For the vast majority of the music that is posted here, the details are as follows:
Tim Langan: All Instrumentation and programming. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
The Harrison Fjord are:
Sascha Tukatsch - Drums, Percussion, Keyboards
//Paul McWhinnie - Guitars, Keyboards
//Tim Langan - 4 & 5 String Basses, Keyboards
//Carl Braund - CP80 Yamaha Grand Piano with MIDI retrofit, Keyboards
Influences
Influences are vast and varied.
As youngsters we started playing the likes of Rush and Max Webster in tribute type acts. We later grew into progressive bands such as Yes, ELP, Genesis, Jeff Beck, Pink Floyd. As the pop years crept into our collective psyche, Peter Gabriel, Level 42 and a host of other icons graced the scene, but it was the others - Frank Zappa, King Crimson, Miles Davis, Bruford, UK, Gentle Giant, Pat Metheny Group, David Sanborn, Dream Theater, Tool, Perfect Circle, Marillion, Porcupine Tree, Kings X, Me’shell N’degeocello, Pain Of Salvation, that made an impression that won’t be eroding any time soon. These are a few of the 2600 CD’s that I own and listen to that have effected the way I do and see things. Music is a wonderous story that should be shared. Keep it close to your heart and remember to be nice to people, but keep pushing around those air molecules, especially if you’re a bass player !
AND if you really need to know my influences ...... try checking out my FRIENDS section, because they have all influenced ME more than they will ever know.
Sounds Like
Why not have a listen yourself and make up your own mind ! - A Good Place To Get Your Groove On !
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I am a writer, bassist, keyboardist, producer, arranger and have been writing and recording music for about 30 years. In that time I have recorded with a diverse and extremely talented bunch of musicians from Toronto to Vancouver, Canada and have compiled a selection of CD's on my resume, however I will currently include a couple of links here for you to check out. - http://www.theharrisonfjord.com - This is a band of 4 childhood friends who started playing together in grade school and worked on and off for the next 30 years or so jamming, writing and recording literally thousands of different compositions. When we started playing together in grade school circa 1978 we were interested in playing music by bands such as; Rush, Max Webster, Saga, Genesis, etc .... so for years we worked our craft and got our chops together. Since we had been playing off and on together for such a long time, without any definitive product to our name, we decided it was time to record a CD of mostly instrumental fusion and throw it at the wall to see if it would stick. We'd love for you to check it out - www.theharrisonfjord.com - and if you're so inclined, we'd love to know what you think of the stuff. Drop me a line here or post your thoughts on the comments page of the website. - http://www.theharrisonfjord.com
The next link that I'd like to offer up is for another recording/instrumental band, consisting of the rhythm section (bass & drums) from The Harrison Fjord mixed with the guitar wizardry of David Barrett. The concept was to have the 3 of us walk into a recording environment and have no verbal communication regarding what it was that we were going to do. We just opened our ears and minds and started speaking with our instruments to one another. We were quite surprised when we listened back to these recordings .......... and now ........ we literally have started a vault of recorded material. If you'd like to check out some of it, here is the link on my space: http://www.myspace.com/splubband
Enjoy and kindest regards,
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Hi Timmy..I will be there the last week of July and till August 5th...can you drive to Kincardine..you should it will be awesome.email me your number again.. love neens
Hi timmy, yes I am still Neens but am going by my last name...hey I coming to Ontario or more importantly Kincardine, remember out Oct 31 gig in 1994? you should meet up with me ...I am single now..hehe
Funny you mentioned Jeff Beck, cause I'm getting into his Half-bend technique, as well as his whammy expressions...using it live on some tracks here actually... Sasch's tracks ?...nope ...unfortunately not. This is from last week's recording session for the upcoming CD. It's kinda like Evanescence meets Alicia Keys....yep....can't think of a better comparison...
Peace Out...and, no...you can't kill my beautiful Conklin...she stays a 7-string.
Timmy...Iwuv you...glad you and Eric are becoming friends, I think highly of both of you and have known both of you for the same amount of years..15, wow can you believe it!! once again it was great to see you in August..
Hey Brotha, thanks, great to see you continuing with your passion as well!! Keep it up! I'm in Waterloo now. I asked Jim and George if they knew you and they didn't think so but you never know, you guys may have crossed paths at some point. Keep well!
tim, thankyou for such a wonderful message, seeing you and janice warmed my heart, I loved that you came out and brought her, you are one of my top 10 people that i wanted to see and you didn't let me down...it was like time travelling yet it wasn't..I really loved seeing you and you were so generous and loving...funny after all these years and playing together we get to be friends....you are the best...love you tons and thankyou for the pics....we need to connect more often
Thanks for finding me on myspace. I think your music is great. Let me know of any upcoming gigs in Toronto. I will be back in Toronto for a show at Harlem on August 23rd and the Wasaga Beach Festival on August 26th. Hope to see you around.
Thanks Tim! Ya 2+ weeks to go - woo hoo. Been cruzin a few sites ths eve - Ur's and Sasch's, plus. Love ur pics and site. U put a lot of time into it - plus nice tunes. So give me a shout - maybe a bbq - and or a gig! Talk soon. Love S as Seeing u play!
Hey Tim--just listened to the STD effekt Sash,Dave & yourself are well versed in this genre--song #3 reminded me of Tool Hope this goes someplace for all involved--so much talent Speak later--all the best Walter Zwol
Hey Tim...that was such a nice thing you said...I almost think you could be teasing me..hehe hey I will be in Ont from the 12 to the 21st...will be in oshawa on the 15th and 16th and then a I am playing in Uxbridge on the Friday... I would love to connect..
Many thanks for your add and support, welcome aboard!
If you've got a little time left, please kill some by listening to the genre of Progressive Dance :-)
By the way, if you happen to like VDGG, A Dance Mix of Man Erg(!) is under construction! Check out my blog space... :) Since I updated it tonight it's really fresh :-)
