Writing songs, playing guitar, bass, keyboards and producing the afore-mentioned songs here at my home-studio here in Treasure Beach, St. Augustine, Florida. I also enjoy gardening, world travel, my lil' dog, Stella, sports, and look forward to the day George W. Bush leaves office, thusly freeing us from 8 years of dumbest administration we've ever had.
Music
I love hard jazz, of the bebop variety, blues, both acoustic and 'lectric, funk, ala Prince or James Brown, reggae, nobody'll ever top Bob Marley, a lil' country, the real-deal, not the parade of beauty-pageant contestants that seem to be endlessly passing through Nashville, and of course, I loves my Rock 'n' Roll, I guess I'd hafta, seeing as I've been playing it for over forty years!
Movies
"Being There" (Peter Sellers's last film), "King Rat", "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou", "Forrest Gump", "The Big Lebowski", "Clambake", "King Creole", "A Hard Days Night", etc, etc, etc.
Television
The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Bill Maher, NCIS, The Unit, NFL Football, NBA Basketball, NBC Evening News, CNN, turn that damn thing off!!!
Books
I'm writing one right now.
Heroes
Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, The Beatles, The Stones, Tony Bennet, Tom Waits, etc, etc, etc.
The song that should be playing when you stop by my page is a little instrumental number called "Under The Moon" that I recorded here at my home-studio, the International Headquarters for my musical-conglomerate, hence-forth and here-after to be known as WeDoggy!!! Productions!
If it's WeeDoggy, it's GOT 2 BE BAD!
Playing the piano is my musical-comrade of the last 25 years, Michael Houpt. More on Michael later in the show.
The violin is being played by legendary Polish-Gypsy violinist Stefan Kozlowski. This is just a quick rough-mix, as there are 4 tracks of violin to sort through and pick out some choice little musical nuggets, so keep yer ear to the ground for updates/re-mixes, etc. There's some cool inter-play going on during the intro and the outro, don'tcha think? I played the guitars and bass and sequenced the drums.
More to come soon!
Life-long, full-time professional musician for over 40 years, no really, for OVER 40 YEARS!!! I started while I was still hangin' out in my Mama's womb, kickin' it before I made my entrance somewhere in Miami, Florida. Moved to Chicago at age 8, where I picked-up the trombone, which I became quite serious about, y'know, there was just sumpin' cool about that slidin' into or out of a note was fun.
Moved to Lakeland, Florida at age 11, where I continued playin' the 'bone in school bands.
But then my lil' Mama brought home the first Beatles album and said, "I've heard that these boys are quite big over in England." Then I saw them on the "Ed Sullivan Show" and that was about the end of the trombone for me, y'know?
Trombonists didn't get the sorta girl reaction as the guitar or bass, so I asked for a bass for Christmas and, lo and behold, I got a bass and a decent amp, so I was in bidness! I picked it up real quick, while also learning guitar too. Me and some buddies from school put together a little band.................and it seems like I'm kinda doin' it again, puttin' together another lil' band called "The MUDBREAKERS". It's got a nice ring to it, dontcha think? More on how I arrived at the name a lil' later.
Who I'd like to meet: John Stewart, Steven Colbert, Peter Gabriel, Feist, Jimmy Page (I actually met him in 1967), Jeff Beck and a whole slew of guitar-slingers and other muzoids.
Hello Friends, Once again fall is here and music is back on the way to the beautiful Polk Theatre here in Lakeland.
Nov. 21st 2008 @ 7pm. Leon Russell will be performing along with Harmonica Red with local talent from Lakeland Take Five!
We invite you to join us for a pre-show party once again. You won't be disappointed unless you miss this event! See you @ the Polk Theatre which is celebrating it's 80th year in the entertainment business here in downtown Lakeland. Sincerely, Best Music Venues of Lakeland
Looks like it's going to be another mighty fine show at the Polk! :)
Please click on the link below and vote for Conrad Oberg on the Cartoon Network show "Props." Conrad was chosen to be profiled by the network earlier this year,and they will be doing a special showabout the top vote-getters. Please vote...Thank You!!!
Conrad's profile is on the top row on the far right of the finalists page.
The power of prayer is working! Danny, so many people love you and are praying for you... you have no idea... God Bless You, ~Sharon~ (PS, I haven't driven on the wrong side of the road in almost 15 years - LOL!)
Looking forward to seeing you at the lakeland gig...let's see: last time we talked, I was getting ready to give birth...jump ahead 17 years,(yep, April 9th is her b-day)...long time, old friend!
Your Membership in the Florida Music Hall of Fame brings us one step closer to our goal of establishing a state-of-the-art museum and entertainment complex honoring the outstanding contributions that Floridians have made to the American Music Industry, educating future generations about the state's musical history and helping to nurture and promote upcoming artists and musicians! Join NOW!!
Hi Daniel! Thanks for the add! Great music on that page brother! And yes, what we would we do without The Beatles eh? Oh I know~ Listen to Souza music and bands!lol! Love all you guys and thanks for the support! Here is our new video. I'm the guy in the different outfits!lol Cheers Dave
