Roger O’Donnell Moog Voyager, Moog LP, Elektron Machine Drum, DS Evolver, featuring Erin Lang vocals, vocal arrangements and Moog Theremin, Lenka, vocals, Bryan Michael - drum programming, Dave Smith - sequence programming
Influences
Herbie Hancock, Frank Zappa Jimi Hendrix, Jan Hammer, George Duke, Stevie Wonder, George Gershwin, Prince, Jaco Pastorius ... likes not influences ... Adem, The Album Leaf, Roy Ayers, Bjork, Jack Bruce, Cibelle, The Crusaders, Colleen, Billy Corgan, Miles Davis, Earth Wind and Fire, Four Tet, Bebel Gilberto, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Bob Marley, Marcus Miller, Juana Molina, Oliver Nelson, The Orb, Orbital, Eric Satie, Jimmy Smith,Tortoise, Traffic, Underworld, Caetano Veloso, Rufus Wainwright, Weather Report .... amongst a million others
Sounds Like
Sounds like something I should have been doing for a long time ... and it looks like this...
The video for Treasure was directed, written and edited with love by Erin Lang, made on sunny days in late July and August in Devon and Toronto. Thanks to Lena for the Sea Horse necklace and Magic Pony for the Speakerpods.
The first batch of Charlie Crow EPs are sold out there will be another batch in October so if you missed out on the first one dont worry...
After years of taming him Charlie is now our friend and we feed him Peanut Butter sandwiches. I love Charlie so decided to name my new project after him! Available from September 1st on iTunes and a very limited edition hand made CDR its a 4 track EP of my new Jazz/Electronic project featuring Erin Lang on trumpet and me on everything else. It's called Trains on Bridges and I hope you like it, you can hear the title track in the player above. Look out for videos and all sorts of things coming in the next month.....
Video Premiere - The very excellent Flavourwire Blog are premiering the video Erin and I made for Tiny Pieces of You and you can watch it here FLAVOURWIRE
Here are a couple of pre release links for my new album, order it now! AMAZON or
INSOUND
Hello and welcome to my myspace page. I am a keyboard player and I have played with many bands but am now solo. My career has been long and fulfilling but only since I have been making music for myself has it been worthwhile. I am very lucky to be surrounded by supportive, intelligent and creative people something that had been lacking for a long time.
A collaborator and muse without whom nothing makes sense, a label with incredible understanding and patience and instruments that truly allow me to express myself in ways I couldn't even imagine enabled me to release a solo record, " The Truth In Me" in 2006. The challenge however to releasing a collection of songs that you are so invested in is to better that. I have spent a lot of my career in bands who's main aim seemed to be to release the same songs/album over and over again, I needed to progress or not bother, standing still wasn't an option for me....
"To stand still in music is to ignore the forward motion of time. To progress and discover is ultimately what our journey as musicians is all about. You can reflect and absorb just don't dissolve into the pool of the past".
I have come to understand more how my creative process works but it's still largely a mystery so when I finally finished my new album " Songs From The Silver Box" it was with some relief and a lot of joy I realised I had achieved my aims...
"A Box Full of Silvern Music"
An intimate and private collection of sounds, melodies and rhythms. Intricately woven one thread at a time from a palette of shimmering sounds and beats. Electronic music in its most human and emotional form.
So here it is finished my new album. I just sent it to my label Great Society and they love it and have scheduled it for a September release. So we have 6 months to work out how to get this into peoples ears but the main thing is that its in my ears and I love it. My best friend Ian Wright is designing the cover as " it wouldn't be right " if he didn't and I can't wait to see what he comes up with. I am going in to master it next month with Guy Davie another good friend who is the only person I would trust with this job.
One of the main things I wanted to do with this record was to open it up and bring in other people. In 2006 I started co writing with an amazing Australian singer named Lenka, we were working on songs primarily for her but her direction changed and I was lucky enough to end up with two songs sung by her on the record. I asked another of my favourite artists to collaborate on some beats, Bryan Michael from Alka and it was a very interesting process which really inspired me. Of course an album of mine wouldnt be complete without Erin's voice on it and we will probably have two songs with her.
I am also looking to play more live shows this year so if you have a venue and want us to play, email me
We will also continue to promote and work on Erins album which will be released this year. We played CMW in Toronto recently and it was a huge success apart from the snow!
We just released an EP called Foundlings & Strays as a preview from Erins new album "You are Found". There are 2 songs from the album a bonus track and 3 remixes, one by our good friend Jimmy Tamborello. Click the link to buy it at iTunes
Roger, Thank you for adding me to your list of friends. I really appreciate it. My current project is a fiction novel with CD soundtrack due out soon. Wishing you continued success and a wonderful musical and happy weekend.
Peace and respect,
Joy Miller My author profile page at myspace coming soon. I hope you will join me there too.
A Field of Lavender is my song of the day. It reminds me a little bit on Eric Satie. It contains all the moods i have to go through today. Fits perfect :)
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