Mike Balavitch, guitars & keyboards. Rick Seguin, vocals. Pat Hudson, bass & percussion - plus a cast of thousands!
Influences
Steely Dan, Charlie Hunter, Keb Mo, Joe Jackson, Adrian Belew, James Taylor, Sting, Otis Redding, David Bowie, the Beatles, Earthwork family of musicians, King Crimson, Neil Young, Funk Brothers, Brand X, Mel Torme, and the Poppy Family featuring Susan Jacks....just to name a few. All things mathy, folky, rocky, rolly, jazzy, and especially soulful.
Sounds Like
My Neighbor's Dog (with just a splash of Any World)
Check out the newest demo song "When I Sleep". Our many thanks to Jon Ritz of Joyland Studio (www.myspace.com/joylandstudio) for his patience, good musical choices and knob tweaking on this next big underground hit.
My Neighbor's Dog is based in East Lansing, MI. Band members formerly performed with Groove Spoon and Johnny Apollo and the Saturn Seven. Core members also belong to the Mid-Michigan cover band Any World.
My Neighbor's Dog isn't just any old next door pooch. Band members are influenced by a variety of tuneage from world beat to jazz to singer/songwriter to old school r&b, and many things in between. When it all comes out in the wash, My Neighbor's Dog songs end up in the pop rock laundry pile.
Many thanks to drummer Jesse Cornwall for his work on the 4-song demo recording. Thanks also to recording engineer Keeno Palomino of Palomino Sounds in Augusta, MI for his work on the 4-song demo recording (http://www.keenopalomino.com). He is truely the King of Cool.
