Jane Sytek and Rick Davies
(the songs posted also feature Bob Hiddema on bass guitar and Bruce Dauser on viola-violin)
Influences
Rick likes Leo Kottke, Leonard Cohen, David Russel, Ani DiFranco, Yusaf Islam, John McGlaughlin, and Trilok Gurtu...
Jane likes heady stuff like Kansas, Renaissance, Robin Trower, Jean Pierre Rampal, Jimi Hendrix, Claude Debussy, J.S. Bach, choral and old organ and bell music and just about ALL opera and classical music...
Both love chanting monks, singing birds, laughing streams, Jethro Tull and band members Martin Barre, Andrew Giddings, and David Goodier...thanks for your inspiration, friendship and encouragement!...AND Tony Franklin for his heavy but still uplifting music!!
Jesus, Yogananda, Buddha, Thoreau, Chen Man Ching, Michio Kushi, Lance Armstrong, and everybody else who lives deeply and fights the good fight!
Sounds Like
Funky folk or fusion folk music, with a small tincture of hard rock or prog rock...mostly acoustic...heavily influenced by a blend of impressionistic classical music and prog rock....stop by for a LISTEN and tell us what YOU think we sound like!! R&J
Sytek and Davies is a Fusion-Folk duet featuring Jane Sytek and Rick Davies; although the music is orignial, the band has a sound that at times harkens back to the late 60’s experimental/folk-rock revolution. The Music Paper (NY) said of Sytek and Davies "...these songs have the feel and stateliness of centuried old folk classics." Black Hawk College (Illinois) said "...awesome! Your music and spirit touch people in beautiful ways."
www.fusionfolk.com
Great to hear from you. Thanks for checking in. The closest I will get is around Chicago in late June. Boy I wish we lived closer! I'd love to catch up.
ONE MORE THING! Gosh I bet your getting sick of me. All of your myspace friends will be like "What the heck is that girl doing, spamming them?!" Anyways, you should update more. Blogs, bulletins, lalala ... & get a pretty background.
I'm flooding your myspace with comments! Muahahaha! You should put Haridas up, that is a good song. I'm seriously excited to make those CDs, I just have to find a big enough manilla or whatever envelope or a small box ... you might have a few. At least 5. I had a good time talking to both of you, but alas I am leaving tomorrow. See you someday! Tell Lara hi for me :). & you'd better get good internet soon, then your life will be so much easier! This is a long comment, I'll end it now.
There is just a little bit of spam on here. To save yourselves from the horrendous clutches of comment spam: Make html not allowed in comments. Just my tip for you, that's what most artists do.
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This specially compiled 4 CD Box Set from Time Life features the best Folk Rock songs from the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s! Includes 71 Songs That Defined An Era and Influenced Generations... In Stores September 11
Not just another genre, folk rock was born as a statement of purpose, of taste, of superiority the baby boom¹s first imprimatur, a musical mission and a personal battle cry in a divisive time of racial tension and escalating war. For a generation of philosopher dropouts and drug-inspired visionaries, it was also the best way to partake in the era¹s hippest form of artistic expression, in numbers previously unknown to man.
Have you heard of The Decemberists? If you haven't, you should check them out. The song on my profile is usually the Decemberists. Their style reminds me of yours www.myspace.com/thedecemberists Talk to ya later! <3
