I am always interested in session singers, I do produce other Artist, but right now my time is rather limited due to some important projects on the table.
Black Sabbath, Shadowfax, Steve Earle, Peter Gabriel, KIX, AL DiMeola, Blackmore's Night, Genesis, Alabina, The Irish Rovers, Disturbed, Bob Marley, Hossam Ramzy, Queensryche, Loreena McKennitt, RA, Buck Owens, Mozart, Page and Plant ( Led Zepplin ) Stanley Jordan, World Music, Stanley Clarke, Evanescence, Noa, Buddy Holly, Enigma, Marty Robbins, Kitaro, Bing Cosby, Dead can Dance, Les Paul ( as the guitarist, not the guitar maker ) Pino Daniele, Bellydance ( just because, I mean how can you NOT be influenced by Belly Dance ! ) Old School Windham Hill and Narada artist and many many more......
Other musicians I love to hear on albums...
Manu Katche, phil maggini, Stu Nevitt, Azam Ali, Lisa Gerrard, Me, Greg Ellis, Zohar Fresco, Brian Hughes, Omar Faruk Tekbilek, Yorai Oron, saroyan, Jean Luc Ponty, Paddy Le Mercier, Nigel kennedy, Phil Thornton, Khalid ( Rai music in general ) which brings me to musc. music likes.... Ethnic, Egyptian, Arabic, World beat, worldbeat, Renaissance, medieval, Gothic, sca, & s.c.a Artist,... the list will grow as they come to mind....Jaco Pastorius, John Paul Jones, Mick Karn, Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi, George Winston, Mannheim Steamroller, Phil Collins, Shadowfax, Tangerine Dream, Enya, Vangelis and Yanni.
Sounds Like
This, That and the Other Thing... or is it nothing ? or rather everything ?
Manu Katche, phil maggini, Azam Ali, Lisa Gerrard, Greg Ellis, Zohar Fresco, Brian Hughes, Yorai Oron, Jean Luc Ponty, Paddy Le Mercier, Phil Thornton, Khalid, Rai, Egyptian , Arabic, Goth, Shadowfax, Peter Gabriel, AL DiMeola, Blackmore's Night, Genesis, Alabina, The Irish Rovers, Hossam Ramzy, Loreena McKennitt, RA, Page and Plant ( Led Zepplin ) Noa, Dead can Dance, Bellydance, belly, tribal, gothic, gypsy, Omar Faruk Tekbilek, outback, unleaded,Govinda, Enigma, Kitaro, Autumn's Child ,Renaissance, World beat, worldbeat, medieval,Gothic, sca, s.c.a, an unholy marriage of Windham hill and Narada artist, egypt, persian, algerian, cirque du soleil, sabah, troupe, scabland, sultana.
1) OF THE TIMES - 10/21/2009 NEW - Wrote and recorded this during an early morning bought of insomnia. Ambient - New Age - World fusion
2) ORACLE OF AMUN (2009 remix), an Ambient almost New Age world fusion / Tribal Trance piece. With SUFI chant by Sheikh Mohamed Al Helbawy Curtousy of Hossam Ramzy and ARC music. ( Thanks Hossam ! I owe you one buddy ! )
3) TOMB IN THE SAND (2009 remix)
4) ANCIENT GLORY (2009 remix)
5) FELLAHIN QALB (2009 remix) Written in an up tempo Saadi rhythm. I broke a string on my Oud while recording this... didn't have a replacement handy... So I had to improvise around it.
6) BURAQ RIDES AGAIN (2009 remix)
7) THIEF OF PAST LIVES (2009 remix)
8) DELTA, Ambient feel in 7/4 time.... This song Features Oud and Lauta. (2007 Paul Speer mix)
9) COMING APART (My Dark Place) - New 2009 - Ambient journey
10) OF OLD AND NEW, Written and recorded 2008
*** NEW SONGS ***
"BELLYMETAL"
I just posted 2 songs with a Heavier type sound & Ethnic beats to another of my accounts Lord In Black.
If you have a chance check it out !
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RJ Hampton Jr & World Groove productions presents World Groove & Bellymetal !
Versailles New Tour Fall of 2009 with Ego Likeness and Bella Morte October 24th Flint, MI @ Masonic Temple October 25th Brewyn, IL@The Night Light Cafe October 28th Kansas City, MO@Daveys Uptown October 29th Fayetteville, AR@ The Gypsy October 30th Bryan, TX@ The Stafford October 31st San Antonio, TX@Rock Bottom November 5th El Paso, TX@ Uncle Paulies Pub November 6th Scottsdale, AZ@ Mardi Gras November 7th Los Angeles,CA @ Bar SInister November 10th Austin, TX @ Elysium November 11th Houstin,TX@ The Illusion Lounge November 13th New Orleans, LA@ The Howling Wolf November 14th Nashville,TN@ The Rutledge
Also Versailles Plays October 3rd with Mellowdrone and New Model Army at the Knitting Factory at 8:30!
Just a reminder to check out Versailles this month on tour. We are traveling to Phoenix 19th (Paisley Violin), Albuquerque 20th at (Black Market Goods), Little Rock the 23rd at (Circa 76), Joplin the 24th at (Blackthorn Pizza and Pub), Austin the 26 at (Elysium), and New Orleans the 27th at (Hi Ho Lounge).
