Taking it on solo, The Kyd aka Casey R. plays all instroments on all of his albums. When performing live The Kyd uses a number of poeple to fill it all out whom would like to remain unknown.
Influences
Life, Dreams, Animals, Nature, Memories, Love
*({:Musical Influences:})*
The Beatles, & solo Beatles, Brian Wilson & The Beach Boys, Capitain Beefheart & his magic band, Rudimentary Peni, Rolling stones, sun ra, Miles Davis, Dr. Dre, The Kinks, Filth, booker T and the MG's, misfits (with danzig), Mozart, Dead Kennedys, The dead milkmen, T.s.o.l., Operation Ivy, Ray Charles, The Jackson 5, Motown, pretty much all Rock n roll, pop, soul, and R&B thru the 50's & 60's, Jazz, and Blues.
Mr.K's Orchestra, an original blend of rock n roll, pop, blues, and insanity.
At the bottom of a flight of stairs sits Casey Robbins (The Kyd) gently tapping his drumsticks against each other to music, audible only to him. He sits nestled in his drum set on a faded carpet no bigger than a large area rug. His backdrop is one where Dr. Pepper cans collect on the counters and a row of guitars display themselves as if being showcased behind a window. To the right of the Kyd, a mini-recording studio houses enough equipment to start an independent record label.
Robbins can trace his musical beginnings in good ol' Oregon, back to his parents. Both played guitar. 1986 brought Robbins his first set of drums - a Mickey Mouse set. Robbins began recognizing beats with a little help from his friends, The Beach Boys, "Hal Blain" crackling on vinyl. Robbins worked his way through instruments and eventually started writing his own music. Through high school, Robbins formed several bands with friends, inventing group names such as "Spastic Disorder" and "Destitute." When these bands broke up a year after graduation, Robbins turned to producing by himself.
In the past five years the Kyd has produced & arranged around forty-one albums and he's not stopping for anything. Long time friend Joel Magid says, "He couldn't' stop if he wanted to - he might as well try to raise the Titanic. The music keeps The Kyd sane and the fact that he can't stop producing it proves it." For The Kyd it all began with "an uncontrollable urge to make rhythms," and that's what it all comes back to.
We hope you don't mind if we inform you that our 'PUNK OPERA: 'CHELENNON' album is finally RELEASED and AVAILABLE !!! It's based on John Lennon political and rare songs and interviews. If you are interested to learn more about this concept album just visit our myspace or the following website:www. ilemusic. com Thank you for your support!!! The OZ from St. Petersburg, Russia
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Hi there Mr.K's Orchestra first of all we'd like to say thanks for being our myspace pal. We wanted to make sure you knew the reason incase we suddenly vanish off of your friends list. The movement we've started for indie artists has grown significantly and consumes all of our time these days. We seldom sign into our myspace account and this is making several people believe that we are ignoring them. We are not ignoring anyone, we wanted everyone to know that. What we're doing has become so busy we just don't have the time for myspace any longer, so in all honesty we are probably going to just close our myspace account.
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