimer, Derrek Hutchings, Howard R Music and most recently James Michael Taylor and Rick Babb at Banter's third birthday. Playing with Keyboard player Dan Odom at RBGs, etc. At Jupiter house, sketching, and working on children's books.
Played drums with bass player, Rick Talbert, cousin to Jerry Lee Lewis, who is a great bass and guitar player with Sky (rock/blues band) during college, as drummer, playing Beatles, Almond Bros., Big Billie Bronzy, Clapton, Marshall Tucker, ZZTop, Stones, etc., playing at Frat and Sorority parties including the annual riverboat party Sorority event. Played informally with Fred Cale and Allen Roark, who had jammed with some of the Linda Ronstadt circle of friends.
But after working at the RTC and Verizon for years, I lost so much of what I once could do or knew about music. But I could not give up!
Played with the Richardson Brothers Band in Ruston, Louisiana. Joe currently works in Austin as the Joe Richardson Express. Played with Richardson brothers in Monroe, Ruston, Shreveport, and Homer, Louisiana at Cherry Hill, where someone got their A whoped everynight. Played with Roy Davenport and Silk n Steel as backup drummer in Ruston, LA.
Played with Kix Brooks Goodtime band in Shreveport, and was in music classes with Kix.
I got married and had to quit playing out, but continued to write songs, while I ran a writing service in north Dallas for five years. Went back into music and played drums with the Freeze Brothers band and the Jeff Camp group.
Worked with various musicians at Cedar Valley Commercial Music college, while I was an English teacher at Tarrant County College.Played drums with guitar player Steve Gentry, whose west Texas band had opened for ZZ Top once, and hard rocker singer/songwriter Greg Guysinger while working at Verizon. Began doing open mics in Dallas/Fort Worth and Denton in 2004. Played Club Dada, Fallout and MacHenry's. Played percussion for the Mister Joe band in Denton at Banters on Thursdays. Have played percussion for Felix Flores, Hippy Mike, Ryan and Eli of Backflap, Bone Doggie, Ken Nicolson, Howard Music, who is also an pin and ink artist. For the songs I am recording, I play all the tracks, using Garageband on a Mac.
Sorry for not having been in touch awhile - been rather busy! Just wanted to say that your valued friendship continues to be appreciated. Have you checked out my MySpace and web site (www.faberoptime.com) recently? Oh and did you subscribe for my free newsletter (using the form on site at page right - high quality, low quantity, no spam!)? You might also like to take a look at some of my vids on my YouTube channel too! www.youtube.com/faberoptime Take care and keep in touch. Best, Faber. "Just a guy trying to make the world a better place."
Mike Thanks for checking out in-houserecording. we just finished sound tracks for the new Motion Picture coming out in June called Pearl you can check it out at www.pearlthemovie.net
Hey, it's Dave Clupper. If I haven't told you thank you for your support yet, thank you! Check out my profile to view a video of a live clip shot from Downtown Tulsa with my daughter Ellen. Also, you can listen to a majority of my new record "Letting Go" released earlier this month until June 1st. If you want to own a copy, look for the Buy Now Button on my profile or to just own a track it's available on iTunes and many other digital retailers. Talk soon!
Hi there Mike. Thanks for your comment a while back. In fact right now I am recording my first album. Please check my site regularly for more info! Cheers, Annika
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