Phil McCammon - Vx, 12 String guitars, electric Guitars, Drums, Programming, Keys, Chapman Stick, Moog
When Phil plays live his band is called SPAT and is:-
SPAT:-
Phil McCammon - Vx, 12 String & Electric Guitars
Michel Lehner - Bass
Marc Halbheer - Drums
Faruk Muslijevic - Keys
Urs Vögeli - Electric Guitars
Influences
P. Gabriel, David Bowie, Dave Matthews Band, Radiohead
Sounds Like
P. Gabriel, Bowie, Dave Matthews Band, World Party
Phil McCammon has been writing and recording using his own brand of
songwriting for the best part of ten years now. A graduate of Berklee
College of Music in Boston, Phil McCammon has performed pretty much around the globe. With live appearances in Scotland, USA, India and Switzerland, Phils' career has been slowly but surely gaining momentum. Taking his influences from artist such as Bowie, Dave Matthews, World Party and Peter Gabriel, Phil moulds mellow nostalgic "mood rock" with fast gripping catchy"seven rock" - Phil's own brand of rythmic experimentation combined with straight forward Rock. Often merging modern instruments with the traditional, Phil's sound has recently been straying around various programming sessions with computers and other electronic gizmos resulting in tracks like "Makes You Think" and "Real Time Slide", both of which have recieved positive feedback in Central Europe and the USA. Such classics as "Breaking Waves", "Butterfly Eyes" and "These are ways" have recieved much acclaim around the Boston & New York Music scene. Recently "Cry Out Loud" peaked at number 3 on Broadjam Progressive Rock Top 10 (Nov 2004) charts and "Beyond Infinity" reached number 10 in the Electronica Top 10 Broadjam Charts (April 2005). Phil performs either solo, brandishing his one man band consisting of him and unseen electronic gizmos running in the background or with his Band SPAT which performs around Switzerland and headlined at the Cully Jazz Festival (Festival OFF - a sub event of the Jazz Festival for Rock/Pop Bands) in April 2004. Watch this space for more info on this up-and-coming nomad with a treasure trove of songs waiting to be discovered... In 2005 Phil was "Runner Up" in the "We Are Listening" songwriting competition for his truly cheeky song "Beyond Infinity".
Phil was also mentioned in the "wow factor" forum (online) for hs lyrics in "Breaking Waves".
Currently Phil writes, rehearses, performs in Zurich, Switzerland where he pays his bills by transcribing sheet music into Braille for the blind. In November 2006 Phil signed a production deal with Producer "Filippo Gaetani" and the "All Over Me" was released in December 2007 and promptly received rave reviews around the web. "All Over Me" is available through CDbaby.com and iTunes.
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If you want to support an independent artist like me, buy or download my released instrumental solo drumming CD Peter Hasler’s Kitchen “Drums Music” over cdbaby.com or amazon.com. You’ll find songs to download on itunes.com.
We can also exchange CDs if you want. (Gömmer mal eis go zieh in Züri?)
Hey Phil!!! How the hell you been ol' roomie??? Hope all's well in your world and I would love to hear from you sometime! Drop a line when you get a chance and take care! - Sam
Happy New Year, man! Hope you had a festive one. I played a gin-soaked bar gig in rural Pennsyltuckey. Good fun. I just got my copy of your new CD and listened to it this morning. It's fantastic!!
